Agile Amped Podcast - Inspiring Conversations

Dean Leffingwell, author, serial entrepreneur, and creator of the Scaled Agile Framework, discusses the "Ten Essential Scaling Patterns We Can (Probably) All Agree On," his keynote presentation for Mile High Agile 2017. The Agile Amped podcast series brings Agile news and events to life. Fueled by inspiring conversations, innovative ideas, and in-depth analysis of enterprise agility, Agile Amped provides on-the-go learning – anytime, anywhere. To receive real-time updates, subscribe at YouTube, iTunes or SolutionsIQ.com.Subscribe: bit.ly/SIQYouTube, bit.ly/SIQiTunes, www.solutionsiq.com/agile-amped/Follow: bit.ly/SIQTwitterLike: bit.ly/SIQFacebook

Author of "Change Rx for Healthcare" Keely Killpack shares the three components of overall change management: change readiness, the process of change management, and change adoption. Keely shares her experiences working as a change professional most recently in the healthcare sector, the topic of her book, which offers tools, like the Leader Readiness Checklist, that change agents and Agilists in any industry can use to help leaders effectively manage and lead through change.SolutionsIQ's Leslie Morse hosts at Change Management 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana.About Agile AmpedThe Agile Amped podcast series brings Agile news and events to life. Fueled by inspiring conversations, innovative ideas, and in-depth analysis of enterprise agility, Agile Amped provides on-the-go learning – anytime, anywhere. To receive real-time updates, subscribe!Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SIQYouTube, http://bit.ly/SIQiTunes, http://www2.solutionsiq.com/subscribe...Follow: http://bit.ly/SIQTwitter Like: http://bit.ly/SIQFacebook

Lisa Earle McLeod is the opening keynote speaker at Change Management 2017 and the author of "Leading with Noble Purpose." Lisa helps clients identify their noble purpose -- that is, how do they impact the lives of their customers? "When you make customer impact your noble purpose," says Lisa, "you actually make more money... Purpose-driven companies outperform the market by over 350%." Too often, companies are too attached to their business model, which "will destroy you." Lisa makes a compelling comparison between Blockbuster's attachment to its retail model and Netflix's dedication to bringing great entertainment to customers.As a bonus, Lisa touches on how "the ability to attract top talent has become [a market] differentiator" for businesses today.SolutionsIQ's Evan Campbell hosts at Change Management 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana.About Agile AmpedThe Agile Amped podcast series brings Agile news and events to life. Fueled by inspiring conversations, innovative ideas, and in-depth analysis of enterprise agility, Agile Amped provides on-the-go learning – anytime, anywhere. To receive real-time updates, subscribe!Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SIQYouTube, http://bit.ly/SIQiTunes, http://www2.solutionsiq.com/subscribe...Follow: http://bit.ly/SIQTwitter Like: http://bit.ly/SIQFacebook

Maria Widström is a change management consultant from Stockholm, Sweden, who has been an active member of the Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP) for five years. Recently she has been working on an outreach and volunteer program. Maria was excited to participate in a global Change Management conference a few years ago but decided it was time to create an ACMP chapter in Sweden. Today the group has 60 members. While focusing on local change management opportunities and needs, Maria and the Sweden ACMP Chapter appreciate how connected the global community is and how improvements and innovations in one region can spawn the same all over the world because "people are people." Maria adds, "We are living in a world with an increasing amount of change" so everyone needs to be more intelligent about how they approach it in organizations of all types.Want to get involved? Become an ACMP member (http://www.acmpconference.com/cm2017/...). Already a member and want to do more for your own community? Start your own local chapter.SolutionsIQ's Evan Campbell hosts at Change Management 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana.About Agile AmpedThe Agile Amped podcast series brings Agile news and events to life. Fueled by inspiring conversations, innovative ideas, and in-depth analysis of enterprise agility, Agile Amped provides on-the-go learning – anytime, anywhere. To receive real-time updates, subscribe!Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SIQYouTube, http://bit.ly/SIQiTunes, http://www2.solutionsiq.com/subscribe...Follow: http://bit.ly/SIQTwitter Like: http://bit.ly/SIQFacebook

