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An agile podcast…in a pub…it's an agile PUBCAST!! Agile coaches Geoff Watts & Paul Goddard share their musings over an informal drink. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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S8 EP4: Maintaining Presence
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 listener to claim a special discount off Geoff and Paul Agile Coaching Certification (ICP-ACC) course on 18-20 June 2024.For more details see https://www.agilify.co.uk/events/agile-coaching-certification-london-june-2024/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S8 EP3: Controversy Creates Cash
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 thought leaders to do? How is this similar to Ken Schwaber's first teachings about Scrum... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S8 EP2: Are you listening?
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/intuitions/https://www.instagram.com/reel/C17B57AOWhv/?igsh=MWw0eXlpeWVmazZnMA==https://agilemasteryinstitute.com/blog/active-listening-seven-deadly-types/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S8 EP1: Is agile REALLY dead?
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 to listen and subscribe to find out!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S7 EP12: Christmas Rituals
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.
S7 EP11: People Centricity
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, which Geoff hasn't seen (no surprises there!!) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S7 EP10: Guess who's back... back again...
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 schedule!"I’m not the pheasant plucker, I’m the pheasant plucker’s son. I’m only plucking pheasants ’til the pheasant plucker comes."(This rhyme was first published in 1899 and should be recited with care and not in front of children.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S7 EP9: Superstitions
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 Secret of Luck - Derren Brownhttps://youtu.be/RuRGzZAk7S4 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S7 EP8: May The Fourth Be With You
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 forward as breakneck speed. What (if any) changes do you see for Agile?❓Agile vs. Scaled Agile?❓What trait in product managers do you see least yet value the most?❓How should product teams deal with senior management over involving themselves in the roadmap?As the event happened on Star Wars Day (4th May) this called for fancy dress and even a Star Wars themed pub quiz!!Find out more about the great stuff happening in Product Tank here at:https://www.linkedin.com/company/producttank-cardiff/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S7 EP7: Pints and Perceptions
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 experience visiting a museum of optical illusions, sparking a captivating conversation on the tricks our minds can play on us. 💫🔹 What can optical illusions teach us about agile coaching?🔹 How do our minds process information and what does that mean for agile coaches?🔹 Learn about other mind tricks and how they impact the agile coaching world.Don't miss out on this fun and thought-provoking conversation as Geoff and Paul discuss these topics and more, all over a pint! 🍺If you value what we are doing you can always become a volunteer patron at patreon.com/theagilepubcast#TheAgilePubcast #GeoffWatts #PaulGoddard #AgileCoaching #OpticalIllusions #MindTricks #TheCoachHouse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S7 EP6: Team Topologies
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 Stationery. In this episode, Geoff and Paul talk through and discuss the theory and the tools, and give their opinions on the benefits and drawbacks of the idea.There is also a PUB QUIZ for you all to join in with, so get your pens and paper ready!A Word From Our Sponsors...Agile Stationery designs and creates collaborative tools and games for practitioners of Agile methods in software, UX, content and other industries. They offer a range of physical tools for planning, continuous improvement, organisational design and threat modelling. Paper is tangible and accessible. It ensures work continues to flow. Agile Stationery products are designed with this in mind to increase productivity in agile teams. So if you're managing Scrum, Kanban and Agile operations and looking to explore new ways of working, then head over to Agile Stationery. Use code AGILEPUBCAST to get 10% off their wide range of games and tools.https://agilestationery.com/pubcastShow notes:Scrum Masters of the Universehttps://www.youtube.com/@ScrumMastersOfTheUniverse/aboutAI is friend. Not threat: How to use AI to enhance your agility with Chris Stonehttps://youtu.be/AWQZbrUluTs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S7 EP5: Pints and Pictures
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 did there?) in some drawing challenges. Plus there's another competition to win some Pubcast goodies!Show Notes:SPECIAL OFFER: Download the Bikablo app from www.bikablo.com/pubcast and get 20% off both visual dictionary add-ons using code PUBCAST20www.bikablo.com/bik1www.bikablo.com/bik2The Scrum Master in a Nutshell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToOuCAFDoGkVisualisation helps teachers learn what they are teaching https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/a4793f0a7818457e7d0c1c3c6d886aa4109b3713Directed drawing improves factual as well as inferential and transfer learning https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/0d24d9a93b2cd40509c8b4d60bfb5adf78808379Painting with Red Wine: https://www.instagram.com/p/CBM7A5qIF67/?hl=enMilestone Mastery Meetup on 22nd March https://agilestationery.com/pages/unleashing-your-teams-potential-mastery-with-geoff-wattsThe House of the Product Coach meetup session https://www.meetup.com/agile-mastery-meetup/events/291658790/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S7 EP4: Naughty
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 whether that is indeed a good or bad thing for an agile coach.This episode was sponsored by BAREFOOT COACHING. http://rb.gy/2otes5Barefoot were one of the UK’s first providers of ICF accredited and university-approved coach training, and over the last 25 years have trained over 5,000 coaches from all over the world. Rated 5 stars on Trust Pilot, the Barefoot programme is regarded as the ‘gold standard’ of coach training by the International Coaching Federation’. If you’re interested in developing your personal and business coaching skills, then head over to barefootcoaching.co.uk and book yourself onto one of their free weekly taster sessions. And, if you choose to apply for the programme, make sure to quote ‘agilepubcast’ on your application to receive a workplace coaching card bundle worth over £100. Show notes:Fear Settinghttps://tim.blog/2017/05/15/fear-setting/Michael Caine videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAB89fOdA-IMayden bookhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Made-Without-Managers-self-managing-workplace/dp/1912300508Matilda song "Naughty"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CtAs-4SBEw&ab_channel=TheLateLateShowAnd many thanks to our two listeners Debashis Ghosh & Asha Palo for their questions!!https://www.linkedin.com/in/debghosh/https://www.linkedin.com/in/asha-palo-b58482b2 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S7 EP3: Arguable Righteousness
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 community and there social media stance!If you would like to submit an idea for new virtual pub name, please enter via Twitter, Instagram or YouTube (@TheAgilePubcast) with your suggestion. Successful and valid entries will be entered into a competition to win a prize from Geoff & Paul!! Good luck!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S7 EP2: Guinness For Strength
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 the revamped format for the new year Geoff Watts and Paul Goddard get together in The Old George Inn, South Cerney to explore this topic. There's our regular features like landlord logic, pub quiz and some champagne moments to enjoy as well!Landlord Logic:The blog post we mention from Agile Stationery is available herehttps://agilestationery.com/blogs/pp/agile-stationerys-top-10-tools-to-kick-off-the-new-yearAnd the StrongSuits cards we review are available at:https://agilestationery.com/products/strongsuits-cardsPub Noticeboard:Playing To Your Strengths (Ryan Behrman @ Agile Games Meetup Feb 8th 17:30 GMT)Our first event of 2023 by Ryan Behrman will draw on science from positive psychology and systemic fields that underpin StrongSuits®, a strengths-based team and personal development tool that uses playing cards and games to help teams have fun and feel energised whilst generating high-impact conversations about how people behave and how they can develop.https://www.meetup.com/agile-games-workshop/events/290738883/ Agile @ Altitude (Tony Richards @ Kanban Coaching Exchange Feb 9th)This is a story of a large physical engineering company that transitioned from traditional project delivery practices to Agile whilst maintaining safety and increasing the reliability of the equipment in their care. The difference was that their equipment was located in the ocean hundreds of miles from land.https://www.meetup.com/kanbancoachingexchangekce/events/289062638/Fostering Amazing Teams (Marco Burville Feb 17th in my community)The objective of this workshop is to help you bring something fresh to the team you are currently working with, by participating I hope it will help you grow, your teams grow, and be even more Amazing!https://calendly.com/marco68/en-amazing-teamsChampagne Moment:Simon Sinek’s The Friend TestYou’re Barred!!https://ifuckinghatejira.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S7 EP1: Tomorrow Never Comes
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 the new year Geoff Watts and Paul Goddard get together in The Black Horse to explore this topic. There's also a pub quiz and some champagne moments to enjoy as well as a terrible dad joke!Show notes:We mentioned a visualisation about "100 people" link here: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...We also mentioned a great agile song by Chad Beier, link to his YouTube channel here:https://www.youtube.com/@agilesongsAnd the Agile Northants Meetup Group details are here:https://www.meetup.com/agile-northant... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 137 - Global Scrum Gathering Lisbon 2022 Round-Up
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.
