No Nonsense Agile Leadership

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This is No-Nonsense Agile Leadership, where we explore better ways to develop digital products and services. Join world-class experts for honest insights and practical advice to help you lead digital teams, products, and organisations clearly and confidently. Subscribe now to learn the best ideas in the field.

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Feb 4, 2022

#024 - Alex Stokes - Organisation transformation

Feb 4, 2022

33 min

Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Alex Stokes on Agile Transformation. Why do organisations do agile transformations? If agile transformations are working why is the state of agile so poor in large organisations? Is a waterfall transformation process incompatible with agile? Measuring the benefits of a transformation. Transformations are a way to get leadership support for major change. Imposing vs empowering. Coaching vs telling. Patterns vs frameworks. Continuous change vs transformational change. Using agile to become agile.

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Connect with Alex via Linkedin , Murray via email or Shane in the Twitter-sphere @shagility.

The No Nonsense Agile podcast is sponsored by:

Simply Magical Data

Jan 28, 2022

#023 - SAFe and Scaling with Al Shalloway

Jan 28, 2022

38 min

Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Al Shalloway about the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and scaling.

We explore the benefits and shortcomings of SAFE, focusing on value streams, batch and flow systems, lean principles, and the importance of short feedback cycles. We critique the traditional command-and-control approach and emphasize customer value, lean methodologies, adaptive implementations, and system thinking.

Al Shalloway shares his experiences and insights, advocating for a more holistic approach to scaling agile practices. Tune in for valuable perspectives on implementing agile frameworks effectively.

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Contact Shane on LinkedIn shagility or Murray via email

The No Nonsense Agile podcast is sponsored by:

Simply Magical Data

Jan 21, 2022

#022 - Fredrik Carleson - SAFe from the Business Owners point of view

Jan 21, 2022

38 min

Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Fredrick Carleson, who has successfully managed a 1500 person SAFe program in a Swedish government department. We explore the challenges of Safe and it's alignment with Agile values so you can decide if SAFe is right for you. In this discussion, Frederick emphasises the importance of agile leadership, autonomous customer focused teams and the need to address root cause problems within your system asas you scale. Join us for a fascinating and critical discussion of SAFe.

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Connect with Fredrik via Linkedin

Contact Shane on LinkedIn shagility or Murray via email

You can read the podcast transcript at:

https://agiledata.io/podcast/no-nonsense-agile-podcast/safe-from-the-business-owners-point-of-view-with-fredrik-carleson/#read

The No Nonsense Agile podcast is sponsored by:

Simply Magical Data

Jan 14, 2022

#0021- 3 amigos

Jan 14, 2022

23 min

Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a discussion of the Three Amigos pattern, where a product person, a developer, and a tester work ahead of the team to define features before estimation. We explore the benefits, challenges, and anti-patterns of the three Amigos approach, emphasising the importance of early preparation, collaboration and testable requirements.

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Contact Murray via email or Shane on LinkedIn shagility.

You can read the podcast transcript at:

https://agiledata.io/podcast/no-nonsense-agile-podcast/3-amigos/#read

The No Nonsense Agile podcast is sponsored by:

Simply Magical Data

Jan 6, 2022

#0020 - Scott Ambler - disciplined agile toolkit

Jan 6, 2022

27 min

Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Scott Ambler about the Disciplined Agile Toolkit. In this episode we discuss toolkits vs frameworks. Tailoring your ways of working for your situation vs prescriptive methods. Method prisons and framework jails. The problem with two day mastery certifications and the over commercialisation of Scrum and SAFe. The PMI and Agile and Products vs Projects.

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Connect with Scott via Linkedin

Contact Murray via email or Shane on LinkedIn shagility.

