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SPaMCAST 556 features our essay on Socratic Questioning.\xa0 Questions are a critical tool that every coach, mentor or leader uses to help shape and improve the performance of those they interact with \u2014 I don\u2019t think this statement should surprise anyone.\xa0 That said, pushing past the concept of just asking questions, Socratic questioning is a formal and disciplined approach to getting the person answering the questions to synthesize and answer based on knowledge and logic. We also have a visit from Susan Parente.\xa0 Susan brings her Not A Scrumdamentalist column to the SPaMCAST. In this installment, Professor Parente discusses being agile in name only. Being agile in name only is not an enviable place to be! Re-Read Saturday News The availability heuristic, introduced in Chapter 12,\xa0 states that we make judgments about an attribute based on how easy or hard it is to retrieve information about the attribute. In Chapter 13, Kahneman dives deeper into how the availability heuristic functions, and provides some hints on how it can be used.\xa0 Remember, if you do not have a favorite, dog-eared copy of , please buy a copy.\xa0 Using the links in this blog entry helps support the blog and its alter-ego, The Software Process and Measurement Cast. ,\xa0 It\u2019s time to get reading!\xa0\xa0 \xa0The installments: Week 1: \u2013 Week 2: \u2013 Week 3: \u2013 Week 4: \u2013 Week 5: \u2013 Week 6: \u2013 Week 7: \u2013 Week 8: - \xa0 Week 9: - \xa0 Week 10:\xa0 - \xa0 Week 11: - \xa0 Week 12: - \xa0 Week 13: - \xa0 \xa0 Next SPaMCAST SPaMCAST 557 will feature my interview with Jorgen Hesselberg.\xa0 We talked about his book Unlocking Agility and assessing agility.\xa0 A thought-provoking and fun interview.\xa0 Jorgen\u2019s irrepressible nature shines through even when tackling tough topics!