Virtually Agile: Recent Episodes
Chris Stone - The Virtual Agile Coach
The podcast that hears from established thought leaders as well as amplifying newer voices, on all things agile, virtually agile and everything in between.
In this 46-minute episode I’m joined by the founder of Everyday Agile Jac Hughes
We chat about:
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The power of a brand - Is it better to be good? Or known
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Why people buy in to big brands
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and more
In this 1 hour episode I'm joined by 2x guests Chris Williams & Ryan Ripley
Chris Williams is an Agile Coach and Podcaster at Badass Agile
and Ryan Ripley is the Co-founder of Agile for Humans & Professional Scrum Trainer
We explore:
- why my 2x guests are against the idea of themed retrospectives
- the misconceptions about themed retros
- and the need to focus on value
Listen in as I'm joined by one of the co authors of the Agile Manifesto and a self described Agile Wrangler, Jon Kern.
In this 40 minute episode, we discuss:* The deliberate ambiguity in the Agile Manifesto * How the Manifesto should be used
In this 37 min episode I’m joined by Cliff Hazell, an ex Spotify coach who helps companies to scale without copy and pasting frameworks.
We talk about;
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His experiences at Spotify
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The power of flight levels
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and those uncomfortable truths about agile
In this 33 minute episode I'm joined by CEO of ProKanban. org, an expert in flow metrics and predictability, Colleen Johnson
We chat about:
- Thoughts on the state of the agile market
- The importance of flow metrics
- and we share a few of our failures
In this 41 minute episode I'm joined by the Badass Coach himself, Bob Galen
We talked about
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What makes a badass agile coach
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How to show your value
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What's next for agile
In this 41 minute episode I chat to Agile Coach and Founder of a Community that focuses on supporting Women with Public speaking in Agile and Tech, Maddie Clingan
Join us as we discuss;
- Women in Tech
- Data driven Continuous Improvement
- and we play a game called ‘Let’s get Ruthless’
In this 40 min episode I'm joined by Ex-Firefighter turned Team-centric Coach & Keynote speaker CP Richardson
We chat about:
- His fascinating story of a Firefighter turned Agile coach.
- Improving diversity in the Agile space.
- A little game of Old Man Yells at Cloud.
In this 33min episode I’m joined by Agile & Enterprise Coach, Scrum Trainer, Professional Speaker & Author of The Great ScrumMaster Book & Agile Leader Book - Zuzana (Zuzi) Sochova.
We discuss we discuss the state of the Agile market, articulating your value in an Agile world, and the different types of Agile leadership, Catalyst versus Expert.
In this 37 minute episode I’m joined by two guests, from Switch to Eleven and New Ways of Working (NWoW) Experts
Nina Pozderec - Human relations psychologist, Workshop facilitator & Self-management expert
Jaka Kladnik - Digital marketing expert, Scrum Master, Business model designer & ‘Corporate Rebel’
Check out this latest episode where we talk about;
- Agility in marketing
- Inviting people to collaborate
- New ways of working - Beyond just agile
In this 38 min episode I’m joined by Antoni Tzavelas, Team Coach & Founder of Smiling Bowtie
We talk about:
Why happiness is important in the workplace
Finding your bowtie (This will make sense when you listen)
Positivity experiments to get started
In this 50 min episode I'm joined by Artur Margonari
A keynote speaker, agile coach and conference buddy of mine who helps people on their journey to public speaking
We chat about;
- His 9-year journey with being up on stage
- How to get started including free resources to help
- Engaging your audience
And a lot more
In this 45min episode I'm joined by Ondrej, an Agile Coach, Scrum Master and fellow retrospective creator who has worked at companies such as Goldman Sachs, H&M & Scania Group
We chat about;
- The signs of high performance
- Why motivating teams is important
- and we create a brand new retrospective on the fly based on the Scrum Values
Join me in this 34 min episode where I'm joined by Sheetal, a Strategic Thinker, Silo Breaker, Culture Shifter, Techy, Food and Wine Nerd.
We chat about;
- Agile leadership - What it is
- The signs of great agile leadership
- and play a game of Agile Leadership Bingo
In this episode I'm joined by Author, Keynote Speaker, Founder & CPO - Duena Blomstrom In this 42 min episode, we talk about * Why psychological safety is so important * What Human debt is and how to tackle it * The 4-day work week - Is it the answer?
