The Agile Pubcast

Enjoy this free-to-listen special episode of the pubcast for the Agile Northants Meetup Group, Geoff and Paul took questions from the audience and had interactive discussions on topics like hybrid working, Prince 2, SAFe and facilitating online workshops. Check out our other episodes on our Patreon page!! Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello there, and welcome to the Agile Pubcast. In this pubcast, two agile coaches Geoff Watts & Paul Goddard meet in a pub and discuss all things agile in the time it takes to drink a pint of our favourite drink.In order to subscribe to our pubcast feed just head over to patreon.com/theagilepubcast and by becoming a patron you will get the latest episodes downloaded automatically to your smartphone AND you can also gain access to our entire back catalogue of over 100 episodes recorded over the last 5 years as well as many other benefits too!!So, on behalf of Geoff and myself, thank you for searching out the world's favourite pub-related agile podcast and we hope to connect with you soon through our new patreon.com website.Thanks for listening and… CHEERS!! Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello listeners!We can't thank you enough for your support (some of you for years!). You probably read that and thought "yeah yeah" but it's true. It means a lot to us that there are people out there who listen to us!!After more than 5 years and almost 150 episodes of The Agile Pubcast we have decided that, in 2022, we are going to make a change. We want to explain to you what we are doing and why we think it's a good thing in the hope that you will want to join us in the evolution of the world's favourite pub related agile podcast.While The Agile Pubcast has been completely free to listen to, we have also offered additional benefits such as extra content, behind the scenes access and private podcasts to a few people who have kindly decided to financially support us over the last couple of years through the Patreon platform.We have really enjoyed the greater connection we have had with our Patreon members which, we feel, makes it more of a pubcast and less of a podcast.Because we have enjoyed this, we are going to try and expand this side of things by making it cheaper for people to become patrons and simplify the subscription process.If you head over to patreon.com/theagilepubcast you see the new membership tiers we will be offering, and we hope you will join us as a member and continue listening in the new year!!Cheers,Geoff & Paul Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's that time of year again. After massacring Band Aid, John Lennon and The Fairytale of New York, agile coaches and hosts of The Agile Pubcast Geoff Watts and Paul Goddard are back with their annual Charity Christmas Single. This year they are United Against Dementia and are supporting Alzheimer's Society so please watch, enjoy, laugh at their expense and donate a little to help find a cure for a dreadful disease.https://secure.alzheimers.org.uk/home... Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

From The Camel & Artichoke, London. The guys met up for a pre-course drink after a full day of preparation for their next in-person ACSPO course. Geoff has a shiny new toy to play with at home in an attempt to get fit, and Paul feels broken after playing rugby every week this season. And finally some advice for Product Owners out there too!! Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode we summarise a chat with Dr Sally-Ann Freudenberg about her history as an agile coach but her passion for inclusivity and optionality in collaboration. Some really interesting insights into many assumptions we might be making about the environments we work in and how a "blended" environment might look. If you would like to hear the chat in full, check out our “full pint” membership at... https://www.patreon.com/theagilepubcast where you can gain full access as well as many other perks too!!

Geoff and Paul enjoy a hot beverage over breakfast to catch up after a few weeks apart. Paul has been back in front of a live audience which got him very excited and that got the guys onto the subject of "rituals" and why they are important to us to increase safety and reduce anxiety. Stay tuned to the very end as Geoff as a very special announcement ONLY for our pubcast listeners!

Episode 122 is a summary of our Prestigious Pints series where we catch up with some of our agile inspirations, and this time Geoff and Paul grab a drink with agile testing legend Lisa Crispin. We chatted about agile testing as a mindset and the challenges it faces in the coming years. We also get to know a little more about Lisa herself and who she feels about being known as "the agile testing lady". Other topics and questions included: Do you need to be technical to be a tester? How do you increase the appetite for agile testing in an organisation? What makes agile testing hard? What is the biggest misunderstanding about agile testing? If you would like to hear the interview in full you can subscribe as a FULL PINT patron at https://www.patreon.com/theagilepubcast

We are back!! As we reach the fag-end of the British summer we managed to grab a face to face drink outside a cidery (hence the periodic burst of wind across the microphones) on the outskirts of Cheltenham where we talked about the prospect of getting back to face to face and the mixture of excitement and nerves which led on to Geoff's various degrees of anxiety when training, speaking and coaching live and online. Somehow this meandered into a discussion about how conferences are - by design - out of date, then finding our purpose and identifying and then internalising and celebrating the value that we add. We have also uploaded the image below from social media that Geoff mentions towards the end of this episode...

Geoff and Paul recap their Prestigious Pints conversation with agile inspiration of theirs, Henrik Kniberg. They talked about the history of the Spotify model, and what made him decide to go back to being a developer again instead of coaching.

