Engineering Culture By Infoq

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Nick White about his experiences as a medical patient under the care of a cross-functional, multi-disciplinary team and the lessons that we can take from that for software engineering Why listen to this podcast: • The collaborative approach to diagnosis by a multi-disciplinary team of specialists used by the Wellington Regional Hospital Cancer Care Unit • With a complex diagnosis like cancer the range of treatment options is wide and the multi-disciplinary approach enables the best possible combination of treatments and more successful patient outcomes • Setting a goal of coming back from the surgery to continue as a mountain runner • Running up Mt Fuji to raise funds and awareness for cancer research • As technologists we need to be open to learning from other disciplines in areas such as collaboration approaches, dealing with hand-offs and bottle-necks, and customer service More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