Chris goes on a solo adventure, embracing chaos and letting the almighty LinkedIn algorithm choose his topics
In this solo episode he explores;
- The Behaviour Change Dynamo - Jurgen Appello
- 10 Psychological principles for marketing - Chase Dimond
- The Definition of Done EvoCycle - Chee-Hong Hsia (Scrum Facilitators)
- 12 sources of uses stories with by Vibhor Chandel
Join me in this 35 minute episode where Virtual meets Visual, where we talk about;
- The power of using visuals in the workplace
- The benefits of visual thinking -How to get started if you don’t believe you can draw
- Creating your visual library
On this episode with Pierre Neis - Creator of the Agile Organisation and Co-founder of the agile gaming unconference #Play14
We talk about,
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The Agile Organisation
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Our favourite agile games
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play14 the agile games unconference
- Creating a brand new agile game using three randomly generated objects
In this episode I'm joined by Craig, an Enterprise Agile Coach, conference speaking, Red Team Thinker and remote work advocate,
In this 51 min episode we chat,
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Flow in the agile context
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The remote work debate - work from home vs work from anywhere
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The BCS conference and amplifying newer voices
In this episode I'm joined by Michael Kusters, the creator of the TOP structure which aims to bring Technology, Operations and Product equally to the table
In this 47 min episode,
-What the TOP structure is and why he created it
- The benefits of a model-neutral, scale-free approach in agile
This one again featured my guest co-host Oana Moraru - Scrum Trainer 🦄 and her partner in crime Benjamin Thorstensen
In this 49min episode,
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We explore how AI such as ChatGPT can be used to amplify your skills
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Whether AI will replace us? I for one welcome our new overlords.
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We use AI to create a brand new Cheese themed retrospective on the fly. It was so gouda! 🧀
In this 39 minute episode, Elle and I
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Discuss her non-traditional flight path into Agile
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Hear about high performing, dynamic teams
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Play a game I call 'Air-gile Turbulance - Navigating Team Challenges'
In this 54 minute episode, Chris and co-host Oana chat with Jutta on,
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Sustainability in Agile
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What would happen if we considered the Planet as our Stakeholder?
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How we can be more sustainable ourselves - our daily habits
In this 43 minute episode, Michael and I talk,
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No nonsense agile
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Dysfunction mapping
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We play a game of "Dysfunction speed dating"
In this episode I was joined by Karim Harbott, a Business Agility expert and author of the book 6 enablers of business agility
In this 45 min episode, we spoke about;
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Business agility
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The Business Agility canvas
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Why agile transformations fail
This episode I was joined by Steven Sampson Jones, a fellow retro enthusiast, Agile Delivery Manager and Visual Thinker.
In this 52 min episode, we spoke about;
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Visual thinking
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Stevens lessons with failure and comparisons with sports
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The differences between an Agile Delivery Manager, Scrum Master and Agile Coach
This episode I was joined by L David Marquet, someone who has been a huge influence on my own leadership style. He's the
best-selling author of books including Turn the ship around & leadership is language, a keynote speaker & ex commanding officer of the USS Santa Fe. A leader who aims to build leaders at every level of an organisation,
In this 40 min episode, we spoke about;
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Intent based leadership
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The importance of language in the workplace
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Why we should use 'We' rather than 'They'
This episode I was joined by Mia Kolmodin, the founder of Dandy People, an Executive & Enterprise Agile Coach & Chief Enabling Officer.
Dandy people are responsible for some of my favourite visuals about agility including; Agile in a nutshell and agile leadership
In this 30 min episode, we spoke about;
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Serious games and their benefits
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De-stigmatising failure & the biggest f#ck ups game
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The Dandy posters - Agile infographics
This episode I was joined by Martin Dalmijn, a Product manager & article writer on Medium who aims to help teams discover better ways of working & avoid the feature factory trap.
In this 35 min episode, we spoke about;
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Product management & roadmapping
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The notion of deadlines
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The certification circus
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Creating learning environments
This episode I was joined by Johanna Rothman, the 'Pragmatic Manager', author of 19 books, speaker & consultant
In this 47 min episode, we spoke about some of the myths managers face from her book 'Modern Management made Easy'. This included;
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Comparisons between teams
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Needing estimates to plan
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The quest for 100% utilisation
This episode I was joined by Ravi Jay, an Agile Transformation Director
In this 40 min episode, we spoke about;
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The Dunning Kruger effect
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Enterprise Agility and the challenges organisations face with ways of working
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Creating an environment for learning, experimentation & failure
This episode I was joined by Rebecca Dainton, an Agile Coach & Scrum Master
In the 40 min episode, we spoke about;
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Scrum & Scaling Scrum with LeSS
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Dyslexia and how it can be beneficial to agile roles
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Career progression as a woman with children
On this episode I was joined by Geoff Watts, an Agile Leadership coach & best selling author of such books as Product Mastery, Scrum Mastery & Team Mastery.
In the 41 min episode, we spoke about;
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Servant Leadership
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Organic Agility
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The great resignation
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Mastery including of ones self
In the 2nd episode of season 3, we hear from Becca Francis, an Agile Coach and Scrum Master
In this 37 min episode we talk about;
- ADHD and why neurodiversity is a gift
- What the hallmarks of a great leader are
- Top tips on remote working
In the season 3 premiere of the show, at the request of one of our listeners I host Richard Kasperowski, an author of two books, High performance teams - The foundations & The Core protocols; a guide to greatness, a podcast host himself, speaker & trainer.
In this 44 min episode we talk about;
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What makes a high performing team
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Remote working and the shift to the virtual world
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Core protocols and why they are important
In the season 2 finale of the show, I host Sathpal Singh, an agile professional with a career spanning over 20 years, chair of agile methods at BCS & an organiser the 'Future of work Scotland'.
