Joekub - agile, life and monkeys

From developer, to team builder, to positive disruptor, to author, to community builder, Sandy Mamoli has been one of the most influential names in agile for New Zealand. Joekub is grateful to have the opportunity to hear about how the agile space in New Zealand has changed since 2006 to now. Sandy shares valuable insights on what agile has to offer now, how to create a space to enable teams to se...

In this episode we continue the conversation started with Lysa Adkins and Joanne Stone around using agile to make the world a better place. Aldo Rall is one of many people of the agile persuasion who are applying their skills beyond the IT arena, in hopes of helping others. Aldo shares with us two examples of where he has been able to help people in his community using the skills he's developed by...

Edwin Dando has been one of the biggest engines behind the New Zealand Agile movement since the early 2000s. He was the first Scrum trainer in NZ. He created a business whose sole purpose was to teach people how to be agile. He created communities built around bringing agilists together and even created the first Agile NZ conference. So why is Edwin putting down the Agile Banner and talking about...

Wicked Problem - a problem of the greatest concern to humanity, requires a large, diverse team of people to collaborate on it and could take generations to solve. Wicked Agility - a way to engage a Wicked Problem using agile know-how. Joanne Stone is the passionate founder of Wick'd Agility, a community hub for agilist applying their agile skills to big, hairy, real world problems. In this episode...

In this exciting episode of Joekub, we had the pleasure of interviewing the renowned Agile coach, trainer, and author, Lyssa Adkins. We discussed her book, "Coaching Agile Teams," which is known for its dense, insightful content that provides value to agile coaches even years after they first read it. We also delved into how AI is currently affecting the Agile coaching discipline and how Agile coa...

Joekub has gone around the world to find interesting and engaging stories from the agile community. This time we focused on our own backyard. Agile Coaching Lab is the creation of our very own Jakub Jurkiewicz and has been making an impact in the community for nearly two years & 5 Cohorts now. What is the Agile Coaching Lab? What is a Cohort? Joe leads the interview in this podcast as he inspects...

After a long break, Joekub returns for Season 3. This episode, Jakub interviews Thom Beaver, an agile coach that has the most eclectic background that we've ever heard. From working at Buckingham palace to serving beer to the founders of the agile manifesto, Thom takes us on his incredible journey through life that eventuates in him being an agile coach.

Paul Salmon joins us once again to share with us a plethora of reading options as we go into the holiday season! Do you want great books about delivery and leadership? Well you're in luck! This episode is packed full of them. Leadership Is Language: The Hidden Power of What You Say and What You Don't by L. David Marquet https://www.amazon.com/Leadership-Language-Changes-Difference-Results-ebook/dp...

Hey Joekub-tonians! This episode has Jakub and Joe jumping over to the Bay Area in San Fran to talk with Pete Lim, principal agile coach at Miro. In true Joekub fashion, our conversation takes twists and turns as we learn about what led Pete to agile coaching, what it is like being an agile coach at a company known for distributed facilitation, and what Miro culture is like (do they even have offi...

Wei Hsiao has had a variety of careers. Lawyer, Software Tester, Agile Coach, and recently he's moved from agile coaching into people management as acting GM of Enterprise Software Delivery. Jakub & Joe take some time to understand what made Wei want to leave coaching and what skills from coaching he's brought with him. This is a great episode for any agile coaches who wonder about what lies beyon...

This Episode Joekub tackles the elusive topic: STRATEGY Simon Wardley (inventor of Wardley Mapping) & Chris Daniel (Strategy guru)  Join Jakub and Joe on the hunt for what a good strategy is, does, and looks like.  They explore topics like:  • Is a strategy just a few lines of text? • Do you even need a strategy? • Can anyone make a strategy? • How to use Wardley Maps to be...

Jakub and Joe fan-boy it up again with an interview with the creators behind the popular agile comic Comic Agilé (https://www.comicagile.net/). Mikkel Noe-Nygaard & Luxshan Ratnaravi join us from Denmark to share • Their stories about the origin of the comic • How getting feedback from their readers is an addiction • Information about their upcoming book (print & digital) • Many many jokes and lau...

