Comments on: What Do Actors and Programmers Have in Common? http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/2009/11/what-do-actors-and-programmers-have-in-common/ Adopt, Scale and Succeed with Agile Development Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:30:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Kim Leonard http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/2009/11/what-do-actors-and-programmers-have-in-common/#comment-5167 Kim Leonard Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:50:50 +0000 http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/?p=3808#comment-5167 Jean, great post! Rob & Lee come to these issues from such different perspectives, and their collaboration creates striking new ways of viewing and doing innovation. You inspired me to dig into Cutter's archives for a couple of pieces folks might be interested in reading: Roby & Lee did this article together in Cutter IT Journal several years ago, "Planning to Get Lucky" (http://www.cutter.com/offers/getlucky.html Also, Lee collaborated on an issue of Cutter Benchmark Review a few years back about IT innovation after a recession (we thought we had it bad then!). It's available for download at http://www.cutter.com/offers/innovate.html Jean, great post! Rob & Lee come to these issues from such different perspectives, and their collaboration creates striking new ways of viewing and doing innovation. You inspired me to dig into Cutter’s archives for a couple of pieces folks might be interested in reading: Roby & Lee did this article together in Cutter IT Journal several years ago, “Planning to Get Lucky” (http://www.cutter.com/offers/getlucky.html

Also, Lee collaborated on an issue of Cutter Benchmark Review a few years back about IT innovation after a recession (we thought we had it bad then!). It’s available for download at http://www.cutter.com/offers/innovate.html

]]> By: Olga http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/2009/11/what-do-actors-and-programmers-have-in-common/#comment-4861 Olga Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:47:56 +0000 http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/?p=3808#comment-4861 artistic creativity in doing software? artistic creativity in doing absolutely everything. you've got to love what you do. artistic creativity in doing software? artistic creativity in doing absolutely everything. you’ve got to love what you do.

]]> By: Israel Gat http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/2009/11/what-do-actors-and-programmers-have-in-common/#comment-4845 Israel Gat Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:09:40 +0000 http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/?p=3808#comment-4845 The final movement of Beethoven's 9th symphony is a perfect example for the "team" finding its collective voice - everyone is singing in unison. As a matter of fact, analog recordings have some difficulty coping with this collective voice. You really need digital recording technology to fully realize how powerful it is. Israel The final movement of Beethoven’s 9th symphony is a perfect example for the “team” finding its collective voice – everyone is singing in unison. As a matter of fact, analog recordings have some difficulty coping with this collective voice. You really need digital recording technology to fully realize how powerful it is.

Israel

]]> By: Jean Tabaka http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/2009/11/what-do-actors-and-programmers-have-in-common/#comment-4837 Jean Tabaka Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:47:54 +0000 http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/?p=3808#comment-4837 ....other than being temperamental ;-) Actually, both realms really are very demanding creatively. People gain their sense of significance from how others perceive them in their craft, how elegant they can be, how creative, how singular. And yet, in both realms, these singularly gifted people need to be able to create something greater than themselves as an ensemble. Lee and Rob really hit on something. ….other than being temperamental ;-) Actually, both realms really are very demanding creatively. People gain their sense of significance from how others perceive them in their craft, how elegant they can be, how creative, how singular. And yet, in both realms, these singularly gifted people need to be able to create something greater than themselves as an ensemble. Lee and Rob really hit on something.

]]> By: Jean Tabaka http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/2009/11/what-do-actors-and-programmers-have-in-common/#comment-4836 Jean Tabaka Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:45:10 +0000 http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/?p=3808#comment-4836 Yves, I do know of people in business and in product development who take improvisational classes just so that they can keep their sense of creativity and spontaneity high. Day-to-day routine of work can slowly leach that from us. Improv work is a great way to bring us back into our possibilities. This is pretty much what Lee Devin does when he offers sessions at software conferences. He is inviting each of us to move away from our day-to-day sense of "Well this is just how we've always done things." Thanks, Jean Yves, I do know of people in business and in product development who take improvisational classes just so that they can keep their sense of creativity and spontaneity high. Day-to-day routine of work can slowly leach that from us. Improv work is a great way to bring us back into our possibilities. This is pretty much what Lee Devin does when he offers sessions at software conferences. He is inviting each of us to move away from our day-to-day sense of “Well this is just how we’ve always done things.” Thanks, Jean

]]> By: Jean Tabaka http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/2009/11/what-do-actors-and-programmers-have-in-common/#comment-4835 Jean Tabaka Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:42:39 +0000 http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/?p=3808#comment-4835 Hi Israel, I like this notion of creative/artistic voice. What I found so wonderful about Rob and Lee joining their outlooks is that they both stress how incredible it is for a TEAM of players or programmers to find its creative voice as a TEAM. This wasn't a specific part of the seminar, but there was also this sense that each team member must be invited to be vocally creative so that the entire team can improve. The entire team can benefit from the collective of creative voices versus that one voice in your head that you think is the perfect answer (one of the points at the end of the post.) I think that encouraging individual creative voices and encouraging those voices to be truly heard are what Rob and Lee are talking about when they talk about how collaboration and iterations inevitably lead to innovation. But then, you already know this from the great work you have done and continue to do in creating truly innovative teams and innovative products! Thanks, Jean Hi Israel,

I like this notion of creative/artistic voice. What I found so wonderful about Rob and Lee joining their outlooks is that they both stress how incredible it is for a TEAM of players or programmers to find its creative voice as a TEAM. This wasn’t a specific part of the seminar, but there was also this sense that each team member must be invited to be vocally creative so that the entire team can improve. The entire team can benefit from the collective of creative voices versus that one voice in your head that you think is the perfect answer (one of the points at the end of the post.) I think that encouraging individual creative voices and encouraging those voices to be truly heard are what Rob and Lee are talking about when they talk about how collaboration and iterations inevitably lead to innovation. But then, you already know this from the great work you have done and continue to do in creating truly innovative teams and innovative products! Thanks, Jean

]]> By: YvesHanoulle http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/2009/11/what-do-actors-and-programmers-have-in-common/#comment-4834 YvesHanoulle Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:01:33 +0000 http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/?p=3808#comment-4834 I'm not surprised, I know a few people that have worked in both environments. Thanks to your post, I might look to do some work in a theatre. y I’m not surprised, I know a few people that have worked in both environments.
Thanks to your post, I might look to do some work in a theatre.
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]]> By: Israel Gat http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/2009/11/what-do-actors-and-programmers-have-in-common/#comment-4832 Israel Gat Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:03:12 +0000 http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/?p=3808#comment-4832 It is an amazing experience when a devloper discovers his/her (artistic) creativity in doing software. It is like finding his/her voice. You need to see it to believe how powerful it is. Israel It is an amazing experience when a devloper discovers his/her (artistic) creativity in doing software. It is like finding his/her voice. You need to see it to believe how powerful it is.

Israel

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/2009/11/what-do-actors-and-programmers-have-in-common/#comment-4830 Anonymous Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:32:36 +0000 http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/?p=3808#comment-4830 <strong>What Do Actors and Programmers Have in Common?...</strong> I would've never thought that theatre and product development have so much in common. ... What Do Actors and Programmers Have in Common?…

I would’ve never thought that theatre and product development have so much in common. …

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