Arlen Bankston and Brad Stokes chat about how HR can support a journey into an Agile environment, supporting the team, metrics and using HR as a stepping stone to transform an entire organisation. It is Agile and PeopleOps with Arlen Bankson.
Arlen is one of LitheSpeed’s two founders and owners and has been actively involved in the application and evolution of Agile software development processes such as Scrum, Kanban and Extreme Programming for over a decade and a half. He is also a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and was an early adopter in the application of broader lean principles to agile methods to deepen theoretical understanding and drive organizational change.
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Arlen's Book: HR and the Agile Organization
Links
- https://lithespeed.com/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/arlenbankston/
- https://www.youtube.com/user/LitheSpeed
- https://www.facebook.com/LitheSpeed/
This week's episode features special guest William Strydom and host Troy Lightfoot on the topic of "Transformative Cultural Change." William and Troy discuss why "transformations" in general are so difficult and how Agile transformations are not unique to cultural change. They apply the lessons learned in Apartheid South Africa to change at the individual, team and and organizational levels in Agile Transformations. They also dive into why coaches who are expected to "install or roll out" agile will have limited success if the underlying human psychology is ignored.
Links mentioned in the episode
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Stop lying about when the teams will deliver. Instead make your roadmaps a communication device, not a commitment, or a list of promises to be broken. Links
Events
- RebelCon
Contact Info
Matt Barcomb
Melissa Perri
For our 100th episode, Jay Hrcsko hosts James Gifford, Chris Murman, Andrew Leff and Brad Stokes in a spirited discussion about VersionOne's 12th Annual State of Agile™ Report.
Topics include:
- Distributed agile teams
- % of teams using agile
- Reasons for adopting agile
- Agile methods
- Agile in outsourced projects
- Challenges to adoption
- Success measures
- SCALING SCALING SCALING
- Does DAD/LeSS/NEXUS/etc. have a chance
- And, of course, since Giff is on the show, poop
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Join David Allen, Brad Stokes and Andy Cleff as they discuss
Getting Things Done in an Agile World.
"Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them."
David is the New York Times best-selling author of Getting Things Done - The Art of Stress-free Productivity. Since it was first published almost fifteen years ago, Getting Things Done has become an incredibly influential business book and one of the gotos for personal organization. GTD is now shorthand for a way of approaching professional and personal tasks and is used by individuals from CEOs to developers.
David discusses the origins of GTD, the journey upon the way, mistakes made and lessons learned. He touches on a range of research such as distributed cognition, the influence of the martial arts and experience of establishing one of the first truly holocratic companies.
Come and join the discussion on the coalition and share of your experiences with GTD.
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Guest contact information
- https://gettingthingsdone.com/
- https://twitter.com/gtdguy
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/david-allen-company/
Book - Getting Things Done - The art of stress-free productivity
Upcoming Book - Getting Things Done for Teens
Join Andy Flemming and Andy Cleff as they discuss An Everyone Culture: Deliberately Developmental Organizations.
DDO’s create an unusual kind of environment, one that tolerates — even prefers — making one's failures, risks, and weaknesses public so that colleagues can support each other in the process of overcoming them.
There's a wonderful congruence with Modern Agile principles:
- Make People Awesome
- Make Safety a Prerequisite
- Experiment & Learn Rapidly
- Deliver Value Continuously
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Guest contact information
- https://www.facebook.com/waytogrowinc/
- https://twitter.com/WaytoGrowINC
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/way-to-grow-inc/
Websites mentioned during the show
Book - An Everyone Culture
Members of the Agile Uprising present for this episode have held a number of certifications. Join us as we discuss each certification, why we think it exists, what it means if one has it, and whether renewing makes sense and if so in what situations.
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Video of the recording of this episode
Previous podcast on the topic of certifications
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This week's episode features special guest William Strydom and host Troy Lightfoot on the topic of "Getting Teams Unstuck with Structured Dynamics for Dialogue." William and Troy discuss the David Kantor "4 Player Model" and how to help teams to high performance by focusing on "how" we communicate. This episode is all about Individuals and Interactions!
Links mentioned in the episode
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In this episode, Lisette Sutherland @lightling and Andy Cleff @justsitthere discuss how to work together anywhere. The biggest takeaway: there isn’t a one-solution-fits-all for remote working, no single formula to follow. Each person, each company, will need to experiment with tools and processes to find what makes him, her, or them most productive. Listen in and learn about the tools available and various processes that can work for different kinds of remote teams.
