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LeadingAgile's resident Scrum trainer Dave Prior, hosts a weekly podcast that covers all sorts of topics about Agile, Scrum, Organizational Transformation and Leadership. No matter if you're new to Agile development or an Agile veteran, Dave and his guest are sure to make you think about Agile in a whole new way! Alexa knows us as Leading Agile Sound Notes.
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Thursday Nov 30, 2023
How to Create Clarity and Unlock the Flow of Value in Large Organizations
Thursday Nov 30, 2023
Thursday Nov 30, 2023
Business Agility is all about creating strategic alignment between different parts of your organization. One of the ways that we help our clients create strategic alignment is by implementing a four-tiered governance model that has a dedicated strategy team, or investment team on top. This team is responsible for setting the strategy, applying context for all the other teams, and making sure that they are holding the system of delivery accountable.
But this requires a shift in how you think about things like metrics, OKRs and KPIs. IT requires a shift in how you think about funding and what it means to have a system of delivery. We explore all this and more in this episode of SoundNotes.
Contacting Andrew Young
LeadingAgile: www.leadingagile.com/guides/andrew-young/
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/atyoung/
Email: andrew.young@leadingagile.com
Contacting Andy Fine
LeadingAgile: www.leadingagile.com/guides/andy-fine/
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/andyfine/
Email: andy.fine@leadingagile.com
Contacting Dave Prior
If you’d like to contact Dave, you can reach him at:
LeadingAgile: www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo
Twitter: twitter.com/mrsungo
Email: dave.prior@leadingagile.com
If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com
Interested in CSM or CSPO Training?
You can find all the details at www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/

Thursday Nov 16, 2023
Bringing Balance to the Agile Culture Conversation
Thursday Nov 16, 2023
Thursday Nov 16, 2023
Culture eats strategy for breakfast was a quote from the legendary management consultant and author Peter Drucker. If that’s true, then what does it mean when there are competing views on culture? What type of culture gets to eat strategy for breakfast? Who gets to decide and why do we have to choose?
In this podcast, Mike and Dave sit down to discuss how your personality type influences the way you see and value culture, and the implications that can have on your business. Together they explore different types of personalities, how they manifest in the Agile community, and some ways the Agile community can find some common ground to achieve what we’re all chasing—greater Business Agility.
Contacting Mike Cottmeyer
If you’d like to contact Mike, you can reach him at:
LeadingAgile: www.leadingagile.com/guides/mike-cottmeyer
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/cottmeyer/
Twitter: twitter.com/mcottmeyer
Email: mike@leadingagile.com
Contacting Dave Prior
If you’d like to contact Dave, you can reach him at:
LeadingAgile: www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo
Twitter: twitter.com/mrsungo
Email: dave.prior@leadingagile.com
If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com
Interested in CSM or CSPO Training?
You can find all the details at www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/

Thursday Nov 02, 2023
What Do You Do When One Dev is Slowing You Down?
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
Most developers aren’t waking up in the morning and wondering how they’re going to mess up the sprint today. There’s usually a reason why they can’t get their work done on time. Still, if one developer isn’t meeting their commitment, then the whole team isn’t meeting their commitment. So, something’s got to give. In this episode of SoundNotes, Vic Bonacci and Dave Prior draw on their vast experience as CSTs and dish out some tips on what you can do when you have one developer slowing you down.
Contacting Vic Bonacci
If you’d like to contact Vic you can reach him at:
LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/victor-bonacci
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vbonacci/
Email: Victor.Bonacci@leadingagile.com
Contacting Dave Prior
If you’d like to contact Dave, you can reach him at:
LeadingAgile: www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo
Twitter: twitter.com/mrsungo
Email: dave.prior@leadingagile.com
If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com
Interested in CSM or CSPO Training?
You can find all the details at www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/

Thursday Oct 26, 2023
How to Make Home-Office Hybrid Scrum Teams Work
Thursday Oct 26, 2023
Thursday Oct 26, 2023
During the height of the pandemic, many teams learned how to work from home. As people start heading back to the office, many teams are in this weird in-between space where things aren’t always what they need to be to get the most out of your team. In this short podcast, Dave and Vic explore how hybrid teams are impacting your ability to do Scrum successfully, and discuss some tips and tricks to get the most out of your Scrum team while ensuring you’re also getting what you need to do your best work.
Contacting Vic Bonacci
If you’d like to contact Vic you can reach him at:
LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/victor-bonacci
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vbonacci/
Email: Victor.Bonacci@leadingagile.com
Contacting Dave Prior
If you’d like to contact Dave, you can reach him at:
LeadingAgile: www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo
Twitter: twitter.com/mrsungo
Email: dave.prior@leadingagile.com
If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com
Interested in CSM or CSPO Training?
You can find all the details at www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/

Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
What Do You Do When Your Product Owner isToo Busy?
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
Sometimes you have a product owner that’s wearing too many hats, traveling, or spread across too many teams. This can leave the rest of the people on your team feeling lost, or it can cause the ScrumMaster to take on more than maybe what should be required of them. In this podcast, Vic and Dave explore some ways to manage expectations and divide the work so that no one is overwhelmed and ensure the delivery teams are getting what they need.
Contacting Vic Bonacci
If you’d like to contact Vic you can reach him at:
LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/victor-bonacci
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vbonacci/
Email: Victor.Bonacci@leadingagile.com
Contacting Dave Prior
If you’d like to contact Dave, you can reach him at:
LeadingAgile: www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo
Twitter: twitter.com/mrsungo
Email: dave.prior@leadingagile.com
If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com
Interested in CSM or CSPO Training?
You can find all the details at www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/

