Duena Blomstrom’s Reads and Rants Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/duena-blomstrom-s-reads-and-rants “Just between us Human Debt Fighters” - straight off the cutting floor of the Secret Society and the people AND tech podcasts, this is Duena’s voice so content will be behind a paywall at times. Find more at www.duenablomstrom.com or at www.techledculture.com subscribe to my newsletters on SubStack, listen to my podcasts on all big platforms and buy my new book: Tech Led Culture: Maximising the Potential of Your Business and People” and lastly, but most importantly, come join the fight against Human Debt! Copyright ©️ Duena Blomstrom 2023 428c3905-e5a4-5c9d-aac2-120bdebe3ac1 no en Sun, 06 Apr 2025 06:01:35 -0700 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 18:53:11 -0800 http://www.duenablomstrom.com https://img.transistor.fm/N-VHoKG2fXyEZlPbC-RJSFjIwpCQrLZNiLExPK_ZZ7Q/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ2MjY1LzE2OTc4/NzEyNjAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg Duena Blomstrom’s Reads and Rants http://www.duenablomstrom.com episodic Duena Blomstrom “Just between us Human Debt Fighters” - straight off the cutting floor of the Secret Society and the people AND tech podcasts, this is Duena’s voice so content will be behind a paywall at times. Find more at www.duenablomstrom.com or at www.techledculture.com subscribe to my newsletters on SubStack, listen to my podcasts on all big platforms and buy my new book: Tech Led Culture: Maximising the Potential of Your Business and People” and lastly, but most importantly, come join the fight against Human Debt! “Just between us Human Debt Fighters” - straight off the cutting floor of the Secret Society and the people AND tech podcasts, this is Duena’s voice so content will be behind a paywall at times. Human Debt, Tech-Led Culture, Authentic Leadership, Agile, the Psychology of Tech Teams, Psychological Safety, EQ, leadership, Rants, comedy Duena Blomstrom dave@techledculture.com No Yes Agile isn't out. You are. 3 3 Agile isn't out. You are. full c3a7bbd5-135d-4e02-9e58-ebeac6326722 https://share.transistor.fm/s/483d4e88 Once in a blue moon some insta-influencer takes it upon themselves to adopt one of the staples of controversy in the technology world today - either "Agile doesn't work" or "Agile is over/done/out" or "Agile is about process only i.e. not a mindset".
We at Tech Led Culture, strongly refute that and in fact can demonstrate very clearly that without the ways of thinking, you will never have the ways of working. Not only that but the article we are showing you from Duena's archives today is from 2018! Replace "Agile is a fad" with "Agile is not a mindset" or "Agile doesn't matter" or "doesn't work" and every word still stands.

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We at Tech Led Culture, strongly refute that and in fact can demonstrate very clearly that without the ways of thinking, you will never have the ways of working. Not only that but the article we are showing you from Duena's archives today is from 2018! Replace "Agile is a fad" with "Agile is not a mindset" or "Agile doesn't matter" or "doesn't work" and every word still stands.

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We at Tech Led Culture, strongly refute that and in fact can demonstrate very clearly that without the ways of thinking, you will never have the ways of working. Not only that but the article we are showing you from Duena's archives today is from 2018! Replace "Agile is a fad" with "Agile is not a mindset" or "Agile doesn't matter" or "doesn't work" and every word still stands.

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]]> Human Debt, Tech-Led Culture, Authentic Leadership, Agile, the Psychology of Tech Teams, Psychological Safety, EQ, leadership, Rants, comedy No PeopleBeforeTech-Preface 2 2 PeopleBeforeTech-Preface full 51b9109f-a3ce-49ca-aa3d-d9095d7e0745 https://share.transistor.fm/s/1cc50a9d Duena Reads The Preface to her book People Before Tech : The Importance Of Psychological Safety In the Digital Age. 

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]]> Human Debt, Tech-Led Culture, Authentic Leadership, Agile, the Psychology of Tech Teams, Psychological Safety, EQ, leadership, Rants, comedy No Ep1 - Helicopter view of Human Debt while industry hopping 1 1 Ep1 - Helicopter view of Human Debt while industry hopping full 08bf4572-c3a4-4c99-b727-368598c2fd25 https://share.transistor.fm/s/26bdb86f This piece was formally in our members vault at Tech-Led culture, but in light of the current DORA report (2023) controversy, seeing how Mr Tech (Dave Bally) and Mrs People (Duena Blomstrom) have already discussed it on the "people AND tech" Podcast and their burgeoning belief that the report really is indicating something that Duena has been saying for years "These are signs of Human Debt that translate into Tech Debt and burnout", we decided to re-list as a free episode.

In this piece, Duena calls out the fragmentation of the tech community into multiple sub communities with so much burnout, imposter syndrome and lack of Anti-Human Debt skills, that they are unable to steer the rest of all organisational functions towards the a Tech Led Culture of human work and collaboration as prerequisites for fast, reliable, client-beloved technology of the future.

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In this piece, Duena calls out the fragmentation of the tech community into multiple sub communities with so much burnout, imposter syndrome and lack of Anti-Human Debt skills, that they are unable to steer the rest of all organisational functions towards the a Tech Led Culture of human work and collaboration as prerequisites for fast, reliable, client-beloved technology of the future.

]]> Wed, 25 Oct 2023 04:17:37 -0700 Duena Blomstrom Duena Blomstrom 915 This piece was formally in our members vault at Tech-Led culture, but in light of the current DORA report (2023) controversy, seeing how Mr Tech (Dave Bally) and Mrs People (Duena Blomstrom) have already discussed it on the "people AND tech" Podcast and their burgeoning belief that the report really is indicating something that Duena has been saying for years "These are signs of Human Debt that translate into Tech Debt and burnout", we decided to re-list as a free episode.

In this piece, Duena calls out the fragmentation of the tech community into multiple sub communities with so much burnout, imposter syndrome and lack of Anti-Human Debt skills, that they are unable to steer the rest of all organisational functions towards the a Tech Led Culture of human work and collaboration as prerequisites for fast, reliable, client-beloved technology of the future.

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