Show notes
Show DescriptionJessica Kerr is a developer of development systems. She works remotely from St. Louis, for Atomist, and when not engineering automation infrastructure, Jess is a frequent panelist on the Greater Than Code podcast, conference speaker, and writer. Her mission is to find and share new ways to think about code, people, and symmathesies of code-and-people.Symmathesy. That was a new word for me, and in essence, it describes: a learning system made of learning parts. We unpack that idea more in this episode, along with presenting advice on making the most of generativity focused opportunities.On the show, Jess and I step through everything from idea generation exercises, through blueprints for conference talks and writing, to productivity and teamwork.Time Jumps05:22 Day as a Keynote Speaker.07:09 Advice on overcoming public speaking nerves.10:10 From idea to conference talk.12:45 The benefits of documenting things right away.15:05 Organizing a keynote length talk.19:44 Making the most of your time when attending a conference.22:09 On writing.25:57 Fostering productivity, and a basic compact.32:13 A seam into content production.33:20 Coping when overwhelmed and overextended.37:01 Symmathesy.38:23 Your todo list should be impossible.For expanded show notes on this episode, head on over to https://www.dayasadev.com/episodes/generativity-with-jessica-kerr.