In this episode, Geoff and Paul meander around discussing Paul's lack of focus on mundane tasks towards how we as coaches and faciliators maintain "presence" and help others to maintain their focus too. Geoff needs a name for one of the techniques he had creates, and stay tuned right to the end to listen for a unique code which allows you as a list…

Geoff & Paul give a short (and fairly brutal) review of Marty Cagan's new book, in which he makes several bold suggestions about how to transformation organisations to become more product-centric. Our concerns centered around those reading will make radical decisions which jeopardise jobs through cost savings. Is this the right thing for our though…

From Our Homes, UK! Geoff and Paul caught up over a ZOOM call and got into a conversation about LISTENING. Both Geoff and Paul share both why it's important for us to listen, and also some exercises on how to practice listening in a group or even on your own. Some links that are mentioned during this episode... https://tastycupcakes.org/2012/10/int…

From The Channings, Bristol. Happy 2024!! Geoff and Paul met up with Nigel to bring the new year in with a pint and a chat about the year ahead. The three lads talked about how companies have changed post-COVID and some of the strange decisions many orgs are making on cutting roles and jobs. Is this the end of "agile" roles as we see them? Be sure …

From The Hatherley, Cheltenham, UK. Our final pubcast of the year! All about rituals.. or are they traditions? Make sure you stay to the end for the special Christmas message... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From Deus Ex Machina, Boscombe UK. The name of this pub took us on another meandering conversation into the realms of possibilities with an AI-related future and how our role as humans may need to adapt into a creating more people-centric (or even planet-centric) processes. Most of Paul's AI knowledge is based on the Terminator film franchise, whic…

From The Long Bar, Bristol. It's been a long time since our last episode, but Geoff and Paul are back! Taking a short break in our busy schedules brought us together for a catch up in Bristol, where we discussed everything from karaoke singing to kanban training! We hope you enjoy the episode, and we hope to get back to a more frequent recording sc…

Are you superstitious? Do you believe in ‘luck’? In this episode, Paul shares his excitement about an upcoming football match for his favourite team and whether his superstitions about the game are a good or bad thing. The conversation moves onto being “lucky” and how an agile approach could quickly proves or disprove a lucky occurrence. Enjoy! The…

Hello there! (In the style of Obi-Wan Kenobi!) This next episode is a recording from our appearance at Product Tank Cardiff, where Geoff and Paul were invited to host a LIVE pubcast to field some questions from the product people in the crowd. The boys took on questions such as: ❓Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) is moving forw…

Can you believe what you are seeing?! Welcome to Episode 7 of Series 7 of The Agile Pubcast! Join agile coaches Geoff Watts and Paul Goddard at the virtual pub "The Coach House" as they delve into the fascinating world of optical illusions and explore how it relates to the role of an agile coach. 🍻🧠 In this episode, the boys discuss Geoff's recent …

Welcome to The Coach House!! Geoff and Paul recorded this episode after a few hours fishing and got onto the topic of team topologies. After Paul had been spending some time with a client looking to scale up scrum teams, his research led him to Team Topologies (Matthew Skelton & Manuel Pais) and a nice visualisation tool provided by Agile Stationer…

Recorded at The Bayshill, Cheltenham. After noticing some large murals in the car park outside and some cool "artwork" the theme quickly became evident as "Visualisation". We discussed how powerful visualisation or graphical recording can be, how much easier it can be than many people think it will be and we even illustrated this point (see what we…

Welcome to another episode from the new series of The Agile Pubcast! In this episode, we catch up with Geoff and Paul after a hard day’s fishing as they share a drink and discuss a couple of questions from our listeners around “psychological safety” and “the law of immutability”. They also discuss some LANDLORD LOGIC around being “naughty” and whet…

Welcome back to another episode of Series 7 of The Agile Pubcast! In this episode, Geoff and Paul discuss and demonstrate the art of debating “respectfully” whilst examining a quote they picked up from a Twitter thread, in a new feature called “OVERHEARD AT THE BAR” and we also have another contender for “YOU’RE BARRED” - from a member of the agile…

Strength is an interesting topic though, especially when it comes to agile…and leadership… It’s often not about knowing the answer but having the strength to say “I don’t know”. It’s about having the strength to say “Let’s try some stuff”, being prepared to stand out of the crowd and go against the status quo…trust people. Welcome to Episode 2 of t…

Tomorrow never comes, or so the saying goes. Sometimes, when we're in the midst of our daily lives, focusing on our future progress, we forget to stop and appreciate the present moment. Because of that, we tend not to make the best use of our time and opportunities. So should we learn how to to live life right here and now? In a revamped format for…

