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Ahh...the "SAFe SPC." Is it necessary? Or is it the agile version of the PMP? Join our host Chris Murman as he chats with Jay Hrcsko and fellow Coaltion members Joel Stone and Mike Caddell as they discuss the course, what they got out of it, and if it's worth taking. Enjoy!
P.S. - Shoutout to Michael Casey and the Brothers Case @ Agile Big Picture for turning a tough course into a fun virtual experience!
Scaled Agile Framework - SPC Course
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In this episode, Chris Murman chats with Job Hackers Founder & Chief Agile Officer, Larry Apke, as well as two Job Hackers alumni.
Job Hackers is a grassroots 501 (C3) nonprofit with a mission to provide individuals with the knowledge and experience needed to navigate the complex world of knowledge work.
They provide free training in Agile, Scrum, and modern behavioral theories to increase diversity and inclusion at technology companies.
Their training has helped unemployed participants find jobs as Project Managers, Scrum Masters, and Product Owners.
Learn more
- https://www.thejobhackers.org/
- https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6678780546493095936/
- https://www.switchup.org/bootcamps/the-job-hackers
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Dave Snowden, Andrea Tomasini and Richard Dolman chat with Andy Cleff and Colleen Johnson to explore the most crucial leadership challenge of the day: Making Sense in Times of Uncertainty
Dave Snowden is founder and chief scientific officer of Cognitive Edge. His work is international in nature and covers government and industry looking at complex issues relating to strategy and decision making. He has pioneered a science based approach to organisations drawing on anthropology, neuroscience and complex adaptive systems theory. He is a popular and passionate keynote speaker on a range of subjects, and is well known for his pragmatic cynicism and iconoclastic style.
Andrea Tomasini is one of the founders of agile42. His background includes experience in product development, system architecture, business and strategic analysis, lean coaching, organizational change, and agile leadership. Andrea has trained and coached a diverse range of teams and helped many companies in various industries in implementing agile methods like Scrum. These days, Andrea works primarily as a Strategic Coach, supporting Agile Leaders in the process of transforming their organization, strategy, and culture to achieve greater agility and resilience. Being an international expert in the area of Agile Leadership, he is currently pioneering data capture and analysis methods in complex organizational structures and working on a book on ORGANIC agility.
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This week's episode is all FLOW, FLOW, FLOW! Andy Cleff and Jay Hrcsko are joined by fellow agile coach Jeff Pray to discuss two of the concepts he uses while coaching the concept of flow in the enterprise. His Flow Manifesto is a re-imagining of the Agile Manifesto but specific to the concept of flow, and his white-paper on Flow-based Leadership is how Jeff escapes teaching leaders and executives all the agile jargon by simply teaching them why "flow" is important to them. Enjoy!
We talk all the time about changing organizational structure...but we always end up with some sortof hierarchy. And what about "teams that don't change"...is that really agile? In this week's episode Jeff Anderson, author of Agile Organizational Design, sits down with hosts Ben AuYeung, Colleen Johnson, and Jay Hrcsko to discuss his book. And there's even a Lantern Corps reference!
Agile Organizational Design on Leanpub
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Colleen Johnson @scrumhive chats with Mellissa Boggs @HmngbirdAgility about the Scrum Alliance’s @ScrumAlliance organizational refactoring over the past year, finding the right balance between self-organizing teams and organizational constraints.
They also cover:
- Melissa’s role as Chief Scrum Master, and the healthy tension that role has with SA's Chief Product Owner Howard Sublett @howardsublett
- The design of SA's new HQ space in Denver and how the office layout contributes to supporting SA’s core values
- Making it through 8 hrs a day on Zoom, while maintaining connections with friends, family, kids, and partners - all with patience and grace
- And totally unscripted - Colleen's little monsters make a cameo appearance.
Enjoy!
This is the second in a series of conversations co-sponsored by Agile Velocity and Agile Uprising that explore effective leadership from a number of different viewpoints. Panelists are L. David Marquet and Andy Worshek both with Intent-Based Leadership.
