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Software Process and Measurement Cast 784 features our interview with Michaele Gardner and Brian Hackerson. We talk about their Agile Best Self Initiative. We also, and perhaps more importantly, discuss being in control of yourself so you can truly deliver value to those around you. As we start to close out 2023 it is a wonderful opportunity to reflect on how you can be your best self. Michaele Gardner started out as a counselor at an emergency crisis line. Clients were too messy: clear inputs did not lead to predetermined outputs. So she moved into the world of IT and has not looked back. Becoming a developer on an XP team brought together her interests in psychology, flow, teamwork and problem solving. She quickly realized that many teams (and organizations) poured their hearts and souls into projects that added little value. Her next natural step was to help engineers and organizations understand business value at a micro and macro level. At all levels, Michaele loves giving change agents tools to define their own \u201cwhy\u201d and stay emotionally resilient. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaele-gardner-0829205/ Brian R. Hackerson is the co-creator of the Agile Best Self mindset, the VP of People Operations and Enterprise Agile Consultant at\xa0. An innovator at the intersection of Agile practices and personal development, Brian has revolutionized team engagement and performance in various leadership roles. His approach uniquely blends professional growth with personal empowerment, embodying his belief in the transformative power of aligning individual journeys with Agile principles. LinkedIn:\xa0\xa0 Agile Best Self:\xa0\xa0 Re-Read Saturday News Chapter 11 of is titled Saving The El Faro. In this final chapter, the author could have just as easily reimagined the outcomes of the Pinto design or the Deepwater Horizon disasters. The theme throughout the book is that Industrial-age thinking fails more often in the age of Knowledge Work.\xa0 \xa0 My final thoughts on this book? Not to put too fine a point on it, this is Marquet\u2019s most important book yet. Use the links below to read all of my final thoughts on and to catch up on previous installments. Week 1: \u2013 \xa0 Week 2: \u2013 \xa0 Week 3: \u2013 \xa0 Week 4: \u2013 Week 5: \u2013 \xa0\xa0 Week 6: \u2013 \xa0 Week 7: \u2013 \xa0\xa0 Week 8: \u2013 \xa0 Week 9: \u2013 \xa0 Week 10: \u2013 \xa0 Week 11: \u2013 \xa0 Week 12: - \xa0 Next week we begin the READ (my first time) of ; which is available at LeanPub.\xa0 We re-read Volume I in 2018 () that book was life changing\u2026I am looking forward to Volume II. Learn to Solve IT's Dirtiest Secret! Work input, which includes prioritization and sequencing, is how work gets to an organization or team. If you get it wrong you are throwing time and money away. Simply put, poor work intake means \u201cno agile for you\u201d. Jeremy Willets and I have written tackling the topic that JRoss Publishing will publish in January 2024. In support of the book, we are building a live, workshop-based course for anyone involved in deciding on what work gets completed!\xa0 This includes Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Project Managers, Program Managers, and Portfolio Managers - lots of people are involved which is part of the problem! The workshop will cover why work intake is the biggest challenge to teams and organizations today. Attendees will also learn what to do to solve this challenge. This cohort-based course will combine very short lectures, discussions, and exercises. It will provide space to learn and share with peers. We\u2019re using a survey to build a waitlist for the first cohort \u2013 link below. We will use the list to alert you when the workshop is available. \xa0 \xa0 Next SPaMCAST\xa0 As we celebrate the impending publication of (it is going to the printers very soon) I will continue the discussion of work intake scenarios that bedevil teams and organizations. Controlling work entry is controlling WIP which helps us be our best selves.\xa0\xa0 We will also have a visit from Jeremy Berriault bringing his Evolutionary Agilist Column to the cast!