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A commencment speech given by Admiral William H McRaven sets the tone for what quite possibly could be one of the greatest motivational speeches ever given. He explains to the graduates, using personal references the top ten things that they could do to change the world:  1) Start the day with a task completed 2) Find someone to help you through life 3) Respect everyone 4) Life is not always fair,...

This is a great question that was submitted by a Daily Standup Podcast Subscriber. I feel like I am seeing more and more where organizations and product owners specifically are waiting until the 11th hour to validate work completed during the sprint only to find that the work either does not truly meet the acceptance criteria, or that the work was simply not ready for demo. Join V. Lee Henson as w...

Join Sara Bierman, Business Agility Coach for AgileDad on the third episode of an eight part series on Living Agile. How do you feel about change? Is your fear of change keeping you from reaching your goals? Learn how embracing change, a growth mindset and being comfortable being uncomfortable can help you reach your goals or overcome challenges.  

Does your leadership feel like it is falling off just a little? Are you caught in what many are calling the pandemic blur? Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we explore what the signs are that you could use an Agile Leadership Summit:  1) You have a lack of clarity in your own role 2) Your teams gets easily frustrated 3) Your teams benchmarks for success feel blurred

Have you ever had trouble saying no to a stakeholder request? What if they are in a highly influential position or status? Join V, Lee Henson as we explore a recent article from fellow Scrummer Roman Pichler which highlights these top five tips:  1) Don’t Feel Bad about Saying No 2) Empathise with the Stakeholder 3) Reframe the Conversation 4) Don’t Rush the Decision 5) Try to Find Common Ground,...

Join V. Lee Henson , President and Founder of AgileDad as we explore how you can truly become more productive.  Being busy has nothing to do with being productive.  Frantically running around all day has nothing to do with making fast, focused progress towards the most important goals. In fact, busyness is often a smokescreen for real productivity. 1) Cut Out The Inessential 2) Prioritization Requ...

We have all been to that one Sprint Demo that is slated for 30-45 minutes and it runs for four hours as we review every single backlog item individually in no particular sequence in such a way that it makes it super difficult to understand the true value of the sprint results. Did we reach the Sprint Goal? Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we explore how to have an AMAZING R...

Have you ever asked yourself now what? Or felt like your goals were just too big to be achievable? Join Sara Bierman, Business Agility Coach for AgileDad on the second episode of an eight part series on Living Agile. Do you have BIG dreams but have no idea how to start pursuing them? Or do you have some challenge to face and don't feel like you are equipped to overcome it? Learn how Sara used agil...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to work for Google and be doing Agile? Join V. Lee Henson as we go on a journey with Lucy Yin to learn about her experience as a Product Manager at Google Health. 1) The “Googley” ethos is real and awesome 2) Google is a large bureaucracy, launching something takes a village 3) Core PM skills How to own and launch products made for millions How to set a...

Do you have a preamble for your Agile Constitution? Do you have an Agile Centre of Excellence in place? Are your teams free to choose how to build the highest quality product or service? Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we explore the sights and sounds of Agile Freedom. 

Have you ever felt pressured that you could not do something? Or that you were not good enough? Do individuals, media, outside forces of evil drive you to stay quiet and not make the most of who you are and who you could be? The answer comes from one of the most unlikely places. Disney/Pixar Luca teaches us the concept of Silenzio Bruno! 

Have you ever wondered what it takes to become an AgileDad Coach? Have you ever asked yourself how you could truly master the responsibilities of being a world class ScrumMaster? Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder fo AgileDad as we discuss what skills we really should focus on in a three part series.  Part 3:  5) Be an EXCELLENT Communicator  6) Make it personal with the team. 

Join Sara Bierman, Business Agility Coach for AgileDad on the first episode of an eight part series on Living Agile. What motivates you? Do you know what truly makes you happy? Learn why knowing yourself will empower you to make all of your dreams come true.

Have you ever wondered what it takes to become an AgileDad Coach? Have you ever asked yourself how you could truly master the responsibilities of being a world class ScrumMaster? Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder fo AgileDad as we discuss what skills we really should focus on in a three part series.  Part 2:  3) Ask the right more powerful questions 4) Prepare what is needed for success

Have you ever wondered what it takes to become an AgileDad Coach? Have you ever asked yourself how you could truly master the responsibilities of being a world class ScrumMaster? Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder fo AgileDad as we discuss what skills we really should focus on in a three part series.  Part 1:  1) Do not be afraid to introduce and talk openly about your battle scars 2) Under...

Do you know what drives you? What makes you happy to be alive and makes you a better person? Are you doing what you can to leave the world better than when you arrived? Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we learn how to better use the FORCE to guide and drive our daily lives. 

A listener asked me to review an AMAZING blog post by Adrian Baker titled Be an Inspirational Agile Leader. Goals in Scrum WHY Statement and the Backlog Sprint Planning Inspirational Scrum Master   Inspirational Agile Transformation

Can you tell if something is the real deal or if it is too good to be true? Join Sara Bierman, AgileDad Business Agility Coach as we explore how we know if something is the real deal or not. This is a great Agile, Personal, and or Business lesson! Is it the Real Deal? Or is it NO Deal? 

I have recently seen MANY teams struggle woth work carrying over from one sprint to the next. My good friends at Agilemania asked that I review the top ten reasons this happens:  1) The team fails to inspect and adapt based on learnings from the precious sprint or release 2) Having people step in as the "proxy" product owner when things are not moving in the right direction or when decisions are n...

Can you believe it? We hit a HUGE milestone! Episode 300! Join Sara Bierman, Business Agility Coach and V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad for this VERY special episode where we discuss the AgileDad coaching difference and straight up celebrate our 300th Daily Standup Podcast Episode. 

The ONLY true path to happiness is in helping others find the happiness they deserve. Join V. Lee Henson in this Agile not so Agile episode of The Daily Standup where we learn:  Helping others brings us happiness for three reasons: Diversion : When you worry less about your own needs–in this case, finding your own balloon–the stress of that hunt decreases. Taking your focus away from the fact that...

I recently had the honor of reading an article that was published by Jay Rahman regarding the 5 foolproof steps to become a Product Owner. If only it were so easy and pragmatic. I neither agreed or disagreed with everything that was stated as a whole, I simply felt that gaps still existed that needed to be discussed and that nothing simple is really so simple...  1) Get Reading 2) Get Training 3)...

Do you have the Courage to listen to this episode of The Daily Standup Podcast all about Courage? This almost feels like inception... Join Sara Bierman, Business Agility Coach from AgileDad as she breaks down what it really means to be courageous and the steps we need to take to get there. 

Do I have to pick just one? Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we explore what the most important parts of the team working agreement should be and how we should incorporate those into our teams. 

A Daily Standup Subscriber has questions regarding logistics around when to have standups, how to avoid no meting Fridays, and how to tie in quarterly planning initiatives. Join V. Lee Henson, President and Founder of AgileDad as we explore what you should do if you find yourself in these types of situations.