Encouraging a Bring Your SELF to Work Day with your teams
Most of us work in teams. We go to work and see the same folks each and every day. We check in when we fill our coffee mugs, and we offer a “see ya tomorrow” when we leave. In between, we work with them – either as a group, in pairs or quasi-independently with occasional interactions. We might spend more waking hours with these people then we do with our family and non-workplace friends. But how well do we know them? If you’re working with or on a team, you have a vested interest in getting to know each other. Doing…
29. Frederic Laloux and Dr. Clare Graves Walk into a Bar
Announcing the brand new Podcast Topic Index. Search and sort to find any topic discussed on our podcasts. Victor is once again joined by Dale Ellis (@theDigitalDale), Jason Kerney (@JasonKerney), Zach Bonaker (@ZachBonaker) and Garrett Borunda (LinkedIn) at the Cape Rey in Carlsbad for a lively morning of Agile and Coffee. In this episode, our Agile heroes discuss: Dale reports on the 2015 Scrum Gathering in Phoenix #SGPHX Is PO the only Agile product mgr model? With whom do Agile principles take root? Frederic Laloux’s Reinventing Organizations and Dr. Clare Graves’ Colour System Intentional practice (at Hunter Industries) kanban, personal kanban, Trello active listening Uncle Bob…
28. “Agile” Under the Microscope
Victor is joined by Dale Ellis (@theDigitalDale), Jason Kerney (@JasonKerney), Zach Bonaker (@ZachBonaker) and Garrett Borunda (LinkedIn) at the Cape Rey in Carlsbad for a lively morning of Agile and Coffee. In this episode, our Agile heroes discuss: Agile tools to give Voice to a Teams “Agile is a cancer” Erik Meijer’s presentation The Hacker Way – a Rational Alternative for Agile (explicit content) in which he claims that “Agile is a cancer that we have to eliminate from the industry” Agile Is Dead (Long Live Agility) by Dave Thomas (manifesto signatory) The Failure of Agile by Andy Hunt (manifesto signatory) Shu Ha Ri by Alistair…
27. Putting Together an Agile Coach Camp
To share an abundance of topics, Victor is joined by Dale Ellis (@theDigitalDale), Larry Lawhead (@LarryLawhead), Jon Jorgensen (@waterScrumBan) and Dr. Dave Cornelius (@DrCorneliusInfo) in the Irvine studio for a lively morning of Agile and Coffee. In this episode, our Agile heroes discuss: A brief report on last month’s ACCUS West Applying Agile to students Hang the DJ Can Agile practices change us psychologically? We’re at a crossroads, and you can help! Is this format working for you? How can we improve upon it? AND – what ideas do you have for recording the sessions over the interwebs? Would you like to join one?…
23. We Discuss a Listener’s Topic!!
Vic is joined by Dale Ellis (@thedigitaldale), Dr. Dave Cornelius (@DrCorneliusInfo) and Larry Lawhead (@LarryLawhead) for a lively morning of Agile and coffee. Today our heroes discuss the following topics: Agile Coach kits – what do you keep handy? Dale mentioned a handout by CarbonFive. He actually meant Lane Halley‘s Lean UX recipe cards. You can find them on Slideshare here and here. Your most memorable retrospective Story Mapping User Story Mapping, by Jeff Patton “Why Documents Fail And What You Can Do About It” (video on YouTube) “Why are we still failing with agile?” @jasonlittle asks book: The Servant by James C Hunter why…
21. Death March Agile vs the ScrumBut
For this episode, Vic is joined by Jon Jorgensen (@WaterScrumBan) and Dale Ellis (@thedigitaldale) for a lively morning of Agile and coffee. Today our heroes discuss the following topics: Training vs Discovery – learning styles, immersive learning, guided discovery, peer stimulus Positivity-resistant peeps – believe in your team, like attracts like books: Joy, Inc by Richard Sheridan & Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni Agile mechanisms without values – Deathmarch Agile, Scrumbut DevOps, Docker, Agile – automated testing, microservices slides, videos for DockerCon 2014 Want more? Visit our brand new forums on the AgileCoffee website. BTW, have you gone to iTunes or Stitcher to…
10. Is Your Company Culture Killing You?
Jon and Vic are joined by Dr. Dave Cornelius (@DrCorneliusInfo) in an undisclosed location for a lively morning of Agile and Coffee. In this episode, our Agile heroes discuss the following topics: Culture as the Silent Killer Deliver Fast Flex Training Reach out to Jon (@waterScrumBan) and Vic (@AgileCoffee) on Twitter – and use the hashtags #askAgileCoffee or #tellAgileCoffee to interact with us on an upcoming episode.
9. Starting a New Job as a Scrum Master
Jon and Vic are joined by Dr. Dave Cornelius (@DrCorneliusInfo) and Brett Palmer (@Brett_Palmer) in an undisclosed location for a lively morning of Agile and Coffee. In this episode, our Agile heroes discuss the following topics: Wisdom of crowds Respect people First week on the job Training Conquest Coaching retreats / bootcamps Reach out to Jon (@waterScrumBan) and Vic (@AgileCoffee) on Twitter – and use the hashtags #askAgileCoffee or #tellAgileCoffee to interact with us on an upcoming episode.
6. Last ‘cast from Paradise Perks: Goodnight, Paradise – pt.1
Fresh off their Scrum Day San Diego appearance, Jon and Vic are joined by Dr. Dave Cornelius (@DrCorneliusInfo) and Brett Palmer (@Brett_Palmer) for a lively morning of Agile and Coffee. It’s our last podcast from Paradise Perks in Irvine (alas, the institution has shuttered its doors), and this session (recorded on June 14th) is divided into three parts, all using the lean coffee format. In this episode, the Agile heroes discuss the following topics: Culture eats what? Key Man syndrome and amoeba hump reverts “Agile practies make me tired” Two new uses for Agile Coffee: afterglows and cold-calling Reach out to…
Scaling Me, Scaling You
I just scheduled our next meetup and threw these two questions out: How many teams is too many for one roving scrummaster? How many members before a team is too large? What’s great is that the group can discuss / debate the question. Despite being in Scrum environments for over six years, I don’t have THE answer, but I DO have some opinions based on solid experiences. Without playing too much of my hand prior to the actual meet-up, here’s what I’m thinking: Roving ScrumMaster I was hired here at SendGrid as an Agile Coach tasked with leading the transformation…