In this 38 min episode we talk about; - The great resignation - Social leadership - Continuous learning - Sharing with the community
Season 2 draws to a close as I host Aino Vonge Correy to the show. Aino is the author of the book Retrospective Antipatterns', described herself a a metadeveloper & is a continuous improvement coach at the Lego group.
In this 41min episode we talk about; - Retrospective anti-patterns - Differences between co-location and remote working - Making meetings more valuable
This guest I had been keen to speak to for a while as I had a feeling we'd have a similar ethos on our approach to people. Pia Thoren is the author of Agile People - A Radical Approach for HR and Managers, Founder of Agile people and co-author of the Agile People Manifesto.
In this 47min episode, we spoke about;
- The people manifesto
- Psychological safety
- The return to the office / hybrid working
In this episode I welcomed Noel Warnell to the show; Co-Founder & Chief Visualisation Officer (Fantastic title) of Humble associates, a fellow enterprise coach and like me, a big believer in the use of visualisation techniques.
In this 44min episode, we spoke about;
- Systems thinking
- The importance of & power in saying no
- Visualisation techniques and why we use them when coaching
In this episode I welcomed Simon Powers to the show, CEO and Founder of Adventures with Agile, one of my favourite agile training organisations, author of the book Change, a blogger, speaker, & trainer of yours truly included.
In this 51min episode, we spoke about;
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Enterprise coaching & the difference between a scrum master, agile coach & enterprise coach
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Pace of learning - Continuous learning & learning styles
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What's next for enterprise coaching
In this episode I welcomed Arie Van Bennekum to the show, a co-author of the Agile manifesto, thought leader at Wemanity group & a fellow Agile agnostic.
In this 38min episode, we spoke about;
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The impact of covid on digital working
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What's next for agile
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Being the architect of your own life
In the 2nd episode of season 2 of the Virtually Agile videocast. I had the pleasure of welcoming Jess Brock to the show. VP of consulting at Agility in Mind and curator or agile curated.
We spoke about;
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Her conversion from an agile pessimist to a believer
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The benefits of learning dojos
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How Jess continuously learns and develops
Listen in to find out what retrospective I was challenged to create
The season 2 opener of the podcast featured one of the goddesses of retrospectives. Diana Larsen
In this 46 minute episode we spoke about;
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Retrospectives, both physical and virtual
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The Agile fluency project
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His challenge to me, a nature themed retro
Today's guest hardly needs an introduction. A Ted.com speaker, founder of team Wikispeed, operator of Agile @ Tesla, designer and builder of everything from robots, to race cars and houses - The many faceted, multi-talented - Joe Justice
In this 42 minute episode we spoke about;
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Bringing your whole self to work
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Agile @ Tesla
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Agile in non software environments
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Radical autonomy
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His challenge to me to create a fiendishly difficult, aesthetically challenging retrospective involving tableware!
In this episode I spoke with Jorge Luis Castro Toribio, an Agile Coach / Agile Programme Manager from Peru who is as passionate about people and enabling fun in the workplace as I am.
In this 36 minute episode we spoke about;
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Game Driven Development
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ContinuousFun
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Agile In education
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Paying it forward with knowledge sharing
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His challenge to me, creating a Peru themed retrospective
In this episode I spoke with Kim Greenwood, a fellow Enterprise Agile Coach
We spoke about;
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Evolutionary Leadership
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Agile coaching competency
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Radical feedback
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How we continually learn as coaches
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How we maintain engagement in a virtual world
In this episode I spoke with Andreas Worm, a self titled agile specialising generalist. We spoke about; - The value of retrospectives - Learning from failure - The importance of a shared understanding, in particular around what 'Quality' means - Virtual working and lessons learned - He challenges me to create a tricky retrospective that will push me out of my comfort zone!
I had the pleasure of welcoming a friend of mine, someone who's energy and creativity rivals my own! The all-singing all-dancing (literally!) relentlessly value-focused Agile Coach and Professional Coach - Susannah Chambers. The fourth episode of season 1 of what has evolved into the Virtually Agile videocast. We spoke about; - Being creative in the Agile world - The importance of psychological safety - Personal agility - Metrics & Chill Listen in to find out what retrospective I was challenged to create
In this edition I spoke with Tobias Mayer, author of 'The Peoples Scrum'
We spoke about;
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Healthy conflict and debate
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Agile agnosticism
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Updates to the Scrum guide
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Are people resources and what are the alternatives?
This time round I talk to Mike Cohn of Mountain Goat Software, One of the founders of the Agile Alliance and the Scrum Alliance & Author of books including Succeeding with Scrum.
In our conversation, we talk about;
- Mikes thoughts on the agile manifesto and user stories.
- Why he didn't believe retrospectives should be part of Scrum!
First up; Lyssa Adkins, author of the seminal book "Coaching Agile Teams".
We talk about;
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Maintaining a focus on the people in an increasingly digital world
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Her favourite agile ceremony
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The benefits of value journalling