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Links
Contact Information
- Twitter https://twitter.com/lightling
- LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/collaboration-superpowers/
Websites
- Podcast: https://www.collaborationsuperpowers.com/podcasts/
- Workshops: https://www.collaborationsuperpowers.com/anywhereworkshop/
- About Lisette: http://www.lisettesutherland.com/
Book
- Work Together Anywhere - A Handbook on How to Work Remotely—Successfully—for Individuals, Teams, and Managers: https://www.collaborationsuperpowers.com/book/
Videos/Slides
- TEDx: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=7GtVD-nnVqU
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/lighthousepromo
- SlideShare: https://www.slideshare.net/lightling
Tools for Remote Teams
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The theme of this episode is "How life’s scary moments become great learning experiences."
Bucking the trend of the vast trove of conferences held across the world on a near weekly basis that focus on successes, Andy Cleff, Colleen Johnson, Ryan Lockard explore with our guest Tracey Welson Rossman what HASN’T worked: defeats, floundering initiatives, outright failures.
Reflecting on these experiences as “understanding failure as a part of learning” we can inspire each other to keep going when we feel like throwing in the towel.
Show Links
- Women in Tech Summit Chicago
- Tech Girlz
- Charriott Solutions
- Dev Ops Days Atlanta
- Agile Day Atlanta
- Palo Alto Ignite
- Agile Dev West
Contact Info
Tracey Welson-Rossman
- Email: Twr@chariotsolutions.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/traceywelsonrossman/
Join Andrew Leff, Troy Lightfoot and Andy Cleff as they make a pilgrimage to The Lodge at Snowbird, UT.
There they discover some amazing artifacts that date back to circa 2001.
This episode is graciously sponsored by Wellington Dowd. His framework, the Foundation Utilizing Core Knowledge To Actualize Realistic Delivery, is a multi-level phase-gated process to roll out "the agile" to your organization WITHOUT ACTUALLY CHANGING ANYTHING!
On Friday, March 23, 2018, the agile community experienced a tremendous loss.
Mike Beedle, Agile Manifesto signer and creator of Enterprise Scrum passed away, leaving behind a wife and 3 young children.
If you would like to make a donation to help support Mike's family, please go to:
We at the Agile Uprising are saddened by this loss. Mike's passing will leave a void that cannot be underestimated.
We honor Mike Beedle with this rebroadcast from our Agile Manifesto author review.
Mike shared his story as one of the very first adopters of the Scrum framework and his early involvement with Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland.
Mike, if you're listening from the Great Stand Up, thank you for all you've done.
Listen in as Jeff Patton and Jeff Gothel chat about scrum product ownership, lean UX, product discovery, shipping to learn, and believability weighted design with Colleen Johnson and Chris Murman.
Links
- Jeff Patton on Twitter
- Jeff Patton Books
- Jeff Patton on the web
- Jeff Gothelf on Twitter
- Jeff Gothelf Books
- Jeff Gothelf on the web
- Shakshuka Recipe
Events
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Agile Uprising's Andy Cleff @justsitthere chats about the changing face of agile with a panel of guests:
- Jenny Tarwater @JennyKCMO
- Linda Podder @lindakpodder
- Faye Thompson@AgileFaye
- LLewellyn Falco @LlewellynFalco
- Emily Freeman, @editingemily
- April Wensel @AprilWensel
We cover a range of topics ranging from gender issues, emotional intelligence, social consciousness, imposter syndrome, open space and the Women In Agile workshop being held at Agile2018 this August.
The overarching topic is how our community can continue supporting and compassionately including underrepresented groups.
Listeners:
- Submit a talk idea for Women In Agile (by Apr 30, 2018)
- Register for Agile2018 event.
