Agile Atelier

Hi folks. In today's episode, I'm excited to be chatting with Jared Spool on the topic of Mastering UX. Jared has been a well-known and respected figure in the field of user experience for decades. He is an American writer, researcher, speaker, educator, and an expert about usability, software, design, and research. He is the…… Continue reading Episode 41: Mastering User Experience with Jared Spool

Hi everyone and welcome to another episode on the Agile Atelier podcast. My guest today is Karin Tenelius on the topic of Self-Managing Organizations. Karin has been experimenting with employee-driven organizations and self-managing teams since the nineties.  While studying marketing in her twenties, Karin became interested in a leadership style that is not founded on…… Continue reading Episode 40: Self-Managing Organizations with Karin Tenelius

As we wrap up with 2021, it's my pleasure to be chatting today with Pia-Maria Thoren and Retrospecting on the Agile Manifesto, on the 20th year anniversary of the manifesto being written. Pia-Maria is an Agile People Coach, keynote speaker & author of Agile People – A Radical Approach for HR and Managers and Agile…… Continue reading Episode 39: Retrospecting on the Agile Manifesto with Pia-Maria Thoren

Hi everyone and welcome to this episode on the Agile Atelier podcast. Today, I'll be chatting with Roman Pichler on the topic of Scaling a Product. Roman Pichler is a product management expert specialised in digital products. He has helped advance product management over the past 10 years by developing new practices that help agile…… Continue reading Episode 38: Scaling a Product with Roman Pichler

Hi fellow Agile enthusiasts and welcome to today's episode, which is a very special one. I talk to Teresa Torres on the nuances of Continuous Discovery. Teresa is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and coach. She teaches a structured and sustainable approach to continuous discovery that helps product teams infuse their daily product decisions with…… Continue reading Episode 37: Continuous Discovery with Teresa Torres

Welcome to today's episode where I'll be chatting with Emily Bache on the topic of Technical Coaching. Emily is the author of the books Technical Agile Coaching with the Samman method and  The Coding Dojo Handbook. She is also a Technical Agile Coach at ProAgile where she helps software development teams to get better at…… Continue reading Episode 36: Technical Agile Coaching with Emily Bache

Hi everyone and welcome to another episode on the Agile Atelier podcast. Today, I have the pleasure of chatting with Daniel Mezick about Open Space Agility. Daniel has coached executives and teams since 2006. He is also a ScrumAtScale Trainer, and an author and co-author of three books on organizational change: The Culture Game, The…… Continue reading Episode 35: Open Space Agility with Daniel Mezick

Hi everyone and welcome to episode 34 on the Agile Atelier podcast. Today, I have the pleasure of speaking with Felipe Castro on the topic of Using OKRs to Shift from Features to Outcomes. Felipe Castro is an OKR Trainer who helps organizations transform how they set goals with the help of the OKR framework.…… Continue reading Episode 34: Using OKRs to Shift from Features to Outcomes with Felipe Castro

Hi everyone and welcome to this episode on the Agile Atelier podcast. Today, I’ll be talking to Heidi Helfand about Dynamic Reteaming, which is also the title of the book she has authored. Heidi coaches software development teams using practical, people-focused techniques, with the goal of building resilient organizations as they double and triple in…… Continue reading Episode 33: Dynamic Reteaming and Group Transitions with Heidi Helfand

Hello to all listeners. Welcome to today’s Agile Atelier episode, where I chat with L. David Marquet on the topic of Servant Leadership. David is a retired United States Navy captain and bestselling author of Turn the Ship Around and Leadership is Language. He was the commander of the submarine USS Santa Fe, a submarine…… Continue reading Episode 32: Servant Leadership with L. David Marquet

Agile Atelier podcast listeners! Welcome to the first episode of the year! I hope 2021 finds you well and ready for some fascinating topics and guest speakers that we have in store for you in this new year. Today, I have the pleasure of speaking to Niels Pflaeging on the topic of Organizational Complexity and…… Continue reading Episode 31: Organizational Complexity and Living Systems with Niels Pflaeging

