You wait all your life for someone to save you... and when they do it turns out to be someone way more than you could ever imagine!

Seeds need to be sowed... and they need good soil...

Some difficult words from Jesus... and more than a nod to Taylor Swift

Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Joel Tosi and Dion Stewart about Dojo's. Dojo's are a six week immersive learning experience where teams learn and practice new ways of working on real work with skilled coaches. We discuss the structure and implementation of Dojos, chartering, coaching dynamics, and frequent feedback loops. W…

Sabbath... rest... recover... recreate... it's a commandment that's almost impossible to keep. But it matters!!!

Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they discuss product management with John Cutler, famous for his newsletter The Beautiful Mess. We dive into the purpose of product management as a driver of profitable growth. And we discuss how to use the north star framework to align your organisation around common goals. We examine how to use product roa…

Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they discuss UX research with Dr. Nick Fine. Nick explains what to expect from a UX researcher, how to do user research well, and the challenges that researchers have to overcome to obtain valid results. Whether you're a product manager, designer, or developer this episode is packed with actionable insights,…

We have open arms for broken hearts

Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they discuss the Vanguard method with Ibbi Hussain, one of the founding architects of this revolutionary approach to organisation change. Ibi describes how the Vanguard method uses systems thinking, service design, and occupational psychology to make profound improvements to call center performance. Join us …

Fruitfulness… what does it mean to be fruitful in God? What does fruitfulness even look like because none of us are grapes? None of us is actually attached to a vine… So what does it mean to be grafted into God? What does it mean to grow and to be pruned and to be fruitful? What does it mean to abide in God’s love? To be in Christ, always?…

Jesus tells his followers that he's the good shepherd... and that's a powerful image of someone who will protect and care for his followers, even to the cost of his own life.

Welcome to our 100th episode. In this episode, we talk about what we've learnt from our guests about agile, product development and leadership. We discuss what the podcast is about and why we started it. We unpack our critical take on fake agile and discuss agile leadership and product development. Join us as we take a deep dive into the insights, …

Jesus is alive. Yeah. Right. I’m not sure I believe that. And if that’s what you think you are in good company. That’s what Jesus own followers, his closest friends, his disciples thought too. Jesus is alive. Sure. OK. Where is he then?

Have you ever missed out on something important? Something your friends or colleagues got to share in but you were busy doing something else…. That’s what happens to Thomas. He’s out. Busy. And Jesus visits the other disciples. And Thomas misses out not just on seeing Jesus but on some pretty important other stuff.…

What’s the big deal about this Holy Week for Christians? Why is a strange parade with hosannas and palm branches a big deal and why does it all go so wrong so quickly?

Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Evan Leybourn from the Business Agility Institute about business agility. We discuss how to define and measure business agility, examples of agile organisations, and the struggle with traditional bureaucratic models. We delve into the different types of leadership, the nature of internal cultu…

Jesus is alive! But what does that mean for us???

Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Ron Westrum about how organisational culture drives innovation and disaster. We discuss generative, bureaucratic and pathological cultures, using real-world examples from NASA, Boeing and others. This episode highlights the importance of leadership integrity, openness, honesty, the free flow o…

Have you ever had a moment when you reach a crossroads and you’re not sure which way to turn? Or when the satnav says go left and you have this strange feeling that it’s just not the right direction?Stewart Cutler explores why the choices we make matter. And not only to us.

What if we're getting this faith thing all wrong? What if we're meant to be doing something different?

Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Jack Skeels about agile for digital and marketing agencies. Jack advocates for reducing the managerial overhead in organisations to promote productivity and improve communication. We discuss common hurdles in agile implementations. The value of a manager as a sports coach. The importance of sc…

Who are you? Not what are you? Or, what do you do? But who are you? What’s your identity? And how do you know?

Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they discuss objectives and key results with Adrian Howard. Adrian explains how OKR's can be used as a strategic instrument for aligning goals within your organisation. We walk through common pitfalls and misconceptions emphasizing the importance of using OKR's focused on outcomes rather than outputs. We dis…

It's time to start... but first Jesus has to get ready!

Who is Jesus? We reveal his true identity!

Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as discuss business agility and the heart of agile with Mike Leber. We talk about how the heart of agile liberates you from rigid process frameworks by focusing on collaboration, delivery reflection and improvement. We talk about how the agile industrial complex has turned agile into a heavyweight waterfall pro…

It’s so easy to get lost in the crowd. To think that we don’t really matter. That nobody notices us. That’s not the case with Jesus. Each of is seen and known and loved. All of us matter to God.

