{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Authority Issues","home_page_url":"http://authorityissu.es","feed_url":"http://authorityissu.es/json","description":"Welcome to Authority Issues, a podcast about leadership, management, and competitive prescription writing. \r\n\r\nHosted by Rachel Perkins (aka piebob), and Kendall Miller","_fireside":{"subtitle":"Leadership is hard. 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","url":"https://authorityissu.es/97","content_text":"In this episode, Kendall and rachel talk about: \n\n\nrachel's need to finish things and coping mechanisms around that\nThe recent spate of cold weather/storms and a tale of Kendall's friend and the whisky night\n(This podcast may be sponsored by Friday Deployment Spirits, i guess)\nAn unsurprising objection regarding terminology\nHow Kendall is obviously a Markov Chain bot, and how have i never noticed this before\nThe fact that AI-directed research is nothing new\nPublic access to AI-type tools and how it has expanded the hype cycle\nEnvironmental concerns around resources required\nRobots and why they should just exist to do stuff humans don't want to do\nImplications of the mismatch in public expectations vs the reality of what AI is actually capable of\nLosing the ability of finding the needles of useful information in the haystack of real and generated content\nHow the hype is definitely hype but it should still be in your pitch deck\nThe word rachel was looking for: Captcha\nUsefulness as a writing tool, but not as an author\nKendall's tantalizing taste of socialized medicine\nrachel recommends: Shelter Point distillery's Smoke Point whiskey (Vancouver Island, BC)\nKendall recommends: barrel-finished/aged gins\nrachel also recommends: The Future by Naomi Alderman\nKendall also recommends: Brandon Sanderson's The Way of Kings, Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. \n\n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 ","content_html":"<p>In this episode, Kendall and rachel talk about: </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>rachel&#39;s need to finish things and coping mechanisms around that</li>\n<li>The recent spate of cold weather/storms and a tale of Kendall&#39;s friend and the whisky night</li>\n<li>(This podcast may be sponsored by Friday Deployment Spirits, i guess)</li>\n<li>An unsurprising objection regarding terminology</li>\n<li>How Kendall is obviously a Markov Chain bot, and how have i never noticed this before</li>\n<li>The fact that AI-directed research is nothing new</li>\n<li>Public access to AI-type tools and how it has expanded the hype cycle</li>\n<li>Environmental concerns around resources required</li>\n<li>Robots and why they should just exist to do stuff humans don&#39;t want to do</li>\n<li>Implications of the mismatch in public expectations vs the reality of what AI is actually capable of</li>\n<li>Losing the ability of finding the needles of useful information in the haystack of real and generated content</li>\n<li>How the hype is definitely hype but it should still be in your pitch deck</li>\n<li>The word rachel was looking for: Captcha</li>\n<li>Usefulness as a writing tool, but not as an author</li>\n<li>Kendall&#39;s tantalizing taste of socialized medicine</li>\n<li>rachel recommends: Shelter Point distillery&#39;s Smoke Point whiskey (Vancouver Island, BC)</li>\n<li>Kendall recommends: barrel-finished/aged gins</li>\n<li>rachel also recommends: The Future by Naomi Alderman</li>\n<li>Kendall also recommends: Brandon Sanderson&#39;s The Way of Kings, Margaret Atwood&#39;s The Handmaid&#39;s Tale. </li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 </p>","summary":"rachel and Kendall engage in the now-traditional catching up session, then proceed to the main show: AI, its implications, its capabilities, and how it might change the world. 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What does one look like?\nHow unwillingness to talk about death as a society makes this a crisis for us\nLiving life well when you know you're going to die\nThe impact of having grown up in genX, the assumption that no one is going to take care of you when you're old\nPerpetuating a cycle of dissatisfaction\nThe fallacy of \"follow your dreams and everything will be fine\" vs \"enjoy the work you have because life is short\"\nIntentionally doing things inefficiently in order to enjoy the process more, thank you Kurt Vonnegut (see https://www.mondaymorningmemo.com/kurt-vonnegut-farting-around/ for the full quote/story)\nHow does one's belief in an afterlife impact these things? \nWhether having some control over the time and manner of one's death is comforting\nWhat living well means to Kendall, and his upcoming book :) \nrecommendation from rachel: The Witch King by Martha Wells\nrecommendation from Kendall: Eat something so spicy you leave your physical body temporarily\n\n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 ","content_html":"<p>In this episode, rachel and Kendall talk about: </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Kendall being back in the US, how many desks he has had to order, and the various benefits of Pickleball vs Paddleball</li>\n<li>rachel&#39;s reign of terror over a particular kind of cooking pan, being sick, and heading to Vegas to dj at DEFCON</li>\n<li>Why people might be pivoting away from their tech careers, looking for greater meaning</li>\n<li>What actually is a midlife crisis? </li>\n<li>Planning for your midlife crisis, understanding your path forward</li>\n<li>What triggers a midlife crisis? 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Kendall and rachel catch up and engage in a little light conversation...about death. ","date_published":"2023-08-03T00:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7003e47e-a9ac-4e61-acfa-668fe2b1b318/685d5fcd-28a7-499a-90f3-0064d2d2466b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":45205548,"duration_in_seconds":2825}]},{"id":"9149da5a-36d2-47d5-ad22-eff1496d5e3d","title":"Episode 90: What does \"take all the time you need\" really mean, anyway? ","url":"https://authorityissu.es/90","content_text":"In this episode, Kendall and rachel talk about:\n\n\nThe long journey to a big whisky delivery\nKendall's triumphant return\nThe magical locale that is Port Townsend\nA particularly pleasing hat\nThe conflict in question\nWhat actual family means vs \"your work family\" \nHow the pandemic has strained the definition of \"take all the time you need\" for companies\nParental leave as a possible model for policymaking\nDoing The Math\nThe SVB failure as a case study of doing the Math\nWhat would you do?\nThe impact of the pandemic on views of the value of \"working\"\nOpportunities as a leader to improve the situation when it arises\nKendall recommends: My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hands\nrachel recommends: The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi,  Pokerface (tv show) on Peacock\nrachel's advice on cask programs\nHow to reach us\n\n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 ","content_html":"<p>In this episode, Kendall and rachel talk about:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>The long journey to a big whisky delivery</li>\n<li>Kendall&#39;s triumphant return</li>\n<li>The magical locale that is Port Townsend</li>\n<li>A particularly pleasing hat</li>\n<li>The conflict in question</li>\n<li>What actual family means vs &quot;your work family&quot; </li>\n<li>How the pandemic has strained the definition of &quot;take all the time you need&quot; for companies</li>\n<li>Parental leave as a possible model for policymaking</li>\n<li>Doing The Math</li>\n<li>The SVB failure as a case study of doing the Math</li>\n<li>What would you do?</li>\n<li>The impact of the pandemic on views of the value of &quot;working&quot;</li>\n<li>Opportunities as a leader to improve the situation when it arises</li>\n<li>Kendall recommends: My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hands</li>\n<li>rachel recommends: The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi,  Pokerface (tv show) on Peacock</li>\n<li>rachel&#39;s advice on cask programs</li>\n<li>How to reach us</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 </p>","summary":"rachel and Kendall catch up and then discuss the inherent tension between capitalism and being able to treat your employees like humans. ","date_published":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7003e47e-a9ac-4e61-acfa-668fe2b1b318/9149da5a-36d2-47d5-ad22-eff1496d5e3d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":43445940,"duration_in_seconds":2715}]},{"id":"d83d1c42-d8fc-44e9-bcdc-873215005a91","title":"Episode 89: Ricardo Brízido (Stake)","url":"https://authorityissu.es/89","content_text":"In this episode, Kendall, rachel, and Ricardo talk about: \n\n\nHow we're a global podcast!\nRough times of wearing a suit to work in the morning\nA lack of startups in Portugal in the early 2000s, moving to London on a whim\nThe Land Before APIs (and podcasts)\nDiscovering a penchant for leadership\nThe differences between raising VC money in EU vs US, definitions of success\nTrying to keep a startup going after the runway runs out\nGerman startup culture vs Portuguese startup culture\nWhat does \"long story short\" even mean anymore? :) \nReflecting on past decisions\nSuddenly realizing the scope of responsibility\nArriving at Stake (whew!) \nAn emotional response to being a builder vs a fixer\nPragmatism in technology choices\nRunning a sourdough bakery with his wife\n\n\nYou can find Ricardo at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricardobrizido/\n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 ","content_html":"<p>In this episode, Kendall, rachel, and Ricardo talk about: </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>How we&#39;re a global podcast!</li>\n<li>Rough times of wearing a suit to work in the morning</li>\n<li>A lack of startups in Portugal in the early 2000s, moving to London on a whim</li>\n<li>The Land Before APIs (and podcasts)</li>\n<li>Discovering a penchant for leadership</li>\n<li>The differences between raising VC money in EU vs US, definitions of success</li>\n<li>Trying to keep a startup going after the runway runs out</li>\n<li>German startup culture vs Portuguese startup culture</li>\n<li>What does &quot;long story short&quot; even mean anymore? :) </li>\n<li>Reflecting on past decisions</li>\n<li>Suddenly realizing the scope of responsibility</li>\n<li>Arriving at Stake (whew!) </li>\n<li>An emotional response to being a builder vs a fixer</li>\n<li>Pragmatism in technology choices</li>\n<li>Running a sourdough bakery with his wife</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>You can find Ricardo at <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricardobrizido/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricardobrizido/</a></p>\n\n<p>Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 </p>","summary":"Ricardo Brízido is Chief Technology Officer at Stake. ","date_published":"2023-05-11T00:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7003e47e-a9ac-4e61-acfa-668fe2b1b318/d83d1c42-d8fc-44e9-bcdc-873215005a91.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":51316529,"duration_in_seconds":3207}]},{"id":"fcdc2288-d6b4-43d2-b8d2-169e52dca376","title":"Episode 88: Is work the friends we made along the way? ","url":"https://authorityissu.es/88","content_text":"In this episode, Kendall and rachel talk about:\n\n\nFreakin' time zones\nWhisky delivery news\nThe subtleties of F to C conversions\nMigration to Mastodon, bike community trends\nKendall's new CTO Lunches business undertaking and travel plans\nGoing from having all your friends come from work to having most friends originate outside of work\nBenefits of socializing with your more senior colleagues\nHow the pandemic has impacted work friendships, especially for early-career people\nThe change in dynamic when you become the boss\nProgressively wanting and needing less social contact at work as time passes\nHiring your friends\nRelationship-building as a strategy\nGiving less of a fuck as you get older, tolerating more weirdness in others\nEnergy level imbalance anxiety therapy session for rachel\nThe value of being optimistic about people you encounter at work\nRecommendations: rachel recommends the Monk and Robot series of novellas by Becky Chambers. Kendall recommends you go sailing, and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon. \nA warning from Kendall\n\n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 ","content_html":"<p>In this episode, Kendall and rachel talk about:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Freakin&#39; time zones</li>\n<li>Whisky delivery news</li>\n<li>The subtleties of F to C conversions</li>\n<li>Migration to Mastodon, bike community trends</li>\n<li>Kendall&#39;s new CTO Lunches business undertaking and travel plans</li>\n<li>Going from having all your friends come from work to having most friends originate outside of work</li>\n<li>Benefits of socializing with your more senior colleagues</li>\n<li>How the pandemic has impacted work friendships, especially for early-career people</li>\n<li>The change in dynamic when you become the boss</li>\n<li>Progressively wanting and needing less social contact at work as time passes</li>\n<li>Hiring your friends</li>\n<li>Relationship-building as a strategy</li>\n<li>Giving less of a fuck as you get older, tolerating more weirdness in others</li>\n<li>Energy level imbalance anxiety therapy session for rachel</li>\n<li>The value of being optimistic about people you encounter at work</li>\n<li>Recommendations: rachel recommends the Monk and Robot series of novellas by Becky Chambers. Kendall recommends you go sailing, and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon. </li>\n<li>A warning from Kendall</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 </p>","summary":"Kendall and rachel catch up after a long break and then try to answer some questions about work friendships: are they necessary, are they desirable, and how do they work? ","date_published":"2023-03-02T00:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7003e47e-a9ac-4e61-acfa-668fe2b1b318/fcdc2288-d6b4-43d2-b8d2-169e52dca376.