We're all goin' on a summer holiday... No more workin' for a week or two... Fun and laughter on a summer holiday... No more worries for Geoff or Paul... For a week or two...

Geoff and Paul recap their Prestigious Pints conversation with the one and only agile legend that is Lyssa Adkins. They talked a lot about mental health and wellbeing in the world and the agile environment in general as well as her career to date and future plans.

Geoff and Paul get together in a lovely Olde English pub at the source of the River Thames in the Cotswolds to talk Product Ownership. Including a discussion and debate about different 3 letter acronyms, they moved on to discuss the different mindset and psychology behind the exploit and explore states of product development.   Oh yeah - and they have merch now!

Oh what a special episode this is! The boys were back inside a real pub after a full day's fishing! So, to celebrate they had not just one drink but two while talking about what people look for from training and what they ultimately get. This led them on to self-discovery and then status - whether we have a bias for high or low status, whether certain roles are more high or low status and whether our job titles affect our perception of status.

You've probably noticed our new logo - whaddaya think? And in other amazing news we got back into a real live pub! Well...outside a real live pub but that's still pretty cool, especially as the sun was out! In episode 116 we talked about the challenge of people keeping their cameras off when on work video calls. We hope you enjoy it! Cheers!

This is the summary episode of our Prestigious Pints chat with Esther Derby.   In the fourth episode of our Prestigious Pints series, Geoff Watts and Paul Goddard got together (virtually in lockdown) with one of their heroes and inspirations Esther Derby.   They chat about how Esther is most widely known for her work in retrospectives even though this is only a fraction of what she has done and continues to do before explaining how she got into that space.   Be sure to check out the full video interview at https://www.patreon.com/theagilepubcast   Enjoy!

This is an "Ask The Landlord" episode where we covered a question from one of our patrons about the speed of decisions. This led us to talk about precrastinators (like Geoff) and procrastinators (like Paul) and unconscious heuristics (or good old intuition as Paul calls it) before looking at Cynefin, decision fatigue and Paul crumbling under pressure on TV gameshows. Enjoy!!

From our homes, UK. In this episode, Geoff and Paul round-up their chat with another one of their agile heroes, Sandy Mamoli. In a new type of pubcast for 2021, Geoff and Paul will be chatting with some of their agile inspirations over a drink. If you are interested in seeing the full interview with Sandy, and getting all the new interviews as they drop, then check out our "Full Pints" membership: https://www.patreon.com/theagilepubcast Sandy is an awesome multi-lingual coach and all round individual who has blazed a trail over in New Zealand (and many other countries as well) for all things agile and it was great to finally catch up with her and chat about all things agile.

We were so excited to have a drink with the awesome Chris Williams of Badass Agile in Canada. Apart from the inevitable pandemic conversation, we discussed the concept of Mastery as a discipline. That, and how failure is still a stigma. Chris is a legend of agile podcasting, having recorded nearly 500 episodes and please do check out his website https://badassagile.com/ where you can find out about the podcast and his badass leadership program called The Forge. Chris also kindly donated some goodies just for our patrons so check out the patreon.com/theagilepubcast to see his exclusive 20 minute clip on the leader qualities of Navy SEALs and accompanying slide deck for you to re-use and enjoy. 

From Our Homes, UK. In this episode, Geoff and Paul breakdown their chat with another one of their agile heroes, Roman Pichler. In a new type of pubcast for 2021, Geoff and Paul will be chatting with some of their agile heroes over a drink. If you are interested in seeing the full interview with Roman, and getting all the new interviews as they drop, then check out our "Full Pints" membership on patreon.com/theagilepubcast

From our homes, UK. Episode 110 is our first "proper" episode of 2021 and, after welcoming our four newest Patrons (Paul Lister, Francesco Bianchi, Erika Braverman and Lynn Olsen) we got to tackling a question from another of our Patrons in the "Ask The Landlord" feature.  Andreas Wittler wanted our recommended games or exercises to re-energise a devastated team.  As well as exploring that, we learned about the completion of Paul's latest Improv programme and how this week has been the best year of 2021 so far for Geoff...yes you read that correctly!   Cheers everyone!

From Our Homes, UK. In this episode, Geoff and Paul breakdown their chat with agile legend Mike Cohn. In a new type of pubcast for 2021, Geoff and Paul will be chatting with some of their agile heroes over a drink. If you are interested in seeing the full interview with Mike, and getting all the new interviews as they drop, then check out our "Full Pints" membership on patreon.com/theagilepubcast

Hello listeners, Geoff and I would like to wish you, our beloved listeners, a very happy Christmas this year. It's been what can only be described as a “shitty” year for almost everyone, but I'm certainly hoping that 2021 brings much more joy and happiness and plenty more of those vaccines too! We'd like to end this year by sharing with you our Christmas song. If you are new to the pubcast, Geoff & Paul murder a Christmas classic each year all in the name of charity. This year, our nominated charity is Reach - REACH is the leading charity providing support and information to parents and their children affected by upper limb  difference. If you would like to make a donation, you can do so online at https://www.paypal.com/gb/fundraiser/charity/3204381 On behalf of both Geoff and myself, we hope you have a great Christmas and we will both be back with another pubcast in the new year!!

