Badass Agile

I love that people are reading – and this is a big plus of social media – its easy to share and get great recommendations.   I believe we should do a little more and set aside time to study the best source of insight about ourselves – OURSELVES. ***JOIN THE FORGE*** Sign up for more info about our online leadership immersion experience. https://badassagile.com/the-forge...

[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] There’s a big difference between service and subservience.  You are called to lead; serve those who seek you, not those who will merely employ you. Find me on clubhouse – @fusechamber Check out Agile Zen-do – the most powerful way to face the week and set yourself up for jedi-like team success. ...

***JOIN THE FORGE*** Sign up for more info about our online leadership immersion experience. https://badassagile.com/the-forge/ ****** Don’t forget to join us in the Badass Agile Listener Lounge on Facebook for member exclusives, livestreams and previews! https://www.facebook.com/groups/badasslistenerlounge/ We’re also on YouTube!  Follow the podcast, enjoy some panel/guest commen...

Reaching back to March of 2017, let’s review some of the essential qualities of a badass leader; why they’re important, and how to get them. A badass: Has a Compelling Picture of The Future – know what they want. know what they stand for (AGILE) Doesn’t care what others think Doesn’t care about positional authority Won’t rest until they’re the best (AGILE) Is alwa...

Could we be too smart for our own good?  Learning should be a lifelong activity, but there are some problems that aren’t helped by complexity… ***JOIN THE FORGE*** Sign up for more info about our online leadership immersion experience. https://badassagile.com/the-forge/ ****** Don’t forget to join us in the Badass Agile Listener Lounge on Facebook for member exclusives, live...

What is it about talking to executives, senior leaders or others with a ‘title’ that makes us nervous?  Let’s unpack how to get your head right before any important conversation or encounter. ***JOIN THE FORGE*** Sign up for more info about our online leadership immersion experience. https://badassagile.com/the-forge/ ****** Don’t forget to join us in the Badass Agile...

Learn to write all over again?  What’s that got to do with leading through change?  LIsten, try it out, and see…. ***JOIN THE FORGE*** Sign up for more info about our online leadership immersion experience. https://badassagile.com/the-forge/ ****** Don’t forget to join us in the Badass Agile Listener Lounge on Facebook for member exclusives, livestreams and previews! ht...

Agile is, in many ways about the work NOT done.  That includes documentation that people are unlikely to read because it doesn’t inform any particular job function, documenting features that never get shipped or used, and building too much documentation before starting to build and ship.  Often we produce it simply because we believe we’re supposed to. ***JOIN THE FORGE*** Si...

I’m an advocate for new voices; unique voices.  It’s important to note that while standing still feels good – like we’ve finally made it, or figured out the big gnarly problem – it is exactly that moment of pause that begins the unravelling of our position at the white hot edge of change.   Make yourself heard, and do it frequently.  Speak even if...

This episode was inspired by a question from Richard in the Badass Agile Listener Lounge on Facebook.  How do you gain and sustain momentum with your teams at the start of a new year? ***JOIN THE FORGE*** Sign up for more info about our online leadership immersion experience. https://badassagile.com/the-forge/****** Don’t forget to join us in the Badass Agile Listener Lounge on Facebook...

When a team has found rhythm and flow, making new gains requires a hard look at where you’re leaking effort and energy. ***JOIN THE FORGE*** Sign up for more info about our online leadership immersion experience. https://badassagile.com/the-forge/****** Don’t forget to join us in the Badass Agile Listener Lounge on Facebook for member exclusives, livestreams and previews! https://www.f...

Although this has been a year of great uncertainty and turmoil, there has also been massive opportunity to re-write the scripts we ride on.   Take time to inventory your accomplishments for the year, and set your sights on the growth and opportunities ahead of us in 2021. A sincere thank you for listening and supporting this show and everything we do.  Happy New Year! ***JOIN THE FO...

When our discussion of Agile is limited to software development, we tend to think of only the software development part as being even partly creative.  But could creativity be a prerequisite to doing Agile well? For the month of December, I’ll be warming your home and mine by a crackling hot fire, talking about agility. ***JOIN THE FORGE*** Our online leadership immersion experience is...