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":47749665,"duration_in_seconds":2984}]},{"id":"4233604c-eed2-4ba5-9095-d2c10eda654b","title":"Episode 87: Virgile Raingeard (Figures.hr)","url":"https://authorityissu.es/87","content_text":"In this episode, rachel, Kendall, and Virgile talk about: \n\n\nStarting out as a CS student, but wanting more human interaction\nA path through HR tooling to HR generalist role with a detour to Perth, Australia\nThe elephant in the room: is HR \"the bad guy\"?\nHow to manage the tension inherent in doing HR work\nDifferences in the role when a company is small vs large\nGetting some experience in an entrepreneurial culture\nDiscovering firsthand the need for reliable compensation data\nTying the lack of data to salary level disparity and unfairness\nWalking the line between corporate best interest and employee best interests\nDeep differences between employment policies in the US vs France\nThe stress of hiring thoughtfully and effectively\nHow crucial it is to understand onesself before one can develop the empathy to manage others well\nThe ego required to feel ok about being responsible for peoples' livelihoods vs the humility required to do it effectively\nHow hard it is to give away one's legos\nFulfillment at work leading to a happier home life\nHow many bikes is too many bikes? \n\n\nYou can find Virgile on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vraingeard/\n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 ","content_html":"<p>In this episode, rachel, Kendall, and Virgile talk about: </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Starting out as a CS student, but wanting more human interaction</li>\n<li>A path through HR tooling to HR generalist role with a detour to Perth, Australia</li>\n<li>The elephant in the room: is HR &quot;the bad guy&quot;?</li>\n<li>How to manage the tension inherent in doing HR work</li>\n<li>Differences in the role when a company is small vs large</li>\n<li>Getting some experience in an entrepreneurial culture</li>\n<li>Discovering firsthand the need for reliable compensation data</li>\n<li>Tying the lack of data to salary level disparity and unfairness</li>\n<li>Walking the line between corporate best interest and employee best interests</li>\n<li>Deep differences between employment policies in the US vs France</li>\n<li>The stress of hiring thoughtfully and effectively</li>\n<li>How crucial it is to understand onesself before one can develop the empathy to manage others well</li>\n<li>The ego required to feel ok about being responsible for peoples&#39; livelihoods vs the humility required to do it effectively</li>\n<li>How hard it is to give away one&#39;s legos</li>\n<li>Fulfillment at work leading to a happier home life</li>\n<li>How many bikes is too many bikes? 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","url":"https://authorityissu.es/84","content_text":"In this episode,  Kendall and rachel talk about: \n\n\n The art of mending things beautifully (the words rachel was trying to remember are Kintsugi and Sashiko, in that order)\n The art of mending things not so beautifully, aka hacking off the bottom of your favorite pants and adding bits of your favorite shirt so they fit better (Kendall subsequently found some photos, but none of them from after the shirt addition...) \n Why Kendall sounds echo-ey (also, maybe this is why there's an annoying echo of rachel throughout this recording, apologies) \n Why we're talking about systems thinking: https://twitter.com/johncutlefish/status/1518361842342453248 (no longer pinned)\n Context, and why it rules from orbit\n How seeing the big picture can be frustrating when one has limited power or scope\n Optimization, in a shockingly nerdy gaming analogy\n When it's hard to share context due to business volatility\n Wait, what actually do we mean when we say systems thinking? \n How systems thinking is actually largely about understanding people and their motivations\n A former podcast guest we both think is a super impressive systems thinker but did not name ;) \n\n\nThanks to John Cutler (@jcutlefish on Twitter) for a thought-provoking list! \n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 ","content_html":"<p>In this episode,  Kendall and rachel talk about: </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li> The art of mending things beautifully (the words rachel was trying to remember are <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintsugi\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kintsugi</a> and <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sashiko\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sashiko</a>, in that order)</li>\n<li> The art of mending things not so beautifully, aka hacking off the bottom of your favorite pants and adding bits of your favorite shirt so they fit better (Kendall subsequently found some photos, but none of them from after the shirt addition...) </li>\n<li> Why Kendall sounds echo-ey (also, maybe this is why there&#39;s an annoying echo of rachel throughout this recording, apologies) </li>\n<li> Why we&#39;re talking about systems thinking: <a href=\"https://twitter.com/johncutlefish/status/1518361842342453248\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://twitter.com/johncutlefish/status/1518361842342453248</a> (no longer pinned)</li>\n<li> Context, and why it rules from orbit</li>\n<li> How seeing the big picture can be frustrating when one has limited power or scope</li>\n<li> Optimization, in a shockingly nerdy gaming analogy</li>\n<li> When it&#39;s hard to share context due to business volatility</li>\n<li> Wait, what actually do we mean when we say systems thinking? </li>\n<li> How systems thinking is actually largely about understanding people and their motivations</li>\n<li> A former podcast guest we both think is a super impressive systems thinker but did not name ;) </li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Thanks to John Cutler (@jcutlefish on Twitter) for a thought-provoking list! </p>\n\n<p>Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 </p>","summary":"rachel and Kendall talk about systems thinking in the context of leadership","date_published":"2022-07-28T00:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7003e47e-a9ac-4e61-acfa-668fe2b1b318/0fcacc92-3ab8-4c63-9889-681968308ba6.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":41234935,"duration_in_seconds":2576}]},{"id":"6d0ec6f1-e68c-4b21-ad7f-eff67c362206","title":"Episode 83: What does peak leadership look like? ","url":"https://authorityissu.es/83","content_text":"In this episode, rachel and Kendall talk about: \n\n\nNot looking a gift Wagyu steak in the...mouth? marbling?\nThe primal/spiritual nature of singing with other people and joining a Threshold Choir \nTaking Kendall Seriously\nMoving to Portugal updates from Kendall\nDentistry nightmares\nHow far up the corporate ladder is far enough? \nTheorizing about the impact of being part of Gen-X on rachel's career path\nCaring about money vs caring about power and ways some companies exploit the latter\nSpeculation and validation around why Kendall keeps at the grind\nAn interlude to let you know that this episode was brought to you (in part) by gin\nThings that complicate the equation of when to stop\nrachel reins in her judginess (a bit)\nHow being a woman in the tech industry affects things\nKendall plugs the Radial Development Group\nrachel marvels at Kids These Days and their nomadic lifestyles\nEchoes of Episode 81\nDeep Thoughts with Kendall and rachel\nKendall recommends a podcast: The Fall of Civilization, especially the episode about Assyria\n\n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 ","content_html":"<p>In this episode, rachel and Kendall talk about: </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Not looking a gift Wagyu steak in the...mouth? marbling?</li>\n<li>The primal/spiritual nature of singing with other people and joining a Threshold Choir </li>\n<li>Taking Kendall Seriously</li>\n<li>Moving to Portugal updates from Kendall</li>\n<li>Dentistry nightmares</li>\n<li>How far up the corporate ladder is far enough? </li>\n<li>Theorizing about the impact of being part of Gen-X on rachel&#39;s career path</li>\n<li>Caring about money vs caring about power and ways some companies exploit the latter</li>\n<li>Speculation and validation around why Kendall keeps at the grind</li>\n<li>An interlude to let you know that this episode was brought to you (in part) by gin</li>\n<li>Things that complicate the equation of when to stop</li>\n<li>rachel reins in her judginess (a bit)</li>\n<li>How being a woman in the tech industry affects things</li>\n<li>Kendall plugs the Radial Development Group</li>\n<li>rachel marvels at Kids These Days and their nomadic lifestyles</li>\n<li>Echoes of Episode 81</li>\n<li>Deep Thoughts with Kendall and rachel</li>\n<li>Kendall recommends a podcast: The Fall of Civilization, especially the episode about Assyria</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 </p>","summary":"Kendall and rachel talk about how leaders decide when they've peaked","date_published":"2022-07-14T00:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7003e47e-a9ac-4e61-acfa-668fe2b1b318/6d0ec6f1-e68c-4b21-ad7f-eff67c362206.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":47416970,"duration_in_seconds":2963}]},{"id":"ac39fff7-c8d1-4bf4-a914-0ebf6c5c355a","title":"Episode 82: Sarah Rieger (Jellyfish)","url":"https://authorityissu.es/82","content_text":"In this episode, rachel, Kendall, and Sarah talk about: \n\n\nMaking the choice to go into software engineering\nThe daily life of a team lead\nHow one becomes a team lead, awesome support from Jasmine and others! \nThe power of empathy in leadership\nBeing able to ask questions across the org\nApproaches to building trust\nBeing highly concensus-driven, associating \"authority\" with top-down directives\nHow leaders should always remember they have more to learn\nJust How Very Tired Kendall Is\nThat it's important for leaders to be approachable/accessible to people at all levels of the org\nHow \"Building up relationships in a company is like building up a friendship\"\nLearning how to paint, using 3D printed items to practice drawing\nDisrupting the \"deciding where to eat\" market\n\n\nYou can find Sarah on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-rieger-66617a145/\n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 ","content_html":"<p>In this episode, rachel, Kendall, and Sarah talk about: </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Making the choice to go into software engineering</li>\n<li>The daily life of a team lead</li>\n<li>How one becomes a team lead, awesome support from Jasmine and others! </li>\n<li>The power of empathy in leadership</li>\n<li>Being able to ask questions across the org</li>\n<li>Approaches to building trust</li>\n<li>Being highly concensus-driven, associating &quot;authority&quot; 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At least when onboarding, as a way to develop culture by seeing other people interact.\nOnboarding that results in checking in code within 5 days\nLOUD NOISES\nAdmiration for one's leaders, learning by watching them\nAuthority as responsibility to one's team vs power\nIntermission to enjoy Kendall's dog\nSafety to make mistakes as a child, wanting that for your team\nrachel has Opinions about calling your colleagues your \"family\" \nLoyalty to people vs company\nEnjoyment of natural places\nUsing leadership skills to improve life with friends and family\n\n\nYou can find Anurag on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asblr/\n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 ","content_html":"<p>In this episode, Kendall, rachel, and Anurag talk about:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Getting left in charge as a career progression mechanism</li>\n<li>An &quot;unusual&quot; level of interest in affecting long-term strategy and systems thinking from an economics background</li>\n<li>Betting on more candidates by giving them an opportunity outside of their current background</li>\n<li>The vagueness of product management and strategy</li>\n<li>Instilling a culture of ownership/safety when everyone is working remotely</li>\n<li>How sometimes more meetings is...good? 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","url":"https://authorityissu.es/79","content_text":"In this episode, rachel and Kendall talk about: \n\n\nCoping mechanisms: are some worse than others? Where is the line? \nWhat happens when a planner can't make any plans? \nrachel's effusive declarations about indie sewing patterns\nKendall's...disappointing COVID experience\nWhy does it seem wrong to feel happy when people around the world are suffering? \nWhen it's helpful to compartmentalize \nClarifying what you're actually feeling guilty about\nHappiness as self-care\nHow much authenticity is too much, at work? \nThe need for a mechanism for feeling hope\nHitting that bucket list\nA song that changed the path of a life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXk5dXYw728\nA quick detour for hot tub recommendations and rap lyrics from Kendall\nThe value of self-understanding, introspection, honesty\nPolarization for good and bad reasons\nDoing the little things that make you happy (like making a podcast with a good friend &lt;3 ) \n\n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 ","content_html":"<p>In this episode, rachel and Kendall talk about: </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Coping mechanisms: are some worse than others? 