Episode 136 - Empathy & Emotions
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.
Episode 135 - How Do We Know If Scrum Is Working?
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.
Episode 134 - How Do You Measure A Team's Productivity?
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.
Episode 133 - Agile PMO: Can it exist?
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 existence of an Agile PMO. Nigel joins us on this one, so step back into 2017 with us and enjoy this episode!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
BONUS Episode - A Shmoke and a Pancake, By Ekk
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 him, the co-trainer and the class. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 132 - What If We Only Had Ten Pubcasts Left?
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.
Episode 131 - Hedonism and Temporal Discounting
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 Effect and Visualisation as well even drifting way off topic into Synaesthesia!Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
BONUS Episode - Stop, Start, Continue
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 130 - The Scrum Civil War
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 mentioned at the end for you to work on...Hard-line United Nations committee showing potential (14)Good luck!Geoff & Paul will be discussing this episode with any LEGENDS interested in joining us on our DISCORD channel on Friday 13th May 2022 @ 1600 GMT+1 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 129 - Too Many Meetings?
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 at 15:00 BST. We would love to chat to you then... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
BONUS Episode - How do I do the "right" thing?
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 this one, Geoff & Paul discuss students who don't get certified in their classes, and how we can deal with conflict that arises and ultimately asking ourselves the question... how do I do the "right" thing? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 128 - How can we motivate a low energy, apathetic team?
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 question about "motivation" from one of our patrons, Per Moller - especially as team members are low on energy after spending the best part of two years working from home.We hope you enjoy the episode!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
TEASER EPISODE - What is the Agile Pubcast?
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 HAPPENED NEXT?!?" then head over to our Patreon page, where you can access the full episode and the entire back-catalogue of over 150 other episodes.Thanks for listening and.... CHEERS!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
BONUS Episode - Is Scrum unrealistic for most organisations?
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 Patreon page for more details on how to listen... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 127 - The Blues
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 information.
Agile Northants Meetup Jan 2022
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 more information.
Episode 126 - Happy Re-New Year
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 we both start the year. This naturally led into how the start of a new year is typically a very good time to start new things (and also to stop things and focusing) which then led on to motivational strategies for maintaining new habits and how partnering and teaming can both help and hinder our focus and commitment.We discussed ways to help start the year off well in your teams, your organisations as well and somehow Geoff managed to weave Latchkey Incontinence (although he actually said intolerance!) into the conversation.If there was a theme this episode it would be renewal but we also covered off a question from one of our Regulars Dan Wickett who asked about transferable skills from ScrumMaster to Product Owner. We would love to hear from you so get in touch via email, LinkedIn, Twitter, Patreon or Instagram. Or if you are one of our legends then we hope to see you on Discord on Monday! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome To The Agile Pubcast
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 episodes downloaded automatically to your smartphone AND you can also gain access to our entire back catalogue of over 100 episodes recorded over the last 5 years as well as many other benefits too!!So, on behalf of Geoff and myself, thank you for searching out the world’s favourite pub-related agile podcast and we hope to connect with you soon through our new patreon.com website.Thanks for listening and… CHEERS!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Agile Pubcast Christmas Single 2021
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 expense and donate a little to help find a cure for a dreadful disease.https://secure.alzheimers.org.uk/home... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Prestigious Pints Episode 12 - Nigel Baker
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 have inspired us without including The Agile Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 125 - Product Owners, Peletons & Physios
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 on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Prestigious Pints Episode 11 - The Liberators
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 Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 124 - A Prestigious Pint With Dr Sal Freudenberg
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 chat in full, check out our “full pint” membership at...https://www.patreon.com/theagilepubcastwhere you can gain full access as well as many other perks too!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Prestigious Pints Episode 10 - Dr. Sallyann Freudenberg
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" environment might look. Thanks for the chat Sal! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 123 - What the difference between rituals and routines?
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 announcement ONLY for our pubcast listeners! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 122 - A Prestigious Pint With Lisa Crispin
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 she feels about being known as "the agile testing lady". Other topics and questions included: Do you need to be technical to be a tester? How do you increase the appetite for agile testing in an organisation? What makes agile testing hard? What is the biggest misunderstanding about agile testing? If you would like to hear the interview in full you can subscribe as a FULL PINT patron at https://www.patreon.com/theagilepubcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Prestigious Pints Episode 9 - Lisa Crispin
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 "the agile testing lady". Other topics and questions include: Do you need to be technical to be a tester? How do you increase the appetite for agile testing in an organisation? What makes agile testing hard? What is the biggest misunderstanding about agile testing? We hope you enjoy this special episode exclusively for our full pint patrons, and stay tuned for more prestigious pints coming soon!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 121 - Are we ready for in-person training again?
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 degrees of anxiety when training, speaking and coaching live and online.Somehow this meandered into a discussion about how conferences are - by design - out of date, then finding our purpose and identifying and then internalising and celebrating the value that we add.We have also uploaded the image below from social media that Geoff mentions towards the end of this episode... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 120 - A Prestigious Pint with Henrik Kniberg
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.
Prestigious Pints Episode 8 - Henrik Kniberg
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 on life is.Plus he gives a little sneak preview from behind the scenes at Minecraft HQ. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
HOLIDAY TIME! But don't worry, we'll be back...
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.
Episode 119 - A Prestigious Pint With Lyssa Adkins
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.
Prestigious Pints Episode 7 - Lyssa Adkins
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 found ourselves needing to deal with recently.This then led into the differences between coaching and therapy and self-care as coaches before exploring Lyssa's current focus around coaching leadership teams on their global conscience and planetary responsibilities.A great episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 118 - What does MVP really mean?
Geoff and Paul get together in a lovely Olde English pub at the source of the River Thames in the Cotswolds to talk Product Ownership. Including a discussion and debate about different 3 letter acronyms, they moved on to discuss the different mindset and psychology behind the exploit and explore states of product development. Oh yeah - and they have merch now! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Prestigious Pints Episode 6 - Nana Bambara Annan
In the sixth episode of our Prestigious Pints series, Geoff Watts and Paul Goddard get together (virtually in lockdown) with one of their heroes and inspirations Nana Bambara-Abban. Nana is an agile coach and influencer that came onto a course with Geoff & Paul some years ago, and he has since become a big part of the Agile in Africa movement. Nana explains how he became involved in agile and why the African people have grasped the agile principles with such passion and energy. Hopefully this conversation will leave you feeling inspired and positive, as that is exactly the effect that Nana has on both Geoff & Paul too!!Next month we have the agile legend that is Lyssa Adkins Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 117 - Do we have a bias towards either high or low status?
Oh what a special episode this is! The boys were back inside a real pub after a full day's fishing! So, to celebrate they had not just one drink but two while talking about what people look for from training and what they ultimately get. This led them on to self-discovery and then status - whether we have a bias for high or low status, whether certain roles are more high or low status and whether our job titles affect our perception of status. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Prestigious Pints Episode 5 - Mary & Tom Poppendieck
In the fifth episode of our Prestigious Pints series, Geoff Watts and Paul Goddard get together (virtually in lockdown) with a pair of agile inspirations Mary & Tom Poppendieck. They chat about how the COVID pandemic has forced companies to pivot into new and innovative ideas based on purpose and then responding to feedback. The conversation also touched on quality and craftsmanship, and how the term "software engineer" isn't really the same as an "engineer" in many other industries. As ever, Mary & Tom have a passion for lean and it's great to also hear what Mary thinks is the biggest understanding of Lean - even now. We hope you enjoy!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 116 - Cameras On or Cameras Off?
