The Beautiful Mess Podcast

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• TBM 392: When (And How) Tools Matter

  December 1, 2025 · 7 min

  A video post!The Miro board used in the video can be accessed here: https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVJi6NCs8=/?share_link_id=616280785572 (PS: Miro, I’d love another sweatshirt!) This framework explains why tools help in some situations and…

• TBM 365: The Problem With Value Hierarchies (Video)

  June 30, 2025 · 15 min

  I’m experimenting with Substack’s Video feature. I’m not sure how this will look, appear, or even sound, but giving it a go. Below I include an outline of the video: Outline 1. The Familiar Cascade * Many organizations use a hierarchical…

• Product Coaching with Petra Wille

  May 26, 2024 · 34 min

  On this episode, I'm very honored to welcome Petra Wille. Petra is an experienced product leader, product leadership coach, and author. She has written two books, Strong Product People, A Complete Guide to Developing Great Product…

• 20 Things I've Learned as a Systems (Over) Thinker (Extended Commentary)

  May 19, 2024 · 18 min

  Back in 2022, I wrote a post called 20 Things I've Learned as a Systems (Over) Thinker—”over” was in parentheses—and I've since received so much feedback about that post. I recently re-shared it on LinkedIn and it obviously strikes a…

• Sociotechnical Maestros with Gene Kim

  May 12, 2024 · 31 min

  Today I'm talking to Gene Kim. Over the years Gene's work has had a huge influence on me. From books he authored and co-authored including The Unicorn Project, Phoenix Project, DevOps Handbook, and Accelerate, to his advocacy and community…

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