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Kendall asking the important questions\nThe inevitability of acquiring a \"superstructure of bullshit\"\nOutgrowing the \"rah rah\" aspect of working at a company\nFeelings of beard inadequacy and enjoyment of bicycles\nThe romance of building a sailboat with your life partner\n\n\nYou can find Eli on the Rands Leadership Slack and on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/eli-daniel/\n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 ","content_html":"<p>In this episode, rachel, Kendall, and Eli talk about:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>The most apt failed startup name ever</li>\n<li>A terrible first experience as a manager and being voluntold to try it again</li>\n<li>Enjoying the force multiplier of leadership vs individual contribution</li>\n<li>Oracle acquisition zingers (nice one, Kendall)</li>\n<li>Being Guild-less at Spotify</li>\n<li>Going from being told what to build to asking what should be built</li>\n<li>Learning that it&#39;s important to also care about the business plan</li>\n<li>Communicating and marketing business context to [naive|entitled] engineers</li>\n<li>How that context helps drive a more collaborative process and empowers engineers</li>\n<li>How big is too big? 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(also: Doesn't \"Return to Work\" imply we stopped working at some point?) ","url":"https://authorityissu.es/74","content_text":"In this episode, Kendall and rachel talk about:\n\n\nKendall's amazing inflatable hot tub\nHaving a little bit of guest visit enjoyment, as a treat\nThe quaint marvel that is rachel's small-town paper's Police Blotter\n(here's the video i reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mG2RGp-lcw&amp;t=5s ) \nWildlife encounters\nNot blaming people who choose safety over working a service industry job\nThe need for a social safety net\nA heartwarming tale of anonymous free fancy dinner\nHow companies who think \"remote first\" was just a phase are losing employees to the ones who realize it is the way of the future\nThe investment in support and infrastructure needed to successfully implement a \"remote first\" workplace\nEgo-driven leadership and the need to survey one's domain\nA theory about innovation needing people being in a room together\nWhether the ability to multi-task during your Zoom meetings /really/ mean you're more productive?\nHow not having drive-by interruptions all day definitely helps\nThe possibility of a cultural split among companies -- in-person culture vs remote-first culture\nWhether our listeners want more of this kind of episode--let us know! \n\n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 ","content_html":"<p>In this episode, Kendall and rachel talk about:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Kendall&#39;s amazing inflatable hot tub</li>\n<li>Having a little bit of guest visit enjoyment, as a treat</li>\n<li>The quaint marvel that is rachel&#39;s small-town paper&#39;s Police Blotter\n(here&#39;s the video i reference: <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mG2RGp-lcw&t=5s\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mG2RGp-lcw&amp;t=5s</a> ) </li>\n<li>Wildlife encounters</li>\n<li>Not blaming people who choose safety over working a service industry job</li>\n<li>The need for a social safety net</li>\n<li>A heartwarming tale of anonymous free fancy dinner</li>\n<li>How companies who think &quot;remote first&quot; was just a phase are losing employees to the ones who realize it is the way of the future</li>\n<li>The investment in support and infrastructure needed to successfully implement a &quot;remote first&quot; workplace</li>\n<li>Ego-driven leadership and the need to survey one&#39;s domain</li>\n<li>A theory about innovation needing people being in a room together</li>\n<li>Whether the ability to multi-task during your Zoom meetings /really/ mean you&#39;re more productive?</li>\n<li>How not having drive-by interruptions all day definitely helps</li>\n<li>The possibility of a cultural split among companies -- in-person culture vs remote-first culture</li>\n<li>Whether our listeners want more of this kind of episode--let us know! </li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 </p>","summary":"rachel and Kendall discuss (and airquote) \"returning\" to work","date_published":"2021-10-21T00:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7003e47e-a9ac-4e61-acfa-668fe2b1b318/e73dad18-5c4a-4e28-a11b-2711cd9cbbc3.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":45728833,"duration_in_seconds":2857}]},{"id":"a65f6ed7-1472-48f0-a500-0a0274d4f110","title":"Episode 73: Why do people cling to their shitty ways? How and when do we embrace change? ","url":"https://authorityissu.es/73","content_text":"In this episode, rachel and Kendall talk about: \n\n\nMore than you wanted to know about grocery store ginger purchases\nHow  some people use the term \"a couple\" to mean something other than exactly 2 and that they are Wrong\nExamples of technologies that suck but people still use\nBeing caught up in the glories of the past (rachel would like to point out that she used a sharpie to black out Gene Simmons on her KISS shirt)\nThe downsides of Agile/continuous shipping of things vs Waterfall (warning, heresy inside)\nBlaming growing inflexibility as one gets older\nUnselfawareness in the face of serial shittiness\nTwo reasons: arrogance or laziness\n How one gets stuck, how to know if you're stuck\n Recommendations: \n\n\n rachel: The Great British Sewing Bee (tv show, if you liked GBBO, you'll probably like this too)\n rachel: The Alienist (kinda gruesome, moody period crime drama) \n Kendall:  fail videos from user mrmrmike on YouTube (great way to learn things NOT to do)\n\n\n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 ","content_html":"<p>In this episode, rachel and Kendall talk about: </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>More than you wanted to know about grocery store ginger purchases</li>\n<li>How  some people use the term &quot;a couple&quot; to mean something other than exactly 2 and that they are Wrong</li>\n<li>Examples of technologies that suck but people still use</li>\n<li>Being caught up in the glories of the past (rachel would like to point out that she used a sharpie to black out Gene Simmons on her KISS shirt)</li>\n<li>The downsides of Agile/continuous shipping of things vs Waterfall (warning, heresy inside)</li>\n<li>Blaming growing inflexibility as one gets older</li>\n<li>Unselfawareness in the face of serial shittiness</li>\n<li>Two reasons: arrogance or laziness</li>\n<li> How one gets stuck, how to know if you&#39;re stuck</li>\n<li> Recommendations: \n\n<ul>\n<li> rachel: The Great British Sewing Bee (tv show, if you liked GBBO, you&#39;ll probably like this too)</li>\n<li> rachel: The Alienist (kinda gruesome, moody period crime drama) </li>\n<li> Kendall:  fail videos from user mrmrmike on YouTube (great way to learn things NOT to do)</li>\n</ul></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 </p>","summary":"Kendall and rachel debate the various reasons people are Wrong About The Things They Like","date_published":"2021-10-07T00:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7003e47e-a9ac-4e61-acfa-668fe2b1b318/a65f6ed7-1472-48f0-a500-0a0274d4f110.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":45157900,"duration_in_seconds":2822}]},{"id":"bb40a23c-4a8d-4035-a454-075316db7f1e","title":"Episode 72: Money is all that matters (a Very Special Installment) ","url":"https://authorityissu.es/72","content_text":"In this episode, Kendall and rachel talk about: \n\n\nSpending money on Things and our feelings about that\nAre we the baddies? \nThe nature of golden handcuffs\nWhat is \"enough\"? \n\"Work\" as a social outlet\nContentment vs. satisfaction\nKendall's wanderlust and associated twitchiness\nEnabling satisfaction for your employees\nImpact and the effectiveness of giving money vs. personal involvement and time\nWhether it's simpler (NOT easier) to be \"poor\"\nUnderlying feelings of guilt/not deserving\nThe stress of not being able to make working \"good\" for one's employees\nRecommendations for (unrelated) books: \n\n\nKendall recommends: James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time \nrachel recommends: Gamechanger and Dealbreaker by L.X. Beckett (and Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Al Switzler, Ron McMillan)\n\n\n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 ","content_html":"<p>In this episode, Kendall and rachel talk about: </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Spending money on Things and our feelings about that</li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JOpPNra4bw\" rel=\"nofollow\">Are we the baddies?</a> </li>\n<li>The nature of golden handcuffs</li>\n<li>What is &quot;enough&quot;? </li>\n<li>&quot;Work&quot; as a social outlet</li>\n<li>Contentment vs. satisfaction</li>\n<li>Kendall&#39;s wanderlust and associated twitchiness</li>\n<li>Enabling satisfaction for your employees</li>\n<li>Impact and the effectiveness of giving money vs. personal involvement and time</li>\n<li>Whether it&#39;s simpler (NOT easier) to be &quot;poor&quot;</li>\n<li>Underlying feelings of guilt/not deserving</li>\n<li>The stress of not being able to make working &quot;good&quot; for one&#39;s employees</li>\n<li>Recommendations for (unrelated) books: \n\n<ul>\n<li>Kendall recommends: James Baldwin&#39;s The Fire Next Time </li>\n<li>rachel recommends: Gamechanger and Dealbreaker by L.X. 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out of school in  at 16 years old\nThe struggles of being a manager in a bar in Singapore as a teenager\nDeveloping \"scripts\" for the various interactions that kept recurring\nInternships as cheap labor rackets\nImmediate promotion from intern to being in charge of customer comms\nPremonitions about layoffs\nThe camaraderie of joint suffering\nKendall admits that Marketing runs the universe\nGatekeeping as an indicator of a real discipline \nThe difficulties of managing people who are significantly older than you, especially in Singaporean culture\nPredicting her own future, again\nIterating toward a less blunt approach to management\nPreferences for feedback via chat vs in person\nExperiencing joy when reports succeed\nSelf-reflection when reports are failing\nCooking experiments\n\n\nYou can find Dee on twitter or instagram as @tomyumsushi :) \n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 ","content_html":"<p>In this episode, rachel, Kendall, and Dee talk 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Twitter @mattrogish and on mattrogish.com</p>\n\n<p>Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 </p>","summary":"Matt Rogish is Cofounder and CEO at Kimball","date_published":"2021-04-01T00:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7003e47e-a9ac-4e61-acfa-668fe2b1b318/1861683b-39c6-4de8-b07e-a9b220652d3f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":47488023,"duration_in_seconds":2967}]},{"id":"d5e3d1eb-d595-4a7a-895e-113d5ea5071a","title":"Episode 63: Dominique Simoneau-Ritchie (Wealthsimple)","url":"https://authorityissu.es/63","content_text":"In this episode, Kendall, rachel, and Dominique talk about:\n\n\nGetting into computers so she could communicate with her friends\nHow crappy Dreamweaver was\nBenefiting from IBM programs\nStepping into project management\nLeaving IBM for a much smaller company...\nMaking assumptions about working patterns...with mixed results :)\nHow hiring quickly is in tension against achieving 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So cool!  Additional fascinating hobbies\nYet another recommendation for the Crucial Conversations books\n\n\nYaz recommends The Coaching Habit by Michael Bungay Stanier, Crucial Conversations by Al Switzler, Joseph Grenny, and Ron McMillan, Multipliers by Liz Wiseman, and reading The Daily Stoic.\n\nYou can find Yaz on the internet on LinkedIn and at https://yagiz.medium.com/\n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 ","content_html":"<p>In this episode, rachel, Kendall, and Yaz talk about:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>A love of languages, molecular biology, art</li>\n<li>The less-than-romantic reality of becoming an architect</li>\n<li>How creation is creation--programming is a creative act</li>\n<li>A painful introduction to the responsibilities of management</li>\n<li>Finally becoming an architect (of software ;) )</li>\n<li>Guilting himself into becoming a people leader</li>\n<li>Moving to the US, going back to smaller companies/startups</li>\n<li>Kendall&#39;s insecurity about title inflation :) </li>\n<li>That the relationship you have with your team/manager is often more important than the work</li>\n<li>Cultural variances in leadership styles and expectations</li>\n<li>The downsides of being pre-emptively trusting</li>\n<li>Balancing the responsibilities of leadership with the responsibilities of family</li>\n<li>A secret management coaching weapon at home :) </li>\n<li>Kendall&#39;s atrocious parenting ;), Yaz&#39;s difficulties teaching his kid how to play guitar</li>\n<li>Being a beekeeper?! 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</li>\n<li>Becoming more intentional as a leader, learning about leadership frameworks</li>\n<li>Growing out of the &#39;relationship&#39; as a cofounder, wanting different things</li>\n<li>Big, International, Complicated :) </li>\n<li>Becoming a regular old Engineering Manager, and...immediately becoming a VP of Engineering</li>\n<li>Twitter as a source of leadership learning, despite the trashfire</li>\n<li>Managing in all directions, 360 degree leadership</li>\n<li>Acknowledging that leadership successes depend on the quality of the team</li>\n<li>Hiring tenets, &quot;value add&quot; vs &quot;culture fit&quot;</li>\n<li>Finding the right role at CircleCI</li>\n<li>Authority and how to swing it, understanding power distance</li>\n<li>Maintaining a list of hobbies to take up as a hobby</li>\n<li>A strong desire for &quot;really good fries&quot;</li>\n<li>A recommendation for poetry books by Omar Sakr, more books recommended below</li>\n<li>Working on dialing back the tendency to take charge in non-work life (such a familiar struggle :)) </li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>More books Lena recommends: </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50887097-why-fish-don-t-exist\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50887097-why-fish-don-t-exist</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43131602-into-the-planet\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43131602-into-the-planet</a> </li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39731655-in-extremis\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39731655-in-extremis</a></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>You can find Lena on the internet at:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://twitter.com/lrnrd\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://twitter.com/lrnrd</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://lenareinhard.