You can read the podcast transcript at:

https://agiledata.io/podcast/no-nonsense-agile-podcast/disciplined-agile-toolkit-with-scott-ambler/#read

The No Nonsense Agile podcast is sponsored by:

Simply Magical Data

Dec 22, 2021

#0019 - agile ux design with Jared Spool

Dec 22, 2021

28 min

Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Jared Spool about user experience design. We discuss the importance of research in understanding users' problems so that you can develop solutions that provide a great user experience. We talk about the need to do some lightweight research and planning upfront to build a shared vision and the value of doing most of your research and design continuously with the whole team so that you can learn what users really need. This conversation highlights the importance of building your team's UX capabilities and blending UX into everything you do.

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Connect with Jared via Linkedin , or over at https://leaders.centercentre.com/

Contact Murray via email or Shane on LinkedIn shagility.

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The No Nonsense Agile podcast is sponsored by:

Simply Magical Data

Dec 8, 2021

#0018 - The joy of agility with Joshua Kerievsky

Dec 8, 2021

25 min

Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Joshua Kerievsky about his new book “Joy of Agility”. In this podcast we talk about the poor state of agile today. Commodification, fake agile, dark scrum and water-scrum-fall. Real agility should be a joy to work in. Agility doesn't mean process frameworks, it means moving with quick, easy grace and being quick, resourceful, and adaptable. Use mantras and stories to get the message across. Be quick but don't hurry. Be poised to adapt. Be balanced and graceful.

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Connect with Joshua via Linkedin , or over at https://www.industriallogic.com/

Contact Murray via email or Shane on LinkedIn shagility.

You can read the podcast transcript at:

https://agiledata.io/podcast/no-nonsense-agile-podcast/the-joy-of-agility-with-joshua-kerievsky/#read

The No Nonsense Agile podcast is sponsored by:

Simply Magical Data

Dec 3, 2021

#0017 - DevOps with Mirco Hering

Dec 3, 2021

30 min

Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Mirco Hering where we dive into the world of DevOps.

Join us as Mirco shares his insights on the essence of DevOps and its implementation challenges, from redefining DevOps beyond tools to the importance of feedback loops. Mirko sheds light on the goals and misconceptions surrounding DevOps. Discover how DevOps aligns with agile principles and explore the role of professional services firms in driving agile and DevOps transformations. Join us as we share practical advice for adopting DevOps practices effectively.

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Connect with Mirco via LinkedIn or over at https://notafactoryanymore.com/

Contact Murray via email or Shane on LinkedIn shagility.

You can read the podcast transcript at:

https://agiledata.io/podcast/no-nonsense-agile-podcast/devops-with-mirco-hering/#read

The No Nonsense Agile podcast is sponsored by:

Simply Magical Data

Nov 24, 2021

#016 - Sam McAfee - digital product development

Nov 24, 2021

35 min

Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Sam McAfee about leading digital product development. Building a great product team. Working remotely. Real agile vs fake agile. Factory model vs product model. Empowering teams. Building influence and trust. Bringing marketing, design and engineering into one cross functional product team. From functional silos to capability building. Product managers vs Product owners. What a great product manager does. Holistic product leaders. Lean startup and fast feedback. Long term vs short term thinking. The Product canvas and hypothesis testing. Scaling product teams. Change requires leadership.

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Connect with Sam via Linkedin , Murray via email or Shane in the Twitter-sphere @shagility.

The No Nonsense Agile podcast is sponsored by:

Simply Magical Data

Nov 17, 2021

#0015 - Agile Military ideas with Ben Ford

Nov 17, 2021

37 min

Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with former Royal Marine Commando Ben Ford about how agile practices mirror modern military practices in the field. We discuss John Boyd's OODA loop and the value of an accurate model of one's environment for good decision making. And we discuss mission command and the value of leadership training to develop an effective approach for orders, planning, delegation, and review. We hope this episode provides food for thought on how you can utilise some of these military leadership principles to enhance your agile practices in the software product development world.

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Connect with Ben on LinkedIn or over at https://commando.dev

Contact Murray via email or Shane on LinkedIn shagility.

You can read the podcast transcript at:
https://agiledata.io/podcast/no-nonsense-agile-podcast/agile-military-ideas-with-ben-ford/#read

The No Nonsense Agile podcast is sponsored by:

Simply Magical Data