Expert on leadership, former submarine commander, and author of Amazon #1 Best Seller: Turn the Ship Around!, Captain David Marquet imagines a workplace where everyone engages and contributes their full intellectual capacity, where people are healthier and happier because they have more control over their work, and where everyone is a leader.
Andy Worshek is a keynote speaker, guest contributor and Intent-Based Leadership expert. He served with Captain Marquet on the USS Sante Fe as Combat Systems Department Chief, later advancing to Chief of Boat on the USS Cheyenne.
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Links
- IntentBasedLeadership: https://intentbasedleadership.com/
- AgileVelocity: https://agilevelocity.com/
- Path to Agility: https://pathtoagility.com/
Contact Information (LinkedIn / Twitter)
- Andy Cleff / @justsitthere@andycleff
- David Marquet / @ldavidmarquet
- Andy Worshek / @andy_worshek
- Erik Cotrell / @whassupe
- Agile Uprising / @agileuprising
- Agile Velocity / @agilevelocity
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WARNING: NSFW! Recorded deep in the J-curve of the coronavirus lockdown, the panel attempts to define the term "business value." We're not sure if it was the cabin fever, the alcohol, or something in the water, but we had a helluva time trying to define it. We're surprising everyone with a mid-week release as we think everyone can use a laugh right about now! Join inadvertent host Chris Murman with the panel of Andrew Leff, Colleen Johnson, Brad Stokes, and our "irregular-regular" Jonathan Schneider as they attempt to unpack this. Enjoy!
On this episode of the agile uprising podcast, Troy Lightfoot discuss what does a successful business agility transformation with SVP or Product Management at Gogo, Blane Boynton.
Blane chronicles his company's journey, successes and challenges in a multi year agile, SAFe, and business agility transformation.
Join Coalition members Claudia Orozco-Gomez and Carter Leffen as they sit down to discuss the ICA Agile Coaches Certification Course. Both Carter and Claudia are fresh out of the course, and they shared their learning, insights, and suggestions about who would most benefit by the experience. Enjoy!
This is the first in a series of conversations that explore effective leadership from a number of different viewpoints. Panelists for this Women and Leadership episode are:
- Lyssa Adkins: an internationally-acclaimed, inspiring coach and teacher. Her current focus is on improving the performance of top leadership teams through insightful facilitation and organization systems coaching.
- Carolyn Dragon: an engaging and highly talented coach, facilitator, and presenter. Visionary, enthusiastic, and grounded in results, Carolyn is a leader in learning, growing, and inspiring women’s personal and professional leadership development.
Lyssa and Carolyn co-lead TENWOMENSTRONG - a group that brings together circles of dynamic and inspiring women leaders to live their life on purpose.
Link to the "Allow" poem shared by Carolyn.
The show was recorded with live audience participation.
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Contact Information
- Andy Cleff: @justsitthere @andycleff - https://www.linkedin.com/in/andycleff/
- Lyssa Adkins @lyssaadkins - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lyssaadkins/
- Carolyn Dragon @tenwomenstrong - https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolynadragon/
- Kerri Sutey @KerriSutey https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerrisutey/
- Agile Uprising @agileuprising https://www.linkedin.com/company/agile-uprising/
- Agile Velocity @agilevelocity https://www.linkedin.com/company/agile-velocity/
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In this week's episode we are joined by Fabian Schwartz, author of the book "Your Scrum Playbook." We discuss why the poker analogy is better than chess, how to implement scrum in your organization, "hippie scrum", and much much more! Enjoy!
In this week's chat Chris Murman, Andrew Leff, and Jay Hrcsko sit down to discuss the book Zone To Win by Geoffrey Moore...how do concepts like zone management play into our experiences in agile transformations? Take a listen and find out!
In our newest episode of "Business Agility" Creator of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Dean Leffingwell joins Chris Murman, Troy Lightfoot, and Andrew Leff to discuss Business Agility, SAFe 5.0, and address some of the criticisms in various Forbes, Medium, and online articles of SAFe.