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://lenareinhard.com</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/lenareinhard/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://www.linkedin.com/in/lenareinhard/</a></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 </p>","summary":"Lena Reinhard is Vice President of Product Engineering at CircleCI","date_published":"2021-02-11T00:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7003e47e-a9ac-4e61-acfa-668fe2b1b318/376fc5a9-6d29-48c1-86bb-12a81f8ed845.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":47107680,"duration_in_seconds":2943}]},{"id":"c36b6fe3-75f2-4567-8e8c-0869e0035ca7","title":"Episode 60: Yazhi Smith (Vista Equity Partners)","url":"https://authorityissu.es/60","content_text":"In this episode, rachel, Kendall, and Yazhi talk about:\n\n\nHow Yazhi doesn't know what \"old\" means ;)\nA life story framed as Lord of the Rings \nGrowing up with stereotypical Asian parental expectations, coloring within the lines\n&gt;&gt;recordscratch&gt;&gt; growing up in FIJI?!  (Kendall spends 5 minutes squee-ing)\nrachel's turn to squee, someone who sees the value of useful error logging :heart-eyes:\nA first taste of travel in the US \nPersonal development smorgasbord at IBM\nPersonal life upheaval driving big changes, no more coloring inside the lines\nMoving to the US and starting an IT consulting company\nWhen people usually rebel, how much of a rule-follower Kendall is\nDiscovering America with gusto, FREE SODA REFILLS :D\nTrying out the stay-at-home mom thing and not being able to keep still\nPivoting to building businesses from home\nRemembering you're working with actual people, not just resources\nManaging resistance to new process implementation through curiosity and humility\nHow yet again, the problem is people\nGetting over yourself to get the job done\nThe Rules and how to ignore them, for the sake of the children\nWhy you should own goats\n\n\nYou can find Yazhi on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/yazhi/\n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 ","content_html":"<p>In this episode, rachel, Kendall, and Yazhi talk about:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>How Yazhi doesn&#39;t know what &quot;old&quot; means ;)</li>\n<li>A life story framed as Lord of the Rings </li>\n<li>Growing up with stereotypical Asian parental expectations, coloring within the lines</li>\n<li>&gt;&gt;recordscratch&gt;&gt; growing up in FIJI?!  (Kendall spends 5 minutes squee-ing)</li>\n<li>rachel&#39;s turn to squee, someone who sees the value of useful error logging :heart-eyes:</li>\n<li>A first taste of travel in the US </li>\n<li>Personal development smorgasbord at IBM</li>\n<li>Personal life upheaval driving big changes, no more coloring inside the lines</li>\n<li>Moving to the US and starting an IT consulting company</li>\n<li>When people usually rebel, how much of a rule-follower Kendall is</li>\n<li>Discovering America with gusto, FREE SODA REFILLS :D</li>\n<li>Trying out the stay-at-home mom thing and not being able to keep still</li>\n<li>Pivoting to building businesses from home</li>\n<li>Remembering you&#39;re working with actual people, not just resources</li>\n<li>Managing resistance to new process implementation through curiosity and humility</li>\n<li>How yet again, the problem is people</li>\n<li>Getting over yourself to get the job done</li>\n<li>The Rules and how to ignore them, for the sake of the children</li>\n<li>Why you should own goats</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>You can find Yazhi on LinkedIn at <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/yazhi/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://www.linkedin.com/in/yazhi/</a></p>\n\n<p>Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 </p>","summary":"Yazhi Smith is Director of IT Services at Vista Equity Partners","date_published":"2021-01-28T00:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7003e47e-a9ac-4e61-acfa-668fe2b1b318/c36b6fe3-75f2-4567-8e8c-0869e0035ca7.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":42946896,"duration_in_seconds":2683}]},{"id":"0418903e-27b0-4d9b-9e70-3e86f4e75c5d","title":"Episode 59: 2020 in Issues with Authority","url":"https://authorityissu.es/59","content_text":"Better late than never, rachel and Kendall Have Opinions About 2020:\n\n\nIntroverts and extroverts, living together in perfect harmony (on this podcast, at least) \nHow to meet new podcast guests, the Kendall Miller Way\nPie and the art of house maintenance\nCheater's yeast, and the ubiquitous breadmaking theme of 2020\nGuilt and all its many facets\nCoping mechanisms (some people buy bikes, some people go for uphill walks) \n2020 episode highlights, sponsored by rachel's terrible internet connection\nThe substance you're using to get by during the pandemic is (probably) OK\n50-something episodes, and over 25,000 downloads! \nFind us on Twitter to tell us what you think! @djpiebob and @blatanterror\nDiscussion of the 2020 episode highlights above :) \nHiring for additive benefits vs sameness\nGIving up control to get better results\n(Kendall probably does not like beets, stay tuned)\nRecommendation for Turn The Ship Around by David L. Marquet\nrachel is excited about working on a to-be-named leadership book project \nThe power of hope as a third way to move forward into 2021\n\n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 ","content_html":"<p>Better late than never, rachel and Kendall Have Opinions About 2020:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Introverts and extroverts, living together in perfect harmony (on this podcast, at least) </li>\n<li>How to meet new podcast guests, the Kendall Miller Way</li>\n<li>Pie and the art of house maintenance</li>\n<li>Cheater&#39;s yeast, and the ubiquitous breadmaking theme of 2020</li>\n<li>Guilt and all its many facets</li>\n<li>Coping mechanisms (some people buy bikes, some people go for uphill walks) </li>\n<li>2020 episode highlights, sponsored by rachel&#39;s terrible internet connection</li>\n<li>The substance you&#39;re using to get by during the pandemic is (probably) OK</li>\n<li>50-something episodes, and over 25,000 downloads! </li>\n<li>Find us on Twitter to tell us what you think! @djpiebob and @blatanterror</li>\n<li>Discussion of the 2020 episode highlights above :) </li>\n<li>Hiring for additive benefits vs sameness</li>\n<li>GIving up control to get better results</li>\n<li>(Kendall probably does not like beets, stay tuned)</li>\n<li>Recommendation for Turn The Ship Around by David L. Marquet</li>\n<li>rachel is excited about working on a to-be-named leadership book project </li>\n<li>The power of hope as a third way to move forward into 2021</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 </p>","summary":"Kendall and rachel talk through the themes of the year, with a lot of personal takes on...everything. ","date_published":"2021-01-14T00:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7003e47e-a9ac-4e61-acfa-668fe2b1b318/0418903e-27b0-4d9b-9e70-3e86f4e75c5d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":53242485,"duration_in_seconds":3327}]},{"id":"34d789e5-6f07-4a92-bf04-3bce055f92ee","title":"Episode 58: Jibran Kutik (Disney)","url":"https://authorityissu.es/58","content_text":"In this episode, Kendall, rachel, and Jibran talk about: \n\n\nIs art school a weird starting point for a designer?\nVowing to never work on web sites (lol)\nHaving an unusually good experience in the gaming industry\nGetting the full \"I moved to SF for a startup and it shut down as soon as I got there\" experience\nAccusations of being responsible for LinkedIn \"Stories\" ;) \nWhen companies don't grow their own leaders\nA good manager tells you when you need to leave to move forward\nBombshell: leaving the SFBA for a startup in the Midwest! \nBringing design practices into the 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an unusually good experience in the gaming industry</li>\n<li>Getting the full &quot;I moved to SF for a startup and it shut down as soon as I got there&quot; experience</li>\n<li>Accusations of being responsible for LinkedIn &quot;Stories&quot; ;) </li>\n<li>When companies don&#39;t grow their own leaders</li>\n<li>A good manager tells you when you need to leave to move forward</li>\n<li>Bombshell: leaving the SFBA for a startup in the Midwest! </li>\n<li>Bringing design practices into the insurance industry -- with humility</li>\n<li>Growing up as a leader alongside the company</li>\n<li>Partnering with a new-to-tech HR org to build a hiring pipeline</li>\n<li>Enjoying interviewing candidates</li>\n<li>What an awesome resource the Rands Leadership Slack is </li>\n<li>Constant disagreement with everybody ;) </li>\n<li>Kendall&#39;s argument-winning fantasies </li>\n<li>An amazing lesson learned at the right time </li>\n<li>Asking for clear direction, transparency works both 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science because she \"ran out of math classes\" at her high school\nACTUALLY using trigonometry in real life\nHow all-women educational environments are awesome\nUnlearning the Seattle culture in favor of the New York culture\nTranslating academic experiences into tech industry programming interviews\nGetting a foot in the door via content production\nFreelancing to live, not living to freelance\nThe joys?! of maintaining legacy code and CMSes\nManagement training at NYTimes\nUnderstanding the responsibilities of the middle manager\nGoing into management to create the environments she wants others to experience\nTelling a bad job that you're not a \"culture fit\" for them\nBeing intrinsically motivated vs deferring to authority\nRemembering that current authority structures are not designed for marginalized people\nHow leadership experience can be good and bad for non-work interactions\n\n\nBooks Tessa recommended: \nhttps://www.amazon.com/Managers-Path-Leaders-Navigating-Growth/dp/1491973897 \nhttps://www.amazon.com/Rework-Jason-Fried/dp/0307463745 + https://www.amazon.com/Doesnt-Have-Be-Crazy-Work/dp/0062874780/\n\nTessa's favorite leadership book: \nhttps://www.amazon.com/Leadership-Self-Deception-Getting-Out-Box/dp/1576759776 \n\nYou can find Tessa on twitter and on Medium as @c0d3rgirl \n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 ","content_html":"<p>In this episode, rachel, Kendall, and Tessa talk about: </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Studying computer science because she &quot;ran out of math classes&quot; at her high school</li>\n<li>ACTUALLY using trigonometry in real life</li>\n<li>How all-women educational environments are awesome</li>\n<li>Unlearning the Seattle culture in favor of the New York culture</li>\n<li>Translating academic experiences into tech industry programming interviews</li>\n<li>Getting a foot in the door via content production</li>\n<li>Freelancing to live, not 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Backstop)","url":"https://authorityissu.es/56","content_text":"In this episode, Kendall, rachel, and Rishi talk about:\n\n\nHaving a nerdy family to kick things off\nFirst exposures to leadership issues while trying to code a game with friends\nOur inability to not interrupt people just when they're trying to make a point\nDiscovering an appreciation for working at smaller companies, starting at larger companies\nNeeding to see the result of his efforts\nDiscovering a desire to play multiple roles via competitive ultimate frisbee \nSolving the parking problem\nChallenges in building a hardware solution\nThe value of hiring the right person for the environment vs the technical skill\n\"Are we the right fit for /them/\"\nTailoring the technical interview to the context of the interviewee\nLeadership variances as a consultant, the authority of the outsider\nGuessing (correctly) that most entrepreneurial folk have a complex relationship with authority :) \nDeveloping the skill of 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solution</li>\n<li>The value of hiring the right person for the environment vs the technical skill</li>\n<li>&quot;Are we the right fit for /them/&quot;</li>\n<li>Tailoring the technical interview to the context of the interviewee</li>\n<li>Leadership variances as a consultant, the authority of the outsider</li>\n<li>Guessing (correctly) that most entrepreneurial folk have a complex relationship with authority :) </li>\n<li>Developing the skill of motivating people who do not report to you</li>\n<li>The value of understanding your audience and their history before trying to influence them</li>\n<li>Book recommendation: Never Split The Difference</li>\n<li>Progressive Metal band recommendation: Protest The Hero</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>You can find Rishi on Twitter as @whoisthisogre :)</p>\n\n<p>Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 </p>","summary":"Rishi Malik is a Partner at Container Heroes, Founder at 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:)</p>\n\n<p>Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 </p>","summary":"Val Trullinger is IT Communications Manager at UCLA","date_published":"2020-08-27T00:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7003e47e-a9ac-4e61-acfa-668fe2b1b318/883aa768-9f28-4d60-8686-1e4b7531f501.