Open to be Agile

This has been a long time in the making. It's taken me countless hours to fix my terrible audio (not David's) and lots of helter-skelter in my life over the past year, BUT, we are back! I promise, the audio is merely okay in this podcast and I will improve this moving forward. You do not want to miss this podcast. David Fannin, a former Scrum Master and colleague of mine at Cofense, joins me in some very powerful discussion that you can go back to and reflect on days, months, even years...

I mentioned before that there are 3 things you can do to control or own every situation you are faced with. This wasn't my advice, but advice I learned when I heard Brian Buffini interview Lou Holtz and he told a story about his relationship problem with his wife Beth Holtz. I tell this story so that you have context and keep in mind that Lou and Beth are married to this very day over 58 years later... so this advice must work for something. I find it useful and apply it, so I share it with...

This episode brings some powerful coaching advice thanks to a little exercise our leaders went through to draft a letter of advice to their younger-selves based on all the knowledge, experience and wisdom they’ve gathered through their illustrious careers. We not only did this for George who is transitioning into the Agile space, but for anyone starting out and I think it could also add value to those who have been at this for a while. With that being said, we would like to challenge you to...

We have the distinct honor and incredible opportunity to help out someone who is just starting their Agile journey. Our special guest will ask us a few questions that anyone new to Agile will surely want to know. We hope to share some powerful advice and tips so that our guest and anyone who listens can get a good jumpstart in the Agile world. If you are experienced and have a passion for this Agile space, listen in and when we are asked these questions, think: “What advice would I give or...

This is an Open Leadership Symposium speaker interview with Doug Kirkpatrick that happened to unlock some very valuable information and insight into creating self-managed people and teams, as well as how leadership works within this culture. This is the direction of the future, get ahead of the curve now and take up some learning with this podcast episode. If you suffer from bureaucracy, dogma, fiefdoms and feel your organization can do better, you want to tune in! If you are a business or...

Get ready, because this is the show where we can rally around Healthy and Positive Agile/Agility Our last episode dove into some of our points of view on why Agile gets a bad rap. This episode will enlighten you on what the heart of Agile is and was meant to be. I have a feeling you’ll be surprised with the context of how we bring forward ways of getting Agile back onto a positive track as leaders. Actually, I think this episode will help those who resist or don’t understand what Agile is,...

If Agile is so great, what in the world is going on that many people can’t stand the thought of it? Is there a root cause? One of our leaders, Heidi Araya, wrote a great blog called, “A Dilemma of Our Time – Achieving Business Agility” and yes, it is a dilemma most likely caused by 2 decades of paradigm shift into the future of management and leadership in a rapidly changing world. This does not excuse Agile for getting a bad rap. We must be open to explore why we got here and what we can...

We want to encourage you to prepare and take leadership. We care deeply about your journey and how you can make a difference in this world. This episode is full of great information to help you grow your soft skills and personal self-awareness. Keep this in mind as you enter this episode: “Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.” ~Walter Winchell 00:11 – Show introduction 02:38 – Show opening 04:01 – Lori and Isaac on what they think of first 4 episodes and today’s...

Part 1 of a 2 part series: Don’t lose focus on yourself in this Agile world. A better you, can help out those around you. This episode focuses on you. When you seem like the work world is falling apart around you, more than likely a lot of others on your team are feeling the same. But, you are there to help and we have some things to share to help you! 0:10: Intro – Uplifting and obtaining peace & what this show segment is all about 03:07: Opening of the show, leading into the topic –...

This is a don't miss episode of Open to be Agile. Daniel Mezick surfaces why the power of decision making through the Authority Distribution Schema is a vital component, quite possibly the core component to the health of Agile and complete Organizational Business Agility. Here why and we venture into some other very interesting topics as well. 00:21 – Show Intro 02:07 – Jeff kicks off the show w/ Lori 02:51 – Meet Daniel Mezick 03:35 – State of Agile Today discussion 14:30 – Where is...

On this episode we introduce 2 of our other leaders at Coaching Agile Journeys, Heidi Araya and Lori Townsend. Get to learn a little about their journey in Agile. We also will cover some Q&A that we were never able to cover during our online presentations. Some very solid questions at that! 00:17 Show intro 02:20 Meet Heidi and Lori 06:05 How to bride the gap between traditional project management to Agile? 11:45 How do you synchronize value delivery and minimize dependencies...

Get to know Jeff Koors and Isaac Garcia. What is Agile’s Latin origin? Does this even matter? Well, check out our first show. Meet Jeff Koors & Isaac Garcia 2:40 Open to be Agile, Say what? 7:10 Benefits to you 13:40 What is your flavor of Agile? 17:05 Even more value & can participate 22:25 No way, Agile doesn't mean that! 26:35 Better do it just like the book says 30:30 What we hope you’ll gain 34:30