You've probably noticed our new logo - whaddaya think?And in other amazing news we got back into a real live pub! Well...outside a real live pub but that's still pretty cool, especially as the sun was out! In episode 116 we talked about the challenge of people keeping their cameras off when on work video calls. We hope you enjoy it! Cheers! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 115 - A Prestigious Pint With Esther Derby
This is the summary episode of our Prestigious Pints chat with Esther Derby. In the fourth episode of our Prestigious Pints series, Geoff Watts and Paul Goddard got together (virtually in lockdown) with one of their heroes and inspirations Esther Derby. They chat about how Esther is most widely known for her work in retrospectives even though this is only a fraction of what she has done and continues to do before explaining how she got into that space. Be sure to check out the full video interview at https://www.patreon.com/theagilepubcast Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Prestigious Pints Episode 4 - Esther Derby
In the fourth episode of our Prestigious Pints series, Geoff Watts and Paul Goddard get together (virtually in lockdown) with one of their heroes and inspirations Esther Derby. They chat about how Esther is most widely known for her work in retrospectives even though this is only a fraction of what she has done and continues to do before explaining how she got into that space.Esther explains how the fact we are not taught the history of management is one of bigger causes for the organisational dysfunctions we continue to see and why some people seem to resist the offer of autonomy.We discuss her inspirations, and beliefs as well as the disappointing reactions of some organisations during the pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 114 - Can you measure the speed of decision-making?
This is an "Ask The Landlord" episode where we covered a question from one of our patrons about the speed of decisions. This led us to talk about precrastinators (like Geoff) and procrastinators (like Paul) and unconscious heuristics (or good old intuition as Paul calls it) before looking at Cynefin, decision fatigue and Paul crumbling under pressure on TV gameshows. Enjoy!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 113 - A Prestigious Pint With Sandy Mamoli
From our homes, UK. In this episode, Geoff and Paul round-up their chat with another one of their agile heroes, Sandy Mamoli. In a new type of pubcast for 2021, Geoff and Paul will be chatting with some of their agile inspirations over a drink.If you are interested in seeing the full interview with Sandy, and getting all the new interviews as they drop, then check out our "Full Pints" membership: https://www.patreon.com/theagilepubcast Sandy is an awesome multi-lingual coach and all round individual who has blazed a trail over in New Zealand (and many other countries as well) for all things agile and it was great to finally catch up with her and chat about all things agile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 112 - Badass Agile Crossover with Chris Williams
We were so excited to have a drink with the awesome Chris Williams of Badass Agile in Canada. Apart from the inevitable pandemic conversation, we discussed the concept of Mastery as a discipline. That, and how failure is still a stigma.Chris is a legend of agile podcasting, having recorded nearly 500 episodes and please do check out his website https://badassagile.com/ where you can find out about the podcast and his badass leadership program called The Forge.Chris also kindly donated some goodies just for our patrons so check out the patreon.com/theagilepubcast to see his exclusive 20 minute clip on the leader qualities of Navy SEALs and accompanying slide deck for you to re-use and enjoy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Prestigious Pints Episode 3 - Sandy Mamoli
In our Prestigious Pints series, exclusively for our Patreon subscribers, we went (virtually of course) all the way to the other side of the world to chat with the most experienced agile coach in the Antipodes...Sandy Mamoli.Sandy is an awesome multi-lingual coach and all round individual who has blazed a trail over in New Zealand (and many other countries as well) for all things agile and it was great to finally catch up with her and chat about all things agile.We tried (but failed) to avoid talking about how the pandemic isn't affecting life in New Zealand as much as everywhere else in the world. Instead we talked about animals in the office, her journey as a coach including her time as an Olympian, the fear and value of self-selection and how words can mean significantly different things in different cultures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 111 - A Prestigious Pint With Roman Pichler
From Our Homes, UK. In this episode, Geoff and Paul breakdown their chat with another one of their agile heroes, Roman Pichler. In a new type of pubcast for 2021, Geoff and Paul will be chatting with some of their agile heroes over a drink.If you are interested in seeing the full interview with Roman, and getting all the new interviews as they drop, then check out our "Full Pints" membership on patreon.com/theagilepubcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Prestigious Pints Episode 2 - Roman Pichler
In the second episode of our new Prestigious Pints series, we invite none other than "The Product Owner guy" Roman Pichler to our virtual pub! We've been proud to be able to call Roman a friend as well as work with him over the last 15 years and he's inspired us with his work as much as you.We talked about peer pressure, courage and empowerment as a Product Owner, whether PO's should attend retrospectives and why we shouldn't expect our users to innovate for us.We discuss how he has seen things change - over the last 20 years in general but also recently during the pandemic - and what he sees for the future.We also discuss whether he always wanted to be The Product Owner guy and how he feels being known as such. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 110 - How do you fire-up an overworked, devastated team and help them to get going again?
From our homes, UK. Episode 110 is our first "proper" episode of 2021 and, after welcoming our four newest Patrons (Paul Lister, Francesco Bianchi, Erika Braverman and Lynn Olsen) we got to tackling a question from another of our Patrons in the "Ask The Landlord" feature. Andreas Wittler wanted our recommended games or exercises to re-energise a devastated team. As well as exploring that, we learned about the completion of Paul's latest Improv programme and how this week has been the best year of 2021 so far for Geoff...yes you read that correctly! Cheers everyone! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 109 - A Prestigious Pint With Mike Cohn
From Our Homes, UK. In this episode, Geoff and Paul breakdown their chat with agile legend Mike Cohn. In a new type of pubcast for 2021, Geoff and Paul will be chatting with some of their agile heroes over a drink.If you are interested in seeing the full interview with Mike, and getting all the new interviews as they drop, then check out our "Full Pints" membership on patreon.com/theagilepubcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Prestigious Pints Episode 1 - Mike Cohn
Hi and welcome to the first of our Prestigious Pints episodes, an experiment we are running where we invite some famous names on to have a chat with us. In this episode we talk to agile legend Mike Cohn about how he has adjusted to online training and how his natural introverted nature has been affected. We learn some random facts about him including his favourite batman and why he is encouraging people to break the rules of Scrum in lockdown.Given that February sees the 20th anniversary of the Agile Manifesto, he tells us why he thinks the manifesto would have been worse if he had been in the room for its creation. We also talk to him about his involvement in the setting up of both the Agile Alliance and the Scrum Alliance and why he argued against including sprint retrospectives in the first version of Scrum.It was a thoroughly enjoyable chat that moved on to what he would change if he could go back in time and how he hopes agile goes away in the future before getting an insight into how his Dad got him so interested in playing pranks on April Fools Day.Enjoy this episode and do let us know what you think… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A Christmas Message
Hello listeners, Geoff and I would like to wish you, our beloved listeners, a very happy Christmas this year. It’s been what can only be described as a “shitty” year for almost everyone, but I’m certainly hoping that 2021 brings much more joy and happiness and plenty more of those vaccines too!We’d like to end this year by sharing with you our Christmas song. If you are new to the pubcast, Geoff & Paul murder a Christmas classic each year all in the name of charity. This year, our nominated charity is Reach - REACH is the leading charity providing support and information to parents and their children affected by upper limb difference. If you would like to make a donation, you can do so online athttps://www.paypal.com/gb/fundraiser/charity/3204381On behalf of both Geoff and myself, we hope you have a great Christmas and we will both be back with another pubcast in the new year!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 108 - Emotions, Emotions, Emotions...
From Our Homes, UK. Geoff and Paul share a pint and get all emotional!! In interesting discussion about how we find it difficult to access our emotions. And don't forget to check out our Christmas single this year!!https://youtu.be/eHOOYxGLUyg Happy Christmas!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 107 - Has too many online meetings stopped us connecting on a human level?