In our newest episode of "Should I Take This?" agile practitioner Lynn Winterboer joins Jay Hrcsko, Troy Lightfoot, and Andrew Leff to discuss the Scaled Agile Release Train Engineer course...who knew it was more coaching than project management?!?! Enjoy!!!
Audit and Compliance...two of the scariest departments to engage in an agile transformation...but should they be? Guest Jon Schneider joins Andrew Leff, James Gifford, and Jay Hrcsko to talk about how to have positive interactions with your audit and compliance folks while you transform, as well as how to build strong relationships with this department going forward. Enjoy!
We've already talked about the concept of colors and memes in the space of Spiral Dynamics...but what can we take from the material in regards to helping us with an organizational change? Coalition member Jon Schneider joins James Gifford and Jay Hrcsko as they walk through some snippets of the book and discuss these concepts as applied to an agile transformation. Enjoy!
Time and time again, we hear managers and executives say "Coaches are expensive." In this episode Coalition members Rudiger Wolf and Joel Stone join Andrew Leff and Jay Hrcsko to talk about how to demonstrate the value of a coach, as well as ways to circumvent the entire discussion. Enjoy!
Well, we started out intending to talk about effective remote coaching, but we took a turn and discussed how to be effective as a colleague with this "new normal" in the post-COVID world. We got a bit loose but this is one of our most "real" episodes. Coalition members Jon Schneider and Mike Caddell joined Colleen Johnson, Chris Murman, James Gifford, and Jay Hrcsko for a conversation that includes screaming kids, profanity, and honest feelings about how to try and be productive when life gets in the way. Enjoy!
Earlier this week we convened a panel of dislocated/distributed/remote work experts to discuss the impacts of the Coronavirus on the world of work, and to offer up some tips, tricks, and hints for those who are new to remote work. Join Lisette Sutherland, Mark Kilby, and Johanna Rothman as they sat down with Jay Hrcsko to have a fun and insightful conversation about this new paradigm, and maybe pick up some ideas along the way!
Lisette Sutherland
Collaboration Superpowers Website
Work Together Anywhere: A Handbook on Working Remotely
Mark Kilby
From Chaos to Distributed Agile Teams: Collaborate to Deliver
Johanna Rothman
Dina Gofman, the author of Forgetting the Money, talks to Brad Stokes about Project Accounting and how applying another lense understanding your projects.
Dina has used Project Accounting for her own startups and helped others. Dina’s experience ranges across a multitude of projects and programs within a number of international organisations.
Dina has seen the pain caused when teams forget the money and how to account for the value they bring to the table.
Links:
http://projectaccounting.com.au
https://www.amazon.com.au/Forgetting-Money-Dina-Gofman/dp/0646996681
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What exactly is an agile coach? When should you hire one? Do you ever need to "refresh" your coaching contingent? And when do you cut them loose? Join our panel comprised of Coalition member Rob Legatie along with Andy Cleff, Chris Murman, James Gifford, and Jay Hrcsko as they discuss these questions and a ton more!
Be careful what you discuss with friends at a conference, or you may end up writing a book about it. That's what Ryan Ripley is learning now that the book he wrote with Todd Miller, Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Sense Problems, is on shelves. After talking about some of the challenges he's seen helping Scrum teams inspect and adapt with friends, someone said, "that sounds like a book right there!"
Ripley and host Chris Murman discuss the writing process, why Scrum is just now hitting its stride, and why it's still the best solution to take a group of people and deliver effective solutions today.
The book is available on Amazon, and be sure to tell him Murman sent you.
In the latest episode of our "Should I Take This?" series, once again Troy Lightfoot and Jay Hrcsko sit down to discuss another Scaled Agile course, and this time it's Lean Portfolio Management. Check it out and let us know if you agree!
In this episode of our "Should I Take This?" series, Jay Hrcsko and Troy Lightfoot sit down to discuss the SAFe DevOps Practitioner course.
Hint: this course isn't for just for developers, and maybe the most rewarding course that you don't hear much about!
Enjoy!