077: Creating Space to Shine with Anjuan Simmons




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Summary: <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Episode Sponsored By:<br> </strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-1357" src="http://www.greaterthancode.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Oreilly-1024x223.png" alt="" width="390" height="85"></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Support for the Greater Than Code podcast comes from O’Reilly Fluent and Velocity conferences. Taking place in San Jose, California, June 11-14, it’s the best place to get the latest in software development, performance, operations, resilience, and so much more. Early Price ends next Friday, May 4th. Register with code GTC20 to save up to $599 on your pass! Learn more at <a href="http://oreil.ly/2o07Ufw">http://oreil.ly/2o07Ufw</a>.</span></p> <hr> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Panelists: </b></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/reinh"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rein Henrichs</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | </span><a href="https://twitter.com/janellekz"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Janelle Klein </span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | </span><a href="https://twitter.com/coralineada"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Coraline Ada Ehmke</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Guest Starring:</b></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/anjuan"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Anjuan Simmons</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">: </span><a href="http://anjuansimmons.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">anjuansimmons.com</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Join Our Slack Channel!<br> </b><b>Support us via </b><a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode"><b>Patreon</b></a><b>!</b></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Show Notes:</b></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd4PsSk_0iQ"><span style="font-weight: 400;">RubyConf 2017: Lending Privilege by Anjuan Simmons</span></a></p> <p><b>01:18</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Anjuan’s Superpower: Flexibility</span></p> <p><b>04:55 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Cultivating Variety on Teams</span></p> <p><b>08:22 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– What makes a great team?</span></p> <p><b>13:46 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Empowering Others</span></p> <p><b>19:21 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Culture Fit</span></p> <p><b>21:24 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– The Tension Between Structure and Agency</span></p> <p><b>24:35 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Creating Space for People to Shine</span></p> <p><b>33:46 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Responses to “Weirdness”</span></p> <p><b>38:27 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Building Constructive and Authentic Relationships with People</span></p> <p><b>41:12 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Having Visible Differences on Teams</span></p> <p><b>43:53 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– “Othering” </span></p> <p><b>49:29 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Earning Trust by Listening to People</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Reflections:</b></p> <p><b>Sam:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Safety can improve teams and lead to wonderful harmonies.</span></p> <p><b>Rein:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Building caring and genuine relationships with other people and valuing them for who they are.</span></p> <p><b>Janelle: </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Getting to know people and giving them space to take off their masks to be their unique selves.</span></p> <p><b>Anjuan: </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Safety is a founda</span></p>