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":48153832,"duration_in_seconds":3009}]},{"id":"ba476ace-2daa-46ac-9149-f38674f9614f","title":"Episode 54: Church! What's it good for? (The Religion Issue)","url":"https://authorityissu.es/54","content_text":"In this Very Special Episode, rachel, Kendall, and Luke talk about:\n\n\nComing from different evangelical backgrounds\nThe shaping of our respective authority issues as related to religious upbringing\nLuke's birth /literally/ in a baptismal font :)\nWhat we mean when we say \"religion\"\nTech salary as a way to fund a church planting career\nLeaving the church behind but bringing the leadership lessons along\nGood and bad authority structures represented by the church\nDetoxing from evangelicisim, finding a new purpose\nChoosing between being right or being good\n\n\nSwitching to rachel's background:\n\n\nMoving to the US at 11, with no real religious upbringing before that\nTrying hard to buy into the fundamentalist Baptist faith\nLeaving for college and never returning\nAtheism vs agnosticism\nWhether your beliefs are a choice\nThe value of faith in one's own community and whether humanity deserves the asteroid treatment\n\n\nAnd on to Kendall's Christian upbringing:\n\n\nDad fasting and actually praying on his knees for guidance\nThe weird incentives and blame structures of fundamentalism\nNoticing the tendency to open the Bible more often to curse than to bless\nWorking for a religious organization in China for 10 years\nRealizing that much of evangelical Christianity as it is practiced in the US is very much culturally a White American thing\nNot needing to understand how praying works\nDoes it matter if you're wrong about faith? Nah. What matters is being willing to be wrong. \nServant leadership and how it works for both sacred and commercial applications if done well\n\n\nBack to Luke:\n\n\nWas the \"walk to remember\" a kind of psychic break, or prayer?\nRealizing all you really need is validation\nOnly needing a loose grip on the framework to get the benefit\nNot wanting to tell people what to do, and all the insecurities that represents\nNot being able to follow instructions if the goal isn't clear\nHow an aversion to certainty can get in the way of leading\nWhat is justice, if not love at scale? \n\n\nYou can accost Luke with ideas for scaling love on Twitter at @saintlukas :)\n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 ","content_html":"<p>In this Very Special Episode, rachel, Kendall, and Luke talk about:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Coming from different evangelical backgrounds</li>\n<li>The shaping of our respective authority issues as related to religious upbringing</li>\n<li>Luke&#39;s birth /literally/ in a baptismal font :)</li>\n<li>What we mean when we say &quot;religion&quot;</li>\n<li>Tech salary as a way to fund a church planting career</li>\n<li>Leaving the church behind but bringing the leadership lessons along</li>\n<li>Good and bad authority structures represented by the church</li>\n<li>Detoxing from evangelicisim, finding a new purpose</li>\n<li>Choosing between being right or being good</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Switching to rachel&#39;s background:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Moving to the US at 11, with no real religious upbringing before that</li>\n<li>Trying hard to buy into the fundamentalist Baptist faith</li>\n<li>Leaving for college and never returning</li>\n<li>Atheism vs agnosticism</li>\n<li>Whether your beliefs are a choice</li>\n<li>The value of faith in one&#39;s own community and whether humanity deserves the asteroid treatment</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>And on to Kendall&#39;s Christian upbringing:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Dad fasting and actually praying on his knees for guidance</li>\n<li>The weird incentives and blame structures of fundamentalism</li>\n<li>Noticing the tendency to open the Bible more often to curse than to bless</li>\n<li>Working for a religious organization in China for 10 years</li>\n<li>Realizing that much of evangelical Christianity as it is practiced in the US is very much culturally a White American thing</li>\n<li>Not needing to understand how praying works</li>\n<li>Does it matter if you&#39;re wrong about faith? 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What matters is being willing to be wrong. </li>\n<li>Servant leadership and how it works for both sacred and commercial applications if done well</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Back to Luke:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Was the &quot;walk to remember&quot; a kind of psychic break, or prayer?</li>\n<li>Realizing all you really need is validation</li>\n<li>Only needing a loose grip on the framework to get the benefit</li>\n<li>Not wanting to tell people what to do, and all the insecurities that represents</li>\n<li>Not being able to follow instructions if the goal isn&#39;t clear</li>\n<li>How an aversion to certainty can get in the way of leading</li>\n<li>What is justice, if not love at scale? </li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>You can accost Luke with ideas for scaling love on Twitter at @saintlukas :)</p>\n\n<p>Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 </p>","summary":"Luke Stevens is an Engineering Manager at Wayfair","date_published":"2020-08-13T00:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7003e47e-a9ac-4e61-acfa-668fe2b1b318/ba476ace-2daa-46ac-9149-f38674f9614f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":49223808,"duration_in_seconds":3076}]},{"id":"8e892682-1fce-4053-88c2-abe6f9c179bd","title":"Episode 53: Aaron Lerch (InVision)","url":"https://authorityissu.es/53","content_text":"In this episode, Kendall, rachel, and Aaron talk about:\n\n\nLearning about managing interpersonal issues from his dad, an \"interim CEO of ministers\" \nPutting that learning into practice building and fixing teams at startups\nHelping teams identify their own weaknesses as a form of counseling\nHow this podcast is not sponsored by Knives Out (ps: Kendall has seen the movie since we recorded this podcast and didn't find it as good as Aaron did.)\nFollowing the energy on the management &gt; 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</li>\n<li>Putting that learning into practice building and fixing teams at startups</li>\n<li>Helping teams identify their own weaknesses as a form of counseling</li>\n<li>How this podcast is not sponsored by Knives Out (ps: Kendall has seen the movie since we recorded this podcast and didn&#39;t find it as good as Aaron did.)</li>\n<li>Following the energy on the management &gt; IC &gt; management cycle</li>\n<li>Finally choosing the simplicity of leadership ;) </li>\n<li>Long-term career planning</li>\n<li>The entire category of software that exists because leaders don&#39;t trust their people</li>\n<li>Authority trauma from Kendall&#39;s past</li>\n<li>The realization that leadership sometimes requires making decisions about things without getting concensus from your team first</li>\n<li>The relationship between unease at doing the above and lack of comfort with authority in general</li>\n<li>Determining how much detail to provide when giving direction</li>\n<li>When your positive ability to build concensus turns into a need and a negative</li>\n<li>The enjoyment when your authority issues align with your role</li>\n<li>How leadership is a lot more about collaboration and cooperation than it is telling people what to do</li>\n<li>Rubik&#39;s cube, hiking, being underprepared for overnight conditions</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>You can find Aaron on Twitter at @aaronlerch</p>\n\n<p>Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 </p>","summary":"Aaron Lerch is Director of Engineering at InVision","date_published":"2020-07-30T00:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7003e47e-a9ac-4e61-acfa-668fe2b1b318/8e892682-1fce-4053-88c2-abe6f9c179bd.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":48557999,"duration_in_seconds":3034}]},{"id":"fa8ecdcc-0205-41cd-a569-1c134def7dc9","title":"Episode 52: Anthony Grimes (Fairwinds)","url":"https://authorityissu.es/52","content_text":"In this episode, Kendall, rachel, and Anthony talk about:\n\n\nFeeling late to the Black Lives Matter movement and going to Ferguson\nLearning to lead national campaigns for peace\nRealizing communication is about storytelling\nBeing seen, being heard, what it means to win\nThe need to inspire vision as a leader\nOptimism vs hope\nFinding affirmation in current events while still taking the long view\nManaging frustrations and engaging in self-care\nThe idea of being \"well-adjusted to injustice\" \nMeeting  Cornel West (!) and mentorship from Dr. Vincent Harding (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Harding) \nThe need to question authority, who benefits from it\nRedefining profit to include greater context\nHope in future generations voting with their career choices\nLeading \"with\" vs \"over\"\nThe joy of asking a ton of questions :)\nWhat white people can do to join the movement and show support:\n\n\nGet off the fence\nDon't jump in unschooled, but don't wait until you think you know everything either\nDon't assume your help will fix everything\nGet used to being uncomfortable, exercise those muscles, grow\nDon't let this moment pass you by\n\nThat Anthony's movie (https://www.anthonygrimes.com/mr-somebody-watts-la) was chosen for the Tribeca Film Festival! \nMissing going out and dancing, traveling\n\n\nYou can find Anthony at his website (https://www.anthonygrimes.com), and on most social media as @antbuilder\n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 ","content_html":"<p>In this episode, Kendall, rachel, and Anthony talk about:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Feeling late to the Black Lives Matter movement and going to Ferguson</li>\n<li>Learning to lead national campaigns for peace</li>\n<li>Realizing communication is about storytelling</li>\n<li>Being seen, being heard, what it means to win</li>\n<li>The need to inspire vision as a leader</li>\n<li>Optimism vs hope</li>\n<li>Finding affirmation in current events while still taking the long view</li>\n<li>Managing frustrations and engaging in self-care</li>\n<li>The idea of being &quot;well-adjusted to injustice&quot; </li>\n<li>Meeting  Cornel West (!) and mentorship from Dr. Vincent Harding (<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Harding\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Harding</a>) </li>\n<li>The need to question authority, who benefits from it</li>\n<li>Redefining profit to include greater context</li>\n<li>Hope in future generations voting with their career choices</li>\n<li>Leading &quot;with&quot; vs &quot;over&quot;</li>\n<li>The joy of asking a ton of questions :)</li>\n<li>What white people can do to join the movement and show support:\n\n<ul>\n<li>Get off the fence</li>\n<li>Don&#39;t jump in unschooled, but don&#39;t wait until you think you know everything either</li>\n<li>Don&#39;t assume your help will fix everything</li>\n<li>Get used to being uncomfortable, exercise those muscles, grow</li>\n<li>Don&#39;t let this moment pass you by</li>\n</ul></li>\n<li>That Anthony&#39;s movie (<a href=\"https://www.anthonygrimes.com/mr-somebody-watts-la\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://www.anthonygrimes.com/mr-somebody-watts-la</a>) was chosen for the Tribeca Film Festival! </li>\n<li>Missing going out and dancing, traveling</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>You can find Anthony at his website (<a href=\"https://www.anthonygrimes.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://www.anthonygrimes.com</a>), and on most social media as @antbuilder</p>\n\n<p>Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 </p>","summary":"Anthony Grimes is a marketing leader at Fairwinds, and a change agent in the world at large. ","date_published":"2020-06-08T00:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7003e47e-a9ac-4e61-acfa-668fe2b1b318/fa8ecdcc-0205-41cd-a569-1c134def7dc9.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":49675621,"duration_in_seconds":3104}]},{"id":"cf547fbd-6b0e-4e70-813a-49389039d348","title":"Episode 51: Checking in with our hosts during this pandemic already in progress","url":"https://authorityissu.es/51","content_text":"In this episode, Kendall and rachel talk about:\n\n\nWhether Kendall is either hot or a mess or both\nHow hard it is to set expectations...for anything\nWorking on developing new patterns because it's not going to go \"back to normal\" anytime soon\nCoping with the death of a parent, most likely of the coronavirus\nThe unreality of the danger unless it has touched you personally\nWeighing one's mental health vs physical health\nPutting all plans for travel on hold through the end of the year\nHow contact tracing works\nDark thoughts about the need for a revolution\nLeveraging planning for the future as an emotional coping tactic\nMore about making new habits...that aren't unhealthy over the long term\nLetting yourself feel it\nThis episode's self-soothing recommendations:\n\n\nrachel: Socializing via simulwatching movies on chat. Bailing on books you're not enjoying. Animal Crossing.\nKendall: Letterkenny on Hulu. Meeting friends for socially-distanced takeout. Popeye's Chicken.\n\nObligatory sourdough discussion\n Kicking one's own ass in gear when there isn't a reason to go on a drive (yet)\n Zoom calls and takeout aren't a substitute for being in the room, for networking, for the hallway track, for the ambiance\n Feeling unsafe talking about how bad things might actually be\n How good leaders take care of themselves so they don't take things out on their team\n Being kind is good for everyone involved\n\n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 ","content_html":"<p>In this episode, Kendall and rachel talk about:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Whether Kendall is either hot or a mess or both</li>\n<li>How hard it is to set expectations...for anything</li>\n<li>Working on developing new patterns because it&#39;s not going to go &quot;back to normal&quot; anytime soon</li>\n<li>Coping with the death of a parent, most likely of the coronavirus</li>\n<li>The unreality of the danger unless it has touched you personally</li>\n<li>Weighing one&#39;s mental health vs physical health</li>\n<li>Putting all plans for travel on hold through the end of the year</li>\n<li>How contact tracing works</li>\n<li>Dark thoughts about the need for a revolution</li>\n<li>Leveraging planning for the future as an emotional coping tactic</li>\n<li>More about making new habits...that aren&#39;t unhealthy over the long term</li>\n<li>Letting yourself feel it</li>\n<li>This episode&#39;s self-soothing recommendations:\n\n<ul>\n<li>rachel: Socializing via simulwatching movies on chat. Bailing on books you&#39;re not enjoying. Animal Crossing.