From Our Homes, UK. Geoff and Paul share a pint and get all emotional!! In interesting discussion about how we find it difficult to access our emotions. And don't forget to check out our Christmas single this year!! https://youtu.be/eHOOYxGLUyg Happy Christmas!!

From our homes...again. Boo!! The pubs are still closed. But in this episode, Geoff & Paul take a bit of time to catch up and reconnect after a long period of online working - which leads onto an interesting topic in itself...

Geoff and Paul are back in Lockdown and, from the comfort of their shed and home office respectively, discuss their mutual dislike of "Wrong Answers Only", getting more stupid as they get older, the iterative approach to the development and rollout of the vaccine(s) and making decisions at the last responsible moment.

Many thanks to patrons Per, Gianni and Andreas for their questions in this pubcast special! We discussed how to move from compliance to engagement (zombie scrum) and how to look for improvements in already well-versed teams. Enjoy!!

From The House In The Tree, Cheltenham, UK. In this one, the topic is Paul's favourite subject... FOOD. We talk about the kitchen as an agile environment and the merits of a certain celebrity ScrumMaster!! Enjoy!

From James And White, Boscombe, UK. In this episode, Geoff & Paul reflect on an exercise they ran during a CSP-SM class, using a structured debate to facilitate learning and empathy in their class attendees.

From The Prospect Inn, Exeter, UK. Lockdown may be tightening but we still managed to get together to grab a drink and have a chat. This time we were down in sunny Exeter at what turned out to be a haunted pub and somehow got talking about intuition - how to develop it, how it's useful and even a game you can experiment with on the subject. We then got on to talking about ghosts and a Netflix documentary about Tony Robbins before the conversation somehow looped back on itself. We hope you enjoy the episode!

From Chaplins, Boscombe, UK. In this episode, we took on some questions from our social media profiles and retold some of our favourite stories about "how we nearly got fired..." And Paul tried a new type or drink! Enjoy!

From ???? We are back! We are refreshed after our summer break and raring to go! The question is - are the lads at home or in the pub...

From our homes, UK. In the last episode before a summer break, Geoff mentions that he has been playing Product Owner again which led to a discussion about the mindset, personalities and traits of effective product ownership.  Listen through to the end to hear how you could get involved in episode 100! Enjoy!

From our homes, UK. We have a Guest Ale! For the first time, one of our Patrons has volunteered to appear on the show so we welcome self-confessed geek Gareth Thomas to take Geoff and Paul a little out of their comfort zone to discuss all things technical. From different levels of testing, leading and lagging indicators, Gherkin and Selenium and even something to do with Japanese Steel and Tin Mills!  Nice one Gareth!   If you would like to appear as a guest on our pubcast, check out the "Guest Ale" benefit on our Patreon page.   (The PST Gareth references in this episode is Alasdair Macleod)  

From our homes. UK. What a whopper! This bumper episode covers finale of the Scrum Mastery Challenge 2020: Lockdown Edition. The final challenge is all about reflection so tune in to see what our contestants thought of the competition and who is judged to be the winner...

From our homes, UK. The pubs are open! A REAL Agile pubcast is coming very soon... we can feel it! As we approach the business end of the Scrum Mastery Challenge LOCKDOWN edition, our competitors were tasked with celebrating collaboratively with a team. This challenge required a little 'out-of-the-box' thinking but we had some great results to discuss! Enjoy!

From our homes, UK. The Scrum Mastery Challenge continues!! Task 4 was all about starting an online conversation. Our global contestants were scored by which conversation added the greatest CONTRIBUTION. Listen on to hear how they got on! In you would like to check out the online conversations our contestants started, have a look here... Team USA - https://twitter.com/AgileFaye/status/1274341425602105347 Greg - https://t.co/r2oi18yC7b?amp=1 Stefan - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/stefan-wertheimer_learning-learningneverstops-retrospective-activity-6681453302388936704-4WSd Anshul - https://medium.com/serious-scrum/scrum-values-are-life-values-902e6250501 Vikas - https://medium.com/serious-scrum/weekly-status-reports-may-not-create-transparency-cef6fae5cd4c Mike - https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6674753907975102464/

From our homes, UK. As lockdown continues so does the Scrum Mastery Challenge! In this task, our global contestants were charged with describing their most valuable "thing". Some interesting stories emerged from some "almost" everyday objects! Geoff & Paul debrief how the word "value" is highly subjective, multi-dimensional and how "pain" can be a good indicator of what to do next. Enjoy!