It's a card, for a conversation. User stories have been around for quite some time, and are often misunderstood.  In this episode learn from the wisdom of a 27+ year veteran developer/manager/consultant David Wylie on what makes a good user story, who writes them, and when. We also talk about Acceptance criteria, story splitting and what a user story is not.    Listen in. I bet there is something to learn.    To receive real-time updates, subscribe at YouTube, iTunes orSolutionsIQ.com.Subscribe: bit.ly/SIQYouTube, bit.ly/SIQiTunes, www.solutionsiq.com/agile-amped/Follow: bit.ly/SIQTwitterLike: bit.ly/SIQFacebook

The science of Adult Cognitive Development has been around for quite some time, but William Rowden maps that science to the Agile Mindset and an Agile Transformation. His insights are fascinating and help him identify behaviors that are not aligned with an Agile mindset, and how to help his clients move in the correct development direction.  William is speaking not from theory, but from practical application within clients in the US, China and Mexico.  Below, is the graphic (based on Robert Kegan's work) that William uses to illustrate the cognitive developmental stages and how it aligns to Agile transformation.   About Agile Amped: The Agile Amped podcast series connects the community through compelling stories, passionate people, shared knowledge, and innovative ideas. Fueled by inspiring conversations with industry thought leaders, AgileAmped offers valuable content – anytime, anywhere.    Subscribe: bit.ly/SIQYouTube, bit.ly/SIQiTunes, www.solutionsiq.com/agile-amped/  Follow: bit.ly/SIQTwitter  Like: bit.ly/SIQFacebook 

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but can you draw one?  Stuart Young is a super talented graphic visualization artist that captures meeting minutes "on big paper on a wall" live at Agile conferences around the globe.  He also teaches a course on how to draw - even for those that believe they cannot.   In this episode we talk about why imagery is important, and Stuart's techniques for teaching people how to draw meaning. Alan Dayley joins us and provides his perspective as he took the course from Stuart and is putting the techniques into practice daily as an Agile coach and trainer.  Enjoy!   About Agile Amped: The Agile Amped podcast series connects the community through compelling stories, passionate people, shared knowledge, and innovative ideas. Fueled by inspiring conversations with industry thought leaders, AgileAmped offers valuable content – anytime, anywhere.    To receive real-time updates, subscribe at YouTube, iTunes or SolutionsIQ.com. Subscribe: bit.ly/SIQYouTube, bit.ly/SIQiTunes, www.solutionsiq.com/agile-amped/ Follow: bit.ly/SIQTwitter  Like: bit.ly/SIQFacebook 

We all know what the ScrumMaster role is supposed to be, but do you want to be a great ScrumMaster? Zuzi Sochova and I talk about the role of a ScrumMaster as a career.  She sees the SM as a change agent for the organization and so much more. Zuzi reminds us that one of the most important traits of a great ScrumMaster is passion for Agile itself.    More information on Zuzi Sochova can be found at https://www.linkedin.com/in/zuzka/   Her book, The Great Scrummaster is available  here: https://www.amazon.com/Great-ScrumMaster-ScrumMasterWay-Addison-Wesley-Signature/dp/013465711X/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1492255754&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=zuzi+sochova    About Agile Amped:   The Agile Amped podcast series connects the community through compelling stories, passionate people, sharedknowledge, and innovative ideas. Fueled by inspiring conversations with industry thought leaders, AgileAmped offers valuable content – anytime,anywhere. To receive real-time updates, subscribe at YouTube, iTunes orSolutionsIQ.com.Subscribe: bit.ly/SIQYouTube, bit.ly/SIQiTunes, www.solutionsiq.com/agile-amped/Follow: bit.ly/SIQTwitterLike: bit.ly/SIQFacebook

The Definition of Done is one of the higher searched glosary terms on the SolutionsIQ site, so we decided to take a few moments and talk InDepth.  Lance Kind spends some time helping us understand the origin of the term, why it's important. He als ogives a new scrum team some tips on what kind of items would be in ( or not in) a typical definition of done. He uses the analogy of "washing you hands" to help us understand how things we believe to mean one thing, might mean another.    About Agile Amped: The Agile Amped podcast series connects the community through compelling stories, passionate people, shared knowledge, and innovativeideas. Fueled by inspiring conversations with industry thoughtleaders, AgileAmped offers valuable content – anytime, anywhere. To receive real-timeupdates, subscribe at YouTube, iTunes or SolutionsIQ.com.Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SIQYouTube, http://bit.ly/SIQiTunes,http://www.solutionsiq.com/agile-amped/Follow: http://bit.ly/SIQTwitterLike: http://bit.ly/SIQFacebook

