Joekub - agile, life and monkeys
by Joekub
Joe Auslander and Jakub Jurkiewicz are agile coaches living in New Zealand. They like to get together and engage in conversations about agile, life and monkeys. Sometimes they record these conversations and publish them in this podcast.Theme music by Matt Farely of Motern Media
Episodes
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Bringing agile to New Zealand and so much more - Sandy Mamoli - Episode 52
From developer, to team builder, to positive disruptor, to author, to community builder, Sandy Mamoli has been one of the most influential names in agile for New Zealand. Joekub is grateful to have the opportunity to hear about how the agile space in New Zealand has changed since 2006 to now.…
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Aldo Rall - Agile for good - Episode 51
In this episode we continue the conversation started with Lysa Adkins and Joanne Stone around using agile to make the world a better place. Aldo Rall is one of many people of the agile persuasion who are applying their skills beyond the IT arena, in hopes of helping others. Aldo shares with us…
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Agile in New Zealand with Edwin Dando - Episode 50
Edwin Dando has been one of the biggest engines behind the New Zealand Agile movement since the early 2000s. He was the first Scrum trainer in NZ. He created a business whose sole purpose was to teach people how to be agile. He created communities built around bringing agilists together and even...
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Wicked problems with Joanne Stone - Episode 49
Wicked Problem - a problem of the greatest concern to humanity, requires a large, diverse team of people to collaborate on it and could take generations to solve. Wicked Agility - a way to engage a Wicked Problem using agile know-how. Joanne Stone is the passionate founder of Wick'd Agility, a...
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Past, present and future with Lyssa Adkins - Episode 48
In this exciting episode of Joekub, we had the pleasure of interviewing the renowned Agile coach, trainer, and author, Lyssa Adkins. We discussed her book, "Coaching Agile Teams," which is known for its dense, insightful content that provides value to agile coaches even years after they first…
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Agile Coaching Lab experience - Episode 47
Joekub has gone around the world to find interesting and engaging stories from the agile community. This time we focused on our own backyard. Agile Coaching Lab is the creation of our very own Jakub Jurkiewicz and has been making an impact in the community for nearly two years & 5 Cohorts now.…
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Joekub and monkeys, Thom Beaver - Improv edition - Episode 46
After a long break, Joekub returns for Season 3. This episode, Jakub interviews Thom Beaver, an agile coach that has the most eclectic background that we've ever heard. From working at Buckingham palace to serving beer to the founders of the agile manifesto, Thom takes us on his incredible…
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Books with Paul Salmon - PaJoekub #3 - Episode 45
Paul Salmon joins us once again to share with us a plethora of reading options as we go into the holiday season! Do you want great books about delivery and leadership? Well you're in luck! This episode is packed full of them. Leadership Is Language: The Hidden Power of What You Say and What You...
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Pete Lim - an agile coach at Miro - Episode 44
Hey Joekub-tonians! This episode has Jakub and Joe jumping over to the Bay Area in San Fran to talk with Pete Lim, principal agile coach at Miro. In true Joekub fashion, our conversation takes twists and turns as we learn about what led Pete to agile coaching, what it is like being an agile coach...
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Career changes, from agile coach to... - Episode 43
Wei Hsiao has had a variety of careers. Lawyer, Software Tester, Agile Coach, and recently he's moved from agile coaching into people management as acting GM of Enterprise Software Delivery. Jakub & Joe take some time to understand what made Wei want to leave coaching and what skills from…
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Simon Wardley & Chris Daniel - Strategy - Episode 42
This Episode Joekub tackles the elusive topic: STRATEGY Simon Wardley (inventor of Wardley Mapping) & Chris Daniel (Strategy guru) Join Jakub and Joe on the hunt for what a good strategy is, does, and looks like. They explore topics like: • Is a strategy just a few lines of text? • Do you even…
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Comic Agilé - In Denmark - Episode 41
Jakub and Joe fan-boy it up again with an interview with the creators behind the popular agile comic Comic Agilé (https://www.comicagile.net/). Mikkel Noe-Nygaard & Luxshan Ratnaravi join us from Denmark to share • Their stories about the origin of the comic • How getting feedback from their...
