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Join hosts Troy Lightfoot and Colleen Johnson as they discuss the value of focusing on shipping over spending too much time planning. This is part 2 of our Advanced Product Ownership discussion with Kevin.
Join our hosts Colleen Johnson and Jay Hrcsko as they sit discuss how to help remote agile teams with Molood Noori Alavijeh, host of the Remote Forever Summit. They start off by defining the difference between "remote" and "distributed" teams, and then dive into practices to make collaboration more effective, how tools play into a team's success, and then they discuss the upcoming Remote Forever Summit. Enjoy!
Molood Noori Alavijeh:
Remote Forever Summit Starts Monday, November 5th!
Remote Forever (Molood's upcoming book!)
Colleen Johnson:
Jay Hrcsko:
Jay's favorite album at the moment: Hate Eternal
We mainly focus on process and technical improvements with the occasional discussion about workplace happiness and motivation. If all knowledge and creative work is coming from the brain, why don't we focus there? In this episode host Troy Lightfoot interviews Bio Hacking Expert Siim about how to optimize brain performance for individuals and what the effect might be on agile teams and organizations.
Other Sources Mentioned:
Oura Ring (Code: SIIMLAND) for $50 Off.
Blue Light Blocking Glasses Mentioned
https://panda.salk.edu (Circadian Rhythm Research)
https://youtu.be/7fHpB2_m9rA (Navy Seal Research)
https://realketones.com/products/kegenix-prime (Exogenous Ketones Mentioned)
Keto BodyBuilding (Siim's Book)
It's a little over two years since the Agile Uprising began...join the Board of Directors as they look back on this year to discuss their favorite podcast guests, share funny "behind the scenes" stories, reveal their idea of a "white whale" podcast guest, and discuss what they're looking forward to in the next year!
Join Brad Stokes, Troy Lightfoot and Chris Stamoulis, coach of a state-winning football team and internal coach, as they discuss what it means to be a team and servant leadership. They explore areas such as vision, goals, cross-functionality and trust.
Chris breaks down some great ideas on what it is to be a servant leader and how that works both on and off the field.
Resources mentioned in the show include:
Constellations by Lyssa Adkins
Cross Functionality Plan by Andy Cleff
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Well this one took a turn...what started out as a discussion around coaching snobbery went down a rabbit hole where the group started discussing the dark side of coaching. Join Andrew Leff, Troy Lightfoot, Chris Murman, and Jay Hrcsko as they discuss what the real differences between portfolio, program, and team coaches are (hint-nothing!), the golden rule when applied to working with other coaches, and how egos can not only get in the way of coaches working with each other, but also have adverse effects on those you're trying to coach.
Join host Paul Elia and guest Kyle Aretae as they discuss the many facets of Diamond Agile.
Guest Contact Links
Sites Mentioned in this Episode
- YouTube video of this episode with slides - https://youtu.be/Sn2AeyNWSvE
- Standish Group's CHAOS Report, 2015 - https://www.infoq.com/articles/standish-chaos-2015
- Cynefin - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynefin_framework
- Inc. Magazine article for SwanLeap - https://www.inc.com/magazine/201809/jeff-bercovici/2018-inc5000-swanleap.html
- "Rainbow Scrum Book" - https://www.amazon.com/Agile-Software-Development-Scrum/dp/0130676349
- Scrum from OOPSLA '95
- Deming red marble video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3ewHrpqclA
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- https://twitter.com/AgileUprising
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In the last of our episodes recorded at Agile 2018, our host James Gifford is joined by guests Claire Moss, Erika Lenz, Andy Cleff, and Chris Murman where they discuss "safe to fail" organizations; what have they experienced, what works/what doesn't, and how can organizations change to adopt this way of thinking. Enjoy!
NOTE-This episode was recorded live in a public setting, so edits were necessary to cut out background noise. Apologies for any jarring cuts.
In this week's episode join Chris Murman, Jason Cusak, Andrew Leff, and Jay Hrcsko as they discuss the trials and tribulations of going through an enterprise agile transformation, through the lens of both a contractor brought in to help with the change, and as a full-time employee who is on the receiving end of said change. They discuss the differences of the experience from both sides, the group swaps tips on how to work better with "the other side", and they even discuss the concept of "skin in the game," and how that plays into opinions and attitudes during a transformation. Enjoy!
Join hosts Colleen Johnson and Paul Elia and guests David J. Anderson and Teodora Bozheva as they discuss the Kanban Maturity Model (KMM) and Evolving Fit-for-Purpose Organizations.
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Recorded during Agile2018 in warm (but not as warm as the Netherlands!) San Diego, our own James Gifford sits down with Jurgen Appelo to see what he's been up to. This conversation covers all of Jurgen's current projects, including Management 3.0, Agility Scales, and even hints at an upcoming book!
