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We're always busy helping everyone else, but how often do we stop and ask for some help with our challenges? NOT ENOUGH is the answer! Bob and Josh talk through why this is important, yet challenging, along with providing a playbook of how you can find the right people to help you. What's your approach to getting help? Let's discuss! Key Links From The Episode: Webinar Registration: The Journeys o...

Times are crazy. We all know that. Whether you consider this still a pandemic or post-pandemic, there are new challenges to traditional approaches almost all of us applied pre-pandemic. 💪 for using "pandemic" 3 times in one sentence! Anyways... How could/should you alter your approach in times like these? Bob and Josh dig in to help you navigate some of the complexities today's world presents. Wh...

Huh?! What in the world is a "Reciprocal Conundrum"? The Reciprocal Conundrum is what Bob calls the challenge teams face when they lean too heavily in one direction and never reciprocate the other side of the coin to balance things out. For instance, if your agile implementation leans very heavily into empowering the team, you likely need to look at what actions could be taken to balance everythin...

Engineering Managers are some of the most important players in successful product development. However, many agile transformations don't effectively address this role and how it sets organizations up for greatness. Bob and Josh walk through how you can make this greatness a reality. How do you enable this role in your organization? Let's discuss! Diversity & Inclusion: Looking to join in on th...

Retrospectives are a huge key to success in the world of agile? How willing, able, and aggressive is your team relentlessly pursuing improvement throughout their journey? If retros are feeling stale or you haven't seen any improvements in a while, we have you covered with this episode. Supercharge your team with this episode! What tricks have you used to ensure your retrospectives are driving your...

Everyone talks about how other people SHOULD become better teammates, but does anyone really know what that means? Continuing our efforts covering key tactics, we dive into the actual tactics of being a great teammate. Yes! There are tactics you can use to become a world-class teammate!!!! We'll dig into some of the more common questions we see/hear, such as: What does it look like? How does a gre...

The "tactic train" keeps rolling as Bob and Josh discuss how you and your team can/should effectively charter a new effort. Notice that we didn't say "project chartering", because we believe you can/should charter basically any new initiative. What's your view on this? Should you charter every new initiative? Let's discuss! Links Mentioned (YES!!! We actually are adding links to things we talked a...

Episode 200 walked through the tactics of great agile planning. We knew that wasn't going to be enough to cover the whole topic, so we're dedicating another episode to the topic and digging even deeper into how you and your team(s) can make your agile planning better than ever. What tricks have you used to improve your planning? Let's discuss! After you hear our challenge during the Diversity &amp...

Continuing our series of studying key tactical bits that drive real agile success, Bob and Josh dig into how you can make your planning great. If you wish your team's planning could be smoother, this is the episode for you!!!! BONUS CONTENT: We are publishing this special 200th episode as a video on our kazi YouTube channel as a special thank you to all of our listeners. Subscribe to our YouTube c...

Every day you and your team hold a standup meeting. EVERY. DAY. We know these can get stale, but standups are the lifeblood of a high-performing agile team. Bob and Josh are here to help with all of the tools you need to make your standups a huge value add to your team. How do you keep your standups fresh and adding value? Let's discuss! Keep The Conversation Going: We love our community. We love...

Your user stories stink. Admit it. They do. It's OK. You're not alone, and we're here to help. Bob and Josh get tactical (including a song from Bob) and help you and our teams improve your stories and refinement TODAY. Listen in and find out how. Keep The Conversation Going: We love our community. We love interacting with our community even more, and our Discord server is the place for that! Give...

Influences are all around you. Sometimes they shape you positively, and sometimes we let them affect us negatively. Bob and Josh dig into what shaped them with an eye towards helping you find and MAXIMIZE your influences/influencers. What advice do you have for others in this space? Let's discuss! Keep The Conversation Going: We love our community. We love interacting with our community even more,...

You decided it's time to leave your current gig because you've pushed them as far as they can go. The juice isn't worth the squeeze anymore! How do you leave gracefully and effectively? Listen in for our thoughts and ideas. What does your best "exit" of your career look like? Let's discuss!!! Keep The Conversation Going: We love our community. We love interacting with our community even more, and...

