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SPaMCAST 597 – Intentional Serendipity, A Panel Discussion

SPaMCAST 597 – Intentional Serendipity, A Panel Discussion
with Laberge, Parente, Voris, Sweeney, and Cagley
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The panel is composed of Paul Laberge, Susan Parente, John Voris, Jo Ann Sweeney, and the host Tom Cagley.


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The SPaMCAST 597 features a special panel of leaders discussing working
from home now and after the initial reaction to being remote has worn
off.

One of the important points that we discussed was the need to make
space for intentional serendipity.

The panel is composed of Paul Laberge, Susan Parente, John Voris, Jo Ann Sweeney, and the host Tom Cagley.

Panelist Bios

Jo Ann Sweeney FCIM FIIC MCIPR is an engagement and communication
consultant. Typically, she acts as change management lead on complex
programmes, facilitating development of effective engagement, training,
and communication strategies and then assisting as the strategies are
implemented.

Clients value her deep understanding of audiences. Jo Ann is known for
clarifying the complex and for persuading key stakeholders to get
involved and actively support change.

You are welcome to download a complimentary copy of Jo Ann’s guide How
to Explain Change in 8 Easy Steps at
https://freeguide.explaining-change.com/ (
https://freeguide.explaining-change.com/ )

Contact Jo Ann at jo.ann@sweeneycomms.com

John Voris is the current leader of AgilePhilly, the local user group in
the Philadelphia area for Scrum, Kanban, and Lean Software.
(www.AgilePhilly.com ( http://www.agilephilly.com ) )  His day job is
working on financial applications for Crown Cork & Seal, an essential
company with over 100 years of manufacturing food and beverage cans. 
Prior to Crown, John was an independent software consultant for 30+
years helping both small companies and Fortune 100 large companies with
both applications and operating systems.

 

Reach out on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/john-voris-7b20525 (
https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-voris-7b20525 )

 

With more than 30 years in the information technology industry, Paul
Laberge – CGI Director Consulting-Expert, has a wide range of
experience providing IT project management. He enjoys coaching leaders
in deploying business technology solutions. His experience in
organizational change management spans many different lifecycles
including transitions to Agile frameworks (RUP, XP, Scrum, SAFe, Nexxus,
LeSS) and incorporating Lean (Kanban) methodologies.

Reach out on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/paullaberge (
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paullaberge )

Susan Parente is a Principal Consultant at S3 Technologies, LLC and a
University Professor at multiple Universities. Mrs. Parente is an
author, mentor and professor focused on risk management, traditional and
Agile project management. Her experience is augmented by her Masters in
Engineering Management with a focus in Marketing of Technology from
George Washington University, DC, along with a number of professional
certifications. Ms. Parente has 23+ years’ experience leading software
and business development projects in the private and public sectors,
including a decade of experience implementing IT projects for the DoD.

Contact Susan at parente.s3@gmail.com

Re-Read Saturday News 

This week we tackle Chapter 9 of Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking
When Stakes Are High, Second Edition by Patterson, Grenny, McMillan,
Switzler ( https://amzn.to/34RuZ6V ) . The subtitle of this chapter is a
fair summary of the ideas in the chapter: how to turn crucial
conversations into action and results. Let’s face it if you don’t do
anything with what you learn in a crucial conversation you are wasting a
lot of value.

Week 1 - Logistics, Forewards, and Preface ( http://bit.ly/2wls1Mq ) -
http://bit.ly/2wls1Mq ( http://bit.ly/2wls1Mq )  

Week 2 - Chapter 1: What’s a crucial conversation? And who cares? (
http://bit.ly/3a7Kivp ) - http://bit.ly/3a7Kivp ( http://bit.ly/3a7Kivp
)  

Week 3 – Chapter 2: The Power of Dialogue ( http://bit.ly/3aO4cMa )
– http://bit.ly/3aO4cMa ( http://bit.ly/3aO4cMa )   

Week 4 - Chapter 3: Start With Heart ( http://bit.ly/2UbJizK ) -
http://bit.ly/2UbJizK ( http://bit.ly/2UbJizK )  

Week 5 - Learn To Look ( https://bit.ly/3djnnPX ) -
https://bit.ly/3djnnPX ( https://bit.ly/3djnnPX )

Week 6 - Make It Safe ( https://bit.ly/39p4Xu4 ) -
https://bit.ly/39p4Xu4 ( https://bit.ly/39p4Xu4 )  

Week 7 - Master my Stories ( https://bit.ly/2V1DJUZ ) -
https://bit.ly/2V1DJUZ ( https://bit.ly/2V1DJUZ )  

Week 8 - State My Path ( https://bit.ly/2XtqTSr ) -
https://bit.ly/2XtqTSr ( https://bit.ly/2XtqTSr )  

Week 9 - Explore Others’ Paths ( https://bit.ly/2ViOGD5 ) -
https://bit.ly/2ViOGD5 ( https://bit.ly/2ViOGD5 )  

Week 10 - Move to Action ( https://bit.ly/2y1ddUb ) -
https://bit.ly/2y1ddUb ( https://bit.ly/2y1ddUb )  

We are starting the poll for the next book in the re-read series. Crucial
Conversations has two more chapters and an afterword left which means we
have approximately three weeks to choose what we will read next. I am
going to try something a little different this time by focusing on books
I’ve read in late 2019 early 2020 and that I carry around with me when
I am working. One exception is the inclusion of the runner up from our
last poll.

Poll – let me know what you’d like to revisit next!

View Poll ( http://polldaddy.com/poll/10543339/ )

If you do not have a copy or have tossed it at someone during a crucial
conversation, it is time to buy a copy. Please use the link
https://amzn.to/34RuZ6V ( https://amzn.to/34RuZ6V ) (using the link
helps support the blog and podcast).

Next SPaMCAST

SPaMCAST 598 will feature our essay titled Recognizing A Toxic Meeting
Culture. Just because you are meeting remotely doesn’t mean meeting
culture has been reset.  

We will also return to the QA Corner with Jeremy Berriault.

 

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