00:00 Intro 00:21 Chris Stone - The Continuous Improvement Coach - So Much Content 03:13 Virtual Agile Coach to Continuous Improvement Coach 6:20 Why is continuous remove from improvement 11:20 The hardest part of continuous improvement at scale 14:47 Data and feedback loops are crucial for continuous improvement 18:08 Company Values? 26:08 What ca…

00:00 Intro 00:21 Scaling Simplified boiled down to one sentence 02:50 Leading with flow 04:05 Scaling flow is common sense unfortunately common sense is not common 05:09 Blockers are a type of dependency - remove them don't manage them 07:06 Focus on efficiency of flow 10:08 Prioritization is waste - remove your backlogs 14:37 Who makes decisions …

00:00 Intro00:21 Why Read "Unlocking Business Agility"06:04 Goals suck in organizations8:06 Outcomes over Outputs10:38 Enable empowerment with outcomes13:05 Separating the signal from the noise18:00 Dealing with transparency - facts are friendly - how fascinating26:03 Suffering is a prerequisite for learning and growth29:28 Move all projects to red…

00:00 Intro 00:21 Problem: Scrum Master Market 02:20 What is ScrumMatch? - Save time and money finding true Scrum Masters 03:25 How ScrumMatch got started? 04:48 How does a Scrum Master get on ScrumMatch? 05:59 Who reviews the Scrum Masters? 07:00 How are we validating value for ScrumMatch? 09:00 How do you handle all the demand for Scrum Master re…

00:00 Intro 01:10 Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide 05:00 Common Anti-Patterns 09:50 Basketball and Scrum Teams Under Pressure 11:10 Discipline Equals Freedom (Jocko Willink) 14:45 How Do You See The Whole System? 17:25 Spending Time With Customers 20:05 Know The Cost Of Your Scrum Team 22:40 Teach Systems Thinking To Kids 24:51 Lead People...Manage System…

00:00 Intro 01:06 Tasty Cupcakes 02:30 Creation of the PSPO Course 05:40 Product Ownership for Executives 13:51 Scaling the Product Owner 15:18 Project vs Product 17:33 The WIP Disease 22:50 Agile Coaching 26:36 Scrum Master or Manager? 32:32 improving.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with us at the follo…

00:00 Intro 00:45 Mastery of Skills 05:45 Discourse and Asynchronous Communication 14:45 Conflict and Safety from Judgment 21:25 Agile Mastery Institute Pathways 29:30 Coaching with Geoff 30:18 Outro Connect with Geoff at https://agilemasteryinstitute.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with us at the follow…

00:00 Intro 00:38 Why Write a Book on Sprint Goals? 01:30 Carryover Work 02:50 Practical Advice for Better Sprint Goals 04:22 Humble Planning 09:45 Small Product Backlogs 10:45 Gaps 13:40 Nuance around Anti-patterns 15:38 Scaling 19:20 Change, Product Owners, Stakeholders 22:24 Friction 23:56 Dysfunction Mapping 27:23 Inspirational Quotes 29:46 Maa…

00:00 Intro 00:22 Why write Agile Discovery and Delivery 01:54 What is agile discovery? 04:52 Self forming teams 14:25 Get close to your customers 20:25 Pair Programming and Mob Programming - DevOps is not a tool DevOps is mindset 28:10 Learning never stops 29:00 Agile Discovery and Delivery 29:53 UW-Madison CIS is looking for partners 31:30 Outro …

00:00 Intro 00:50 "AGILE" or "ADAPTIVE"? 03:00 Coopetition 09:00 Agile Transformation vs Transforming 12:22 Shu Ha Ri 13:30 Advice for People New to Agile 18:50 The Need for Adventurous People to Drive Change 25:48 The Future of Agile Is... 31:20 Working at NASA 37:50 Old Coding Languages and Variable Names 39:48 Full Stack Developer 44:52 If You C…

00:00 Intro 00:40 How Do You Know What Product to Build? 02:30 Mass Market Products 04:30 Product Market Fit vs Product for Everyone 08:24 Testing Market Fit 10:58 3x3 Tool for Vision 14:22 Visualization Enhances Discovery and Delivery Feedback Loop 15:40 Cost Accounting is Killing Agile Transformations 17:00 Analysis Mindset to Feedback Mindset 18…

00:00 Intro 00:22 Virtual vs In-Person 01:52 New Book - Successful Independent Consulting: Relationships That Focus on Mutual Benefit 03:49 Payment Terms - Don't give interest free loans 11:45 Manual for Independent Consulting 14:00 There is no slack fairy (sales, marketing, learning are required) 20:30 Know your unique value 25:18 How do you get s…

00:00 Intro 06:48 Systems Thinking 08:05 Passion Projects 12:00 Startups and Agility 18:05 Big Companies 21:10 Being Agile. Being Strong. 28:35 Common Patterns Impeding Agility 32:00 Team Relationships 35:32 LeSS Course in Chicago July 24, 25, and 26 (REGISTER NOW! http://wisconsinagility.com/less) 42:10 Women in Agile 49:05 Acting on Nudges 52:05 …