For the holidays, three veteran podcasters came together to talk about the state of agile, and where to focus on the road ahead!  Thanks to Ryan Ripley, host of “Agile For Humans” and co-author of “Fixing Your Scrum”, Vasco Duarte of the Scrum Master Toolbox podcast and author of “No Estimates”, and Laurens Bonnema for bringing us all together! Ryan Ripley...

Think about how we expect our teams to fail, observe, learn and improve, yet we fail to have the same patience (or to coach leaders, teams and customer organizations) to do the same…. ***JOIN THE FORGE*** Sign up to learn more about our leadership immersion experience here: https://badassagile.com/the-forge/****** Don’t forget to join us in the Badass Agile Listener Lounge on Facebook...

For the month of December, I’ll be warming your home and mine by a crackling hot fire, talking about agility.  This week, let’s talk about the best part of Agile…the FREEDOM it gives you to turn on a time, to let your best ideas come to the fore, and to focus on the creative act of creating awesome stuff for awesome people,. ***JOIN THE FORGE*** Our online leadership immersi...

Humility is a big part of leadership and the Badass Agile way (get humble, get flexible).   Particularly when you have accomplished something remarkable…the best thing you can do is keep it a little closer to your chest than normal….all of us have seen someone who blows their own trumpet a little too often…don’t be that guy. ***JOIN THE FORGE*** Our online leaders...

For the month of December, I’ll be warming your home and mine by a crackling hot fire, talking about agility.  This week, let’s talk about the supreme importance of clearly stating and living your values. ***JOIN THE FORGE*** Our online leadership immersion experience is taking names for a December 2020 Cohort. Sign up for more info here: https://badassagile.com/the-forge/****** D...

There’s a fine line between calibrating, baselining, or adjusting and letting yourself off the hook. When you catch yourself giving yourself a pass, or permission to fall back into excuses, you have a opportunity to challenge your weak spots.  Don’t let yourself off the hook too easy…its usually the stuff we don’t want to face that creates the greatest opportunity for...

For the month of December, I’ll be warming your home and mine by a crackling hot fire, talking about agility.  This week, I want to remind you that nobody ‘owns’ agile ideas…and its way more fun to figure out how to do it right all on your own. ***JOIN THE FORGE*** Our online leadership immersion experience is taking names for a December 2020 Cohort. Sign up for more i...

The point of being Agile is not being Agile.  Don’t forget your fundamentals – the simplest way to define great performance is to find a customer need and fill it.  Figure out what they buy and why they buy it, and focus on delivering THAT better than anyone else in your space. ***JOIN THE FORGE*** Our online leadership immersion experience is taking names for a December 2020...

Don’t fall victim to the classic causes of Agile failure by making the same mistakes so many organizations make.  Be someone who gets it. ***JOIN THE FORGE*** Our online leadership immersion experience is taking names for a December 2020 Cohort. Sign up for more info here: https://badassagile.com/the-forge/****** Don’t forget to join us in the Badass Agile Listener Lounge on Faceb...

***JOIN THE FORGE*** Our online leadership immersion experience is taking names for a December 2020 Cohort. Sign up for more info here: https://badassagile.com/the-forge/****** Don’t forget to join us in the Badass Agile Listener Lounge on Facebook for member exclusives, livestreams and previews! https://www.facebook.com/groups/badasslistenerlounge/ We’re also on YouTube!  Follow...

A common pitfall in trying to create results is pushing for too much progress and tangible result in a short time frame. Results come more consistently through the consistent application of small effort toward a goal – therefore, the easiest way to make work more predictable is not through extensive planning, study and modelling but through small, persistent gains. ***JOIN THE FORGE*** Our o...

***JOIN THE FORGE*** Our online leadership immersion experience is taking names for a December 2020 Cohort. Sign up for more info here: https://badassagile.com/the-forge/****** Don’t forget to join us in the Badass Agile Listener Lounge on Facebook for member exclusives, livestreams and previews! https://www.facebook.com/groups/badasslistenerlounge/ We’re also on YouTube!  Follow...