From our homes...again. Boo!! The pubs are still closed. But in this episode, Geoff & Paul take a bit of time to catch up and reconnect after a long period of online working - which leads onto an interesting topic in itself... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 106 - Are we getting more stupid as we get older?!?
Geoff and Paul are back in Lockdown and, from the comfort of their shed and home office respectively, discuss their mutual dislike of "Wrong Answers Only", getting more stupid as they get older, the iterative approach to the development and rollout of the vaccine(s) and making decisions at the last responsible moment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 105 - Questions From Our Patrons
Many thanks to patrons Per, Gianni and Andreas for their questions in this pubcast special! We discussed how to move from compliance to engagement (zombie scrum) and how to look for improvements in already well-versed teams. Enjoy!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 104 - Would Gordon Ramsay make a good ScrumMaster?
From The House In The Tree, Cheltenham, UK. In this one, the topic is Paul's favourite subject... FOOD. We talk about the kitchen as an agile environment and the merits of a certain celebrity ScrumMaster!! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 103 - How can a facilitated debate be useful in an agile context?
From James And White, Boscombe, UK. In this episode, Geoff & Paul reflect on an exercise they ran during a CSP-SM class, using a structured debate to facilitate learning and empathy in their class attendees. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 102 - How do we use our 'intuition' as an agile coach?
From The Prospect Inn, Exeter, UK. Lockdown may be tightening but we still managed to get together to grab a drink and have a chat. This time we were down in sunny Exeter at what turned out to be a haunted pub and somehow got talking about intuition - how to develop it, how it's useful and even a game you can experiment with on the subject.We then got on to talking about ghosts and a Netflix documentary about Tony Robbins before the conversation somehow looped back on itself. We hope you enjoy the episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 101 - Have close have we been to getting fired? And why?
From Chaplins, Boscombe, UK. In this episode, we took on some questions from our social media profiles and retold some of our favourite stories about "how we nearly got fired..." And Paul tried a new type or drink! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 100 - What is Servant Leadership?
From ???? We are back! We are refreshed after our summer break and raring to go! The question is - are the lads at home or in the pub... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 99 - Is Geoff a good product owner?
From our homes, UK. In the last episode before a summer break, Geoff mentions that he has been playing Product Owner again which led to a discussion about the mindset, personalities and traits of effective product ownership. Listen through to the end to hear how you could get involved in episode 100! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 98 - What does 'good testing' look like in an agile team?
From our homes, UK. We have a Guest Ale! For the first time, one of our Patrons has volunteered to appear on the show so we welcome self-confessed geek Gareth Thomas to take Geoff and Paul a little out of their comfort zone to discuss all things technical. From different levels of testing, leading and lagging indicators, Gherkin and Selenium and even something to do with Japanese Steel and Tin Mills! Nice one Gareth! If you would like to appear as a guest on our pubcast, check out the "Guest Ale" benefit on our Patreon page. (The PST Gareth references in this episode is Alasdair Macleod) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 97: Scrum Mastery Challenge LOCKDOWN - Finale - Reflections & Results
From our homes. UK. What a whopper! This bumper episode covers finale of the Scrum Mastery Challenge 2020: Lockdown Edition. The final challenge is all about reflection so tune in to see what our contestants thought of the competition and who is judged to be the winner... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 96: Scrum Mastery Challenge LOCKDOWN - Task 5 - How can you celebrate collaboratively online?
From our homes, UK. The pubs are open! A REAL Agile pubcast is coming very soon... we can feel it! As we approach the business end of the Scrum Mastery Challenge LOCKDOWN edition, our competitors were tasked with celebrating collaboratively with a team. This challenge required a little 'out-of-the-box' thinking but we had some great results to discuss! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 95: ScrumMastery Challenge LOCKDOWN - Task 4 - How would you start an online conversation?
From our homes, UK. The Scrum Mastery Challenge continues!! Task 4 was all about starting an online conversation. Our global contestants were scored by which conversation added the greatest CONTRIBUTION. Listen on to hear how they got on!In you would like to check out the online conversations our contestants started, have a look here...Team USA - https://twitter.com/AgileFaye/status/1274341425602105347Greg - https://t.co/r2oi18yC7b?amp=1Stefan - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/stefan-wertheimer_learning-learningneverstops-retrospective-activity-6681453302388936704-4WSdAnshul - https://medium.com/serious-scrum/scrum-values-are-life-values-902e6250501Vikas - https://medium.com/serious-scrum/weekly-status-reports-may-not-create-transparency-cef6fae5cd4cMike - https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6674753907975102464/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 94: Scrum Mastery Challenge LOCKDOWN - Task 3 - What is your most valuable object?
From our homes, UK. As lockdown continues so does the Scrum Mastery Challenge! In this task, our global contestants were charged with describing their most valuable "thing". Some interesting stories emerged from some "almost" everyday objects! Geoff & Paul debrief how the word "value" is highly subjective, multi-dimensional and how "pain" can be a good indicator of what to do next. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 93 - How can we ensure we feel safe when working remotely?
From Our Homes, UK. Still in lockdown - still not allowed in a pub. And now I think that BOREDOM has really set in. Has the novelty factor of working remotely now worn off? Geoff & Paul discuss the drop in energy levels they have noticed from working remotely in recent days and weeks. And this led onto a discussion about how we can guarantee that we feel SAFE when working from home? An interesting thread emerges... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 92: Scrum Mastery Challenge: LOCKDOWN - Task 2 - How would you tell a story in just 60 seconds?
From our homes, UK. The Scrum Mastery Challenge: LOCKDOWN continues! In this episode, the contestants were tasked with telling a 60-second story, inspired by this image: With points being awarded for the most engaging stories. Geoff & Paul discuss the submissions and also share some thoughts on what they are looking for in a good stories, and what good storytelling looks like too! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 91 - Scrum Mastery Challenge: LOCKDOWN - Task 1 - How would you introduce yourself to a new team in just 60 seconds?
From our homes, UK. In this episode, Geoff & Paul debrief the first of the ScrumMastery Challenge: LOCKDOWN tasks. The global contestants were asked to record a 60 second video introducing themself to a new team. In the debrief, Geoff & Paul extract both positives and negatives from the submissions and also give some thoughts of their own on what makes a good introduction.You can see a full description of the task here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 90 - How can we improve on giving and receiving feedback?
From our homes, UK. Geoff & Paul share an evening drink after a warm spell of UK weather to discuss the subjects of FLOW and FEEDBACK. They reflect on how they changed over time with regards to giving and receiving feedback, and also share some theory on feedback and some tips on how to improve on feedback for yourself! Enjoy!Have you seen our new online trailer? Please give us a LIKE and why not share the pubcast with one of your agile colleagues today!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 89 - How can you convince people WITHIN the team about the benefits of self-organisation?
From our homes, UK. Geoff & Paul reflect on their online advanced scrum master training held this week, any some of the interesting questions they tackled during the class. We spend a lot of time convincing the organisation about self-organisation, but how do you convince the team themselves? Also, what emotions are in play for a team? And what fears both Geoff & Paul had to confront as a novice trainers and coaches.Check out the new pubcast trailer here:https://youtu.be/a5Orj4QllKIPlease LIKE the video and add a comment to let us know what you think!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 88 - Lean Agile Brighton Meetup Q&A
From our homes, UK. Geoff & Paul were invited to speak at the first remote Lean Agile Brighton Meetup event, held on 6 May 2020. Geoff & Paul took a number of questions from the live audience such as: What does a remote ScrumMaster look like in the current lockdown? How can leadership create psychological safety at this time? And how has the life of a trainer and coach changed during lockdown? We hope you enjoy the episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 87 - What do remote sprint meetings look like in lockdown?
