Andrea Goulet & M. Scott Ford on the Marriage of Communication & Code

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, talks to Andrea Goulet & M. Scott Ford about their journey working together as a married couple and business partners, learning to collaborate and communicate despite having vastly different communication styles and viewpoints. Why listen to this podcast: - Effective communication is a competitive advantage - The system that you produce will only be as good as the communication structure you have in place while you build it - The importance of learning to speak each other’s language – the terminology of development and business is different and it is necessary to take the time and effort to learn the different language - The concept of “inception layers” relating to how intensively someone is concentrating on an activity and their level of openness to interruption - The value of writing a daily journal in a wiki to share what’s been happening and make progress and learning visible More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ http://bit.ly/2zwXlnO You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq Subscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq Like InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8 Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq Want to see extented shownotes? Check the landing page on InfoQ: http://bit.ly/2zwXlnO