Welcome to yet another episode on the Agile Atelier podcast! Today’s topic is Lean Software Development, I have the pleasure of chatting with two special guests – Mary and Tom Poppendieck. Mary and Tom are best known for their book Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit. Mary started her career as a process control programmer,…… Continue reading Episode 30: Lean Software Development with Mary and Tom Poppendieck

 Agile Atelier listeners! Welcome to another special episode today, where I talk to Jeff Patton on the different levels of planning seen in agile and non-agile environments. Jeff is most well-known for his book, User Story Mapping. He has designed and developed software for the past 20 years on a wide variety of projects from…… Continue reading Episode 29: Agility and Planning with Jeff Patton

This episode of Agile Atelier continues with the Product theme, that the last couple of episodes has featured. Today, I have the pleasure of speaking with Alan Klement, co-developer of the Jobs to be Done theory and author of When Coffee and Kale Compete. His own experience as a successful innovator and entrepreneur are what…… Continue reading Episode 28: Jobs To Be Done Theory with Alan Klement

In today’s Agile Atelier podcast episode, I am chatting with Product Management coach and consultant Tim Herbig. Before going independent, Tim was the Director of Product for the Enterprise-level A/B Testing tool iridion. Tim is also a published author of the book Lateral Leadership. Tim’s workshops, talks and online courses are a result of 10+…… Continue reading Episode 27: Product Discovery and Dual Track Agility with Tim Herbig

Agile Atelier listeners! Welcome to a very special episode today, where I talk to Marty Cagan about Empowered Engineers on Product Teams. Widely recognized as the primary thought leader for technology product management, Marty is the founder of the Silicon Valley Product Group (SVPG). He served as an executive responsible for defining and building products…… Continue reading Episode 26: Empowered Engineers on Product Teams with Marty Cagan

Welcome back, listeners of the Agile Atelier podcast! Our guest today, Marshall Guillory, and I discuss the nuances of the scaled Agile framework, or SAFe. Marshall currently works as a senior consultant and enterprise agility coach with Agile Rising. He has over twenty-five years of business experience in software development, information technology, product management, and…… Continue reading Episode 25: Being SAFe with Marshall Guillory

This episode’s topic is Agile HR with our guest speaker Natal Dank. With the aim of disrupting HR for the good of humans, Natal combines her extensive background in HR, organizational development and workplace learning with innovative Agile practices, to offer a truly unique and transformative approach. She works hands-on with HR teams and leaders…… Continue reading Episode 24: Agile HR with Natal Dank

I am excited to bring you a round two episode (read about and listen to our first episode here) with Jeff Gothelf. Jeff is the author of the recently published Forever Employable, Lean UX , and Sense & Respond. He is also the co-founder of Sense & Respond Press, and a well-known public speaker, consultant…… Continue reading Episode 23: The Career of an Agile Coach with Jeff Gothelf

Today, I’ll be speaking with the UK’s leading Agile Coach and author of several books, Geoff Watts on Organic Agility and Change Management. Geoff’s mission is to help individuals create great teams by developing a culture of reflection, empowerment and engagement. Having started using Scrum at British Telecom, one of the first large-scale Agile adoptions,…… Continue reading Episode 22: Change Management and Organic Agility with Geoff Watts

Today, I’ll be chatting with Samantha Laing, a New-Zealand based Agile consultant and coach whose passion is helping people work and live with purpose, meaning and joy. Most of Sam’s career has been in the IT industry, specifically software development. She co-founded Growing Agile and spends most of her time guiding and mentoring others with…… Continue reading Episode 21: Self Care for Agile Coaches with Samantha Laing