00:00 Intro 00:28 How do companies keep their soul as they grow? 15:30 To keep a company's soul, 3 things you cannot sacrifice. 31:15 Why don't people have ownership mentality? 39:20 Decision making in organizations 45:08 Great leaders take extreme ownership 48:11 Summary 48:50 Agile music 54:33 Outro -----------------------------------------------…

00:00 Intro 00:49 Most Common Problems PO Have 06:45 Practical Approach to Product Management for Product Owners 10:58 Product Owner Stances 15:25 What Product Owner course is right for you? 20:19 Favorite Product Owner Stance 26:15 Stakeholder Engagement over Stakeholder Management 28:28 Does a product need multiple Product Owners? 35:40 Defining …

00:00 Intro 00:35 Jim's New Music Album 03:52 Why write "The Collaboration Equation" book 06:38 Structure of the book 11:10 Leadership is a verb 16:10 Ten rules for jamming - applied to product development 20:13 Problems to create the right environment for collaboration 21:37 Acting with confidence 29:02 If you always bring the same tool you are th…

00:00 Intro 00:09 Product Owner Song (the verse) 00:24 Getting Customer Feedback 01:50 One Product Owner and Stress 03:30 Product Owner Song (the chorus) 04:01 Closing the Agile Feedback Loop 08:31 Outro Connect with us at the following places: Wisconsin Agility Training: https://wisconsinagility.com/training Advising: https://wisconsinagility.com/…

00:00 Intro 00:21 Why Scrum Day 02:49 Behind the scenes of Scrum Day 04:50 Scrum Day as a Product 06:07 Sponsors 06:38 Scrum Day Teaser - Themes 11:03 Scrum Day Logistics 11:32 Scrum Day Speakers 15:06 Rebel Scrum 19:24 What makes Scrum pleasant 21:58 The power of Liberating Structures 26:28 Outro Scrum Day - https://www.scrumday.org/ Mary Iqbal - …

00:00 Intro 00:17 Inspiration for All The Scrum Things 01:30 Song Clip 1 01:45 Scrum Brings Agility 02:50 Feedback in Scrum 04:11 Transparency in Scrum 05:38 Song Clip 2 05:51 The Sprint in Scrum 07:38 Sprint-182 Sticker on Guitar 07:51 Song Clip 3 and Outro Connect with us at the following places: Wisconsin Agility Training: https://wisconsinagili…

00:00 Start 00:21 Intro 01:10 SAFe Framework Vs UnFix Model 05:10 Pattern Library of the UnFix Model - Lego Analogy 13:08 Is SAFe the new waterfall? 16:55 Network vs Matrix Organizations 19:40 Startups Using UnFix 23:56 Wasteful Organizational Transformations 28:20 Sources of Innovation 30:05 From Product to Experience 35:07 Fast Delivery is NOT a …

00:00 Intro 00:09 New Experiment - Behind the Music 03:58 The Song - Best Sprint With My Scrum Team 06:30 Meaning Behind the Lyrics 10:00 Teach Me Scrum 11:37 Wrapup Connect with us at the following places: Wisconsin Agility Training: https://wisconsinagility.com/training Advising: https://wisconsinagility.com/advising Merch: https://wisconsinagili…

0:22 Intro 2:49 Agile Transformation Failed (Agile Comedy) 8:03 Common Pitfalls and Patterns 14:50 Change Management? 24:30 Feedback vs Analysis Mindset 27:22 Patience and Persistence 32:10 Scrum Master Skills 36:00 Internal vs External Change Agents 39:45 Getting Naked (the book) 44:30 Change Agent Stances 51:39 Still Discovering "agile" in 2023 5…

0:25 Bonus Episode Intro 1:10 Chad and Jeff Intros on Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast 2:37 From Frantic and Stressful to Strategic and Focused Backlogs 4:19 Task-based backlogs... 5:53 Focused and strategic backlog 9:40 Moving from tasks to impacts and outcomes (product goals) 10:37 Decomposition or recomposition? 12:45 Scrum teams are expensive 14:34…

0:00 Intro 0:15 And we're recording...Jeff Maleski's OUT 1:37 New host - Chad Beier is IN 11:24 Innovation Centers - pros and cons 27:34 Innovation options: startups, innovation centers, embedded in culture 37:21 Incentives and shared risk and reward 41:46 Vendor partners - buy, build, or buy AND build? 52:41 Wrapup - Jeff is OUT 52:51 Outro - Jeff…

We covered a lot of topics with Veronica! Here are some of the themes from our conversation: Life coaching Friday night every day at work Survive and thrive No such thing as strategic planning Comfortable with the unknown Thinking fast and slow Upper brain vs lower brain thinking Energy Business schools Medicine 2.0 vs 3.0 Shark tank Orgs and survi…