The Agile Pubcast

From ???? We are back! We are refreshed after our summer break and raring to go! The question is - are the lads at home or in the pub... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From our homes, UK. In the last episode before a summer break, Geoff mentions that he has been playing Product Owner again which led to a discussion about the mindset, personalities and traits of effective product ownership.  Listen through to the end to hear how you could get involved in episode 100! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From our homes, UK. We have a Guest Ale! For the first time, one of our Patrons has volunteered to appear on the show so we welcome self-confessed geek Gareth Thomas to take Geoff and Paul a little out of their comfort zone to discuss all things technical. From different levels of testing, leading and lagging indicators, Gherkin and Selenium and even something to do with Japanese Steel and Tin Mil...

From our homes. UK. What a whopper! This bumper episode covers finale of the Scrum Mastery Challenge 2020: Lockdown Edition. The final challenge is all about reflection so tune in to see what our contestants thought of the competition and who is judged to be the winner... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From our homes, UK. The pubs are open! A REAL Agile pubcast is coming very soon... we can feel it! As we approach the business end of the Scrum Mastery Challenge LOCKDOWN edition, our competitors were tasked with celebrating collaboratively with a team. This challenge required a little 'out-of-the-box' thinking but we had some great results to discuss! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

From our homes, UK. The Scrum Mastery Challenge continues!! Task 4 was all about starting an online conversation. Our global contestants were scored by which conversation added the greatest CONTRIBUTION. Listen on to hear how they got on! In you would like to check out the online conversations our contestants started, have a look here... Team USA - https://twitter.com/AgileFaye/status/127434142560...

From our homes, UK. As lockdown continues so does the Scrum Mastery Challenge! In this task, our global contestants were charged with describing their most valuable "thing". Some interesting stories emerged from some "almost" everyday objects! Geoff & Paul debrief how the word "value" is highly subjective, multi-dimensional and how "pain" can be a good indicator of what to do next. Enjoy! Hosted o...

From Our Homes, UK. Still in lockdown - still not allowed in a pub. And now I think that BOREDOM has really set in. Has the novelty factor of working remotely now worn off? Geoff & Paul discuss the drop in energy levels they have noticed from working remotely in recent days and weeks. And this led onto a discussion about how we can guarantee that we feel SAFE when working from home? An interesting...

From our homes, UK. The Scrum Mastery Challenge: LOCKDOWN continues! In this episode, the contestants were tasked with telling a 60-second story, inspired by this image:   With points being awarded for the most engaging stories. Geoff & Paul discuss the submissions and also share some thoughts on what they are looking for in a good stories, and what good storytelling looks like too! Enjoy! Hosted...

From our homes, UK. In this episode, Geoff & Paul debrief the first of the ScrumMastery Challenge: LOCKDOWN tasks. The global contestants were asked to record a 60 second video introducing themself to a new team. In the debrief, Geoff & Paul extract both positives and negatives from the submissions and also give some thoughts of their own on what makes a good introduction. You can see a full descr...

From our homes, UK. Geoff & Paul share an evening drink after a warm spell of UK weather to discuss the subjects of FLOW and FEEDBACK. They reflect on how they changed over time with regards to giving and receiving feedback, and also share some theory on feedback and some tips on how to improve on feedback for yourself! Enjoy! Have you seen our new online trailer ? Please give us a LIKE and why no...

From our homes, UK. Geoff & Paul reflect on their online advanced scrum master training held this week, any some of the interesting questions they tackled during the class. We spend a lot of time convincing the organisation about self-organisation, but how do you convince the team themselves? Also, what emotions are in play for a team? And what fears both Geoff & Paul had to confront as a novice t...

From our homes, UK. Geoff & Paul were invited to speak at the first remote Lean Agile Brighton Meetup event, held on 6 May 2020. Geoff & Paul took a number of questions from the live audience such as: What does a remote ScrumMaster look like in the current lockdown? How can leadership create psychological safety at this time? And how has the life of a trainer and coach changed during lockdown? We...

From our homes, UK. Still in lockdown! In this episode, we discuss a question from one of our listeners about how we have been adapting sprint meetings during this lockdown period. We also get onto to the subject of WEREWOLVES! A game we played at The Social Distance Inn last week. It seems that a very simple game has a lot of agile learnings within it! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...

From Cheltenham, BOA (UK), Madison, Milwaukee (USA). In this special episode, Geoff & Paul recorded a fun episode with Jeff Bubolz and Jeff Maleski of the The Agile Wire podcast. We talk about virtual icebreakers to use in online training courses, some norms about teaching online and some interested moral questions about online tranings too. All in all a very enjoyable episode to record. We hope y...

From Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Florida! Geoff and Paul were invited to run a live episode of The Agile Pubcast at the Agile Online Meetup. The lockdown was of course one of the main topics of conversation and we took questions from the listeners about the future of office work, how optimism can spread like a virus, how doing less stuff is important and other interesting, unscripted topics. Ch...

From Our Homes, UK. Geoff & Paul meet virtually during the third week of lockdown in the UK and start with a chat about what they miss about their work while stuck at home. They drift onto talking about how routine and being bored can be a problem but can provoke some creativity. And finally... Paul gets his instrument out for a blow! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...

From Our Homes, UK. During lockdown you can expect a few more of these pubcasts while Geoff & Paul are stuck at home! In this episode, they discuss how the current COVID-19 might have converted some team members to a new way of working, a little on the locus of control, and a dissection of the movie "Moneyball" too! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From Cheltenham & Bradford on Avon, UK. The COVID-19 lockdown in the UK is now in full force, and after one week of staying at home, Geoff & Paul reflect on how home and professional life has had to change. Also - they discuss the prospect of remote working could be here to stay and maybe some of the biases they had are being challenged. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...

From Cheltenham, Bradford on Avon and Indiana! Recorded on 17th March so hot off the press, this is a "crossover" with another super popular agile podcast - Agile For Humans.  Host Ryan Ripley joins us remotely from Indiana as we begin COVID-19 lockdown in the UK. Unsurprisingly we talk about the consequences of this for working patterns, leadership, mindset and general human nature.   Not only is...

From three different locations across the UK & Europe. A special guest episode! Geoff managed to secure some time to talk with Geordie Wardman, founder of One Stop Dev Shop and host of Big Break Software Podcast. We chatted about remote working for agile teams (which is now somewhat relevant given the COVID-19 outbreak!) and also what makes a great entrepreneur. You can find out more about Geordie...

From The Black Friar, London, UK. Geoff & Paul brave the cold outside one of London's oldest pubs to discuss some questions from our listeners. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From Graingers Cafe Bar, Dublin, Ireland. Geoff & Paul multi-stream this episode on all sorts of social media platforms, but here is the audio version. Several good questions from social media listeners too! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From The Whole Hog, Malmesbury, UK. Geoff & Paul take on a question on coaching they received on Twitter, and discuss Paul's general well-being after an emotional return to the game he loves. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From The Bay Horse, Bristol, UK. Happy New Year! The boys are back in Bristol and recorded this one after a childish visit to an amusement arcade. Needless to say that started a conversation about agile! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.