From Our Homes, UK. Still in lockdown - still not allowed in a pub. And now I think that BOREDOM has really set in. Has the novelty factor of working remotely now worn off? Geoff & Paul discuss the drop in energy levels they have noticed from working remotely in recent days and weeks. And this led onto a discussion about how we can guarantee that we feel SAFE when working from home? An interesting thread emerges...

From our homes, UK. The Scrum Mastery Challenge: LOCKDOWN continues! In this episode, the contestants were tasked with telling a 60-second story, inspired by this image:   With points being awarded for the most engaging stories. Geoff & Paul discuss the submissions and also share some thoughts on what they are looking for in a good stories, and what good storytelling looks like too! Enjoy!

From our homes, UK. In this episode, Geoff & Paul debrief the first of the ScrumMastery Challenge: LOCKDOWN tasks. The global contestants were asked to record a 60 second video introducing themself to a new team. In the debrief, Geoff & Paul extract both positives and negatives from the submissions and also give some thoughts of their own on what makes a good introduction. You can see a full description of the task here!

From our homes, UK. Geoff & Paul share an evening drink after a warm spell of UK weather to discuss the subjects of FLOW and FEEDBACK. They reflect on how they changed over time with regards to giving and receiving feedback, and also share some theory on feedback and some tips on how to improve on feedback for yourself! Enjoy! Have you seen our new online trailer? Please give us a LIKE and why not share the pubcast with one of your agile colleagues today!!  

From our homes, UK. Geoff & Paul reflect on their online advanced scrum master training held this week, any some of the interesting questions they tackled during the class. We spend a lot of time convincing the organisation about self-organisation, but how do you convince the team themselves? Also, what emotions are in play for a team? And what fears both Geoff & Paul had to confront as a novice trainers and coaches. Check out the new pubcast trailer here: https://youtu.be/a5Orj4QllKI Please LIKE the video and add a comment to let us know what you think!!  

From our homes, UK. Geoff & Paul were invited to speak at the first remote Lean Agile Brighton Meetup event, held on 6 May 2020. Geoff & Paul took a number of questions from the live audience such as: What does a remote ScrumMaster look like in the current lockdown? How can leadership create psychological safety at this time? And how has the life of a trainer and coach changed during lockdown? We hope you enjoy the episode! 

From our homes, UK. Still in lockdown! In this episode, we discuss a question from one of our listeners about how we have been adapting sprint meetings during this lockdown period. We also get onto to the subject of WEREWOLVES! A game we played at The Social Distance Inn last week. It seems that a very simple game has a lot of agile learnings within it! Enjoy!

From Cheltenham, BOA (UK), Madison, Milwaukee (USA). In this special episode, Geoff & Paul recorded a fun episode with Jeff Bubolz and Jeff Maleski of the The Agile Wire podcast. We talk about virtual icebreakers to use in online training courses, some norms about teaching online and some interested moral questions about online tranings too. All in all a very enjoyable episode to record. We hope you like it! 

From Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Florida! Geoff and Paul were invited to run a live episode of The Agile Pubcast at the Agile Online Meetup. The lockdown was of course one of the main topics of conversation and we took questions from the listeners about the future of office work, how optimism can spread like a virus, how doing less stuff is important and other interesting, unscripted topics. Check out https://bit.ly/SMTP_Community for more of Tom's chats with other agile people!!

From Our Homes, UK. Geoff & Paul meet virtually during the third week of lockdown in the UK and start with a chat about what they miss about their work while stuck at home. They drift onto talking about how routine and being bored can be a problem but can provoke some creativity. And finally... Paul gets his instrument out for a blow! Enjoy!

From Our Homes, UK. During lockdown you can expect a few more of these pubcasts while Geoff & Paul are stuck at home! In this episode, they discuss how the current COVID-19 might have converted some team members to a new way of working, a little on the locus of control, and a dissection of the movie "Moneyball" too! Enjoy!

From Cheltenham & Bradford on Avon, UK. The COVID-19 lockdown in the UK is now in full force, and after one week of staying at home, Geoff & Paul reflect on how home and professional life has had to change. Also - they discuss the prospect of remote working could be here to stay and maybe some of the biases they had are being challenged. Enjoy!

From Cheltenham, Bradford on Avon and Indiana! Recorded on 17th March so hot off the press, this is a "crossover" with another super popular agile podcast - Agile For Humans.  Host Ryan Ripley joins us remotely from Indiana as we begin COVID-19 lockdown in the UK. Unsurprisingly we talk about the consequences of this for working patterns, leadership, mindset and general human nature.   Not only is Ryan the host of the amazing Agile For Humans podcast but he has just co-written Fixing Your Scrum with Todd Miller. Check it out for a load of common anti-patterns undermining successful adoption of Scrum and simple fixes to them.   Enjoy!