Thursday Oct 12, 2023
How to Overcome Specialized Roles in Scrum and Why it Matters
Thursday Oct 12, 2023
Thursday Oct 12, 2023
In this short podcast, two CST's, Dave Prior and Vic Bonacci, sit down to discuss specialized roles in Scrum. They dig into why that's a problem, how it impedes Agile, and explore some ways to get your team more cross-functional. Additionally, as a bonus, they discuss what to do when there's a lack of QA on the team.
Contacting Vic Bonacci
If you’d like to contact Vic you can reach him at:
LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/victor-bonacci
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vbonacci/
Email: Victor.Bonacci@leadingagile.com
Contacting Dave Prior
If you’d like to contact Dave, you can reach him at:
LeadingAgile: www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo
Twitter: twitter.com/mrsungo
Email: dave.prior@leadingagile.com
If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com
Interested in CSM or CSPO Training?
You can find all the details at www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/

Thursday Oct 05, 2023
Exploring the Pros and Cons of Product Goals
Thursday Oct 05, 2023
Thursday Oct 05, 2023
In 2020, the Scrum Guide introduced the idea of the Product Goal, but left out anything about Vision. Was this move better or worse for Scrum teams?In this short podcast, Vic Bonacci and Dave Prior, our two resident CSTs, sit down to discuss the difference between product goals and vision and the impact this change is making on Scrum Teams.
Contacting Vic Bonacci
If you’d like to contact Vic you can reach him at:
LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/victor-bonacci
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vbonacci/
Email: Victor.Bonacci@leadingagile.com
Contacting Dave Prior
If you’d like to contact Dave, you can reach him at:
LeadingAgile: www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo
Twitter: twitter.com/mrsungo
Email: dave.prior@leadingagile.com
If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com
Interested in CSM or CSPO Training?
You can find all the details at www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/

Thursday Sep 28, 2023
An Introduction to Sprint Goals
Thursday Sep 28, 2023
Thursday Sep 28, 2023
In this episode of SoundNotes, our two in-house CSTs get together to talk about the importance of sprint goals. They dive into everything from what they are, why they’re important, and how to go about creating them—even in the absence of an explicit business goal.
Contacting Vic Bonacci
If you’d like to contact Vic you can reach him at:
LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/victor-bonacci
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vbonacci/
Email: Victor.Bonacci@leadingagile.com
Contacting Dave Prior
If you’d like to contact Dave, you can reach him at:
LeadingAgile: www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo
Twitter: twitter.com/mrsungo
Email: dave.prior@leadingagile.com
If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com
Interested in CSM or CSPO Training?
You can find all the details at www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/

Friday Sep 15, 2023
Balancing Culture With the Need to Produce Results
Friday Sep 15, 2023
Friday Sep 15, 2023
Why are so many Agile coaches and ScrumMasters getting laid off? Is it because Agile is disappearing? Or is it because they’ve gotten so dogmatic about the rules and ceremonies surrounding Agile that they’re more of a burden then they are valuable? In our latest episode of SoundNotes, Mike Cottmeyer and Dave Prior explore the how to balance the competing priorities of the Agilists and the leaders they’re trying to help so that everyone can get back succeeding with Agile.
Contacting Mike Cottmeyer
If you’d like to contact Mike, you can reach him at:
LeadingAgile: www.leadingagile.com/guides/mike-cottmeyer
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/cottmeyer/
Twitter: twitter.com/mcottmeyer
Email: mike@leadingagile.com
Contacting Dave Prior
If you’d like to contact Dave, you can reach him at:
LeadingAgile: www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo
Twitter: twitter.com/mrsungo
Email: dave.prior@leadingagile.com
If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com
Interested in CSM or CSPO Training?
You can find all the details at www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/

Thursday Jul 20, 2023
Exploring Kanban in an Enterprise Environment
Thursday Jul 20, 2023
Thursday Jul 20, 2023
Join us for today’s podcast where we dive into the world of Kanban and Agile methodologies to unravel the thought process behind large organizations who want embrace Kanban. If you’re considering Kanban, or you’re currently grappling with workflow challenges, this video will equip you with some Kanban strategies to help you seamlessly implement and optimize Kanban in a dynamic enterprise environment.
Contacting Tom Furland
If you’d like to contact Mike, you can reach him at:
LeadingAgile: https://www.leadingagile.com/guides/tom-furland/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tfurland/
Email: tom.furland@leadingagile.com
Contacting Dave Prior
If you’d like to contact Dave, you can reach him at:
LeadingAgile: www.leadingagile.com/guides/dave-prior/
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mrsungo
Twitter: twitter.com/mrsungo
Email: dave.prior@leadingagile.com
If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com
Interested in CSM or CSPO Training?
You can find all the details at www.leadingagile.com/scrum-training/