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Links mentioned in the show
Upcoming events
- https://www.agilealliance.org/events/women-in-agile-2018/
- http://www.agilemaineday.com/
- https://www.kcitsymposium.com/
- https://craft-conf.com/schedule
- https://www.agilealliance.org/deliver-agile-2018/program/
- http://agilegamesnewengland.com/index.php/mob-programming-conference
- https://www.thepathtoagility.com/
- https://bscwest.techwell.com/
- https://craft-conf.com/schedule
- https://www.agilealliance.org/deliver-agile-2018/program/
- http://agilegamesnewengland.com/index.php/mob-programming-conference
- https://www.agilealliance.org/events/women-in-agile-2018/
- https://careers-hyland.icims.com/jobs/3352/scrum-master/job?iis=Social+Networks&iieid=pt1518481472014fc09f&mobile=false&width=1140&height=500&bga=true&needsRedirect=false&jan1offset=-300&jun1offset=-240
- https://railsconf.com/program/sessions#session-589
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Dr. Jen Frahm, Lois Kelly and host Andy Cleff discuss resiliency practices that help you keep going and find meaning in the often long and political process of creating change.
Combine resilience with courage, vulnerability and three kinds of alliances, and you’ll be equipped to see the good in organizations – even on days that can feel like you’re lost in a bureaucratic hairball.
Learn to reduce suffering and be the best version of yourself.
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Links
Contact Information
- Dr. Jen Frahm
- Lois Kelly: lois@rebelsatwork.com
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- Twitter: @RebelsatWork
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RebelsatWork/
- LinkedIn: Rebels At Work Group
Websites
- https://conversationsofchange.com.au/
- https://www.rebelsatwork.com/
- VIA Character Strengths Analysis
Books
- Conversations of Change: A guide to implementing workplace change.
- Rebels at Work: A Handbook for Leading Change from Within
- Quiet Leadership, David Rock
Events
This week's episode features is a continuation of last weeks with special guest Woody Zuill and host Troy Lightfoot on Stopping the Enterprise Death Spiral with Mob Programming
Woody also answers Mob Programming objections, ideas on how to get teams started and a lot more!
Links mentioned in the episode
- Mob Programming Conference
- Mob Programming Book
- TDD and Mob Programming for Non Programmers
- Stopping the Enterprise Death Spiral with Mob Programming
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This week's episode features special guest Woody Zuill and hosts Troy Lightfoot and Chris Murman on the topic of Mob Programming.
Links mentioned in the episode
- Mob Programming Conference
- Mob Programming Book
- TDD and Mob Programming for Non Programmers
- Stopping the Enterprise Death Spiral with Mob Programming
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During this special Valentine's Day episode Lyssa Adkins, Debbie Madden, Brad Stokes, Troy Lightfoot and Andy Cleff have a lively panel discussion on how they use their agile mindsets, those values and beliefs - in their daily lives:
- With their partners
- Their children
- On Thanksgiving and Christmas
- But, alas not with their pets. (Would have given agility training for fido a whole new meaning!)
Nothing was off the table… well, maybe some things… they kept the episode SFW as they took Software Development out of the Manifesto...
And shared how they apply the guiding principles outside of the team room.
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Episode Hosts
Links
Contact Information
Websites
- Agile and Mindfulness: http://agileuprising.libsyn.com/agile-and-mindfulness
- SAFe Demistified: http://agileuprising.libsyn.com/safe-demystified-with-brad-stokes
- StrideNYC: https://www.stridenyc.com/
- Agile Coaching Institute: http://agilecoachinginstitute.com/
- Lean Agile Intelligence: https://www.leanagileintelligence.com/
Books
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This week's episode features special guest Troy Magennis and host Paul Elia on the topic of Forecasting.
"Forecasting is about answering the right questions, to a transparent degree of certainty, with as little effort as possible." - Troy Magennis, CEO, Focused Objective
This said, Troy has spent considerable effort making the job of forecasting easier for the rest of us! On his company's website there are a number of free tools and spreadsheets to model scenarios ranging from classical project management to Scrum and Kanban.
In our discussion we explore the top three mistakes that people make when forecasting and what can be done to mitigate problems.
Links mentioned in the episode
- Twitter: @t_magennis
- Company Website: http://focusedobjective.com/
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If someone stole your wallet, you'd notice it. So why don't people notice when they are robbed of something much more valuable than their wallet - time? Join Dominica DeGrandis as she chats with host Colleen Johnson on how to make visible - and reduce - the churn and burn that is creating a workforce constantly on the edge of burnout.