Moving from waterfall to agile is a big topic with many facets to consider.  Managing consultant Adam Asch takes on a listener question-"How to measure business value of moving to agile for both software development  and business processes"   We talk about when companys should, and shouldn't make the move, and provide insights into many of the costs and benefits of such a move.  We talk about the the move from project management to product management, faster feedback loops, and the human side of agile. There is a ton to cover in a short time... so buckle up.      About Agile Amped:   The Agile Amped podcast series connects the community throughcompelling stories, passionate people, shared knowledge, and innovativeideas. Fueled by inspiring conversations with industry thoughtleaders, AgileAmped offers valuable content – anytime, anywhere. To receive real-timeupdates, subscribe at YouTube, iTunes or SolutionsIQ.com.Subscribe: YouTube, iTunes,http://www.solutionsiq.com/agile-amped/Follow: Twitter Like: Facebook

High Performing Agile teams seems to be what everyone wants - but do you know what is means and what it takes to get there?  Yasser Farra talks about his perspective of high performing teams and how to help create them.  He gives us some helpful tips on team make up and dynamics, team environment, and more.   We also spend some time at the end of the episode talking about the upcoming Keep Austin Agile conference.     About Agile AmpedThe Agile Amped podcast series connects the community throughcompelling stories, passionate people, shared knowledge, and innovativeideas. Fueled by inspiring conversations with industry thoughtleaders, AgileAmped offers valuable content – anytime, anywhere. To receive real-timeupdates, subscribe at YouTube, iTunes or SolutionsIQ.com.Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SIQYouTube, http://bit.ly/SIQiTunes,http://www.solutionsiq.com/agile-amped/Follow: http://bit.ly/SIQTwitterLike: http://bit.ly/SIQFacebook

Amber King is a fan of team self-selection, which, in her experience, yields happier, more empowered, more productive teams. Amber shares her story working at Opower where the company decided to do an experiment: the goal would be to do what's best for the company, but individuals get to choose what they work on and with whom. The experience was positive and powerful for the company, where 40 people took two and a half hours to form 6 teams. Amber advocates for allowing time for the questions and concerns that will arise, including fear of being picked last. But Amber doesn't find that to happen: "You're picking yourself, you're not getting picked." The goal is "getting people to the point where it's safe enough to try."Amber also provides some tips for running a successful team self-selection event as well as a clear business case for letting team members choose each other and themselves, including: less work for already bogged-down managers; fewer unhappy teams; and happier, more productive teams.SolutionsIQ's Kat Conner hosts at Business Agility 2017 in New York City.About Agile AmpedThe Agile Amped podcast series brings Agile news and events to life. Fueled by inspiring conversations, innovative ideas, and in-depth analysis of enterprise agility, Agile Amped provides on-the-go learning – anytime, anywhere. To receive real-time updates, subscribe!Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SIQYouTube, http://bit.ly/SIQiTunes, http://www2.solutionsiq.com/subscribe...Follow: http://bit.ly/SIQTwitter Like: http://bit.ly/SIQFacebook