</li>\n<li>Kendall: Letterkenny on Hulu. Meeting friends for socially-distanced takeout. Popeye&#39;s Chicken.</li>\n</ul></li>\n<li>Obligatory sourdough discussion</li>\n<li> Kicking one&#39;s own ass in gear when there isn&#39;t a reason to go on a drive (yet)</li>\n<li> Zoom calls and takeout aren&#39;t a substitute for being in the room, for networking, for the hallway track, for the ambiance</li>\n<li> Feeling unsafe talking about how bad things might actually be</li>\n<li> How good leaders take care of themselves so they don&#39;t take things out on their team</li>\n<li> Being kind is good for everyone involved</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 </p>","summary":"Kendall and rachel talk about how they're coping (or not) during the coronavirus pandemic and how planning is for chumps right now. ","date_published":"2020-05-21T00:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7003e47e-a9ac-4e61-acfa-668fe2b1b318/cf547fbd-6b0e-4e70-813a-49389039d348.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":44587386,"duration_in_seconds":2786}]},{"id":"78408647-1ed1-4e6b-aa76-f4d1052d85f7","title":"Episode 50: Alicia Brainerd (Salesforce)","url":"https://authorityissu.es/50","content_text":"In this episode, Kendall, rachel, and Alicia talk about:\n\n\nGermophobia, and being right all along\nRealizing managing humans is more interesting than engineering\nWhat HR isn't for\nBuilding experience in the consulting world\nBeing reminded that there will be a \"next\" job\nChoosing stability over passion\nKendall's lack of patience\nThe desire for influence vs cultural and procedural debt\nLeading a community group at work\nCreating space for the team to process the pandemic, a human stand-up\nThe effort required to explain how you're doing\nHow instead of a drop in productivity, many folks are seeking control by getting things done, connection by working together more closely\nSocial and physical meditation\nNegative connotations of authority\nThe relief of having someone tell you what to do\nSpending more time cooking, the challenge of constraints on ingredients\nDigital minimalism\n\n\nYou can find Alicia on Twitter as @macapplechick\n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 ","content_html":"<p>In this episode, Kendall, rachel, and Alicia talk about:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Germophobia, and being right all along</li>\n<li>Realizing managing humans is more interesting than engineering</li>\n<li>What HR isn&#39;t for</li>\n<li>Building experience in the consulting world</li>\n<li>Being reminded that there will be a &quot;next&quot; job</li>\n<li>Choosing stability over passion</li>\n<li>Kendall&#39;s lack of patience</li>\n<li>The desire for influence vs cultural and procedural debt</li>\n<li>Leading a community group at work</li>\n<li>Creating space for the team to process the pandemic, a human stand-up</li>\n<li>The effort required to explain how you&#39;re doing</li>\n<li>How instead of a drop in productivity, many folks are seeking control by getting things done, connection by working together more closely</li>\n<li>Social and physical meditation</li>\n<li>Negative connotations of authority</li>\n<li>The relief of having someone tell you what to do</li>\n<li>Spending more time cooking, the challenge of constraints on ingredients</li>\n<li>Digital minimalism</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>You can find Alicia on Twitter as @macapplechick</p>\n\n<p>Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 </p>","summary":"Alicia Brainerd is a Senior Front End Engineering Manager at Salesforce ","date_published":"2020-04-23T00:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7003e47e-a9ac-4e61-acfa-668fe2b1b318/78408647-1ed1-4e6b-aa76-f4d1052d85f7.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":43351063,"duration_in_seconds":2709}]},{"id":"e5cc67f0-fa23-48b6-98ba-c6867122b93a","title":"Episode 49: Leadership during times of crisis? We'll do it live! ","url":"https://authorityissu.es/49","content_text":"In this episode, Kendall and rachel talk about:\n\n\nCW: we're probably going to swear more than usual\nThe tendency of technical people to try to solve every problem with technology\nrachel's perilous journey home \nKendall's cabin fever\nThe uncertainty of the future, lack of faith in (US) leadership\nWhether it's productive to vent about the above\nCutting yourself some slack\nDirectionality of venting/support structures\nForecasting vs planning\nHaving compassion for your leadership\nPlanning for multiple potential futures\nParallels to the 2000-era dot-com bust\nRandom prison pet training detour\nProviding support for emotionally-strapped folk\nHow much authoritarianism is appropriate when lives are at stake?\nThe role of trust in authority\nSelf-soothing techniques from your hosts:\n\n\nrachel: cocktails, Dungeons &amp; Dragons, Murdoch Mysteries\nKendall: Staying in With Emily &amp; Kumail podcast, watching and reading things that happen on beaches, lots of exercise\n\n Zoom meetings are great until they're not\n\n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 ","content_html":"<p>In this episode, Kendall and rachel talk about:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>CW: we&#39;re probably going to swear more than usual</li>\n<li>The tendency of technical people to try to solve every problem with technology</li>\n<li>rachel&#39;s perilous journey home </li>\n<li>Kendall&#39;s cabin fever</li>\n<li>The uncertainty of the future, lack of faith in (US) leadership</li>\n<li>Whether it&#39;s productive to vent about the above</li>\n<li>Cutting yourself some slack</li>\n<li>Directionality of venting/support structures</li>\n<li>Forecasting vs planning</li>\n<li>Having compassion for your leadership</li>\n<li>Planning for multiple potential futures</li>\n<li>Parallels to the 2000-era dot-com bust</li>\n<li>Random prison pet training detour</li>\n<li>Providing support for emotionally-strapped folk</li>\n<li>How much authoritarianism is appropriate when lives are at stake?</li>\n<li>The role of trust in authority</li>\n<li>Self-soothing techniques from your hosts:\n\n<ul>\n<li>rachel: cocktails, Dungeons &amp; Dragons, Murdoch Mysteries</li>\n<li>Kendall: Staying in With Emily &amp; Kumail podcast, watching and reading things that happen on beaches, lots of exercise</li>\n</ul></li>\n<li> Zoom meetings are great until they&#39;re not</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 </p>","summary":"rachel and Kendall talk through their feelings and try to offer constructive thoughts during the pandemic. Also we promise this episode isn't sponsored by Popeye's Chicken. 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Kind of a lot. I'm sorry :)\nWork-life balance over the holidays\nManagement styles and  customizations, a recurring theme\nTactics for feeling more comfortable with authority\nWhat \"changing the world for the better\" can mean\nHow many times we've actually met in person (spoiler, it's twice)\nWhat we value about doing this show\nGoals for the coming year\n\n\nAs we mentioned, we would love for you to send us your guest recommendations/intros, tag us on twitter: @djpiebob and @blatanterror\n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 ","content_html":"<p>In this special year-end episode, rachel and Kendall talk about: </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>How much we amuse each other</li>\n<li>The vagaries of podcast recording technology</li>\n<li>Trains. Kind of a lot. 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rel=\"nofollow\">https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/gender-equality/women-in-the-workplace-2018</a>)</li>\n<li>What it&#39;s like to learn how to lead on the job</li>\n<li>Getting cross-functional experience at startups</li>\n<li>Another recommendation for &quot;Radical Candor&quot; </li>\n<li>Where leadership comes from at Apple vs Google and how that affects outcomes</li>\n<li>Unconscious bias in different promotion review processes</li>\n<li>Why it might be a good thing that we can&#39;t quantify absolutely everything people enjoy</li>\n<li>Bringing pragmatism into technical decisionmaking that can sometimes feel like religious arguments</li>\n<li>The role of vulnerability in disagreements</li>\n<li>Why women are often better at building concensus and planning for outcomes in business</li>\n<li>Developing an appreciation for Italian wines after growing up on Napa/Sonoma wines</li>\n<li>A recommendation for Blair Fox winery&#39;s Syrah</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>You can find Tina on Twitter as @kmonkeyjam and she might find you on LinkedIn :) </p>\n\n<p>Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 </p>","summary":"Tina Huang is CTO and Cofounder at Transposit","date_published":"2019-09-26T00:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7003e47e-a9ac-4e61-acfa-668fe2b1b318/fe2225eb-d772-4b25-8aef-0023678ce767.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":43422116,"duration_in_seconds":2713}]},{"id":"ef71b8fd-0a17-4df7-b304-31c099a091ef","title":"Episode 34: Mojtaba Hosseini (Nanometrics Seismic Monitoring Solutions)","url":"https://authorityissu.es/34","content_text":"In this episode, Kendall, rachel, and Mojtaba talk about:\n\n\nHow to work the system: adjunct professorship, then at Samsung\nMaking friends and escaping the dungeon via forgery\nEffectiveness  vs butt-in-seat time, tactics for success\nNoticing the missing component: people!\nKendall's understanding of what having a PhD means\nA whole new world (of 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Turning an avatar design hobby into a graphic design career\nDisrupting Wall Street marketing\nNot choosing engineering\nBeing The One Who Says It\nLearning to think about the goal before Saying It and passing that knowledge on\nThe difference between showing your passion in your arguments vs showing up for your team\nHow the ability to communicate with words is underrated in the design world\nBeing uncomfortable when there are unstated concerns\nDifficulties with having faith\nHow leveling up means...more questions\nFrustrations with directional flow of information\nThe awkwardness of managing people who used to be your peers\nChristine's recommendation for Design Department's Design Leadership Fundamentals workshop\nChristine's recommendation for the book Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin\n\n\nYou can find Christine on LinkedIn under her name Christine Ramirez. \n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 ","content_html":"<p>In this episode, Kendall, rachel, and Christine talk about:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>You can get paid to do this? 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rel=\"nofollow\">https://blog.dbsmasher.com/2019/01/28/on-being-a-principal-engineer.html</a></p>\n\n<p>Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 </p>","summary":"Silvia Botros is a Principal Engineer at Twilio-Sendgrid.","date_published":"2019-03-14T00:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7003e47e-a9ac-4e61-acfa-668fe2b1b318/e6caa91b-e1aa-471c-848d-ff440ce356c3.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":42399788,"duration_in_seconds":2649}]},{"id":"bc023877-31b8-42e2-8144-41f74ef5e58d","title":"Episode 20: Kristina Kemmer (InVision)","url":"https://authorityissu.es/20","content_text":"In this episode, Kendall, rachel, and Kristina talk about:\n\n\nA rare actual degree in the field of Information Systems/IT! \nThe value of informational interviews\nHow product management works at a huge aerospace company\nGoing from a giant corporation to a much smaller company\nCulture-first as an approach to running a business\nHow great it is 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your team will produce better results in communication </li>\n<li>rachel talks about her side gig of being a DJ while still using the rest of her free time to participate in MUD gaming </li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>You can find rachel on twitter at @djpiebob</p>\n\n<p>Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 </p>","summary":"Rachel Perkins, AKA piebob, long time lover of words and leader in the space, is currently working in technical marketing at Honeycomb.io","date_published":"2018-09-14T00:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7003e47e-a9ac-4e61-acfa-668fe2b1b318/8d2f22c2-a92e-4c6f-8dbf-0dafb33142f6.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":50091394,"duration_in_seconds":3040}]},{"id":"f08aed14-d6e3-444d-ba7f-35b835bd5ccb","title":"Episode 8: Tora Rocha (City of Oakland)","url":"https://authorityissu.es/8","content_text":"In this episode Kendall, Rachel, and Tora Rocha discuss: \n    • Tora’s path from elephant training (for real) to leadership. Shoveling shit.\n    • New means to get respect in the field in the 1980s as a leader and a young woman\n    • The creation of her volunteer project at the rose gardens\n    • More on elephant training as a metaphor for leadership\n    • How introverts vs extroverts process things differently and how to utilize the skills of both to the best of their ability\n    • Fishbowl work and what you can learn from it\n    • You cannot lead by fear, it’s better to lead by example, especially if you are passionate about what you are leading\n    • Empathy is what is most missing in leadership – if you’re struggling watch Simon Sinek’s videos about leadership. https://www.youtube.com/user/SimonSinek\n    • It’s hard to do your job if there is no passion or expectations coming down from your leadership. If you don’t know what they are, ask\n    • Care about your people, utilize them to the best of their abilities\n    • Lessons from Naomi Kline’s The Shock Doctrine\n    • Staying connected to the reality of the day to day, and not just focusing on you, as a leader – the importance of avoiding the seduction of power\n    • The Pollinator Posse and changing the way people look at landscapes\n\nFind Tora at: www.pollinatorposse.org\n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 ","content_html":"<p>In this episode Kendall, Rachel, and Tora Rocha discuss: <br>\n    • Tora’s path from elephant training (for real) to leadership. Shoveling shit.