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Poland - Justyna Pindel - Poland owns Scrum - Episode 40
This episode is another hop to a different country. One that is close to the heart of Jakub, Poland! We've asked Justyna Pindel to give us a tour of Poland, where it is, when agile began bubbling up in there and also why anyone would want to be an agile practitioner in her home country. Jusyna is...
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PaJoekub - Better Value, Safer, Sooner, Happier - Episode 39
Joekub again adds Paul Salmon as co-host for another book focused episode of PaJoekub. This episode we focus on the book "Better Value, Sooner, Safer, Happier" by Jonathan Smart. Paul gives Jakub and Joe an overview of the book and then they dive in to test it's message. Find out who PaJoekub...
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Fanboys and Team Topologies - Manuel Pais - Episode 38
Joekub is taking a break from their trips around the world to sit down with Manuel Pais, co-author of the influential book "Team Topologies". Manuel is kind enough to answer a barrage of questions from Jakub and Joe around why he and Matthew (the other author) decided to write the book, how…
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Episode 37 - Vietnam - Dr. Cherry Vu & Rob England - agile and social change
Jokekub does a bit of a sideways hop to get to Vietnam. Founders of Teal Unicorn, Dr. Cherry Vu & Rob England join us from a caravan in the South Island of NZ to share their insights and stories of what it is like to work in Vietnam. Teal Unicorn has clients all over the world, but we asked them…
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Episode 36 - South Africa - Peter Hundermark - The great brain drain
This episode of Joekub, Jakub & Joe find themselves in the complicated and beautiful nation of South Africa (SA). Peter Hundermark, entrepreneur, agile trainer, and consultant shares with us insights about South Africa and his home, Cape Town. Peter is a wonderful storyteller. In our talk we…
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Episode 35 - Brazil - Mário Melo - using games in your agile trainings
This episode of Joekub brings our hosts to the creative and exciting country of Brazil. Mário Mel, an agile developer and trainer, takes us on tour of the best Brazil has to offer an agilist as well as a brief history on when agile started to be embraced. On this trip we learn: • What makes…
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Episode 34 - Finland - the quiet people
Episode 34 of Joekub continues our trip around the world in search of agilists and their insights. This time we've landed in the cold and beautiful country of Finland with our guest Martin von Weissenberg. Learn about how Nokia influenced Finland's early adoption of agile. Explore is Finish…
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Episode 33 - Portugal - Sónia Won - From zero to crazy!
This episode takes us to the peaceful, life loving, shores of Portugal. Sónia Won started working as an agilist in 2009, with Nokia. While Sónia has been working with agile for quite some time, she talks about how Portugal's desire to embrace agility has only been recently (3 to 5 years). We...
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Episode 32 - Vasco Duarte - Podcaster/agilist/community leader
This episode of Joekub we get a bit meta as we talk to agilist/author/podcaster Vasco Duarte about what it's like to be an agile podcaster. Vasco is host of the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast (SMTP) which has been running for about 5 years now. If you've never heard SMTP you should definitely give…
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Episode 31 - Nigeria - How we do things
This episode of Joekub takes us to Abiodun (Abby) Osoba in Nigeria. Abby has worked in the US, Canada, and now Nigeria. • We learn about where the market and expectations around agility are in Nigeria. • We learn about how she had to adapt and things to think about if you are a coach who is...
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Episode 30 - Sweden - we are all monkeys
Ola Berg, an agile coach, joins Joekub all the way from Sweden! Ola has a unique and fascinating approach to agile coaching. He started as a developer and over the years evolved into agile coaching and his outlook today. In this episode you'll learn: • How to tell the version of yourself from the...
