Benjamin is a seasoned Software Engineer and professional Scrum Master with a passion for transforming the way teams work. With experience as both a developer and an Agile Coach, Benji has seen firsthand how unproductive processes and overwhelming workloads can drain motivation and make work frustrating. He believes in creating a work environment t…

We welcome back Pastor Scott Henrich, a WELS pastor serving in Knoxville, Tennessee. His experiences reading historic Lutheran sermons inspired him to research Lutheranism's homiletical heritage in a way that may challenge some contemporary assumptions about the historic perception of Lutheran preaching. (See TLHP 39) You can contact him here: scot…

Ted loves connecting with people and learning new skills that support the evolution of our collective intelligence. He has developed a rich catalogue of Agile Coaching and IT delivery knowledge and has broad experience in multiple business sectors. He uses this background to coach, mentor, train and facilitate teams, individuals and organisations. …

Honestly, we could go on and on about how much we loved this episode 🎧 and what David Pereira’s experiences taught us, but that wouldn't do it justice. So, in a nutshell, here’s why you should listen: 👉 David’s raw and authentic insights challenge us to rethink our approach to product management. 👉 David opens up about his personal journey, moving …

Karen Light is lit up by her calling to awaken and harness creative power! It is the thread that weaves together everything she has ever been passionate about. She is an Artist who values play, curiosity, and connection to ourselves and all that is. Karen deeply believes that creativity is an innate human quality that is not only about making art -…

Agile is dead - it’s like that one joke everyone has heard a million times - overused and rapidly losing its hook factor. Tune in to the latest episode of The Delivery Space podcast, where we unpack this topic with our special guests, Christiaan Verwijs and Johannes Schartau, and ask ourselves why now might be the worst time to abandon Agile. We co…

Michaela is a spirited L&D professional, Agile and Lean coach, Scrum Master and Agile trainer, gifted with a natural flair for interpersonal and intercultural communication, and with an extensive track record in a great variety of industries in Europe, the Middle East, the Gulf, and South and Southeast Asia. During this chat with Nisha you'll hear …

🗣️ Have you thought about the hidden costs of team drama? They’re more impactful than you might think! In the latest episode of The Delivery Space podcast, we are honoured to have Caitlin Walker (PhD) join us. Caitlin's journey from youth work to corporate consulting brings a wealth of knowledge on creating high-performing, drama-free teams. Highli…

Jac Hughes understands the role of a scrum master and why they're so important to a business, he's been studying the framework for years now and during this chat with Nisha you'll hear him impart some real nuggets. Everyday Agile's Website: https://everydayagile.co.uk/ ************ Follow Nisha Joshi here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishajoshi1/ F…

Francis Laleman facilitates participatory design processes with learning communities and creative spaces, both physical and virtual. He is a Scrum & Agile practitioner, teacher & coach During this chat with Nisha, you'll learn what Kata means and how it can be used in a professional setting and everyday life. Connect with Francis: https://www.linke…

Gary Wills is an award winning IT Recruiter who focuses on the wellbeing of his candidates, clients and community. He is Co-founder of a voluntary group called Furlearn. During this chat with Nisha and Sharon, you'll hear Gary provide some golden nuggets around building high performing teams. Connect with Gary: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garywills…

Heather R. Darsie lives in the United States. She has a Bachelor of Arts in German Languages and Literature, and a Juris Doctorate. During her time at university, she had the privilege of studying in Costa Rica and France, with visits to Germany and other countries. Ms. Darsie first became interested in the Renaissance time period when she read a b…

Yogananthan has 30+ years of experience with C-Level IT Management and General Management in diverse international, cultural and functional environments. He's a strategic, goal-oriented and passionate leader, able to motivate and energise colleagues, partners and vendors, towards achieving goals. He's passionate about creating the better leaders of…

Florence Olumodimu is a Digital Transformation Professional, Project Manager, Marketing Communications Consultant, Image and Personal Branding Consultant, Digital Marketing Strategist, Speaker, and Trainer who loves to find ways to leverage on digital across business processes & marketing while extending brand presence online. She's passionate abou…

Zsolt Berend is a business agility practitioner, coach, and trainer. Co-author of Sooner Safer Happier. He helps global organisations on their journey to achieving Better Value Sooner Safer Happier. In this episode we discuss we discuss how to unlock agility and the power of learning organisations. Connect with Zsolt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zs…

Sjoerd Nijland is a Scrum Trainer and Course Creator. He empowers teams with gold standard neuroscience-based training for high performance through professional learning journeys. During this chat you'll hear about the Road to Mastery training that Nisha's sampled, and is a big fan of. This is long term training, where lasting relationships are bui…

Image: Martin Luther by Lucas Cranach the Younger "Wittenberg Uses of Law and Gospel" Our guest today Dr. Robert A. Kolb is a professor emeritus of Systematic Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. See the emeritus faculty page at Concordia Lutheran Seminary: Kolb retired in 2009 after 16 years of distinguished service as missions professor of …