<br>\n    • New means to get respect in the field in the 1980s as a leader and a young woman<br>\n    • The creation of her volunteer project at the rose gardens<br>\n    • More on elephant training as a metaphor for leadership<br>\n    • How introverts vs extroverts process things differently and how to utilize the skills of both to the best of their ability<br>\n    • Fishbowl work and what you can learn from it<br>\n    • You cannot lead by fear, it’s better to lead by example, especially if you are passionate about what you are leading<br>\n    • Empathy is what is most missing in leadership – if you’re struggling watch Simon Sinek’s videos about leadership. <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/user/SimonSinek\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://www.youtube.com/user/SimonSinek</a><br>\n    • It’s hard to do your job if there is no passion or expectations coming down from your leadership. If you don’t know what they are, ask<br>\n    • Care about your people, utilize them to the best of their abilities<br>\n    • Lessons from Naomi Kline’s The Shock Doctrine<br>\n    • Staying connected to the reality of the day to day, and not just focusing on you, as a leader – the importance of avoiding the seduction of power<br>\n    • The Pollinator Posse and changing the way people look at landscapes</p>\n\n<p>Find Tora at: <a href=\"http://www.pollinatorposse.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.pollinatorposse.org</a></p>\n\n<p>Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 </p>","summary":"Tora Rocha recently retired from a 37 year (!) stint as an employee of the City of Oakland, CA, culminating in her becoming Public Works Supervisor.","date_published":"2018-08-30T00:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7003e47e-a9ac-4e61-acfa-668fe2b1b318/f08aed14-d6e3-444d-ba7f-35b835bd5ccb.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":43819139,"duration_in_seconds":2648}]},{"id":"77ff8b41-f5d5-45fd-aaa0-b8d454ed0a80","title":"Episode 7: Kathy Keating (Apostrophe)","url":"https://authorityissu.es/7","content_text":"In this episode Kendall, rachel, and Kathy Keating discuss: \n\n\nKathy’s path to leadership/management as a result of her willingness to be willing to do something that nobody else knew how to do and try and solve the problems nobody else was willing to try and tackle\nThat Kathy’s company, Apostrophe, is going to solve healthcare, whoah!\nJust how meta Kendall can get :) \nThe happenstance of making connections--rachel always looks at peoples' shoes too!\nHow learning to stand your ground, especially as a woman in tech leadership, to say what you believe and recognize your own value was Kathy's hardest lesson to learn\nThe biggest challenges of tackling the health care industry: working with archaic infrastructure and processes, the amount of data that must be secure, working within the existing ecosystem of the industry as it has evolved over the years, having to be willing to accommodate technologists who don't know what an API is\nFTP servers, they still exist!\nThe importance of making sure the folks you recruit, both employees and investors, believe in your company’s mission and values when the problem is as hard and widespread as affordable healthcare\nKendall's jaded worldview about why people work for Google :)\nThe importance of keeping the audacious goals and values at the top of everyone’s mind\nKathy’s view of having authority is that leadership is a support role, that it's proven out by the folks who come to work for her at multiple companies\nHow working for a CEO who just told her to do what he told her and didn't want to hear her thoughts led her toward a more collaborative approach, and founding her own company\nThe fact that no one was more shocked than she was to learn she's 100% introverted per Meyers-Briggs, and how she figured out that if she works on something meaningful, she has meaningful conversations, which bypasses the introversion issues\nHow senior leadership means moving beyond just protecting and serving your own team to seeing a bigger picture within an organization \nThat Kathy sometimes trains her teams to adapt to change by changing lots of things all the time, and it's important to make it not scary--experimentation vs fear of failure\nThe rules of cat ownership\n\n\nFind Kathy on Twitter @kathkeating\n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 ","content_html":"<p>In this episode Kendall, rachel, and Kathy Keating discuss: </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Kathy’s path to leadership/management as a result of her willingness to be willing to do something that nobody else knew how to do and try and solve the problems nobody else was willing to try and tackle</li>\n<li>That Kathy’s company, Apostrophe, is going to solve healthcare, whoah!</li>\n<li>Just how meta Kendall can get :) </li>\n<li>The happenstance of making connections--rachel always looks at peoples&#39; shoes too!</li>\n<li>How learning to stand your ground, especially as a woman in tech leadership, to say what you believe and recognize your own value was Kathy&#39;s hardest lesson to learn</li>\n<li>The biggest challenges of tackling the health care industry: working with archaic infrastructure and processes, the amount of data that must be secure, working within the existing ecosystem of the industry as it has evolved over the years, having to be willing to accommodate technologists who don&#39;t know what an API is</li>\n<li>FTP servers, they still exist!</li>\n<li>The importance of making sure the folks you recruit, both employees and investors, believe in your company’s mission and values when the problem is as hard and widespread as affordable healthcare</li>\n<li>Kendall&#39;s jaded worldview about why people work for Google :)</li>\n<li>The importance of keeping the audacious goals and values at the top of everyone’s mind</li>\n<li>Kathy’s view of having authority is that leadership is a support role, that it&#39;s proven out by the folks who come to work for her at multiple companies</li>\n<li>How working for a CEO who just told her to do what he told her and didn&#39;t want to hear her thoughts led her toward a more collaborative approach, and founding her own company</li>\n<li>The fact that no one was more shocked than she was to learn she&#39;s 100% introverted per Meyers-Briggs, and how she figured out that if she works on something meaningful, she has meaningful conversations, which bypasses the introversion issues</li>\n<li>How senior leadership means moving beyond just protecting and serving your own team to seeing a bigger picture within an organization </li>\n<li>That Kathy sometimes trains her teams to adapt to change by changing lots of things all the time, and it&#39;s important to make it not scary--experimentation vs fear of failure</li>\n<li>The rules of cat ownership</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Find Kathy on Twitter @kathkeating</p>\n\n<p>Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 </p>","summary":"Kathy Keating is the CTO and Founder at Apostrophe, a healthcare industry startup.","date_published":"2018-08-16T00:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7003e47e-a9ac-4e61-acfa-668fe2b1b318/77ff8b41-f5d5-45fd-aaa0-b8d454ed0a80.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":39999416,"duration_in_seconds":2410}]},{"id":"51970d4e-3a9a-4d54-a76f-d517c0599a68","title":"Episode 6: Matt Newkirk (Etsy)","url":"https://authorityissu.es/6","content_text":"In this episode Kendall, rachel, and Matt Newkirk discuss:\n\n\nWhat's it like being the Babel Fish of Etsy?\nMatt's humble beginnings as a programmer in Mordor (working on a text-based Lord of the Rings game :))\nHow are projects managed in a multi-user dungeon (MUD)? \nUnderstanding your job as a manager is not just creating a checklist of \"No's\"\nMatt's circuitous route through various roles that ultimately brought him to management\nFinding cross-team synergies and ways to leverage common data and goals\nMaking it a mission to be visible at cross-functional meetings and casual get-togethers\nBeing loud as a way to connect various teams and information across the company\nDebriefing your partner as post-work therapy\nWhat it's like to manage a team when you don't share their technical skills\nHow, shockingly, no one likes being ordered to use processes they didn't get to help develop\nThe value of networking and connecting with others within your company, making sure you're not building the same wheel as another department\nA senior manager is thinking about how to improve the output and happiness of their team as well as how their team's productivity impacts the company overall.\nPaths through failure as an accelerator to leadership skill\nHow leadership and delegation experience helped with being a good partner when his wife was giving birth ;)\n\"Just Talk To People\"(tm)\n\n\nFind Matt at www.matthewnewkirk.com\n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3","content_html":"<p>In this episode Kendall, rachel, and Matt Newkirk discuss:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>What&#39;s it like being the Babel Fish of Etsy?</li>\n<li>Matt&#39;s humble beginnings as a programmer in Mordor (working on a text-based Lord of the Rings game :))</li>\n<li>How are projects managed in a multi-user dungeon (MUD)? </li>\n<li>Understanding your job as a manager is not just creating a checklist of &quot;No&#39;s&quot;</li>\n<li>Matt&#39;s circuitous route through various roles that ultimately brought him to management</li>\n<li>Finding cross-team synergies and ways to leverage common data and goals</li>\n<li>Making it a mission to be visible at cross-functional meetings and casual get-togethers</li>\n<li>Being loud as a way to connect various teams and information across the company</li>\n<li>Debriefing your partner as post-work therapy</li>\n<li>What it&#39;s like to manage a team when you don&#39;t share their technical skills</li>\n<li>How, shockingly, no one likes being ordered to use processes they didn&#39;t get to help develop</li>\n<li>The value of networking and connecting with others within your company, making sure you&#39;re not building the same wheel as another department</li>\n<li>A senior manager is thinking about how to improve the output and happiness of their team as well as how their team&#39;s productivity impacts the company overall.</li>\n<li>Paths through failure as an accelerator to leadership skill</li>\n<li>How leadership and delegation experience helped with being a good partner when his wife was giving birth ;)</li>\n<li>&quot;Just Talk To People&quot;(tm)</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Find Matt at <a href=\"http://www.matthewnewkirk.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.matthewnewkirk.com</a></p>\n\n<p>Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3</p>","summary":"Matt Newkirk is the Senior Engineering Manager of the localization/translation and search/personalization groups for Etsy.","date_published":"2018-08-02T00:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7003e47e-a9ac-4e61-acfa-668fe2b1b318/51970d4e-3a9a-4d54-a76f-d517c0599a68.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":64592232,"duration_in_seconds":2631}]},{"id":"3f887a42-452b-4156-b2c3-315835ba8895","title":"Episode 5: Anca Mosoiu (Tech Liminal)","url":"https://authorityissu.es/5","content_text":"In this episode Kendall, rachel, and Anca Mosoiu discuss:\n\n\nAnca founded TechLiminal, a technology salon, on a fairly sketchy block in downtown Oakland, CA 10 years ago.\nAnca's been working in tech since the late 1900's (!), the dark ages of tech.\nTechliminal was designed as \"a place where regular people can walk in off the street and learn to use tools.\"\nHer work inspired some folks to volunteer to help with TechLiminal, and it became a kind of event hub. \nAnca didn't have management experience before she started up TechLiminal, she learned most of what she knows about managing volunteers from other local organizers.\nVolunteers are great, but they need to be motivated by intrinsic means. It's important to make sure they feel important and needed, that their work is valued. \nLeadership skills are much more important when your people are volunteers--it's almost 100% your inspiration that motivates them.\nThe team composition matters much more, watch for disruptive volunteers. \n\"Volunteering by Obligation\" (people who are volunteering to fulfilling an obligation) can make things more challenging. \nYour own ego has to take a back seat when leading a team.\nVolunteers often require a lot more checking in and confirmation of the desired output. \nWhat? Anca has an anti-authoritarian streak? SAY IT ISN'T SO!\nWhat level of transparency is appropriate with your employees? Determining the balance of keeping them on track vs being open with them is very difficult. \nYou have to be more extroverted than you might be comfortable with to make sure you ask the questions you need to ask of your team.\nAnca recommends the \"Ask A Manager\" column. https://www.askamanager.org/\nA senior leader has better judgement about what matters when delivering a project, how much to take on, what to focus on. Junior leaders often try to take on too much at once. \nBeing a leader in her professional life has helped her become more humble, less bossy. \nBeing a good leader means you can speed up the process of picking the place for lunch! \n\n\nFind Anca at  https://techliminal.com/\nTwitter: @anca\n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3","content_html":"<p>In this episode Kendall, rachel, and Anca Mosoiu discuss:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Anca founded TechLiminal, a technology salon, on a fairly sketchy block in downtown Oakland, CA 10 years ago.</li>\n<li>Anca&#39;s been working in tech since the late 1900&#39;s (!), the dark ages of tech.</li>\n<li>Techliminal was designed as &quot;a place where regular people can walk in off the street and learn to use tools.