AGL 383: Douglas Squirrel

A Geek Leader Podcast - inspiring technical and creative leaders around the world

About Douglas

Squirrel creates constructive conflict to achieve astonishing productivity gains. His intensive coaching and advisory work gives executives and their teams the tools to create and align on business goals, discard good ideas that don’t fit the strategy, and deliver high-impact, customer-visible results. For instance, companies using his Insanely Profitable Tech methods deliver new software to customers every single day, with constant learning and improvement that keeps them way ahead of the competition. Squirrel has transformed product lines, company cultures, and technical skills at over 300 organizations on every continent except Antarctica, in industries from finance to biotech to music and many more. He co-authored the book Agile Conversations and has recently released Squirrel’s Tech Radar, a simple method for assessing any technology organization in under two hours with no background in tech required. Learn more about Squirrel at https://douglassquirrel.com, and check out his community of thousands of executives learning together at https://squirrelsquadron.com. Or feel free to ring him anytime on the Squirrel-Phone, [phone]; you’ll probably reach him at his home in Frogholt, England, where he lives in a timber-framed cottage built in the year 1450.

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Today We Talked About

• Getting Fired
• Empire building
• Don’t grab a sledgehammer
• Listening
  • Genuine Question
  • Carefully Plan interactions
  • Say what you See
  • TDD for People
• Build Trust in the first 5-10 minutes by following the steps.
• One-on-Ones
• Practice in controlled environments
• Using your kids as graders
• Using Zoom or ChatGPT for help
• Bridge the gap of communication
• Betterisms
• Build Relationships
• Take a Field Trip or a ride along

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Connect with Douglas

• Website
• Book
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• LinkedIn

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