From our homes, UK. Still in lockdown! In this episode, we discuss a question from one of our listeners about how we have been adapting sprint meetings during this lockdown period. We also get onto to the subject of WEREWOLVES! A game we played at The Social Distance Inn last week. It seems that a very simple game has a lot of agile learnings within it! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 86 - The Agile Pubcast / Agile Wire Crossover
From Cheltenham, BOA (UK), Madison, Milwaukee (USA). In this special episode, Geoff & Paul recorded a fun episode with Jeff Bubolz and Jeff Maleski of the The Agile Wire podcast.We talk about virtual icebreakers to use in online training courses, some norms about teaching online and some interested moral questions about online tranings too.All in all a very enjoyable episode to record. We hope you like it! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 85 -The Agile Online Meetup with Tom Henricksen
From Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Florida! Geoff and Paul were invited to run a live episode of The Agile Pubcast at the Agile Online Meetup. The lockdown was of course one of the main topics of conversation and we took questions from the listeners about the future of office work, how optimism can spread like a virus, how doing less stuff is important and other interesting, unscripted topics.Check out https://bit.ly/SMTP_Community for more of Tom's chats with other agile people!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 84 - What part of our job do we miss most during lockdown?
From Our Homes, UK. Geoff & Paul meet virtually during the third week of lockdown in the UK and start with a chat about what they miss about their work while stuck at home. They drift onto talking about how routine and being bored can be a problem but can provoke some creativity. And finally... Paul gets his instrument out for a blow! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 83 - How is our locus of control affecting our leadership style in the current lockdown?
From Our Homes, UK. During lockdown you can expect a few more of these pubcasts while Geoff & Paul are stuck at home! In this episode, they discuss how the current COVID-19 might have converted some team members to a new way of working, a little on the locus of control, and a dissection of the movie "Moneyball" too! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 82 - What have we assumed about remote working that might not be true?
From Cheltenham & Bradford on Avon, UK. The COVID-19 lockdown in the UK is now in full force, and after one week of staying at home, Geoff & Paul reflect on how home and professional life has had to change. Also - they discuss the prospect of remote working could be here to stay and maybe some of the biases they had are being challenged. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 81 - How will COVID-19 affects how we work with and lead agile teams?
From Cheltenham, Bradford on Avon and Indiana!Recorded on 17th March so hot off the press, this is a "crossover" with another super popular agile podcast - Agile For Humans. Host Ryan Ripley joins us remotely from Indiana as we begin COVID-19 lockdown in the UK. Unsurprisingly we talk about the consequences of this for working patterns, leadership, mindset and general human nature. Not only is Ryan the host of the amazing Agile For Humans podcast but he has just co-written Fixing Your Scrum with Todd Miller. Check it out for a load of common anti-patterns undermining successful adoption of Scrum and simple fixes to them. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 80 - How can agile teams function with "remote working"?
From three different locations across the UK & Europe. A special guest episode! Geoff managed to secure some time to talk with Geordie Wardman, founder of One Stop Dev Shop and host of Big Break Software Podcast. We chatted about remote working for agile teams (which is now somewhat relevant given the COVID-19 outbreak!) and also what makes a great entrepreneur.You can find out more about Geordie and his work at:Geordie Wardman @geordiewardmanhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/geordiewardman/https://onestopdevshop.io/http://bigbreaksoftware.libsyn.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 79 - How long should a ScrumMaster "stick it out"?
From The Black Friar, London, UK. Geoff & Paul brave the cold outside one of London's oldest pubs to discuss some questions from our listeners. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 78 - How do you get a Product Owner to listen?
From Graingers Cafe Bar, Dublin, Ireland. Geoff & Paul multi-stream this episode on all sorts of social media platforms, but here is the audio version. Several good questions from social media listeners too! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 77 - How might a non-technical Scrum Master coach a technical Scrum team?
From The Whole Hog, Malmesbury, UK. Geoff & Paul take on a question on coaching they received on Twitter, and discuss Paul's general well-being after an emotional return to the game he loves. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 76 - Games, Competitions, Rewards & Resolutions
From The Bay Horse, Bristol, UK. Happy New Year! The boys are back in Bristol and recorded this one after a childish visit to an amusement arcade. Needless to say that started a conversation about agile! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 75 - Christmas Special 2019
From The Old Contemptibles, Birmingham, UK. Geoff, Paul and Nigel celebrate another year with Christmas jumpers, an early pint and a day of fun. They start off by talking about "drunken estimation" before tackling Jamie Collins' question about what they would ask for in a letter to Santa. Happy Christmas everyone, and please come back to listen again in 2020! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 74 - Experiment, Explore or Exploit?
From Bristol & Bath Rum Distillery, Bristol, UK. Nigel is back in town and he found a newly opened bar for the boys to meet in Bristol. Naturally the discussion turned to experimentation and how new business need to think more agile to survive. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Happy Xmas (Waterfall Is Over) - The Agile Pubcast Christmas Parody 2019
After the huge success of last year's Christmas single, agile coaches Geoff Watts and Paul Goddard have put themselves out there again in order to raise money for charity. Please visit the Just Giving page and donate what you can (even if it's just £1) for a great cause and help us beat last year's total.https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/theagilepubcast-xmas-2019-shelterAnd if you want to see an "alternative" version of this song then head over to patreon.com/TheAgilePubcast and become a patron.For the full video version, go to https://youtu.be/0HXnFmsBdI4 Original backing track: Happy Xmas (War Is Over) by John Lennon & Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community ChoirRecorded at Yellow Shark Studios, 121 Promenade, CheltenhamTwitter: @TheAgilePubcast @geoffcwatts @paulkgoddardHappy Christmas! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 73 - A Christmas Announcement...
From The Exmouth Arms, Cheltenham, UK. Geoff & Paul have been busy preparing for Christmas and have a special announcement to make! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 72 - Nigel's Vienna Roundup #SGVIE19
From Nigel's House, Bristol, UK. Geoff & Paul challenged Nigel to summarise his trip to Vienna for the Scrum Alliance Global Gathering 2019 into a 15 minute monologue! If you know Nigel - that is quite a test. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 71 - Halloween: Wearing Masks & Being Scared
From The Sandford Park Alehouse, Cheltenham, UK. Geoff & Paul discuss halloween and the long list of things that scares Paul! They talk about how wearing a mask can change your thought process and even increase safety. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 70 - What makes us want to feel "in charge"?
From The Gas Lamp, Manchester, UK. A deep discussion ensues about the human needs for independence and feeling "in charge" of situations. A great question from one of one patrons sparked this conversation. We hope you enjoy it! Cheers! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 69 - Coaching, Firefighting & Body Language
From Peveril Of The Peak, Manchester, UK Geoff & Paul recorded a live pubcast on YouTube and here is the audio including several questions from our YouTube followers! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 68 - Can you be inspired by a cynic?