Recorded during the Agile2018 conference in San Diego, James Gifford sat down with Billie Schuttpelz, Charles Neighbors, and Valera Kushnir to talk about agile team maturity. The discussion then runs the gamut, covering topics like toxic team members, scrum master candidates, how to address team dysfunctions, and they poke around the question of "Should a scrum master be able to write code?" Enjoy!
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Ryan Lockard, Paul Elia, and Brad Stokes discuss the challenges of working in the world of transformation and how things differ between being an employee versus a consultant.
- Ryan: RyanLockard.com / @_Lockard
- Paul: PaulElia.com / @Paul_V_Elia
- Brad: LinkedIn.com/in/BradleyMStokes / @BradStokes
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This week's episode features special guest William Strydom and host Troy Lightfoot on the topic of "Integral Theory." William and Troy discuss how leadership and teams can make better decisions by applying "A Theory of Everything." They discuss past experience with this theory in personal life as well as individual, team and and organizational levels in Agile Transformations. As a bonus they discuss how to use this theory for everyones favorite topic, METRICS!
Links mentioned in the episode
- A Theory of Everything
- Spiral Dynamics Integral
- Mastering Leadership (Leadership Circle)
- Integral Retro Idea
- Team Mood Tracker
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Join host Andy Cleff as he chats with Nate Wixom and Torrey Powell who have been leading mob programming at Clearlink.com since January 2017.
Their experience, the good, the bad, and the ugly is the focus of our show.
You can reach Nate at nate.wixom@clearlink.com and Torrey at torrey.powell@clearlink.com.
Show Links
Websites/Books
- TDD and Mob Programming for Non Programmers (1:40)
- Nobody gets credit for fixing problems that never happened.
- Mob Programming Book - A Whole Team Approach
- Mob Programming Web Site
- A Day in the Life of a Mob: Time lapse video
Podcasts
- Stopping the Enterprise Death Spiral (Mob Programming Pt. 2)
- Mob Programming with Woody Zuill
- Work Together Anywhere with Lisette Sutherland
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Join Troy Lightfoot, Andrew Leff, and Chris Murman as they ruminate on why we have so many meetings...and why they overwhelmingly add little to no value to our lives. They discuss why meetings go off the rails, tips to keep your meeting moving in the right direction, and how to avoid those headshaking disasters most of us encounter in corporate life...Seemingly every day!
Interestingly enough, the facilitator plays such a crucial role in these meetings. We discussed how we can see the facilitator can be part of the solution!
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Join host Andy Cleff as he chats with Professor Dave Snowden. Topics include the development of narrative as a research method, the role of complexity in sensemaking, physics, philosophy, the coffee/alcohol cycle, cognitive biases and if agile/Agile has gone astray.
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Show Links
Contact Information
- http://cognitive-edge.com/contact/
Website
Books/Articles
- http://cognitive-edge.com/resources/influential-books/
- The Power of a Good Story: https://www.frontrowagile.com/blog/posts/48-the-power-of-a-good-story
- Agile at Scale: https://hbr.org/2018/05/agile-at-scale
Videos
- Agile By Example 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVx_jIBqu
- Wolves in Yellowstone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysa5OBhXz-Q
Events
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In this week's episode host Jay Hrcsko sits down with Karen Martin to discuss her book Value Stream Mapping. They cover topics like executive engagement, how concentrating on a small part of a process will yield large results and the importance of having a great facilitator!
Links
In this weeks episode Jay Hrsko and Troy Lightfoot discuss case studies on what makes a great scrum master. Note: Troy's microphone quality was a bit poor due to hotel internet.
Resources mentioned:
- Coaching Agile Teams
- Scrum Mastery
- Moving Motivators
- Agile Coaching Institute
- Getting Rid of Powerpoint Course
Join our hosts Brad Stokes, Troy Lightfoot, Andrew Leff, and Jay Hrcsko as they continue the conversation around the scaled agile framework; they come at the topic as if you the listener are new to the concept and they cover multiple topics, as well as discuss the pros/cons to SAFe and scaling frameworks overall.
Come and join the discussion on the coalition and share of your experiences with SAFe.
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Join host Troy Lightfoot and special guest Kevin Callahan as they discussed Product Ownership beyond just process and into real life decision making. Kevin and Troy discuss making decisions depending on Business context, Prioritization techniques, LeanUX and LeanStartup applied to enterprise, Lean Flow, and Quality.
Kevins website: www.interactionagility.com
Black Swan Farming: www.blackswanfarming.com
Books Mentioned:
- Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant
- The Alchemy of Growth: Practical Insights for Building the Enduring Enterprise
- The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development
- Actionable Agile Metrics for Predictability: An Introduction
- Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
- Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design
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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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