Welcome to yet another episode on the Agile Atelier podcast. In this episode about Feedback Loops, I chat with Colleen Johnson, who helps organizations apply a systems thinking approach to aligning agile methodologies across the enterprise. She works with clients to apply the right cultural and context-driven practices to create sustainable agility.  Colleen has served…… Continue reading Episode 20: Feedback Loops with Colleen Johnson

It’s a pleasure to bring you the first episode of 2020 – Scaling Kanban. Our guest today, Dimitar Karaivanov, is a Lean-thinker and a Kanban practitioner with background in the areas of software development and process improvement. He has more than 15 years of experience at companies like Johnson Controls, SAP and Software AG. He…… Continue reading Episode 19: Scaling Kanban with Dimitar Karaivanov

I am absolutely thrilled to bring you this episode with one of the foremost gamification experts in the world, Yu-kai Chou. Yu-kai is an author and international keynote speaker on Gamification and Behavioral Design. He is the original creator of the Octalysis Framework, and the author of Actionable Gamification: Beyond Points, Badges, and Leaderboards. He…… Continue reading Episode 18: Gamification and Product Development with Yu-kai Chou

Today I’ll be speaking with Karl Scotland on the synergy between Agility and Strategy. Over the last 15 years he has been an advocate of Lean and Agile approaches, working with companies including the BBC, Yahoo!, EMC Consulting, Rally Software, Cisco and Legal & General. During this time, Karl has been a pioneer of using…… Continue reading Episode 17: Strategy and Agility with Karl Scotland

In today’s episode, I’ll be speaking to Cheryl Tansey, all the way from New Zealand, on the art of coaching. I met Cheryl at a conference in Amsterdam where she was one of the speakers. I was really impressed with her content and presentation and knew that I had to get her on the podcast.…… Continue reading Episode 16: The Art of Coaching with Cheryl Tansey

Hello Agilists! Wow, what a privilege it was to have this extended conversation with Elena Astilleros on Transformations, mindset, leadership, and so many more things in between. Elena’s talent is to create the systems that support people and teams to show up in a way that fosters respect and collaboration. Her goal is to create…… Continue reading Episode 15: Understanding transformations with Elena Astilleros

Welcome to yet another episode on the Agile Atelier podcast. In this episode, I chat with Kai Stevens, a product owner driven to build game-changing software products together with inspiring people. In the past years, Kai has worked with several development teams on challenging products. He has over a decade of experience in product ownership.…… Continue reading Episode 14: Product Ownership with Kai Stevens

Welcome to episode 13 on the Agile Atelier podcast. Today’s topic is Evidence Based Management (EBM), a framework inspired by scrum.org trainers and our guests for today, Patricia Kong and Kurt Bittner. Patricia Kong is the Product Owner of the Scrum.org enterprise solutions program which includes the Nexus Framework, Evidence-Based Management, Scrum Studio and Scrum…… Continue reading Episode 13: Evidence Based Management in Agile teams with Patricia Kong and Kurt Bittner

Welcome to another episode on the Agile Atelier podcast. Today, I’ll be speaking to Mike Burrows on using the right terminologies for Agile. Mike is the author of Kanban from the Inside, Agendashift: outcome-oriented change and continuous transformations, as well as Right to Left: the digital leader’s guide to Lean and Agile. Mike is recognised…… Continue reading Episode 12: The right terminologies for Agile with Mike Burrows

Welcome to a very special episode 11. Our guest today needs very little introduction. Jeff Gothelf is the author of Lean UX and Sense & Respond, co-founder of Sense & Respond Press, and a well-known public speaker, consultant and coach. Today, we’ll be talking about the intersection of Agile, Lean and Design Thinking and really…… Continue reading Episode 11: The intersection of Agile, Lean and Design Thinking with Jeff Gothelf

