Introducing 'the business' as a concept

What do we mean when we talk about what "The Business" wants? Aren't we part of the business? If not us then who? Andrea and Ray discuss the tension between roles, and the alienation experienced from both sides.

LINKS

• Dr. Nick Morgan (communications coach)
• Paper: “A grounded theory of coordination in remote-first and hybrid software teams” by  Ronnie de Souza Santos and Paul Ralph
• How Empathy Drove Grace Hopper's Software Development by Andrea Goulet
• ACL2: A Computational Logic for Applicative Common Lisp

HOSTS

• Andrea Goulet LinkedIn | andreagoulet.com
• Ray Myers LinkedIn | Mender.AI

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