What happens when an unhelpful idea takes hold? When a lie is told often enough that people believe it’s the truth? Or perhaps worse, don’t care? And what does Jesus have to say about that? Or what does Jesus do about it?

Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Jason Knight on the state of product management. Jason shares his insights and experiences on the responsibilities of a product manager, the evolving nature of the role. Differentiating buyer and user features the importance of testing and validating ideas. Supporting cross-functional teams an…

Listen…. Really listen. I wonder what God has to say to you today? Or is God is done speaking? because I don’t think God is quiet at all. Perhaps we just need to be better at listening?

Everyone’s has a point of view these days. We all have our own perspective on the world and sometimes we’re not all that open to hearing something new or thinking about something we think we know about in a different way. And then Jesus comes along and tells some people just like that, just like us, that he can turn their worlds upside down. Want t…

Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Michael Lloyd about dysfunction mapping. Whether you are new to the agile world or a seasoned professional, you'll find valuable insights as we delve into understanding team dynamics, honing the coaching process. And the essential principle of iterative hypothesis testing. Join us as we learne…

Who is this Jesus? All of a sudden he's is all grown up and ready to start… but first he goes to be baptised. But why? And what can we learn about Jesus from this?

you wait… and you wait… and you wait. You wait for years… and all of a sudden the thing you wait for happens. It's there, right in front of you. But what do you do now?

Incarnate. It matters that God becomes human. That God slips into skin and moves into the neighbourhood...

Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they as they chat with Bianca Grizhar about developing digital products in China. We discuss the cultural differences between Germany and China, and how Scrum improved team collaboration. We talk about the benefits of working directly with people offshore in cross functional, cross organisational teams. Whet…

John was a witness to someone even greater... are we? Stewart has been unwell this week so we delve into the archive...

The writer of Mark’s Gospel seems not to have been interested in Christmas. He jumps straight in to the story with a strange man out in the wilderness, at one of those threshold places where the story of their people took a new turn generations before. Today the same story calls us to another threshold… But will we step through it?…

Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they as they chat with Gabrielle Benefield, the inventor of the Mobius loop, an outcome focused delivery framework. Gabrielle shares her journey in agile product development from Silicon valley to Yahoo. And the importance of focusing on outcomes of outputs and improving decision speed. We discuss why organi…

It's Advent... and so we wait. But we don't wait for Christmas... so, what do we wait for?

When we call Jesus 'king of kings' what do we mean? And what does that mean for us? Join Stewart as we explore Matthew 25:31-46.

I wonder what you think God is like? It’s one of those big questions and our answer to it shapes our response to all kinds of things, probably more than we imagine. Do you think God is an angry absentee landlord? Or kind and loving?

Join Murray Robinson as he chats with Maarten Dalmijn about Sprint Goals. We discuss how sprint goals should act as a primary mission for a sprint, around which everyone's tasks should revolve, rather than focusing on individual deliverables. We talk about challenges to implementing this approach, the importance of measuring outcomes over output, a…

What does God require of you as we stand in silence to remember?

What’s your reaction when leaders set hard rules and then don’t follow them? Should we ignore the rules too? But what if the rules are good rules? Rules to help us live well together or to keep us safe? And what does Jesus have to say about it?

What’s the most important commandment? It seems like such a straightforward question, especially if you know about these things. It’s got to be the first one… Right?

Should you pay tax? For most of us the answer is,”Yes, we have to.” But for some people the answer is “only if you have to.” And this was a question in Jesus’ time too. Should you pay tax to the Romans? It’s a trap. It’s a question that Jesus is supposed to stumble over. But he doesn’t. Instead, he sets his own trap.…

Weddings are fascinating! Who gets invited and who doesn’t can cause family rifts that echo for generations. If you do get an invite there’s the dilemma of what to wear! Who else will be there? What table will I be at? A king throws a wedding party for his son and the people he has invited don’t show up! Worse they assault the people who brought th…

They say power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Speaking truth to that kind of power can be dangerous. But if nobody ever does then nothing will every change.

On who’s authority? It’s a good question. One the should ask. But why would you ask. question when you’ve already made up your mind what you think. But as usual the answer from Jesus is an even better question.