Pamela is an Agile coach, who's passionate about transformation and understands that psychological safety within teams to essential for team members to perform at their most effective. During this chat with Nisha you'll hear valuable insights into how you can maximise psychological safety within your teams. Connect with Pamela: https://www.linkedin…

Willy is a true educational disrupter, who's taken Scrum and agile into classrooms all over the world and created an awesome impact for students. During this chat on the Delivery Space, you'll hear how a BBQ, an inspiring conversation and some notes on an A4 sheet of paper was the catalyst for eduScrum. eduScrum takes the concepts behind scrum and …

Sheetal has been involved in Agile and Leadership since she can remember! During this episode with Nisha, they talk about the movement from an old school hard leadership style to a more emotionally intelligent "soft" leadership style. They chat about many of the advantages and dispel one of the common myths of this new style. As an expert in busine…

Whether you're a seasoned leader or aspiring to step into a leadership role in a product-focused organisation, this conversation with Willem-Jan Ageling will equip you with the perspectives you will need to succeed. Willem-Jan Ageling coaches organisations to create high value products, and he's passionate about the effectiveness of Agile and Scrum…

Karen's story is awesome, and proves what you can do as a Scrum Master with a fail fast mindset! During this chat with Nisha and Sharon, you'll hear how she used Scum and Kanban to manage a diverse team to create and host a live rock festival! 🎸 Neither Karen, nor the rest of the team had any experience in the music or live events industries...they…

Image: Wittenberg c. 1530 from the host's personal collection. In May 1536 several prominent Reformed reformers traveled to Wittenberg to confess their understanding of what is received in the sacrament of Holy Communion and who receives it. Luther, Melancthon, and other Lutheran reformers readily signed on in agreement concerning this contentious …

The latest episode of The Delivery Space podcast has landed! ⭐️Jay Abbasi joined Nisha Joshi and Sharon Williams to share tips on negotiating conflict, to get the best out of these situations and move our teams towards the most optimum outcomes. In 2014, Jay's father passed away suddenly from a heart attack. It was devastating. At the time, his mar…

Bobby is passionate about the power of L&D, he has specialist expertise in the recruitment industry, and has been helping recruiters outperform the market since 2016! During this chat with Nisha and Sharon you'll hear about the power of being allowed to thrive (rather than just survive) in the workplace, supporting staff to grow, and how investing …

Anuradha is a Scrum Master, a Human value maximiser and a massive advocate of volunteering to gain experience. During this chat with Nisha and Sharon, you'll hear how powerful volunteering can be to hone your skills as a Scrum Master, and not just within software teams, but through application across various industries. Connect with Anuradha here: …

We welcome Evelien Acun-Roos and friend of the podcast and regular contributor, Christiaan Verwijs for our next episode. Have you ever felt unsure or insecure within the Agile community? Evelien and Christiaan are on a mission to make our community a safer space for more people, with their scientific psychological safety study and would love your i…

In this episode, translator Michael Holmen takes us through J. W. F. Höfling's How the Lutheran Church is Constituted (Grundsätze evangelisch-lutherischer Kirchenverfassung). In his book Höfling describes how the Lutheran church should be constituted according to the principles given in the Lutheran Confessions and in Martin Luther's writings. Höfl…

Back by popular demand: Charles-Louis De Maere returns for series 4! During this chat with Nisha, he talks about the importance of pivoting during facilitation sessions, obtaining the right balance of clarity and vagueness, and you'll hear an (initially shocking) but very interesting story about his time in Niger. Here are some key highlights: Glob…

🚀 We’re Kicking off Season 4 with a cracker of a podcast with Michael Lloyd, talking about my own experiences of Dysfunction Mapping and the workshop I attended to equip myself with practitioner skills. ⭐️ Michael has created #DysfunctionMapping as a means to surface anti-patterns, monitor symptoms and help fellow Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches ta…

Image: Carl and Gottlieb Damler. These brothers immigrated to Manitowoc County, WI from the principality of Lippe-Detmold in the early 1850s. Although confirmed Reformed, they worshiped first in a union congregation, but then joined the Lutheran church under the leadership of Pastor Koehler. Carl is the host's g-g-g-grandfather. Our returning guest…

🎯In this episode Nisha & Sharon met with Martin Parlett to discuss PMO Learning from the island of Montserrat, and what a heartwarming conversation we had. Montserrat was left devastated by two major natural disasters in the form of a hurricane in 1989 and a volcano in 1995. Martin gave us an insight into how the PMO lead a major countrywide social…

Image: Right wing of the Altar Triptych in St. Peter und Paul, Weimar by Cranach - Lutheran princes of the House of Wettin in worship Worship of the triune God has always stood at the center of the Christian life. That was certainly the case during the sixteenth-century Reformation as well. Yet amid tremendous social and theological upheaval, the c…

🚀 Our latest episode of the Delivery Space is here! The Double-Edged Sword of Diversity features a conversation with Christiaan Verwijs about the impact of diversity on agile teams. 📚In their latest research paper, Christiaan and Professor Daniel Russo explore how differences in gender, age, role, and cultural background affect how well a team work…

