Summary: <a href="http://agilecoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/IMG_9071-e1471158336225.jpg"></a><br> Fifty is the new Thirty! Or should all episodes strive to be as great as Fifty? Either way, it’s a CELEBRATION!<br> Vic (<a href="https://twitter.com/agilecoffee" target="_blank">@AgileCoffee</a>) is joined by Brett Palmer (<a href="https://twitter.com/brett_palmer" target="_blank">@brett_palmer</a>), Larry Lawhead (<a href="https://twitter.com/LarryLawhead" target="_blank">@LarryLawhead</a>) and first-time guest L. Mark Higgins (<a href="https://twitter.com/lmhiggins1" target="_blank">@LMHiggins1</a>).<br> Today our heroes discuss the following topics:<br> <a href="http://agilecoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/IMG_9073.jpg"></a><br> <br> * Who sets the agenda for the retrospective?<br> * Middle Managers and the Agile Transformation<br> <br> * check out Em Campbell-Pretty’s <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/emcampbellpretty/thawing-the-frozen-middle-the-role-of-managers-in-organisations-using-scrum?ref=http://www.prettyagile.com/p/presentations.html" target="_blank">“Thawing the Frozen Middle”</a><br> <br> <br> * The Agile project manager<br> * Scrum patterns and community at <a href="http://www.scrumplop.org/" target="_blank">scrumplop.org</a><br> * Brett breaks down some distinctions between SAFe and LESS<br> <br> * <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/certified-less-practitioner-principles-to-practices-socal-sept-2016-tickets-25276712327" target="_blank">Craig Larmen is coming back to SoCal: Sept. 12-14 in Tustin, CA</a><br> * <a href="http://www.scaledagileframework.com/" target="_blank">Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)</a><br> <br> <br> <br> Come join Esther Derby and Don Gray for a two-day “Coaching Beyond the Team” workshop in Costa Mesa, CA. September 13 & 14. Registration info at <a href="http://eventbrite.com/e/coaching-beyond-the-team-influencing-the-organization-tickets-25695621295" target="_blank">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coaching-beyond-the-team-influencing-the-organization-tickets-25695621295</a><br> Like this podcast? Let us know! Go to iTunes or Stitcher to give us a review. It takes so little time and would sure help us a lot. Thanks!<br> Come back for episode 51, a conversation between Vic and returning guest Kimberly Brainard (<a href="https://twitter.com/agilebrain1" target="_blank">@AgileBrain1</a>). Kim and Vic were recently named <a href="https://www.scrumalliance.org/sgcal" target="_blank">co-chairs of the Global SCRUM GATHERING® San Diego 2017</a>. Reach out to Victor (<a href="https://twitter.com/agilecoffee" target="_blank">@AgileCoffee</a>), and use the hashtag #tellAgileCoffee to join the conversation.<br>
