The Agile Pubcast

Hello patrons! Another episode has arrived! In this virtual episode Geoff was busy working away in Hull and stumbled across a VERY old pub connected with the English Civil War! That started some conversations around the battles between agile and scrum communities over the years. We finished with a chat around crosswords! So here is a clue I mentioned at the end for you to work on... Hard-line Unit...

This episode sees the boys after a successful fishing trip convene a meeting at The Gloucester Old Spot on the outskirts of Cheltenham where Geoff introduces Paul to a new - and amazing - cider. The topic of conversation today was "Do we have too many meetings?" What do you think? Our Discord session with our Legends will take place on Friday 22nd at 15:00 BST. We would love to chat to you then......

For those of you on the Regular and Legend tiers, you should see this in your feed today and our Legends will be invited to the Discord chat on Friday 8th April @ 1230 GMT+1. We have trawled back through the pubcast archives and found an episode we recorded just before the pandemic hit, and the word "coronavirus" was merely a throwaway comment. In this one, Geoff & Paul discuss students who do...

Welcome to another new episode of The Agile Pubcast!! Geoff & Paul met in a pub called The One Tun near Farringdon in London, a pub which dates back to 1759, but its moment of fame came in 1838, when Charles Dickens changed its name to the Three Cripples and made it Bill Sykes’ watering hole of choice in Oliver Twist. In this episode, we get into a question about "motivation" from one of our p...

Welcome to The Agile Pubcast!! In this FREE preview you can listen to a snippet of a recording of your hosts Geoff Watts & Paul Goddard from a pub in Bristol. They discussed the subjects of scrum being "idealistic" over "pragmatic" and a that lead onto other subjects around what skills a ScrumMaster might need. If you would like to know "WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?!?" then head over to our Patreon pag...

In this BONUS episode for Q1 of 2022, Geoff and Paul talk about whether vanilla Scrum is too much of a stretch for most organisations? And they also discuss the core skills of a ScrumMaster and even what exams a ScrumMaster should focus on in school! This special episode is accessible to patrons on the REGULARS and LEGENDS tiers only. Check out our Patreon page for more details on how to listen......

In this episode Geoff and Paul discuss the January blues and how that "low feeling" might possibly turn into a longer feeling of regret for organisations that are "going virtual" or hybrid. They referenced an article by Camilla Cavendish. They then moved on to discuss the power of repairing mistakes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Enjoy this free-to-listen special episode of the pubcast for the Agile Northants Meetup Group, Geoff and Paul took questions from the audience and had interactive discussions on topics like hybrid working, Prince 2, SAFe and facilitating online workshops. Check out our other episodes on our Patreon page!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to a brand new year and a new format. As this is the first episode that isn't free-to-air this is a very real test to see if we are worth 90p! Paul is doing Dry January so we met in The Sober Parrot (part of The Nelson Trust which does wonderful work for recovering addicts) and we started off by comparing the different ways that we both start the year. This naturally led into how...

Hello there, and welcome to the Agile Pubcast. In this pubcast, two agile coaches Geoff Watts & Paul Goddard meet in a pub and discuss all things agile in the time it takes to drink a pint of our favourite drink. In order to subscribe to our pubcast feed just head over to patreon.com/theagilepubcast and by becoming a patron you will get the latest episodes downloaded automatically to your smar...

It’s that time of year again. After massacring Band Aid, John Lennon and The Fairytale of New York, agile coaches and hosts of The Agile Pubcast Geoff Watts and Paul Goddard are back with their annual Charity Christmas Single. This year they are United Against Dementia and are supporting Alzheimer’s Society so please watch, enjoy, laugh at their expense and donate a little to help find a cure for...

I'm sure you are busy getting all of your emails into a state so that you can comfortably take some well-earned time off over the holidays and what better way to reward yourself than to join us with our good friend and "excellent stage performer" Nigel Baker. It's been a while since he's been on the Pubcast but we couldn't do a series of people who have inspired us without including The Agile Bear...

