Adam presents thoughts on Sidney Dekker's book "Drift into Failure".  Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here.Already on the path? Continue your self-study with any of these: 📘 Drift into Failure by Sidney Dekker 📘 The Field Guide to Understanding "Human Error" by Sidney Dekker ☕️ Small Batches #65- Systems Thinking 📹 The Pursuit of Success & Averting Drift into Failure - Sidney Dekker (DOES 2017) You can support Small Batches here.Editor's note: There is an error in the recording. Adam mistakenly refers to Challenger when he means Columbia.

Adam revisits the historic Agile Manifesto.Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here.Already on the path? Continue your self-study with any of these: 🧠 The Agile Manifesto 📘The Art of Agile Development by James Shore 📘The DevOps Handbook by Gene Kim ☕️ Small Batches #63 - Modern Software Engineering You can support Small Batches here.

Adam shares an example of breaking work into increments and iterations.Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here.Already on the path? Continue your self-study with any of these: 📘Modern Software Engineering by Dave Farley ☕️ Small Batches #63 - Modern Software Engineering You can support Small Batches here.

Adam shows how the phrase "as measured by" encourages empirical and scientific thinking.Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here.Already on the path? Continue your self-study with any of these: 📘 Measure what Matters by John Doerr  ☕️ Small Batches #88 - Golden Signals ☕️ Small Batches #84 - Deming & The System of Profound Knowledge ☕️ Small Batches #69 - Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) You can support Small Batches here.

Adam describes the aims for this podcast and what listeners can expect.Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here.You can support Small Batches here.