Awaken Agile

In this episode Jordan and Adam talk about cycle time as a concept and offer some advice on how to go about discussing it with your teams in order to reduce the time it takes to take something to market. We have a great mailbag question from a listener in Greece and as always have lots of fun. Please enjoy and hit us up on LinkedIn at Awaken Agile.

In this episode we give some tips to build those important relationships with the members of your team. Our mail bag question is from Mark who wants to know how to keep his standup to fifteen minutes. An, as usual some banter and a few jokes. Please enjoy.

In this episode Adam and Jordan discuss some of the things that seem hard when employing Scrum and Agile methods. We check in on two of the most beautiful places we have been. We are here to help so please reach out to us at awakenagile@gmail.com if you have a question or need some help with your good work.

In this episode, Jordan and Adam provide some examples of good and bad feedback. Provide some help on how to tackle giving feedback. We end with a mailbag question as usual.  Please give us feedback at awakenagile@gmail.com 

In this episode Adam and Jordan did not come to the party with an awesomely outstanding 'blow your socks off' topic. So instead we chatted about some things teams can consider when they are doing forecasting and planning. Also, what to expect from a good leader in these examples. We truly hope you enjoy it and leave us a note or some feedback. Hit the likes and do the tiktoks. You can reach us at...

In this episode we have an awesome time chatting with Michelle Holsman, organisational trainer and science of change advocate. Michelle takes us on her learning journey, we talk about what makes a great leader, what gives us passion and using gamification in teams. It is a really fun episode and we hope you all enjoy it.  You can reach Michelle at linkedin.com/in/michelleholsman If you would...

In this episode Adam and Jordan answer some of our mailbag questions in order to help out our valued listeners. Please keep the mail coming in, we really enjoy answering those curly questions. You can reach us both at awakenagile@gmail.com  

In this episode Adam and Jordan provide some insight and tips for motivation in teams. Spoiler alert! Carrots and sticks aren't a thing you should be using to do this. We also have a great mail bag question and as always poke some fun at ourselves with a blooper at the end.  If you have a question, comment or advice for us you can reach us at awakenagile@gmail.com

In this episode Jordan and Adam spend some time talking about Empiricism a bit more by unpacking what the scientific method means to a team and why we would use Empiricism in order to improve and get better. We have a great mailbag question from Jess, tell a joke and check in on what a great day might look like. We hope you enjoy. Please email us at awakenagile@gmail.com

In Episode 33 of Awaken Agile we celebrate our one thousandth play by introducing a mailbag segment as well as launch our Youtube channel. Adam tells us about a fabulous failure he had during the week and we have the usual banter and bloopers. If you enjoy the show please like and subscribe and tell your friends. We are also now up on Amazon Prime music under the podcast channels.  Introducti...

G'day listeners. In this episode Jordan tells us about a retrospective he designed for his team to focus on trust this week. It is really worth having a listen to as Jordan describes the path that led to this team activity and hearing the joy and excitement in his voice as he tells us the story. We hope you enjoy it. If you have a topic you would like us to talk about and get a shoutout at the sam...

In this episode of Awaken Agile Jordan and Adam discuss the concept of high status and low status. How status can impact you as a Scrum Master and some tips to raise up your status to a higher level in your team and organisation. We hope you enjoy it. Shoutout to all the people who listen around the world as we have just ticked over 1,000 plays of our Podcast. Thank-you each and every one, we appr...

In this episode Jordan and Adam play a quick fire game of would you rather, but based on scrum. It is a quick fire episode to get across some of the concepts we try to help teams with every day. We hope you like it.

In this episode, Jordan and Adam talk about ways in which you can improve yourself. We talk about ways you can work on personal and self development by listening, reading and watching to freely available documents, podcasts, articles, webinars and email groups, amongst other things. And Quinoa, there is some of that as well. Enjoy! Get in touch with us at awakenagile@gmail.com

Jordan Bailey and Adam Murray wanted to create a podcast aimed at people who are learning Agile ways of working focussing on Scrum as a product development framework. We hope this brief snippet will encourage you to listen to the rest of our work. Please enjoy!

In this episode Jordan and Adam talk about stress. Providing an insight in to their own stresses and what they do about them. Recognising stress in teams and team members and some tips on how to handle those situations when they arise. Let us know what you think at awakenagile@gmail.com Tell your friends, leave a review and hit those likes and subscribes!

In this week's episode of Awaken Agile Adam and Jordan talk about leaning in to change at the organisational level in order to help your team becoming even more high performing. We hope you enjoy it, come along for the ride!

In this episode Jordan and Adam run through the Scrum checklist that was created by Henrik Kniberg. you can find the checklist here - https://www.crisp.se/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Scrum-checklist.pdf. We find that this is a great tool to have in your kit to run through with your teams from time to time.  Another great video by Henrik - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CostXs2p6r0

In this episode Adam and Jordan talk about transparency. Transparency for the team, within the team and towards those outside of the team. How to build some trust and get the help the team needs when they need it most - as early as possible. 

In this episode Jordan and Adam discuss some tips for getting more out of your meetings and ceremonies using some examples they have employed to good effect. Feel free to contact us on LinkedIn and ask for some topics you would like us to discuss.

In this episode Adam and Jordan reflect on the definition of Scrum from the Scrum guide 2020. They use this to chat about some things Scrum Masters are doing in their organisations that is likely not part of the job description and some tips on how to have conversations around getting to the things you should be doing.

In this episode Adam and Jordan discuss as recruiters what they tend to look for in a Scrum Master, what Scrum Masters should look out for in job advertisements and what to look for in an organisation. Jordan has a special shout out and a new monthly book club has begun.

In this episode Jordan and Adam talk about what to do in a sprint planning session. Why it is important to separate refining the work and planning the work in to separate meetings. We also talk about having a singular sprint goal, or goals for some teams and how that can help. We also start with some banter, because banter is fun. Please enjoy.

In this episode Jordan gives us insight into his plan for the first few weeks with a new team. Please forgive the audio on this episode, we were experimenting with a new setup! We are both energised by a strange occurrence in a corporate environment, you will know it when you hear it. Email us at awakenagile@gmail.com

In this episode, affectionately known as "s@#t we hate", Jordan and Adam talk about things that annoy them and also annoy teams they have encountered in their travels. Resemblances to humans, animals or inanimate objects in this episode should be deemed entirely coincidental.