From Princess Louise, London, UK. Geoff unwraps a statement he made on Twitter a while back which spark a bit of a backlash! The subject seemed like a good pubcast discussion so we hope you like listening to it! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 67 - People Pleasing & Hotel Features
From The PorterHouse & The Lemon Tree, London, UK Geoff & Paul bump into Nigel in London and take the opportunity to record a LIVE pubcast.... until technology got in the way! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 66 - The "Keys" To Facilitation
From The Cat & Custard Pot, Shipton Moyne, UK - Geoff & Paul were intrigued by the name of this pub! The topic of this pubcast was suggested by one of our keen listeners, so Geoff & Paul talk about some of their techniques for faciliation. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 65 - The Agile Storytelling in Avengers Endgame & Game Of Thrones
From The Tuppenny, Swindon, UK. WARNING: The episode contains SPOILERS. If you haven't seen Avengers Endgame OR the Game of Thrones final episode, LISTEN AT YOUR PERIL! After a visit to the cinema - Geoff, Paul and Nigel consider the agile nature to storytelling both these stories have used to keep audience gripped for several years. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 64 - Nigel's Scrum Gathering Round Up #SGAUS19
From The Bakers Arms, Swindon, UK Geoff & Paul manage to nail down Nigel for a chat - the first time since Christmas. So it was simply a case of winding him up and letting him go! Some of his highlights from the Scrum Alliance Global Gathering 2019 in Austin are the conversation starters... Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 63 - Tiredness & Storytelling
From The Goat Major, Cardiff, UK Geoff is suffering from tiredness and a lack of sleep so that seemed like a good subject to explore from an agile perspective! There is also a bit of an update from the Scrum Alliance Gathering in Austin, Texas and also a brief meander into storytelling at the end too! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 62 - Most Agile Group In Cheltenham (MAGIC) - LIVE Pubcast
From The Bottle Of Sauce, Cheltenham, UKGeoff & Paul were invited to the augural meetup of an agile user group based in Geoff's home town so how could they resist! We transformed the event into a live pubcast with questions taken from the audience. A truly improvised performance! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 61 - Taking Offence & Being Offended
From The Duke of Argyll, London, UK - Geoff and Paul stumbled across a pub with a warning - DO NOT SWEAR! That sparked an interesting discussion about swearing, safety and taking offence!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 60 - Questions From Quora.com
From The Cask & Glass, London, UK. Geoff & Paul challenge the internet to try and answer random agile questions posted on quora.com! Topics include multiple scrummasters on a single team, do developers hate agile, scope creep, and knowing when to quit as a ScrumMaster. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 59 - A Night With The Showstoppers! (LIVE Pubcast)
From The Other Palace Theatre, London, UK - This is the edited audio taken from the recent LIVE pubcast recorded after a perfomance of an improvised musical by the cast of Showstoppers! Geoff and Paul take plenty of questions from the online listeners on topics such as Component Teams, Team Values, Technical ScrumMasters and much more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 58 - Complex Coaching & Coping With Loss
From The Phoenix, Bristol, UKAfter a short break while Geoff has a baby, the boys are back in town with a an update from the Watts house and a chat about "work in progress" for clients and for us as coaches! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 57 - Procrastination & Parkinson's Law
From Brew & Kitchen, Cheltenham, UKGeoff & Paul chat about how the year has started and what events lie in store. Paul's Birthday Party comes up, and the subject of 'RSVP' leads to some interesting discussion about how think adjust to deadlines and completing tasks. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 56 - The Agile-ocalypse & Great Leaders
From The Four Horsemen, Bournemouth, UKGeoff & Paul bring in the new year with a chat about the end of the world, and maybe the end of agile.... Then they move onto happier subjects when they recall one great boss from their past. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 55 - Christmas Special 2018
From Chance & Counters & The King William Ale House, Bristol, UKGeoff & Paul recorded this bumper edition of the pubcast with returning special guest Nigel Baker, during their annual Christmas drinks. There is some present exchange, review of the year, and then the conversation moves onto team spaces, trust and psychological safety. Merry Christmas Everyone!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Do They Know This Agile Thing? 2018 | Band Aid Parody
The Agile Pubcast presents Geoff Watts, Paul Goddard and a special guest singing for charity. Please donate to a charity of your choice after listening.For the full video version, go to https://youtu.be/AOgyh0LDKs0 Original backing track: Band Aid 1984 Do They Know It's ChristmasVideo: Luke TaylorAudio: Jordan BlackmoreFilmed at Yellow Shark Studios, 121 Promenade, CheltenhamTwitter: @TheAgilePubcast @geoffcwatts @paulkgoddardThis was a bit of fun in the hope of raising a bit of money for charity. No malice was intended and no disrespect was aimed at anyone.Merry ChristmasFREE THE TEAM! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Christmas Song 2018 - Teaser Trailer
An exclusive for pubcast subscribers and followers - a sneak peek at our Christmas single for 2018!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Bonus Episode - A Special Christmas Announcement
From The Beer Emporium, Bristol, UK. An extraordinary pubcast for an extraordinary announcement... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 54 - Metaphors & Interviews
From The Cask, Pimlico, London, UKA vast selection of ales and ciders to choose from in this craft ale pub in London! The chaps discuss the use of metaphor and how a ScrumMaster should approach a job interview! Hope you enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 53 - Halloween & Hoodlums
From The Haunch Of Venison, Salisbury, UK.Happy Halloween from a pub with a horrible history, Geoff & Paul discuss their favourite movies villains of all time, and whether they have any agile attributes?!? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 52 - Global Scrum Gathering London 2018
From The Docksider Bar, Aloft Hotel, London DocklandsGeoff, Paul & Nigel grab a pint during the Global Scrum Gathering London 2018 (8-10 October)to reflect on the first couple of days. Paul was part of the organising committee for this gathering and reflects on the feedback received so far... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 51 - ScrumMasters - Nice or Nasty?
We're back! In this episode, Geoff & Paul discuss how "nice" a ScrumMaster should be, and they also experimented with LIVE streaming on YouTube! If you want to see the video version of this pubcast check it out - https://youtu.be/pGtEHt0-Z1E Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 50 - A Retrospective of 49 Pubcasts
From The Tavern, Cheltenham, UKTo mark the 50th recording of the pubcast, Geoff & Paul return for a pint at the pub where it all started two years ago. They retrospect on the pubcasts as well as how they personally have changed over that time. (There is also a sneaky preview of the Global Scrum Gathering 2018 in London from Paul!) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 49 - Feedback, Flat Coke & Facilitation
From The Warwick, Pimlico, London, UKIn this alcohol-free episode, Geoff & Paul discuss giving feedback on Paul's disappointing drink from the bar and move onto when a ScrumMaster is not a ScrumMaster... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 48 - Nigel's News & Social Media
From The Commercial Rooms, Bristol, UKPaul and Geoff check back in with a very special special guest. There is an update on agile conferences this year and the subject moves onto social media and how it has changed over recent times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 47 - Being Positive & The Art Of The Possible
From The Running Horse, London, UKGeoff & Paul discuss the importance of how our body language can reflect our mood, and how infectious a negative mood can be in a Scrum environment. How ironic that the guys meet at a pub called The Running Horse and Geoff arrives with a long face ;) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 46 - Feeling Nervous & Locus of Control
From The Draft House, Milton Keynes, UKGeoff and Paul return to the city of horizontals, verticals and roundabouts - Milton Keynes. Geoff is feeling nervous? About what? The subject moves onto bucket lists and the locus of control. Enjoy!You can watch Geoff's exciting new project here: https://youtu.be/L8ubqwKU4Io Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 45 - Creative Constraints & Cross-Functional Cocktails
From The Alchemist, Leeds, UKGeoff & Paul step away from the traditional ale and cider and experiment with cocktails! What could go wrong? The subject of using constraints to focus our creativity comes up, and there is a tenuous link to cross-functional cocktails too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 44 - Team Soundtracks & Musical Connections
From Tankersley Manor, Barnsley, UKAs the snow falls, Geoff and Paul stop in for a pint and a chat and get onto the subject of music. They discuss how music can connect people who work together and trigger our memories around pertinent life events. Are the music skills we have more useful than we might think in the work environment? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 43 - Decision Making & Recruiting a ScrumMaster
