Engineering Joy

Engineering Joy

Darryn Downey and Rob Meaney's quest to figure out how to create a joyful workplace.

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April 25, 2024 67 mins

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Our hosts continue their conversations to understand workplace joy.

This month we are delighted to have the wonderful José Díaz. José not only runs his own very successful company but is the creator of the amazing Agile Testing Days conference. We both adore the conference and have been heavily inspired by it. 
We dive straight into how José has managed to create such a joyful place to grow and l...

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Our hapless hosts continue their search to discover joy in the workplace. 
This month they are joined by the amazing Sarah Hughes. Sarah has a background in psychology and has worked in various industries NONE of which are tech.
We dive into how teams in general tend to work and we see how human behaviours tend not to change no matter what industry we work in.

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February 29, 2024 64 mins

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We continue our conversations in our ever-going quest to find the meaning of workplace joy. This month we interview the fantastic Heather Reid. Heather has many years (ten or less if you ask her) experience working in various software roles. She takes us through her highs and lows (including some fairly crazy points), and gives us a lens of workplace fun and even what it means to create a psychologically safe...

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January 25, 2024 59 mins

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In which our two hosts talk about all things joyful with the most joyful of all Finns, our good friend Henri Terho. 
Henri has many years of experience working in various companies from big to small start-ups. He takes us through the highs and lows of both, and gives us some good tips to create a healthy fun workspace. 

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November 30, 2023 54 mins

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Our two hosts continue their quest to find out what joy means in the workplace and how to create it. This month we interviewed Colin Graham. Colin has many years of experience working in various engineering roles. He takes us through engineering joy from possibly a more technical lens. 

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October 26, 2023 41 mins

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Our two mildly confused and possibly sarcastic hosts interview Fernando about his experiences working for various start-ups. The good, the bad, and what he has learnt that makes him a better leader. 

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September 22, 2023 35 mins

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Our two bumbling hosts talk about the best and worst places they worked, and what made the best the best. They also introduce the concept of Engineering joy and try to come up with ideas for how to create it in the workplace. 

Note: The initial podcast was recorded in a pub in Dublin. We would like to apologise for the shite audio quality. (Darryn blames Rob, and Rob blames Dublin)

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