From The Camel & Artichoke, London. The guys met up for a pre-course drink after a full day of preparation for their next in-person ACSPO course. Geoff has a shiny new toy to play with at home in an attempt to get fit, and Paul feels broken after playing rugby every week this season. And finally some advice for Product Owners out there too!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...

In the 11th episode of our Prestigious Pints series, we listened to you and took a request to interview Barry Overeem and Christiaan Verwijs of The Liberators. The pair are very keen advocates of Liberating Structures and authors of The Zombie Scrum Survival Guide as well as creators of the Scrum Team Survey. We hope you enjoy the episode Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

In this episode we summarise a chat with Dr Sally-Ann Freudenberg about her history as an agile coach but her passion for inclusivity and optionality in collaboration. Some really interesting insights into many assumptions we might be making about the environments we work in and how a "blended" environment might look. If you would like to hear the chat in full, check out our “full pint” membership...

Welcome to the 10th episode in our Prestigious Pints series!! In this episode we chat with Dr Sally-Ann Freudenberg about her history as an agile coach but her passion for inclusivity and optionality in collaboration. Some really interesting insights into many assumptions we might be making about the environments we work in and how a "blended" environment might look. Thanks for the chat Sal! Hoste...

Geoff and Paul enjoy a hot beverage over breakfast to catch up after a few weeks apart. Paul has been back in front of a live audience which got him very excited and that got the guys onto the subject of "rituals" and why they are important to us to increase safety and reduce anxiety. Stay tuned to the very end as Geoff as a very special announcement ONLY for our pubcast listeners! Hosted on Acast...

Episode 122 is a summary of our Prestigious Pints series where we catch up with some of our agile inspirations, and this time Geoff and Paul grab a drink with agile testing legend Lisa Crispin. We chatted about agile testing as a mindset and the challenges it faces in the coming years. We also get to know a little more about Lisa herself and who she feels about being known as "the agile testing la...

In episode 9 of our Prestigious Pints series we catch up with some of our agile inspirations, Geoff and Paul grab a drink with agile testing legend Lisa Crispin.   We chatted about agile testing as a mindset and the challenges it faces in the coming years. We also get to know a little more about Lisa herself and who she feels about being known as "the agile testing lady".  Other topics a...

We are back!! As we reach the fag-end of the British summer we managed to grab a face to face drink outside a cidery (hence the periodic burst of wind across the microphones) on the outskirts of Cheltenham where we talked about the prospect of getting back to face to face and the mixture of excitement and nerves which led on to Geoff's various degrees of anxiety when training, speaking and coachin...

Geoff and Paul recap their Prestigious Pints conversation with agile inspiration of theirs, Henrik Kniberg. They talked about the history of the Spotify model, and what made him decide to go back to being a developer again instead of coaching. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Geoff and Paul catch up with author of Scrum and XP From The Trenches and "accidental co-creator" of the Spotify Method Henrik Kniberg. We chat about how he got started in agile back in the 1990s, how he came to work with some of the bets companies in the world and how he sees agile has changed over the last 20 years as well as what his philosophy on life is. Plus he gives a little sneak preview f...

We're all goin' on a summer holiday...No more workin' for a week or two...Fun and laughter on a summer holiday...No more worries for Geoff or Paul...For a week or two... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Geoff and Paul recap their Prestigious Pints conversation with the one and only agile legend that is Lyssa Adkins. They talked a lot about mental health and wellbeing in the world and the agile environment in general as well as her career to date and future plans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In our 7th episode of our Prestigious Pints series, we caught up with the legend that is Lyssa Adkins; author of one of the most popular agile books of all time Coaching Agile Teams. Our conversation wasn't really about coaching agile teams however and instead focussed on the "accumulation of anxieties" that we and the community in general have found ourselves needing to deal with recently. This t...