Doc Norton talks about the experimentation mindset. This episode is sponsored by Smartsheet.

Show Notes:

• Slides from Doc’s presentation on the experimentation mindset
• XP = eXtreme Programming
• Other methodologies that fall into the "agile" category: Scrum, Lean
• Kent Beck, Ron Jeffries, and Ward Cunningham were all mentioned. They are all signers of the Agile Manifesto.
• Chris Argyris was mentioned in regards to single-loop and double-loop learning
• Book: Escape Velocity by Doc Norton - it has increased in price since the recording. It will now set you back at least 5 entire dollars.

Supplemental links from Doc:

• CTO2
• DocOnDev
• Collaboration Contracts
• Refactoring
• Code Smells
• Video: Experimentation Mindset
• Mob Programming
• Learning through experimentation
• PDF: How Organizations Learn

• From Harvard Business Review:

  • Collective Genius
  • Argyris: Teaching Smart People how to Learn (and PDF version)
  • A/B Testing and the Experimentation Culture
  • Enlightened Experimentation
  • Smart Business Experiments
  • Evidence Based Management
  • link:http://www.edbatista.com/2008/05/double-loop.html[Ed Batista blog post on double-loop learning
  • Lean Change
  • Book: Scaling Up Excellence
  • Experiential Learning

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