The technology world - and indeed the whole business world - is moving at a pace faster than ever before, and it shows no signs of slowing down. Instead of consigning ourselves to the pressure cooker of the modern world, it's time to elevate how we work. It's time to level up our game. It's time to make work visible.
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Contact Information
Websites
Books
- Making Work Visible: Exposing Time Theft to Optimize Work & Flow by Dominica Degrandis
- Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business by David Anderson (The Blue Book)
Upcoming Events
- Lean Agile US, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Feb 26 – 27, 2018
- GOTO Chicago 2018, Chicago, IL April 26, 2018
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In his first book, Turn the Ship Around! David Marquet described his experiences as captain aboard the nuclear submarine USS Santa Fe. When he took command, the ship was, how shall we say… “underperforming”
However, after one year, Santa Fe was recognized as the most improved ship in the fleet. In less than two years she shed her infamy as the worst boat in the navy and started winning awards as the best ship in her class.
Captain Marquet has released a new workbook to help others apply the framework he developed over those years of experimentation to their own organizations - to build highly effective communities based on personal responsibility and trust.
Leadership is not for the select few at the top. In highly effective organizations, there are leaders at every level.
Episode host: Andy Cleff
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Contact Information
- https://twitter.com/ldavidmarquet
- https://www.facebook.com/ldavidmarquet
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmarquet/
Websites
Books
- Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders
- The Turn The Ship Around! Workbook: Implement Intent-Based Leadership In Your Organization
- Start with Why
Videos
- Turn the Ship Around by David Marquet
- Leadership Nudges by David Marquet
Events
- Agile Leadership Europe 2018 May 7, 2018
Daniel Vacanti, one of the instrumental founders what we know of as the Kanban Method of software development, chats with hosts Colleen Johnson and Andy Cleff about agile metrics, Little's Law, the one metric that matters most, and the one that doesn't matter at all. (Spoiler Alert: It's Size)
Dan also offered our listeners a 20% discount code to get out of the cold and attend Agile US 2018 in Ft. Lauderdale Feb 26-27, 2018. Special Discount Code: AGILEUPRISING20
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Books
- Actionable Agile Metrics for Predictability: An Introduction
- When Will It Be Done?
- Why size doesn’t matter
Videos / Websites
- Actionable Metrics
- Actionable Agile Analytics Toolkit
- How an expedite request sunk the Titanic
- FDD Feature Driven Development
- Penny flow game
Conference
- Lean Agile US 2018 Conference, Ft. Lauderdale
Discount Code to get 20% off registration: AGILEUPRISING20
Contact
- EMail: Dan Vacanti: daniel@actionableagile.com
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/danvacanti
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielvacanti/
In this week's episode hosts Jay Hrcsko and James Gifford are joined by Johanna Rothman to discuss her newest book, Create Your Successful Agile Project! They discuss such topics as agile project managers, technical excellence, status reports, and middle managers in agile!
Johanna's book: http://amzn.to/2CLE1cp
This Is Lean (other book referenced): http://amzn.to/2lXfOET
Johanna's Twitter: https://twitter.com/johannarothman
Jay's Twitter: https://twitter.com/BackdoorAgile
James's Twitter: https://twitter.com/scrummando
Lyssa Adkins joins hosts Andrew Leff, Chris Murman, and Andy Cleff for a wonderful discussion about agile and mindfulness. We explore how the combination contributes to a practice of building meaningful human relationships and liberating organizational potential.
Yep, it can be a tall order to provide service of meaning and purpose; and showing up in the here and now is integral to our success as coaches, practitioners, and partners in change (and in marriage as Lyssa shares...)
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Contact Information: Lyssa Adkins
Websites:
- Agile Coaching Institute: http://agilecoachinginstitute.com/
Videos:
Related Infomation
- What Buddhism Teaches Us About Agile - http://blog.ekipa.co/what-buddhism-teaches-us-about-agile/
- Coaching beyond the team: https://coachingbeyondtheteam.com/
- Theory U: https://www.presencing.com/theoryu
- LeanCoffeeTable.com http://www.leancoffeetable.com/
- Zazen: http://twoarrowszen.org/events/rohatsu-sesshin-mens-retreat
Books:
Join our hosts Andy Cleff, Chris Murman, and Colleen Johnson as they discuss the 12th Agile Principle: "At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly."
We hope you enjoyed listening to this series as much as we did making it!
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