LeadingAgile SoundNotes: an Agile Podcast

In this SoundNotes interview, LeadingAgile’s Tom Churchwell explains what it’s like to stick with an Agile transformation all the way through, the Agile and Beyond conference, and the fundamental questions that lead to craftsmanship of the self. Tom Churchwell Notes Interview Begins 1:48 Background on Tom 2:14 Tom’s path to Agile 3:23 The long haul of transformation 4:20 I lost my cube, but I got this shirt 5:05 The long haul 6:05 I trust you implicitly from right out of the gate 7:16 Creating a safe space to make it work 8:00 Change is slow 8:30 Agile Beyond 9:55 Reorienting around excellence 10:45 Ae we still pushing the boundaries? 13:35 Creating the Safe Space 14:15 Increased focus on the human side of Agile 16:00 What do you do when excellence fails? 17:45 I don’t believe that there are dark places 18:38 If your team is in the doldrums, it is the fault of leadership 19:24 Enroll and Inspire, nor command and control 19:40 Craftsmanship and art are a part of what high technology people do 21:00 Bob Hoover - an amazing scary story about trust 23:00 We need a safe space where people can make mistakes 24:25 On volunteering and how it can inspire you 26:30 The fundamental questions of the self 32:30 Tom’s mission and craftsmanship of the self 33:18 Volunteering for Agile and Beyond 35:30 Getting in touch with Tom 37:15 Tom can be reached at tchurchwell@twitter.com

In this podcast, Dr. Dan Greening is back to follow up in the earlier podcast interview about Agile Base Patterns. This time, Dan and Dave Prior discuss leading indicators you can study to assess Agile Portfolio Health. During the podcast, they dig in to metrics that can be used to assess Lead Time, Abandoned Work and Fitness Functions.

An Accountability Partnership can be a powerful thing. At a very basic level, this is a relationship you establish with another person who agrees to keep watch and support you in defining and realizing your goals. The goals may be of a professional nature, though they may extend beyond this into other areas of your life. In this episode of SoundNotes, LeadingAgile Engagement Analyst, Katrina Coker and Dave Prior discuss the role that an Accountability Partnership can play in providing support in your professional, and personal life. Dave and Katrina talk about how to find an Accountability Partner that is right for you, how to establish working agreements and how to prepare yourself for having someone play that role in your life. Katrina Coker - Personal Accountability Podcast Show Notes Interview Start 1:48 Katrina’s role at LeadingAgile 2:12 Katrina and the Personal Agility Canvas 5:22 Dave’s story on having an Accountability Partner 5:58 Katrina’s background 7:02 How Katrina ended up with an Accountability Partner 8:00 How it works 9:26 Personal Accountability Retrospectives 11:15 How Personal Goals fit in 11:55 Why it helps to have someone to share your goals with 12:25 Prioritizing your goals and getting support from your Personal Accountability Partner 13:10 “Oh, let me know when you start achieving.” 14:51 How to approach someone about being your Accountability Partner 15:31 Finding the right person to be your Accountability Partner 17:47 Establishing working agreements with your Accountability Partner 19:36 Setting Boundaries and Goals 21:39 The value of having a Professional Counselor 22:43 Including spiritual goals in the Personal Agility Canvas 24:26 How Katrina finds accountability and support in non-work areas of her life 25:10 How Katrina’s accountability partner helps her prioritize her goals 27:44 “If it’s not a HELL YES, it’s not gonna happen” 28:20 Katrina’s advice on three things you need to do in order to prepare to have an Accountability Partner 28:55 Getting in touch with Katrina 32:00 If you'd like to check out the Personal Agility Canvas mentioned in this podcast, here are some links: Personal Agility Canvas 2.0 - http://bit.ly/1tdzSF6 PMP Rehab: Personal Agility Canvas slideshare from the 2016 Scrum Gathering - http://bit.ly/214vv9R

In this version of our podcast, IHG Product Owner, Rebecca Williamson and LeadingAgile Consultant, Russ Pena discuss how the role of Product Owner has played out on the hotel room redesign project at IHG. From there, Rebecca and Russ share how applying agile outside of technology has led to some interesting process modifications.

LeadingAgile is working with InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) to apply Agile in a project that is completely outside of technology. In this interview, LeadingAgile’s Enterprise Transformation Consultant, Russ Pena and IHG Project Manager, Daniella Huang discuss how they’ve been using Agile in a project to redesign guest rooms for the Holiday Inn brand. This is the first of four podcast interviews we will be posting on how IHG is using Agile outside of IT to deliver value for their customers.

In this edition of our Sound Notes podcast, we sat down with Enterprise Transformation Consultant, Devin Hedge and CST, Dave Prior to share our experiences introducing innovation into an organization through the program and portfolio levels.

In this edition of our Sound Notes podcast, we sat down with LeadingAgile CEO, Mike Cottmeyer to talk about the big splash our company plans to make during the World's Largest Agile Conference in Atlanta.

In this version of Sound Notes, we sat down with Jann Thomas and Tim Wise of our consulting team to answer questions from attendees of our Certified Scrum Training courses. This podcast tackles questions on how UX fits into Agile and recommendations to help Design and UX work with Agile.

We sat down with Enterprise Transformation Consultant, Tim Wise to discuss how people going through IT transformation can develop empathy for change.

Interview Start 1:48 A little about Dan 2:28 Five Characteristics of Sustainable Agility 4:04 Pattern 1 - Measuring Economic Progress (Leading Indicators) 5:04 Pattern 2 - Proactively Experiment for Improvement 8:45 Pattern 3 - Limit Work in Process 10:31 Clarification on Limiting Work in Process for the Five Characteristics of Sustainable Agility 11:30 Pattern 4 - Collective Responsibility 24:31 Pattern 5 - Solve Systemic Problems 28:49 Want more: Dan’s profile on LeadingAgile: http://www.leadingagile.com/guides/dan-greening/ Dan’s blog on SenexRex http://senexrex.com/blog Dan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greening Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/greening Dan’s email: Dan.Greening@leadingagile.com