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Episode 29 - An episode about feelings
Often when people talk about coaching, they talk about how awesome it is.. and it most certainly can be. This episode of Joekub, Jakub & Joe talk about what happens when you don't feel so great but still have to show up for work and be a coach. Learn how they find their resilience, find new…
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Episode 28 - This Is A Cult & changing who decides - Daniel Mezick
This episode of Joekub welcomes Daniel Mezick; charismatic author, entrepreneur, and founding member of the Open Leadership Network. This might be the best monkey episode yet. Here are the topics we cover: • Daniel's newly minted cult called TIAC (This Is A Cult) • Tips for being an amazing...
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Episode 27 - Paul + books + Joekub = Pajoekub #1
Joekub adds Paul Salmon as a cohost for an discussionaround continuous self improvement. Paul is an avid self educator and prolific consumer of agile and lean literature. Joe and Jakub get introduced to the top 10 books, over ten years that Paul has read. This episode is great as a starter for...
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Episode 26 - What a recruiter sees
This episode of Jakub explores the relationship between agile practitioners and recruiters. Santiago Lopex Guiñazu, an Auckland, NZ recruiter, shares stories of what getting a job as an agile practitioner looks like from his point of view. We get some tips for strategy dos and don't with your CV...
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Episode 25 - puppy, life and agile
This episode of Jakub is nearly 100% pure tangent. Joe has recently adopted a fur babby, Dexter. So our show replaced the monkeys with puppies and challenged Joe to find as many parallels, between agile coaching and raising a puppy, as possible. It's a stretch of the imagination but Joe and Jakub...
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Episode 24 - Mindset, education and quokkas
Meet Vinnie Gill. Vinnie is a reformed project manager turned agile coach and enterprise transformation leader. In this episode Jakub and Joe learn about Vinnie's personal journey from command and control commando to an agile beacon of light. Learn how Vinnie's own experience and transformation…
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Episode 23 - What is delivery to Joe?
In this episode, Jakub interrogates Joe about what he means when he uses the word "delivery". Joe, put on the spot, reveals all of his secrets and thanks Jakub for it in the end.
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Episode 22 - Systemic Constellations with Michael Spayd
This episode, Joekub is super excited to get to spend time with an agile coaching pioneer, Michael Spayd. For those unfamiliar with Michael, it is safe to say he has either led or had a heavy hand in creating the foundations and the growth of what we consider modern day agile coaching. While we...
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Episode 21 - podcast review and retrospective
In Episode 21 Jakub & Joe drink their own champagne and hold a micro Joekub Review & Retro, looking over the past 20 episodes. We review our accomplishments and our intentions since we started and then reflect on what working together was like. We talk a bit about what the future of Joekub may be...
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Episode 20 - agile lessons from Ironman racing
What does a farmer, a triathlon and an agile coach have in common? If you're Gareth Holebrook then they all share a mirror when you look into it. On Joekub Episode 20, we celebrate two milestones with Gareth as we make our 20th episode, and hit over 1000 plays. Gareth entertains us with how being…
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Episode 19 - Agile on the Beach with David Morris and Colart Miles
Joekub closes it's Agile on the Beach (AotB) NZ 2020 series by spending some time with the co-founders David Morris & Colart Miles. AotB NZ 2020 took place in Mount Maunganui nestled in Tauranga, New Zealand. We discuss the origins and the "why" of AotB, from it's origins in the UK to what they...
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Episode 18 - from autopilot to flow with Elizabeth Congdon
At AotB 2020, Elizabeth Congdon gave a talk on mindfulness. In this episode she expands on that concept as she describes what is possible once you've started to develop a mindful presence. Jakub & Joe learn about Consciousness Coaching and Conversational Intelligence as they listen to Elizabeth...
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Episode 17 - “Dad, don’t coach me!” with Alex Sloley
Episode 17, and our continued journey through Agile on the Beach NZ 2020, is with the passionate Alex Sloley. Alex is a man in love with the agile community. Imagine ranking attending an agile conference with going to Burning Man and you begin to understand why he speaks and attends so many agile...
