Virtually Agile

S4 - E7 - Co-Hosted with Oana Moraru - Benjamin Thorstensen on Using AI to amplify your skills

This one again featured my guest co-host Oana Moraru - Scrum Trainer 🦄 and her partner in crime Benjamin Thorstensen
 
In this 49min episode,
- We explore how AI such as ChatGPT can be used to amplify your skills
- Whether AI will replace us? I for one welcome our new overlords.
- We use AI to create a brand new Cheese themed retrospective on the fly. It was so gouda! 🧀

S4 - E6 - Elle Haigh - From Air Crew to Agile

In this 39 minute episode, Elle and I
 
- Discuss her non-traditional flight path into Agile
- Hear about high performing, dynamic teams 
- Play a game I call 'Air-gile Turbulance - Navigating Team Challenges'
 

S4 - E5 - Co-hosted with Oana Moraru - Jutta Eckstein on Sustainability in Agile

In this 54 minute episode, Chris and co-host Oana chat with Jutta on,
- Sustainability in Agile
- What would happen if we considered the Planet as our Stakeholder?
- How we can be more sustainable ourselves - our daily habits

S4 - E4 - Michael Lloyd on Dysfunction Mapping

In this 43 minute episode, Michael and I talk,
 
- No nonsense agile
- Dysfunction mapping
- We play a game of "Dysfunction speed dating"

S4 - E3 - Karim Harbott - Business Agility & Why Agile Transformations fail

In this episode I was joined by Karim Harbott, a Business Agility expert and author of the book 6 enablers of business agility
 
In this 45 min episode, we spoke about;  
- Business agility
- The Business Agility canvas
- Why agile transformations fail

S4 - E2 - Steven Sampson Jones - Agile Delivery Management vs Agile Coaching vs Scrum Master and Visual Thinking

This episode I was joined by Steven Sampson Jones, a fellow retro enthusiast, Agile Delivery Manager and Visual Thinker.
 
In this 52 min episode, we spoke about;
 
- Visual thinking
- Stevens lessons with failure and comparisons with sports
- The differences between an Agile Delivery Manager, Scrum Master and Agile Coach
 

S4 - E1 - L.David Marquet - Intent based leadership & the power of language in the workplace

This episode I was joined by L David Marquet, someone who has been a huge influence on my own leadership style. He's the
best-selling author of books including Turn the ship around & leadership is language, a keynote speaker & ex commanding officer of the USS Santa Fe. A leader who aims to build leaders at every level of an organisation,
 
In this 40 min episode, we spoke about;
 
- Intent based leadership
- The importance of language in the workplace
- Why we should use 'We' rather than 'They'

S3 - E8 - Mia Kolmodin - Serious play & Dandy People posters

This episode I was joined by Mia Kolmodin, the founder of Dandy People, an Executive & Enterprise Agile Coach & Chief Enabling Officer.
Dandy people are responsible for some of my favourite visuals about agility including; Agile in a nutshell and agile leadershipIn this 30 min episode, we spoke about;
- Serious games and their benefits
- De-stigmatising failure & the biggest f#ck ups game
- The Dandy posters - Agile infographics

S3 - E7 - Maarten Dalmijn - Product Management Pitfalls & The certification circus

This episode I was joined by Martin Dalmijn, a Product manager & article writer on Medium who aims to help teams discover better ways of working & avoid the feature factory trap.
 
In this 35 min episode, we spoke about;
 
- Product management & roadmapping
- The notion of deadlines
- The certification circus
- Creating learning environments

S3 - E6 - Johanna Rothman - Modern management myths

This episode I was joined by Johanna Rothman, the 'Pragmatic Manager', author of 19 books, speaker & consultantIn this 47 min episode, we spoke about some of the myths managers face from her book 'Modern Management made Easy'. This included;
- Comparisons between teams
- Needing estimates to plan
- The quest for 100% utilisation