KatAnu Connect Podcast

Kate and Ryan discuss what makes a high performing team and how an Agile mindset enables it.  Part 1 of 2

Kate and Ryan discuss what "culture" means for your company and how teams can influence it.

Kate and Ryan discuss Sprint Planning, different ways of conducting it while keeping the why, what, and how in mind.

Kate and Ryan discuss what kind of work your Scrum teams can do at the end of the year when releasing code probably isn't worth it...

Kate and Ryan discuss what to do about team members who may not be "on the Scrum bus" i.e., not fully on board with Scrum and/or your organizations Agile transformation.  What do we do about team members who just want to do what they want to do?

Kate & Ryan are joined by Anu Smalley to discuss subtle arts of Mentoring and Coaching

Kate and Ryan discuss the Global Scrum Gathering in Amsterdam and why events like that are so beneficial for attendees

Kate & Ryan talk about good and bad Tech Debt, how it differs from Bugs, and how teams can manage it

Kate & Ryan discuss the various remote collaboration tools such as Mural, Miro, Klaxon and MS Whiteboard and how they can enhance your meeting or presentation!

Kate & Ryan discuss "quick retros" you can do at any time for any meeting, event or other activity

Kate & Ryan discuss the Scrum of Scrums, Meta Scrums, Product Owner Syncs and their usefulness

Kate & Ryan discuss what "Accountability" means for a Scrum team, how we can hold each other accountable, the levels of it, and how it differs from "responsibility."

Kate & Ryan are joined by Anu Smalley to discuss Backlog Refinement and her mnemonic "REFINE" to help keep teams on track

Kate & Ryan discuss the often overlooked Sprint Review, why we shouldn't call it a Demo and aspects we can focus on to make them better

Kate & Ryan are joined by Kate's partner in crime Anu Smalley to discuss the core attributes and responsibilities of great Product Owners

Kate & Ryan discuss Patrick Lencioni's Team #1 video ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjE_mPoZPSg ) and the importance of understanding what team you are really on

Kate & Ryan discuss the concepts behind an Agile Center of Excellence and a Community of Practice and how they work together

Kate & Ryan are joined by a mystery guest to discuss a topic that seems to confuse everyone: where does the Scrum Master belong in the org chart?

Kate and Ryan discuss the Cynefin framework that outlines five situational domains that are defined by cause-and-effect relationships and how they can help organizations understand how they work

Kate & Ryan are joined by Jeff van Brunt (A-CSPO, CSM, CAL) to discuss Gallup's State of the Global Workplace 2023 Report and somethings we can do to make life better for our team members

Kate & Ryan talk about the importance of real Agile leadership and what your org can do to support it

Kate & Ryan look at products vs. projects, the confusion around Epics and why your organization might want to sort out the terminology

Kate & Ryan complete their 3-part series going over what ChatGPT says are the most common myths about Scrum and Agile

Because AI is all the rage, Kate & Ryan ask ChatGPT what are some of the top myths about Agile.  This week its part II with myths 11 thru 20

Because AI is all the rage, Kate & Ryan ask ChatGPT what the top myths about Agile