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Episode 16 - How is a coach like a jedi? with Wayne Kingi
Episode 16 and another Agile on the Beach NZ 2020 segment brings us to Wayne Kingi, an Agile Coach who is immersed in mindfulness. Wayne brings us on a mindful journey while answering questions like: • What is it that coaches mean when they say they are "making space"for something? • How does a...
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Episode 15 - All in on outcomes with Mike Burrows
Mike Burrows joins Jakub and Joe all the way from England! Mike Burrows has published a number of books important to the agile community, most notably "Kanban from the inside" and most recently "Right to Left" where he explains strategies to implement agile change. In this episode Mike shares…
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Episode 14 - Turn! Turn! Turn! with Beth Gervase
Beth Gervase graces the digital airwaves of Joekub in Episode 14, in our Agile on the Beach NZ series. In this episode you'll learn: • What makes a coach from the US pick up and move to New Zealand • The benefits of leaping before you look • Why it is important to take time to mourn for a team…
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Episode 13 - business story telling with Emlyn Hatch
How is a story teller like a drug dealer? Does story telling align with what the agile community is trying to do? Can anyone become a good story teller? The answers to these questions and so many more are in Ep. 13 of Joekub. Continuing their Agile on the Beach series, Jakub & Joe interview Emlyn...
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Episode 12 - leadership, HR and coaching with Cheryl Tansey
Episode 12 brings an exciting conversation with Cheryl Tansey. Cheryl is an amazing person, coach of coaches, who brings great energy and ideas to the agile community in New Zealand and all around the world. Listen to how she was raised by wild agilists, discovered the lost tribe of HR in your...
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Episode 11 - communities with Colart Miles
Episode #11 brings an interview with Colard Miles, a well known agile personality and a source of inspiration for Joe and Jakub. Together with Colart we explore the concept of communities, why they are important and how they shape our world.
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Episode 10 - resilience and dealing with stress with Cillín Hearns
In episode #10 we have the great pleasure to talk to Cillín Hearns, a coach, an author and one of the keynote speakers at the Agile on the Beach NZ conference. Cillín tells us where stress comes from and what techniques we could use to deal with stress and to build our resilience. Cillín's…
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Episode 9 - how coaches can show up in the time of remote work
Joe and Jakub got together to share their questions and ideas about the role of an agile coach in the world of remote work. Oh, and also Jakub proves how hard it can be to pronounce the word “vulnerability”. Enjoy!
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Episode 8 - powerful ways to let teams fail
In this episode, Jakub and Joe talk about situations when they allowed teams to fail. What lessons came out of that? And why did they choose to do it? It’s all there in episode #8
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Episode 7 - surgery and handling change.
This time Jakub talks about his experience with surgery and how scary unknown situations can be. In some strange twist Jakub and Joe end up on the topic of handling and managing change as a coach.
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Episode 6 - our recommended books, podcasts and audiobooks.
We are answering Janetta’s question about our recommended books that every agile coach should read.
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Episode 5 - on consistency vs standardisation.
This time Joe and Jakub talk about the difference between consistency and standardisation.
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Episode 4 - on cyclones, weather forecasts, a ladder and giving people an A.
Joe and Jakub celebrate 2020, talk about their experiences with cyclones and hurricanes. They also mention the ladder of inference as a way to compare observation with interpretation. They end up with their plans for 2020 and how giving people an A could be a good approach in our lives. Links…
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Episode 3 - on swimming, stands ups with eyes closed and feedback loops.
Joe and Jakub talk about swimming as a metaphor for agile coaching and change. And how quick feedback loops can speed up the process of learning.
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Joe Auslander and Jakub Jurkiewicz are agile coaches living in New Zealand. They like to get together and engage in conversations about agile, life and monkeys. Sometimes they record these conversations and publish them in this podcast.Theme music by Matt Farely of Motern Media
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