PropaneFitness Podcast

PropaneFitness Podcast


Ben Ford: Lessons from an Ex-Marine turned programmer

August 01, 2021

Ben helps founders apply operational principles from the Royal Marines and 10 years in tech leadership to evolve world-beating tech teams. He uses a systems approach, with more breadth than dogmatic agile consulting, and deep technical experience that's missing in business coaching.

We discuss:

The synergy from two worlds: being a marine and software development.Developing situational awarenessHow to avoid getting shotWhat Ben sees most people lackingA set of mental modelsOODAHow to move from system 2 to system 1Having some spare capacityPre-brief + debriefOpenness, being blameless, and inviting challengeRed team thinkingHaving a framework, drilling it first and then throwing chaos at it using the same framework to react

Find out more about Ben:

https://twitter.com/commandodevhttps://commando.devben@commando.dev