7: Learning from Successes, and Failures
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This week Ben has been trying new productivity techniques and studying different systems of workflow. He finished a new course video on Page Objects, and has sketched out a second video to hit his pre-vacation goal. He also released a re-edit of his first video, and is strategizing on how much material to drip out in promoting the course. He\\u2019s thinking of approaching his course videos similar to how he would approach giving a talk, and giving each one more practice before going live.
\\n\\nDerrick had a technical issue over the weekend, which his team worked out and stabilized. He has decided to adopt a \\u201cblameless post-mortem\\u201d approach to problem-solving going forward. The incident ended up turning into a learning exercise and they are going to focus on building a playbook as a resource in the future.
\\n\\nToday\\u2019s Topics Include:
\\n\\nTesting work productivity methods
\\nPlanning a drip release of a video course
\\nImproving video recording prep and practice
\\nPacing and speed of course videos
\\nA \\u201cblameless post-mortem\\u201d approach to problem solving
\\nBuilding documentation to help teams respond to technical issues
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\\n\\nLinks and resources:
\\n\\nDeep Work by Cal Newport
\\nRefactoringRails.io
\\nRefactoring from Good to Great - Aloha Ruby Conference talk by Ben Orenstein
\\nBlameless post-mortems