Karen Favazza Spencer hears the echoes of the pioneering experiential learning psychologists from a hundred years ago in today’s Business Agility movement. Drawing on the wisdom of both 20th and 21st century neuroscience, Karen penned an Agile primer called “The Agile ABC Book” (http://agilekindergarten.com/store/pr...) that leverages visual cues and heuristics. Using another heuristic or two, Karen shares her approach to effecting positive change in challenging work environments. She calls it, the “three faces of environment”:1. Physical Environment: This is the shared space in which humans have evolved, and today this includes the virtual environment as well as physical because people work both in offices and online. Karen’s mantra for improving the physical environment: “manipulate and manifest.”2. Psychological Environment – Karen’s mantra here is “feedback and feelings”. To get the results you’re driving toward, “you need to make sure you put in structures … to improve communications” and creates a safe environment in which to collaborate.3. Process Environment, aka our story space – Karen says, “Stories are the operating systems of our minds.” Since everyone is the protagonist of their own lives, our actions are dictated by our understanding of the story as it relates to us personally: What are our roles? What are the rules? These internal stories may not be reflective of organizational intent but our interpretation governs our behavior. These rules, these head stories are often the biggest obstacles for individuals to overcome. The business also often has a narrative that is inconsistent with their stated mission, such as “we value work-life balance, but you must work 20 hours a week overtime.” Consequently, achieving clarity and buy-in on the “roles and rules” of a consistent and well understood narrative is critical to success.SolutionsIQ's Kat Conner hosts at Business Agility 2017 in New York City.About Agile AmpedThe Agile Amped podcast series brings Agile news and events to life. Fueled by inspiring conversations, innovative ideas, and in-depth analysis of enterprise agility, Agile Amped provides on-the-go learning – anytime, anywhere. To receive real-time updates, subscribe!Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SIQYouTube, http://bit.ly/SIQiTunes, http://www2.solutionsiq.com/subscribe...Follow: http://bit.ly/SIQTwitter

Enterprise Agile coach Renee Troughton believes that pessimism and optimism are additive: lots of horrible moments can give you a pessimistic outlook, while lots of positive moments can yield an optimistic one. "We ride this pessimistic and optimistic wave as individuals based upon the moments that we have in conversations everyday." Perspective shapes how feedback is received -- and that can make an uncomfortable conversation out of sharing simple feedback.Too often, though, feedback is imposed on people by HR in a performance review, which Renee thinks often comes across as "disrespectful". Instead, people should be able to communicate to each other the feedback they have. The ideal is to create an environment where feedback is welcome and not delivered in a disrespectful manner. Renee champions patience, mindfulness of how you come across, respect and optimism because when people are ready for feedback, they will seek it out. She recommends having a conversation and, if you're the one providing the feedback, be aware of what your body language is communicating.SolutionsIQ's Josh Fruit hosts at Business Agility 2017 in New York City.About Agile AmpedThe Agile Amped podcast series brings Agile news and events to life. Fueled by inspiring conversations, innovative ideas, and in-depth analysis of enterprise agility, Agile Amped provides on-the-go learning – anytime, anywhere. To receive real-time updates, subscribe!Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SIQYouTube, http://bit.ly/SIQiTunes, http://www2.solutionsiq.com/subscribe...Follow: http://bit.ly/SIQTwitter Like: http://bit.ly/SIQFacebook

Katy Saulpaugh started out in change management before becoming an Agile coach. Today she applies her previous knowledge and experience to the field of Agile transformations. In her Business Agility 2017 talk "Agile Reorgs: A Survival Guide", she outlines how to approach reorgs for Agile teams and minimize the pain using change management techniques.Change management offers much to the Agile industry and vice versa, so Katy finds her work helps many organizations bridge the gap between the two. Here she offers best practices and insights for communication around change initiatives like Agile transformation, including:- Communicate more often because silence only reinforces fear.- Create and maintain feedback loops with frequent bite-sized communication chunks.- Create alignment around why transform and how Agile is a means to that end.- Get everyone involved in the conversation.- Avoid sharing scary change through email; in person is best.Katy also shares a powerful change management tool: the change network. This is a group of highly engaged people who are not on the management team, and yet they’re influential. Katy says, "If you don’t engage them, they may leave the organization. If they’re not part of what you’re trying to do, they can derail things. At the same time, they’re your greatest assets." But how do you identify them? "Communities of practice [which includes] people who have self-selected and willing to learn more and spend time to learn more."SolutionsIQ's Josh Fruit hosts at Business Agility 2017 in New York City.About Agile AmpedThe Agile Amped podcast series brings Agile news and events to life. Fueled by inspiring conversations, innovative ideas, and in-depth analysis of enterprise agility, Agile Amped provides on-the-go learning – anytime, anywhere. To receive real-time updates, subscribe!Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SIQYouTube, http://bit.ly/SIQiTunes, http://www2.solutionsiq.com/subscribe...Follow: http://bit.ly/SIQTwitter Like: http://bit.ly/SIQFacebook