Awaken Agile

In this episode we talk about the burn up chart. A tool teams can use to help predict their future. This was a special request from a listener and we are very pleased to talk about the pros and cons of a burn up chart. And dispel some myths along the way. Enjoy!

In this episode Adam and Jordan listen to a famous Simon Sinek short clip about a Barista he met in Las Vegas. They then discuss what this means for leadership and how this relates to an Agile mindset.

In this episode, in which Adam was very late, Jordan brings in the topic of waste. They both discuss some types of waste in teams and how to reduce or remove it altogether. Did we mention that Adam was late? Also, do stick around for the end, Jordan has a surprise for you all.

Simply a short chat by Adam to say hi and share a little of the week and wish everyone a Happy Mother's Day wherever you may be.

In this episode Adam and Jordan explore some quotes from the famous treatise by Sun Tzu and how it may or may not relate to Agility and Agile practices.

In this episode Jordan and Adam give you sixteen quick tips for you to use in your every day team life. If you use just one of these then we think that is success! Enjoy.

In this episode Adam reveals and experience he had whilst on holiday recently and how it relates back to agility and flow theory. Jordan recounts his experience as a barista in relation to teamwork. It's a bit of a lighter episode, we hope you enjoy.

In this episode Jordan asks a seemingly innocuous question, "Do you take notice of your position on a group email or invite?". Adam helps to unpack the question and what might be behind human nature in caring about this. Do you have a deeper psych safety issue at play?

In this episode Adam shares his experience of a book he read whilst on holiday - Organising Toward Agility by Jeff Anderson. Link to book on amazon US site .

In this episode we talk about our experience at a recent conference held in Melbourne. The conference, called Agile in Wonderland, was graciously created by Accenture with major partner Atlassian along as well. We enjoyed ourselves and we hope you enjoy us replaying what we heard and learned.

In this episode, Jordan addresses the common problem of having too much transparency on the board and how it can result in having the opposite effect it was designed for. Adam practically walks through the three pillars of Empiricism to problem solve. 

Welcome to episode 105 of our Agile podcast, where we discuss all things Agile and provide insights on how to improve your Agile practices. In this episode, we will be focusing on interview questions for both interviewers and interviewees in the context of Agile practices. In particular, Jordan shares a question that he was asked in an interview that most people will have never heard of before. In...

In this episode Adam takes Jordan through the Agile Manifesto asking if the document still remains valid for this day and age. You too can read the agile manifesto at https://agilemanifesto.org/ #behelpful

In this episode Adam brings up a topic about the normalisation of Agile and talks about that with Jordan. We see Agile prevalent in most industries today. Does that mean it has been normalised and become mainstream?

In this episode Jordan and Adam want to help you out with some strategies on how to ask questions differently and allow the team to probe alternate methods of achieving goals.

In this episode we talk about having one on one conversations as a Scrum Master. Why we would have them, what we would do in them and even why we would not have them. We hope you enjoy. It's great to be back for 2023. 

As we celebrate our 100th episode Jordan chats to some of our fans about what they would like from Awaken Agile in 2023. Apologies for some of the audio quality, we cleaned it up as best we could. Thank-you to everyone who listens and responds to our show. We very much appreciate all of you.

In this episode Jordan and Adam give you six quick hacks that you can employ with your teams and they will not notice you are hacking their Agile for the better.

In this episode we bring back our most popular guest and BA superstar Katy Torokfalvy who has some questions about dependencies between teams. 

In this episode Jordan and Adam provide some tips and tricks to facilitate meetings. This is part two of a two part episode. Enjoy.

In this episode Jordan and Adam provide some tips and tricks to facilitate meetings. This is part one of a two part episode. Enjoy.

In this episode Adam and Jordan take a deep dive in to Kanban. 

In this episode Jordan and Adam discuss the top six challenges facing Scrum Masters from and article Jordan found on the interwebs.

In this episode Adam and Jordan reflect on over fifty years of the Servant Leader being a thing. They explore what it means to be a servant leader, has the concept been a success or failure and ask what pops in to our heads when we say the term "servant leader".

In this episode, Adam and Jordan go through the fundamentals of Extreme Programming (XP), how it's used and how it relates to Agile in general.