From The Infinity Arms, Leeds, UKOur second LIVE pubcast event was run in collaboration with the Agile In Leeds user group. In this live event, Geoff & Paul took several questions from the crowd covering subjects such as decision making as a team, selling agility to non-software people, the merits of technical scrummasters and a few more too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 42 - Metaphors & Abstraction
From The Mesmerist, Brighton, UKGeoff and Paul chat over a couple of interesting drinks in a rather unusual pub in Brighton, after completing day one of their Advanced Certified Scrum Master class. They discuss how some of the content in the course made the group feel uncomfortable, and why that might be a good thing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 41 - Agile Leadership & Coaching For Change
From The Three Pears, Worcester, UKGeoff and Paul met with the Worcester Agile Scrum People (WASP) and recorded the first ever pubcast with a LIVE pub audience! The agenda was dictated by the crowd including dealing with "management", coaching "up" the organisation and product owners vs. project managers! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 40 - Puzzle Rooms & Principles of Persuasion
From The Four Thieves, London, UKHappy New Year! Geoff and Paul met at a very cool pub in Battersea, it turns into a very busy evening indeed! They discuss the science behind Robert Ciadini's 6 Principles of Persuasion and how agile teams could benefit from being locked in an escape room together! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 39 - Conflict, Planning & The 12 "Agile" Days of Christmas
Our Christmas special this year saw the three wise men (Geoff, Paul and Nigel) get back together again over some beer and mulled cider to review the year that was and look forward to 2018. This episode is split over two pubs and comprises discussions about family stresses at Christmas, how scrum teams plan over the Christmas break, our favourite Christmas songs and the agile version of the famous 12 Days of Christmas. Oh, and if you’re lucky you may also get to listen in on us playing a game of (agile) Trivial Pursuit! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 38 - The ScrumMaster Role & "Rest" Time
From The Block and Gasket, Burgess Hill, UKGeoff meets up with two of his agile coach friends, Steve Arnold and Eddie Kenny, and talks about their perspectives on the ScrumMaster role and how that has changed during their journey as agile coaches. They discuss the virtues or “doing” work against “enabling” work and how the latter can be harder to justify. And just wait until you hear about Rubber Duck 2.0 - that’s got to be a winner! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 37 - Codes of Conduct & The Bystander Effect
From The Swift Bar, CityWest Hotel, Dublin, Ireland.Geoff and Paul meet on the second day of the Global Scrum Gathering in Dublin, and discuss the how codes of conduct and ethics are as essential for teams as there are for communities and conferences too. And, how do we overcome the Bystander Effect in order to stand up to what we know is wrong? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 36 - Neuroscience of Coaching & Agile Contracts
From the Guinness Storehouse, Dublin, as part of the Global Scrum Gathering 2017 in Dublin, Ireland. Geoff and Paul shared a drink with two very experienced agile practitioners and friends, Aislinn Green and Emma Hopkinson-Spark. In this episode, they discuss Day 1 of the gathering and two of the sessions attended by Emma and Aislinn, as well as the panel discussion which concluded the day. Despite being in the home of Guinness, none of them are actually drinking it! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 35 - Challenges of Unlearning & Motivating
Episode 35 comes from the appropriately named Goddard Arms in Swindon where Geoff and Paul talk about the differences between working with students and the younger generations compared to those with a background of traditional project delivery.Does creativity, self-organisation, collaboration, servant-leadership come more naturally to those who don't have to unlearn old habits first?They then discussed another question that was sent in by a listener about pay, incentives and motivation in an agile organisation before finally ending on ScrumMaster election campaigns and how rock bands split their royalties.Geoff tried a Dizzy Blonde while Paul was back on his fruity ciders (but this time in a LOVELY glass!) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 34 - Team Diversity & Hiring For Fit
The Hole in the Wall, Bristol, UKPaul, Geoff and Nigel discuss a question from listener Lawrence Weetman about the challenges of hiring and creating a balanced and diverse agile team. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 33 - Agile Rollbacks & Regressions
The Master Mariner, Brighton, UKGeoff and Paul enjoyed a road trip to the seaside this week, and stopped in at the Master Mariner for a drink and a chat by the water. They discuss a couple of questions relating to agile transformations and when they "rollback", and how a ScrumMaster can respond if that happens. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 32 - Coaching Teams Formed Of Fear
The City Arms, Cardiff, UKWe are back! Geoff, Paul and (special guest star) Nigel are getting to know the Cardiff pub scene well, and stopped in the City Arms to discuss a question from one of our listeners. Andy asked the boys about how to coach a team formed of fear, rather than trust. Great question! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 31 - Geoff's 'Island' Experience
The Smoking Dog, Malmesbury, UKGeoff is back (alive) from his survival experience in Scotland, so this episode features his thoughts and learnings from his trip. Geoff describes the trip as "the hardest thing he has ever done" so tune in to find out why. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 30 - Question Time
The Owain Glyndwr, Cardiff, UKQuestion time. Nigel followed us (again) to Cardiff so we stopped by a pub in the centre of name - mainly because the name sounded REALLY welsh. We took time to ponder the answers to two questions from two of our listeners. As you would expect, we couldn't all agree on the answers! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 29 - Summer Velocity, Dress Code & Feedback
The Argyll Arms, London, UKSummer is here! Geoff & Paul cool off over a pint in the west end of London and discuss how the summer months can affect a scrum team's capacity and maybe even their velocity. Given the hot weather, the topic of dress code comes up, and also how teams should be prepared to give and receive feedback. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 28 - Common Purpose & Agile Animals
The Air Balloon, Crickley Hill, UKGeoff's has started planning his survival experience in deepest darkest Scotland! In this episode, the guys discuss what teams can learn from sharing a common purpose and how behaviours can be amplified in such a basic rural desert island setting! There is also some talk of agile animals. Which animal do you think is the most agile? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 27 - Is Agile The New 'Alternative'?
The Hatchet Inn, Bristol, UKGeoff and Paul find Nigel in a Bristol pub and wax lyrical about Geoff's question, "Is Agile the new 'alternative'?" and delve into the history of the waterfall approach. In part two, the guys get more reflective on their own choices during their school years and how that may have formed who they are now. A little philosophical compared to the usual! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 26 - Sat Navs and Intrinsic Motivation
Bag O' Nails, Victoria, London, UKA real meandering episode this one, from a pub with a great name! Geoff and Paul start off with the value in sat nav systems, journey through intrinsic motivation, belief, pragmatism and venture into dedicated scrum masters and ritual dissent! A real mixed bag! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 25 - New Path to CSP Discussion
The Knights Templar, Bristol, UKWe welcome Geoff after the San Diego gathering, and the guys discuss the new Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) pathway announced by the Scrum Alliance recently. Of course, with Nigel in attendance the conversation so wanders into Star Wars and many other children's television programmes from the 1980s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 24 - San Diego Gathering
Quinn's Ale House, San Diego, USAPaul made the long trip to the Global Scrum Gathering 2017 in San Diego, with Nigel providing some colour commentary in Geoff's absence. During the trip, Paul and Nigel caught up with fellow scrum trainer Adam Weisbart, and give us an overview of what the gathering itself had to offer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 23 - The Art Of The Possible
The White Horse, Milton, Cambridge, UKGeoff and Paul discuss the "art of the possible" and how being positive can affect a ScrumMaster's ability to lead a Scrum team. The guys also give their thoughts on the merits of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and how Geoff has developed a tendency to feel "hangry"! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 22 - Discovery via Good Mistakes
Fountains Abbey, Paddington, UKThe boys enjoy a pint in a pub with a historical connection to Sir Alexander Fleming - the chemist who discovered penicillin. This leads to a discussion around discovery by making "good mistakes" and the courage required by us to learn or start something without all the information we think we need. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 21 - Dealing with a team that doesn't want to change
The Phoenix, Victoria, London, UKThe guys are back in London and share a pint after a full day of training. Reflecting on their day, they consider the question of how to deal with a team who doesn't want to change - and talk a lot about someone called "Ian". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 20 - Sprint lengths and Scrum evolution
The Maiden's Head, Maidenhead, UKA new location for this pubcast and Geoff & Paul discuss the merits of longer Sprint lengths, how scrum mechanics have changed over time and how companies still try and standardise sprint structures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 19 - Coaching in a fixed price, fixed scope situation