Geoff & Paul catch-up after the Global Scrum Gathering 2022 in Lisbon, where Paul presented two sessions and also attended the entire gathering and CST Retreat. This episode a round up of the event and also some exploration into what the word "community" really means. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

Hello from the Blue Bell in Cardiff, Wales! An early morning to discuss our emotions and how both scrum teams AND leaders can benefit from psychological safety. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From The Frog & Fiddle, Cheltenham, UK. A question posed by one of Geoff's followers about how to assess whether Scrum is actually working. Now THAT'S a question!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special bonus episode the boys are joined by Vasco Duarte - host of the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast and the Agile Online Summit - to discuss a question many people are being asked in interviews...how do you measure the productivity of a team? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

An episode from the archives!! This episode was recorded back in April 2017 but never made it to air so Geoff and Paul have pulled this episode out to share with you. We found ourselves back in our old drinking haunt "The Knight's Templar" in Bristol discussing a questions from a certain Geoff Goddard (yes, that really IS his name) about the existe…

Geoff was in Hull and Paul was in Amsterdam for this one. Quite a bit of background noise so we painstakingly added the subtitles manually. Paul was supporting a CST applicant in their attempts to meet the requirements of the Scrum Alliance to become a certified trainer so we discussed how that came about, what it involves and how it was going for …

The boys grabbed a nice summery pint at the Portwall Tavern in Bristol and, experimenting with some new kit, discussed visualising alternative perspectives to deal with different orders of magnitude. Inspired by Tim Urban of waitbutwhy.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Geoff and Paul get together in The Libertine in Westbourne, Dorset for a mystery pint and a chat about hedonism - the theory that the satisfaction of desires is the highest good and proper aim of human life - and our tendency to over-value what we own in the here and now. We discuss a number of topics including Temporal Discounting, The Endowment E…

Recorded in the nearly 500 year old pub Ye Olde Mitre in London, Geoff and Paul discuss what ScrumMasters, Product Owners and themselves should start, stop and continue. For those of you on the Regular and Legend tiers this is your third bonus episode of the year and our Legends are invited to the Discord chat on Friday 10th June @ 12:30 GMT+1 Host…

Hello patrons! Another episode has arrived! In this virtual episode Geoff was busy working away in Hull and stumbled across a VERY old pub connected with the English Civil War! That started some conversations around the battles between agile and scrum communities over the years. We finished with a chat around crosswords! So here is a clue I mention…

This episode sees the boys after a successful fishing trip convene a meeting at The Gloucester Old Spot on the outskirts of Cheltenham where Geoff introduces Paul to a new - and amazing - cider. The topic of conversation today was "Do we have too many meetings?" What do you think? Our Discord session with our Legends will take place on Friday 22nd …

For those of you on the Regular and Legend tiers, you should see this in your feed today and our Legends will be invited to the Discord chat on Friday 8th April @ 1230 GMT+1. We have trawled back through the pubcast archives and found an episode we recorded just before the pandemic hit, and the word "coronavirus" was merely a throwaway comment. In …

Welcome to another new episode of The Agile Pubcast!! Geoff & Paul met in a pub called The One Tun near Farringdon in London, a pub which dates back to 1759, but its moment of fame came in 1838, when Charles Dickens changed its name to the Three Cripples and made it Bill Sykes’ watering hole of choice in Oliver Twist. In this episode, we get into a…

Welcome to The Agile Pubcast!! In this FREE preview you can listen to a snippet of a recording of your hosts Geoff Watts & Paul Goddard from a pub in Bristol. They discussed the subjects of scrum being "idealistic" over "pragmatic" and a that lead onto other subjects around what skills a ScrumMaster might need. If you would like to know "WHAT HAPPE…

In this BONUS episode for Q1 of 2022, Geoff and Paul talk about whether vanilla Scrum is too much of a stretch for most organisations? And they also discuss the core skills of a ScrumMaster and even what exams a ScrumMaster should focus on in school! This special episode is accessible to patrons on the REGULARS and LEGENDS tiers only. Check out our…

In this episode Geoff and Paul discuss the January blues and how that "low feeling" might possibly turn into a longer feeling of regret for organisations that are "going virtual" or hybrid. They referenced an article by Camilla Cavendish. They then moved on to discuss the power of repairing mistakes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more …

Enjoy this free-to-listen special episode of the pubcast for the Agile Northants Meetup Group, Geoff and Paul took questions from the audience and had interactive discussions on topics like hybrid working, Prince 2, SAFe and facilitating online workshops. Check out our other episodes on our Patreon page!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for …