🎙️ New Episode Alert: Communicating Your Value as a Scrum Master 🚀 In our latest episode of The Delivery Space I was joined by Patty Aluskewicz, who shares her insights on how Scrum Masters can effectively communicate their value. As Scrum Masters, we often face the challenge of not just doing our job well but also communicating our value in a way …

🌐 Explore the value system that underpins Agile Coaching in this thought-provoking latest episode of The Delivery Space podcast. We're honoured to have Femi Odelusi, an expert in Agile Coaching, as our guest. 💡 This episode offers a unique perspective on the transformative impact of Agile Coaching on teams and organisations. We discussed: 📌 Femi Od…

On this episode of the Delivery Space Podcast we are joined by Algy Ayson. He is currently the Head of Project Delivery Centre of Excellence and Profession in the UK Parliament providing leadership to establish and develop a central hub of learning, best practice and community to bring together hundreds of project delivery professionals in Parliame…

🔔New Podcast Alert - Latest episode On Driving Business User Engagement has landed 🚀 How do you cultivate a relationship of trust and openness with business users when introducing change? What does it take to not only involve but also inspire business users - be they from Marketing, HR, Finance or Sales to get involved and help shape our transforma…

Image: The Account of How Two Men of the Augustinian Order Were Martyred in Brussels in Brabant for the Sake of the Gospel (Erfurt, 1523) Five hundred years ago, on July 1, 1523, two observant Augustinian monks from Antwerp, Hendrik Voes and Jan van den Esschen, were degraded, condemned, and burned at the stake by Roman Catholic authorities in the …

Om this episode of the Delivery Space Podcast we are joined by Ken Burrell. He joins us from the PMO Professionals, a boutique PMO Consultancy. He has a background in Chemical Engineering and has worked in the brewing industry as well as manufacturing where he first starting working in Project Management. He now provides PMO services to various cli…

🔔New Podcast Alert. Brace Yourselves! The Community Builders behind Agile Tour Vilnius Have Landed! 🚀Our guests, Diana Borovik & Inga Keraityte, pull back the curtain to reveal the craftsmanship behind creating a vibrant community around Agile Tour Vilnius and other events hosted by Agile Lithuania (Agile Lietuva)Here’s what we discussed:1️⃣ The un…

Image:Johann Gerhard In this episode, our guest Rev. Caauwe gives a detailed overview of various forms of Lutheran devotional piety developed in the 16th and 17th centuries as well as a discussion on how that devotional heritage has been transferred through the generations. Support the Show. Lutheran History Shop Youtube ( even more behind-the-scen…

On this episode of the Delivery Space podcast we are joined by Mignon Mapplebeck Mignon Mapplebeck is a Consulting Director in the UK delivering Digital and Data Transformation. She has worked for a number of global organisations ranging from Media and Entertainment, Retail, Financial Services to Charity. She was listed in 2021 and 2022 as one of t…

🎉 **Special Collaboration Episode Between The Delivery Space Podcast" and "The Podcast by the Agile Coaching Roundtable" 🎉 ❓Have you ever wondered how a strong personal brand can elevate your impact in the change and transformation community?❓What role does your LinkedIn profile play in shaping perceptions about your expertise? ❓How can you leverag…

On this episode of The Delivery Space podcast, we are joined by Maarten Dalmijn, the mind behind the much-acclaimed book on "Driving Value with Sprint Goals: Humble Plans, Exceptional Results".In our conversation, Maarten helps us tackle some pressing questions that many of us encounter in the software development industry: How can we move past the…

(Image: Synodical Conference founders from Lutherans in All Lands, 1896) Dr. C.F.W. Walther worked tirelessly to realize his dream of a Lutheran Zion in North America that would combine and coordinate ministry efforts of faithful Lutherans in the United States and Canada to proclaim the gospel primarily in German, English, and Norwegian. He took ce…

🔔 'The Delivery Space' podcast is back with another engaging episode, featuring our guest, Karim Harbott. We dive into our topic 'Carving out the Space for Innovation,' discussing how innovation and business agility work hand in hand to navigate today's unpredictable business world. 🌐🚀Karim is a leadership and business agility expert, entrepreneur,…

Drumroll, please…The latest Delivery Space Podcast is out and this week we’re talking about… Making Difficult Conversations Easier.Who among us relishes the thrill of a tough talk? Show of hands? Anyone? No? Didn't think so. We’ve all encountered scenarios where we’ve had to deliver bad news, ask for a promotion, a pay rise or even apologise for a …

🎙 Scrum Masters & Agile Coaches - are you wanting to build impactful relationships with senior executives that you’re coaching ?Our latest episode of The Delivery Space podcast is a prime opportunity to pick up some super useful coaching tips!Sharon Williams and I had a delightful chat with Bob Galen 🇺🇦, Author of Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coach…

🎙️ 🚀 Exciting news! Our latest episode of The Delivery Space Podcast has landed, featuring an insightful conversation with Paddy Corry, a seasoned Agile Coach at ESW (eShopWorld), a rapidly expanding e-commerce business.🔑 In this episode, we explore meta-skills - the philosophy, attitude, and principles Agile Coaches operate from, shaping how they …