&quot;</li>\n<li>Her work inspired some folks to volunteer to help with TechLiminal, and it became a kind of event hub. </li>\n<li>Anca didn&#39;t have management experience before she started up TechLiminal, she learned most of what she knows about managing volunteers from other local organizers.</li>\n<li>Volunteers are great, but they need to be motivated by intrinsic means. It&#39;s important to make sure they feel important and needed, that their work is valued. </li>\n<li>Leadership skills are much more important when your people are volunteers--it&#39;s almost 100% your inspiration that motivates them.</li>\n<li>The team composition matters much more, watch for disruptive volunteers. </li>\n<li>&quot;Volunteering by Obligation&quot; (people who are volunteering to fulfilling an obligation) can make things more challenging. </li>\n<li>Your own ego has to take a back seat when leading a team.</li>\n<li>Volunteers often require a lot more checking in and confirmation of the desired output. </li>\n<li>What? Anca has an anti-authoritarian streak? SAY IT ISN&#39;T SO!</li>\n<li>What level of transparency is appropriate with your employees? Determining the balance of keeping them on track vs being open with them is very difficult. </li>\n<li>You have to be more extroverted than you might be comfortable with to make sure you ask the questions you need to ask of your team.</li>\n<li>Anca recommends the &quot;Ask A Manager&quot; column. <a href=\"https://www.askamanager.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://www.askamanager.org/</a></li>\n<li>A senior leader has better judgement about what matters when delivering a project, how much to take on, what to focus on. Junior leaders often try to take on too much at once. </li>\n<li>Being a leader in her professional life has helped her become more humble, less bossy. </li>\n<li>Being a good leader means you can speed up the process of picking the place for lunch! </li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Find Anca at  <a href=\"https://techliminal.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://techliminal.com/</a><br>\nTwitter: @anca</p>\n\n<p>Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3</p>","summary":"(from Wikipedia!): \"Anca is a technical consultant and web developer who established the Oakland, California co-working space Tech Liminal in 2009. She is credited with helping to build the tech industry in Oakland. She has been described as a \"tech guru\".\"","date_published":"2018-07-19T00:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7003e47e-a9ac-4e61-acfa-668fe2b1b318/3f887a42-452b-4156-b2c3-315835ba8895.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":41607831,"duration_in_seconds":2510}]},{"id":"44dded72-c1cd-4867-a6cf-870d513be93d","title":"Episode 4: Anne Hjortshoj (Cisco)","url":"https://authorityissu.es/4","content_text":"In this episode Kendall, rachel, and Anne Hjortshoj discuss:\n\n\n  Let's get this out of the way: how does one spell and pronounce Anne's last name? :)\n  What's it like getting acquired by a Very Large Company? How does communication change? \n\n\n  Do you change how you communicate with your team when you get acquired? How do you provide the necessary context of the larger company?\n  Just how Old are the hosts of this show? :)\n\n  Strategy can be expensive, slow, costly, and not directly connected to getting a product out the door, so it is often perceived by leadership as an expensive luxury. How do you work around this perception and get useful things done?\n  When a company is largely built from acquisitions, there are many cultures in place across the organization. How do you collaborate effectively?\n\n\n  Don’t demand too much of other people until you understand what their goals are. \n  Sometimes falling on your face is useful when you can show you're a good human in your acknowledgement of it.\n\n  Is it possible to transition from introvert to extrovert, or the reverse? \n  The Joy of Canceling Meetings :)\n  Becoming a leader/manager means letting go of direct control, it can make you feel pretty messed up.\n  How to mentor or manage people who are expert in a field or practice you're not really familiar with?\n  When you're in a large org, you have more options to work with leadership above you. \n  Executives are not just angry gods (most of the time). It's not productive to think of them simply as evil overlords. \n  What sets 'senior' leaders apart from 'junior' ones? \n  When you don't have time for social niceties...\n  The skill of \"when do I not get involved\" is learned, not innate. \n\n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3","content_html":"<p>In this episode Kendall, rachel, and Anne Hjortshoj discuss:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>  Let&#39;s get this out of the way: how does one spell and pronounce Anne&#39;s last name? :)</li>\n<li>  What&#39;s it like getting acquired by a Very Large Company? How does communication change? \n\n<ul>\n<li>  Do you change how you communicate with your team when you get acquired? How do you provide the necessary context of the larger company?</li>\n<li>  Just how Old <em>are</em> the hosts of this show? :)</li>\n</ul></li>\n<li>  Strategy can be expensive, slow, costly, and not directly connected to getting a product out the door, so it is often perceived by leadership as an expensive luxury. How do you work around this perception and get useful things done?</li>\n<li>  When a company is largely built from acquisitions, there are many cultures in place across the organization. How do you collaborate effectively?\n\n<ul>\n<li>  Don’t demand too much of other people until you understand what their goals are. </li>\n<li>  Sometimes falling on your face is useful when you can show you&#39;re a good human in your acknowledgement of it.</li>\n</ul></li>\n<li>  Is it possible to transition from introvert to extrovert, or the reverse? </li>\n<li>  The Joy of Canceling Meetings :)</li>\n<li>  Becoming a leader/manager means letting go of direct control, it can make you feel pretty messed up.</li>\n<li>  How to mentor or manage people who are expert in a field or practice you&#39;re not really familiar with?</li>\n<li>  When you&#39;re in a large org, you have more options to work with leadership above you. </li>\n<li>  Executives are not just angry gods (most of the time). It&#39;s not productive to think of them simply as evil overlords. </li>\n<li>  What sets &#39;senior&#39; leaders apart from &#39;junior&#39; ones? </li>\n<li>  When you don&#39;t have time for social niceties...</li>\n<li>  The skill of &quot;when do I <em>not</em> get involved&quot; is learned, not innate. </li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3</p>","summary":"Anne Hjortshoj is the Manager of UX Research and Strategy for Cisco Cloud Security","date_published":"2018-07-05T00:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7003e47e-a9ac-4e61-acfa-668fe2b1b318/44dded72-c1cd-4867-a6cf-870d513be93d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":43915879,"duration_in_seconds":2654}]},{"id":"20377698-b33d-42e9-b320-d4810a324daa","title":"Episode 3: Eric Jorgensen (The Wirecutter)","url":"https://authorityissu.es/3","content_text":"In this episode Kendall, rachel, and Eric Jorgensen discuss:\n\n\n  Is it weird that Kendall goes to https://thewirecutter.com/ before buying any product, sometimes even ones that are not reviewed there?\n  Impostor syndrome affects everyone: Eric is a successful self-taught engineer, rachel comes from an astrophysics and English literature background, Kendall has 2 masters degrees in religion...but sometimes (always?) we feel inadequate to the challenge and expect to be found out at any moment. \n  When does it makes sense to delegate vs. doing it yourself? Delegate more than you feel comfortable with. \n  As a manager, you don't get the instant gratification of turning in a project like you do as a team member, how do you prevent yourself from feeling you have accomplished nothing? \n  Leadership feels different when you're working at an agency and responsible for billable hours. \n  Eric thinks there's strong correlation between companies with a lack of management and high turnover rate--what do you think? \n  Being a leader has helped Eric become more patient? Are you sure? :)\n\n\nEric can be found as ericmjorgensen on all the cool (and not so cool) social media platforms. \n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3","content_html":"<p>In this episode Kendall, rachel, and Eric Jorgensen discuss:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>  Is it weird that Kendall goes to <a href=\"https://thewirecutter.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://thewirecutter.com/</a> before buying any product, sometimes even ones that are not reviewed there?</li>\n<li>  Impostor syndrome affects everyone: Eric is a successful self-taught engineer, rachel comes from an astrophysics and English literature background, Kendall has 2 masters degrees in religion...but sometimes (always?) we feel inadequate to the challenge and expect to be found out at any moment. </li>\n<li>  When does it makes sense to delegate vs. doing it yourself? Delegate more than you feel comfortable with. </li>\n<li>  As a manager, you don&#39;t get the instant gratification of turning in a project like you do as a team member, how do you prevent yourself from feeling you have accomplished nothing? </li>\n<li>  Leadership feels different when you&#39;re working at an agency and responsible for billable hours. </li>\n<li>  Eric thinks there&#39;s strong correlation between companies with a lack of management and high turnover rate--what do you think? </li>\n<li>  Being a leader has helped Eric become more patient? Are you sure? :)</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Eric can be found as <strong>ericmjorgensen</strong> on all the cool (and not so cool) social media platforms. </p>\n\n<p>Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3</p>","summary":"Eric Jorgensen is an Engineering Manager at The Wirecutter","date_published":"2018-06-20T00:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7003e47e-a9ac-4e61-acfa-668fe2b1b318/20377698-b33d-42e9-b320-d4810a324daa.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":36557520,"duration_in_seconds":2195}]},{"id":"8eab7dca-6abb-4308-b0fa-64ec40475d65","title":"Episode 2: Ann Carrier (Engage)","url":"https://authorityissu.es/2","content_text":"In this episode Kendall, rachel, and Ann Carrier discuss:\n\n\nHer epic path to leadership\nHow working in the banking industry was not a great fit because she didn't wear Louboutins (kinda like Toms but different ;))\nAvoiding \"Golluming\" and doing everything youself because that doesn't help your team learn new skills\nEncouraging the people finding solutions to also experience or understand the problems clearly, see both sides of the coin\nThe value in getting to know your co-workers, even if you're not on the same team\nThe fact that INTENTION ISN'T MAGIC \n\n\nYou can find Ann in these places:\nhttp://www.pixeldiva.co.uk/\nTwitter: @pixeldiva \nInstagram: @pixeldiva\n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 ","content_html":"<p>In this episode Kendall, rachel, and Ann Carrier discuss:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Her epic path to leadership</li>\n<li>How working in the banking industry was not a great fit because she didn&#39;t wear Louboutins (kinda like Toms but different ;))</li>\n<li>Avoiding &quot;Golluming&quot; and doing everything youself because that doesn&#39;t help your team learn new skills</li>\n<li>Encouraging the people finding solutions to also experience or understand the problems clearly, see both sides of the coin</li>\n<li>The value in getting to know your co-workers, even if you&#39;re not on the same team</li>\n<li>The fact that INTENTION ISN&#39;T MAGIC </li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>You can find Ann in these places:<br>\n<a href=\"http://www.pixeldiva.co.uk/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.pixeldiva.co.uk/</a><br>\nTwitter: @pixeldiva <br>\nInstagram: @pixeldiva</p>\n\n<p>Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 </p>","summary":"Ann Carrier, the Pixel Diva, is a Senior Product Designer at Engage, a payroll and recruitment startup in the UK","date_published":"2018-05-28T11:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7003e47e-a9ac-4e61-acfa-668fe2b1b318/8eab7dca-6abb-4308-b0fa-64ec40475d65.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":33161004,"duration_in_seconds":1982}]},{"id":"9f01de9a-049e-4728-b967-052797d6a509","title":"Episode 1: Caleb Huitt","url":"https://authorityissu.es/1","content_text":"In this episode, Kendall, rachel, and Caleb Huitt discuss:\n\n\nwhat the heck is precision agriculture? (YES, WE'RE NERDS. WE KNOW.)\nThe challenges of implementing ideas when actual humans are involved (computers are SO much easier!)\nLearning about yourself so you can work with others more effectively (introspection. like observability for your behavior)\nApplying leadership skills in your everyday life (your PTA meetings will never be the same!)\n\n\nSpecial thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 ","content_html":"<p>In this episode, Kendall, rachel, and Caleb Huitt discuss:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>what the heck is precision agriculture? (YES, WE&#39;RE NERDS. WE KNOW.)</li>\n<li>The challenges of implementing ideas when actual humans are involved (computers are SO much easier!)</li>\n<li>Learning about yourself so you can work with others more effectively (introspection. like observability for your behavior)</li>\n<li>Applying leadership skills in your everyday life (your PTA meetings will never be the same!)</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music &lt;3 </p>","summary":"Our first guest is Caleb Huitt, Engineering Manager at a farming technology company working in \"precision agriculture.\"","date_published":"2018-05-19T20:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7003e47e-a9ac-4e61-acfa-668fe2b1b318/9f01de9a-049e-4728-b967-052797d6a509.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":40695568,"duration_in_seconds":2453}]}]}