Welcome to Episode 10 of the Agile Atelier podcast, and today we’ll be talking about Zombie Scrum with the caped crusader who spends his time fighting it. Christiaan Verwijs, along with Barry Overeem, is one of the co-founders of The Liberators, an organization that aims to liberate individuals, teams, and organizations from de-humanizing and ineffective…… Continue reading Episode 10: Zombie Scrum with Christiaan Verwijs

Welcome to episode 9 of the Agile Atelier podcast. Today’s guest is Claudio Perrone . Claudio is a well-known Lean & Agile management consultant, entrepreneur and startup strategist with over 20 years of commercial experience and a strong focus on leadership, agility and operational excellence. His journey in the Agile world started in 2001. And…… Continue reading Episode 9: Experimentation and Popcorn Flow with Claudio Perrone

I recently read a very well written blog post about using Domain driven design to determine whether teams should be set up in a feature or component-based teams. Philippe Bourgau, the author of the blog was kind enough to spare a few minutes and come on to talk to us about eXtreme Programming (XP) and…… Continue reading Episode 8: Is XP the middle child of Agile? with Philippe Bourgau

Welcome to episode 7 of Agile Atelier. Today’s guest is Jacopo Romei, a freelance strategy consultant. Jacopo has written a few books: “Pro PHP Refactoring”, a TDD chapter in “PHP Best Practices” and “Extreme Contracts” in 2017, on contracts and negotiation in knowledge work. He also contributed to a couple of books written by Jurgen…… Continue reading Episode 7: Extreme Contracts and Agility as an Entrepreneuer with Jacopo Romei

Welcome to episode number 6. In this episode, I’ll be speaking to Akshita Joshi. Akshita is an agile trainer and coach who has seen agile in action at digital native companies like Facebook, where she spent a number of years pre and post IPO. Since then she has applied agile principles to more traditional companies…… Continue reading Episode 6: Scrum Simplified with Akshita Joshi

Today, I’ll be speaking to Vasco Duarte about using tools over generic frameworks. Product Manager, Scrum Master, Project Manager, Director, Agile Coach are some of the roles that he's taken in software development organizations. Vasco's mission is to transform product development organizations into product business organizations. He does that by focusing on the work of…… Continue reading Episode 5: Tools over Frameworks with Vasco Duarte

In this episode, I’ll be speaking to Augusto Evangelisti, a business Agility coach based in Ireland. I had a lot of fun recording this episode. Gus, as he likes to be called, is a fun and engaging speaker, who is extremely honest and down-to-earth about his philosophies and teachings. This episode’s topic is Collaboration and…… Continue reading Episode 4: Collaboration and Relationships with Augusto Evangelisti

Nils Schnell is a new work expert, leadership coach, facilitator, trainer and founder at Mowomind (mowomind.com), an organization whose goal is to help companies set up inspiring ways of working with each other and train inhouse facilitators to spread the expertise of facilitation. At the moment, Nils is on a #modernworktour, meeting with inspiring people…… Continue reading Episode 3: Facilitation Techniques with Nils Schnell

Today I’ll be speaking to Colm O Heocha, an Agile Transformation consultant and trainer. This episode’s topic is Kanban and Flow. Colm and I start off with talking about the nuts and bolts of what Kanban and Flow are. We then move on to discussing measurements like Cycle Time and Lead Time with examples, and…… Continue reading Episode 2: Kanban and Flow with Colm Ó hEocha

Today, I’ll be speaking to Daniel Karlsson, tester at heart and Quality Coach at Etraveli Group. We cover a couple of different topics, starting off with what the DevOps is and some common practices. We then move on to a couple of different metrics and tools for testing. Finally we chat about some Agile principles…… Continue reading Episode 1: DevOps and Quality Assistance with Daniel Karlsson

Welcome to Agile Atelier podcast. This your host Rahul, and in today's Episode 0, I will briefly talk about my background, why I started this podcast, and my goals for it. This episode gives you, the audience, a glimpse into my thoughts behind the conception of this podcast. Episode 0 with Rahul Bhattacharya