Alexis Monville (en)

Category: Le Podcast

  • All about OKRs with Bart

    All about OKRs with Bart

    In this episode of Le Podcast, I had the pleasure of discussing Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) with Bart den Haak. Bart is a Software Engineer who fell in love with OKRs at a startup more than 10 years ago. He has continued to use OKRs since then and he is now advising companies on…

  • Do you want 10x Engineers?

    Do you want 10x Engineers?

    In this episode of Le Podcast, I had the pleasure of discussing with Julien Danjou. Julien has more than 20 years of experience as an open source software hacker. Julien wrote two books about Python. I wanted to ask him about the myth of 10x Engineers and what advice he could have for Engineers who…

  • The Anatomy of Peace

    The Anatomy of Peace

    In this episode of Le Podcast, John Poelstra and I had a conversation about the book The Anatomy of Peace. John recommended the book in our previous conversation on how (not) to provide feedback. I read it twice and fell in love with it. John mentioned that in Changing Your Team From The Inside, I…

  • Psychological Safety

    Psychological Safety

    Psychological Safety is the term coined by Amy Edmondson, the author of The Fearless Organization. I already talked about Psychological Safety, when I presented the work of Google on the project Aristotle, and how it was a very good conversation starter for my team. The two other books I mentioned in that episode of Le…

  • When your team is distributed

    When your team is distributed

    John Poelstra, Michael Doyle and I talk about how to make distributed teams efficient. We had that conversation while we were spread over 15 timezones: John in Portland, Oregon, Michael in Brisbane, Australia, and me in Boston, Massachusetts. The conversation is republished from John’s show. Let me know what you think! Happy to connect to…

  • Changing Your Team with John Poelstra

    Changing Your Team with John Poelstra

    I had the opportunity to have a great conversation about the book, Changing Your Team From The Inside, on John Poelstra’s show. John proposed the idea to cross-publish our conversation on our respective podcasts. In order to do that, I had to re-listen to the conversation and I really enjoyed it. Yes, of course, there…

  • Coming to terms with terms – Michael DeLanzo

    Coming to terms with terms – Michael DeLanzo

    In this episode of Le Podcast, I had the great pleasure to receive Michael DeLanzo to discuss the importance of coming to terms with terms. Michael and I met at a Boston Spin event when I gave a talk: The Change Starts Here. You can find more about speaking engagement here. What precipitated the idea…

  • How (not) to provide feedback – John Poelstra

    How (not) to provide feedback – John Poelstra

    In this episode of Le Podcast, I had the great pleasure of having John Poelstra to discuss a very personal experience about providing feedback.

  • How to deal with your stars – Frank Jansen

    How to deal with your stars – Frank Jansen

    In this episode, I had the great pleasure of having Frank Jansen join Le Podcast to discuss how to deal with stars.

  • Do cultural differences influence the adoption of agile?

    Do cultural differences influence the adoption of agile?

    In today’s episode, Jérôme Bourgeon and I will explore the question of cultural differences and their influence on the adoption of agile.