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Jeff Foster on Creating Space for People to Learn through 10% Time, Open Space and Conferences

Published: Oct. 30, 2018, 12:29 p.m.

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Jeff Foster of Red Gate on their approach to continuous learning through 10% time, open space and running an internal conference. \n\nWhy listen to this podcast:\n\n\u2022\tThe best software is software that people \n\u2022\tThe only secret to great engineering is simplicity\n\u2022\tNo matter how hard you try to enable people to take the 10% time, they take their deadlines to heart and the natural inclination is to focus on the work rather than the learning time\n\u2022\tTeams should not focus on the backlog items they are completing, rather on the difference they are making for the end user of the product\n\u2022\tRunning a conference is tough, but by engaging the people in the event organisation it can be powerfully successful \n\nMore on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/2zdk21C\n\nYou can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq\n\nSubscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq\nLike InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8\nFollow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ\nFollow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq\nCheck the landing page on InfoQ: https://bit.ly/2zdk21C