The Viaduct Inn, St. Pauls, LondonA trip to the big smoke of London today, and a visit to one of London's only remaining "Gin Palaces". Intriguing! Geoff and Paul dedicate this pubcast to the question of how an agile coach can operate in a fixed price, fixed scope contract situation - one which many companies still operate within. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 18 - Doing agile v Being agile
The Corner House, Cardiff, UKHappy New Year! We start 2017 in Cardiff with Nigel Baker and take some time to answer one of the questions we got asked on Twitter: “What is the difference between DOING agile and BEING agile?”. The boys reflect on the intent of the agile manifesto, “Shu Ha Ri” as a learning metaphor and discuss how long does it actually take to “become” agile. Should we judge the company being agile or the attitudes and the diversity of the people they employ? We hope you enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 17 - Christmas Special, Accelerating Trust
Flight Club, London, UKFor our Christmas special, we travelled to London and met up with our old friend Nigel Baker for an end-of-year episode. Actually recorded in two parts, the first conversation, in Flight Club, ebbed and flowed around topics as diverse as the American election, the changing shape of chocolate bars, Geoff's extreme survival skills course and how board games can be helpful to agile teams. More serious discussions focussed around how trust can be accelerated in crisis situations, how we might all be hard-wired to be a little prejudiced but how fluid and changeable these prejudices can be.After a few rounds of darts we moved on to The Globe and, after discussing the untimely demise of both the poet Keats and the souls singer Otis Redding, we spent a bit of time comparing different part time professions to the role of the ScrumMaster. We then debated the growth of roles such as "senior agile coach" and other "red flags" or signs that Scrum is unlikely to work in an organisation. Nigel also shares his typically forthright views on things like SAFe and too down agile implementations before we talked about the weight required to be an effective ScrumMaster and question socratically. As we wrapped things up for the year Geoff shared his attempt at agile Christmas humour, and was roundly mocked! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 16 - Improv & Grumpy Old Men
The Dog & Fox Inn, Bradford on Avon, UKThis week the lads visit a traditional English country pub in Paul’s hometown of Bradford on Avon. A truly meandering conversation starts with Paul’s Improv Webinar he ran for the Scrum Alliance and ends up with grumpy old men arguing on a rugby pitch! We hope you enjoy it! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 15 - Multi-tasking, distractions & mindfulness
Urban Reef, Boscombe, UKThis morning in a break from the norm, we had a cafe cast rather than a pub cast and had coffee instead of beer and cider. Back on the glorious south coast again (albeit in the wind and rain) we ended up talking about the situation where one key person is spread across multiple teams and the challenges (and maybe benefits) of multi-tasking. We then moved on to discuss how easy it is to be distracted and how we might reduce distractions to help us focus more which naturally led into a discussion about mindfulness and giving yourself some quiet, reflective, non-productive time before exploring the analogy of fishing in an agile context. Great stuff! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 14 - Putting Yourself Above The Team
The Wild Beer Company, Cheltenham, UKToday we discussed how important teamwork is to the success of an agile project, and the different reasons behind someone's desire to put themselves above the team. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 13 - Global Scrum Gathering, Munich, Germany (Part 2)
Part two (of two) of our special bonus includes our conference chats with regular guest and gathering veteran Nigel Baker, the conference co-chair Sohrab Salimi, and facilitator of the coaching clinic Andrea Tomasini. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 12 - Global Scrum Gathering, Munich, Germany (Part 1)
A special bonus edition of the pubcast following our trip to Germany for the Global Scrum Alliance Gathering in Munich! Part one (of two) includes a catch up with Benjamin Cooke, an agile coach from London and our long-time friend and all-around good guy Howard Sublett, of SolutionsIQ. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 11 - The Rise of the Proxy Product Owner
The Old Fish Market, Bristol, UKWe are joined again by Nigel Baker and got talking about Product Ownership - the rise of the Proxy Product Owner, business analysis and whether organisations are taking the role seriously enough. We also diverted briefly onto Pokemon Go! for reasons that only Nigel can explain! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 10 - Team Accountability & Scrum Families
Urban Reef, Boscombe, UKToday we followed the sunshine and found ourselves on the south coast in Boscombe. Our topic started with a recent news story about a sports coach who was kicked out of the dressing match after his team lost a game, but that moved more into team accountability, Scrum families and how the ScrumMaster needs to be there for the "unplanned" coaching opportunities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 9 - Methodologies v Frameworks
Urban Tap House, Cardiff, UKToday we were joined by our good friend Nigel Baker in sunny Cardiff (we are beginning to think he is stalking us!) and ended up talking about whether Scrum was a methodology or a framework, whether it's possible to be a product owner and a ScrumMaster at the same time and how to avoid becoming cynical during the transition to a more agile organisation. During the meandering conversations we also touched on how to bring people along with you and help maintain their engagement and enthusiasm while sipping some craft ale and ciders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 8 - Project Managers & Product Owners
The Wheatsheaf, Thornbury, UKThis time Geoff and Paul discuss a recent training course for a company largely being led by a project management office. How does the inclusion of a project manager inside a Scrum team affect results? What is a proxy Product Owner? Can a project manager and a Product Owner exist in the same team? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 7 - Agile Estimation
The Brunel Bar, Bristol, UKAn estimation-themed Pubcast! Topics include: Estimating * Specialists in the Team * Software vs Hardware * Development vs Test * Story Points * Planning Poker * #NoEstimates * Safety in Estimation * Estimation Inflation * Parkinson's Law Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 6 - Agile Cymru, Agile Tools & Scrum Alliance
The Knight's Templar, Bristol, UKGeoff and Paul welcome back Nigel Baker, and try to get a word in edgeways for a bumper 45-minute episode of the Agile Pubcast!! Topics include: A Debrief of Agile Cymru 2016 * A short tirade on Agile Tools * Recent Changes to the Scrum Guide * Changes in the Scrum Alliance Board * Scrum Alliance UK Chapters * And an EXCLUSIVE from Geoff Watts for our Pubcast listeners!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 5 - Agile Metrics, Velocity & The Inner Game
The Winford Arms, Bristol, UKIn this episode we respond to a few questions from the twittersphere around these topics: Metrics * Velocity * Partially delivered stories * Consultants * Coaching * The Inner Game * Product Owners in Daily Scrums * Scrum Dogma Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 4 - Consulting v Coaching & Technical Scrum Masters
The Ox, Cheltenham, UKFrom The Ox, Cheltenham, UK. Topics include: ICF Annual Conference * Coaching outside software * Consulting vs Coaching * Technical ScrumMasters * ScrumMaster vs. Agile Coach * Coaching Styles * The Standard BT Retrospective * ScrumMasters From Non-Software Industries Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 3 - Agile Portugal 2016 & The RAM(en) Model
Sandeman, Porto, PortugalWe've gone international! This pubcast comes from the banks of the Rio Douro, Porto, Portugal. Topics include** Agile Portugal 2016 * The results of our Scrum survey * The RAM(en) Model * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 2 - Enterprise Coaching & Safe to Fail Experiments
The Knights Templar, Bristol, UKOur second pubcast comes from The Knights Templar in Bristol, UK where we are joined by Nigel Baker, the Agile Bear ** Topics include: Global Scrum Alliance Gathering Orlando 2016 * Re-inventing organisations * Enterprise Coaching * Cynefin * Scaling Scrum * Theme Parks * SAFe * Joining The Dots * Masterclasses for Agile Practitioners * Training Beyond CSM * Safe To Fail Experiments * Theory Of Constraints Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 1 - Agile Transformational "Success"
The Royal Well Tavern, Cheltenham, UKOur first pubcast comes from The Royal Well Tavern in Cheltenham, UK. Topics include: How a recent Scrum user group that Paul attended was inspiring and nourishing * Why organisations seem to find it difficult to bring themselves to pay for coaching * What success might be for an organisation transitioning to agile * Whether doubling productivity at the expense of team happiness would be deemed success * Whether Product Owners should or could be a motivating force for agile teamsIs it possible to motivate a Scrum team without a product owner? * How do you motivate a team doing a boring project like a database re-write? * How children’s cricket and rugby coaching apply to agile teams * How parents encouragement may undermine teamwork and how this might be analogous to senior management influences * How important and/or dangerous is charisma in a product owner? * Does the scrum team have to like the product owner? * If you have a great product owner, do you need a ScrumMaster? * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.