You poured your heart and soul into getting agile rolling in your company, but you get this sinking feeling that no matter what else you do, it's just not going to get better. Now what? Bob and Josh talk through how you can handle that situation and forge a path forward. What tips & tricks do you have? Let's discuss! Keep The Conversation Going: We love our community. We love interacting with...

As a follow-up to Episode 192 , we adopt a similar stance to Episode 193 and take a "now what?" stance. In 192, Bob was really fired up about some issues he sees across the agile world. What should our listeners do with that info? This episode attacks that question head-on. Is Scrum really that bad? Is Scrum even the issue? What do you think? Let's discuss!!! Keep The Conversation Going: We love o...

Episode 189 covered how to get your first Scrum Master job. Quite a few of our listeners recently landed their first Scrum Master gigs, so we though it might be helpful to offer up a few tips & tricks for the first few weeks in a new role. We believe that much of this advice can apply to any role , so definitely give it a listen to see how it can help you! What advice would you have for anyone...

Wow. Bob is fired up! Hear why Bob is fed up with Scrum (note the uppdercase "S", because it is intentional) and why he thinks it's doing more damage than good for the agile community (note the lowercase "a"). We'd love to hear your views on this topic, so jump into the conversation on our Discord server (details below). Let's discuss!!! Keep The Conversation Going: We love our community. We love...

Love it, or hate it, The Game of Thrones sat at the head of the entertainment table for quite a long time. Bob pulled out some quotes/moments/sayings from the series and we're using those items as discussion topics. What key moments did we miss that can be applied to agile? Which of our interpretations do you disagree with? Let's discuss! Keep The Conversation Going: We love our community. We love...

We bet you groan every time you hear the word "roadmap". Many of us have been through the scrummerfall approach of establishing a roadmap at the start of the year and then either ignoring it completely or blindly following it. We're here for you. This episode helps you build and maintain roadmaps that continuously add value. Yeah. For real. You can do this!!! Keep The Conversation Going: We love o...

There is no "normal" path to becoming a Scrum Master. So many of us come from different backgrounds, education, and careers, which makes it great. But how exactly do you break through that first time without a standard path laid out in front of you? We're here to help! Listen to this episode and then jump into our Discord server (details below) to dig in even more. Keep The Conversation Going: We...

Be you, all of you! That's the best version of you, and it's not even close. We recognize that can be a scary proposition for some folks, so we're here to help you and your team become more authentic with each other and with yourselves. How authentic are you with your team? Can you do better? Are you doing better? Let's discuss! Keep The Conversation Going: We love our community. We love interacti...

Sit back and listen to the next meeting of your working group. Count the number of people that speak up. You might find that only a couple of folks actually engage in the conversation. If so, your team is leaving a ton of value on the table by not including all of the amazing people on your team. This episode helps you solve that problem! Let us know how your team adopted these new approaches. Do...

You can't escape them. Buzzwords are EVERYWHERE!!! Unfortunately, they crop up at the worst times because buzzwords are often called into action when the speaker isn't completely clear on what the buzzword actually means. We dig into some of our industry's most common buzzwords to help you clear the fog and gain clarity on what you SHOULD be talking about with your peers. New Intro! We Need Feedba...

Whether you know it or not, your position carries privilege. If you're not aware of the privilege, you may be misusing that privilege. Let's dig in and see if you are maximizing the privilege you have. If you aren't maximizing it, or maybe you realize you are misusing it, that's OK. We're here to help! How has privilege helped or hindered you? Let's discuss1 Help Us Spread The Word:  Love our cont...

What's that one trick you always use to solve problems? Do you rely on it so much that it's now a crutch? Bob and Josh help you throw away that crutch and start adding other tools into your toolbox. Have you noticed yourself falling into this trap? Did you find your way out? Let's discuss!!! Help Us Spread The Word:  Love our content? Help us out by sharing on social media, rating our podcast/epis...