Hello and welcome to a brand new year and a new format. As this is the first episode that isn't free-to-air this is a very real test to see if we are worth 90p! Paul is doing Dry January so we met in The Sober Parrot (part of The Nelson Trust which does wonderful work for recovering addicts) and we started off by comparing the different ways that w…

Hello there, and welcome to the Agile Pubcast. In this pubcast, two agile coaches Geoff Watts & Paul Goddard meet in a pub and discuss all things agile in the time it takes to drink a pint of our favourite drink. In order to subscribe to our pubcast feed just head over to patreon.com/theagilepubcast and by becoming a patron you will get the latest …

It’s that time of year again. After massacring Band Aid, John Lennon and The Fairytale of New York, agile coaches and hosts of The Agile Pubcast Geoff Watts and Paul Goddard are back with their annual Charity Christmas Single. This year they are United Against Dementia and are supporting Alzheimer’s Society so please watch, enjoy, laugh at their ex…

I'm sure you are busy getting all of your emails into a state so that you can comfortably take some well-earned time off over the holidays and what better way to reward yourself than to join us with our good friend and "excellent stage performer" Nigel Baker. It's been a while since he's been on the Pubcast but we couldn't do a series of people who…

From The Camel & Artichoke, London. The guys met up for a pre-course drink after a full day of preparation for their next in-person ACSPO course. Geoff has a shiny new toy to play with at home in an attempt to get fit, and Paul feels broken after playing rugby every week this season. And finally some advice for Product Owners out there too!! Hosted…

In the 11th episode of our Prestigious Pints series, we listened to you and took a request to interview Barry Overeem and Christiaan Verwijs of The Liberators. The pair are very keen advocates of Liberating Structures and authors of The Zombie Scrum Survival Guide as well as creators of the Scrum Team Survey. We hope you enjoy the episode Hosted on…

In this episode we summarise a chat with Dr Sally-Ann Freudenberg about her history as an agile coach but her passion for inclusivity and optionality in collaboration. Some really interesting insights into many assumptions we might be making about the environments we work in and how a "blended" environment might look. If you would like to hear the …

Welcome to the 10th episode in our Prestigious Pints series!! In this episode we chat with Dr Sally-Ann Freudenberg about her history as an agile coach but her passion for inclusivity and optionality in collaboration. Some really interesting insights into many assumptions we might be making about the environments we work in and how a "blended" envi…

Geoff and Paul enjoy a hot beverage over breakfast to catch up after a few weeks apart. Paul has been back in front of a live audience which got him very excited and that got the guys onto the subject of "rituals" and why they are important to us to increase safety and reduce anxiety. Stay tuned to the very end as Geoff as a very special announceme…

Episode 122 is a summary of our Prestigious Pints series where we catch up with some of our agile inspirations, and this time Geoff and Paul grab a drink with agile testing legend Lisa Crispin. We chatted about agile testing as a mindset and the challenges it faces in the coming years. We also get to know a little more about Lisa herself and who sh…

In episode 9 of our Prestigious Pints series we catch up with some of our agile inspirations, Geoff and Paul grab a drink with agile testing legend Lisa Crispin. We chatted about agile testing as a mindset and the challenges it faces in the coming years. We also get to know a little more about Lisa herself and who she feels about being known as "th…

We are back!! As we reach the fag-end of the British summer we managed to grab a face to face drink outside a cidery (hence the periodic burst of wind across the microphones) on the outskirts of Cheltenham where we talked about the prospect of getting back to face to face and the mixture of excitement and nerves which led on to Geoff's various degr…

Geoff and Paul recap their Prestigious Pints conversation with agile inspiration of theirs, Henrik Kniberg. They talked about the history of the Spotify model, and what made him decide to go back to being a developer again instead of coaching. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

Geoff and Paul catch up with author of Scrum and XP From The Trenches and "accidental co-creator" of the Spotify Method Henrik Kniberg. We chat about how he got started in agile back in the 1990s, how he came to work with some of the bets companies in the world and how he sees agile has changed over the last 20 years as well as what his philosophy …

We're all goin' on a summer holiday...No more workin' for a week or two...Fun and laughter on a summer holiday...No more worries for Geoff or Paul...For a week or two... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Geoff and Paul recap their Prestigious Pints conversation with the one and only agile legend that is Lyssa Adkins. They talked a lot about mental health and wellbeing in the world and the agile environment in general as well as her career to date and future plans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

In our 7th episode of our Prestigious Pints series, we caught up with the legend that is Lyssa Adkins; author of one of the most popular agile books of all time Coaching Agile Teams. Our conversation wasn't really about coaching agile teams however and instead focussed on the "accumulation of anxieties" that we and the community in general have fou…