This episode is another hop to a different country. One that is close to the heart of Jakub, Poland! We've asked Justyna Pindel to give us a tour of Poland, where it is, when agile began bubbling up in there and also why anyone would want to be an agile practitioner in her home country. Jusyna is an accomplished author (Kanban Compass), Podcaster (Agile Book Club), coach, trainer, event organiser,...

Joekub again adds Paul Salmon as co-host for another book focused episode of PaJoekub. This episode we focus on the book "Better Value, Sooner, Safer, Happier" by Jonathan Smart. Paul gives Jakub and Joe an overview of the book and then they dive in to test it's message. Find out who PaJoekub thinks the book was written for, the difference between patterns and anti-patterns, what the book says abo...

Joekub is taking a break from their trips around the world to sit down with Manuel Pais, co-author of the influential book "Team Topologies". Manuel is kind enough to answer a barrage of questions from Jakub and Joe around why he and Matthew (the other author) decided to write the book, how they've been received, and some of the more deeper thinking around why he thinks the book has gotten people...

Jokekub does a bit of a sideways hop to get to Vietnam. Founders of Teal Unicorn, Dr. Cherry Vu & Rob England join us from a caravan in the South Island of NZ to share their insights and stories of what it is like to work in Vietnam. Teal Unicorn has clients all over the world, but we asked them to focus on what it is like to introduce agile (little 'a') to Vietnam. • Learn how business agility wa...

This episode of Joekub, Jakub & Joe find themselves in the complicated and beautiful nation of South Africa (SA). Peter Hundermark, entrepreneur, agile trainer, and consultant shares with us insights about South Africa and his home, Cape Town. Peter is a wonderful storyteller. In our talk we cover: • How did agile come to South Africa • Peter's origin story • The complexity of mixing SA culture an...

This episode of Joekub brings our hosts to the creative and exciting country of Brazil. Mário Mel, an agile developer and trainer, takes us on tour of the best Brazil has to offer an agilist as well as a brief history on when agile started to be embraced. On this trip we learn: • What makes Brazil a natural place for agile to flourish? • About Mário's journey from being a developer to becoming an...

Episode 34 of Joekub continues our trip around the world in search of agilists and their insights. This time we've landed in the cold and beautiful country of Finland with our guest Martin von Weissenberg. Learn about how Nokia influenced Finland's early adoption of agile. Explore is Finish people have a natural knack for agility because of their culture. Get Martin's view on what distinguishes a...

This episode takes us to the peaceful, life loving, shores of Portugal. Sónia Won started working as an agilist in 2009, with Nokia. While Sónia has been working with agile for quite some time, she talks about how Portugal's desire to embrace agility has only been recently (3 to 5 years). We explore how a fast & large demand for agilists has led to her having to wear many hats as an agile coach. F...

This episode of Joekub we get a bit meta as we talk to agilist/author/podcaster Vasco Duarte about what it's like to be an agile podcaster. Vasco is host of the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast (SMTP) which has been running for about 5 years now. If you've never heard SMTP you should definitely give it a try. Each episode is around 10 minutes and is always trying to impart a new tool or technique for...

This episode of Joekub takes us to Abiodun (Abby) Osoba in Nigeria. Abby has worked in the US, Canada, and now Nigeria. • We learn about where the market and expectations around agility are in Nigeria. • We learn about how she had to adapt and things to think about if you are a coach who is thinking about working in Nigeria. • We also talk about how she balances running a not for profit community...

Ola Berg, an agile coach, joins Joekub all the way from Sweden! Ola has a unique and fascinating approach to agile coaching. He started as a developer and over the years evolved into agile coaching and his outlook today. In this episode you'll learn: • How to tell the version of yourself from the past that they are a monkey • How to navigate if you are unsure of your role • If culture eats strateg...

Often when people talk about coaching, they talk about how awesome it is.. and it most certainly can be. This episode of Joekub, Jakub & Joe talk about what happens when you don't feel so great but still have to show up for work and be a coach. Learn how they find their resilience, find new reasons to trust, and wrestle with being genuine and doing a job.

This episode of Joekub welcomes Daniel Mezick; charismatic author, entrepreneur, and founding member of the Open Leadership Network.  This might be the best monkey episode yet.  Here are the topics we cover:  • Daniel's newly minted cult called TIAC (This Is A Cult) • Tips for being an amazing communicator online • Don't worry about how it works, just care that it works • Learn acting techniques t...