Mastering Agility S03 E07 Becoming a Professional Scrum Trainer with Ryan Brook
Becoming a Professional Scrum Trainer is a highly challenging process. It takes time, and patience, and sometimes it’s even frustrating. But what it also is, is rewarding. There are about 360 PSTs all over there world. Being among that number and being able to teach awesome courses is an awesome experience.
Ryan Brook and your host, Sander Dur, are talking about their respective journeys and the challenges they encountered.
What you’ll discover in this show:
- The PST journey is different for everybody
- Dealing with frustration when things don’t go your way is part of it
- The entire journey is meant to make you a better trainer
Speakers:
Ryan Brook
Primary Trainer @ Optilearn | PST @ Scrum.org | Troublemaker
I am an experienced Scrum Master and Agile Coach based in Gloucester, UK with past clients including BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin. I specialise in team-level turnaround and cutting through organisation crap that builds up over time. Think of me as someone who will help identify your business 'bloat' and work with you to remove it. I firmly believe that the best trainers and those who practice active consultancy.
Prior to my move into the software industry, I qualified as a teacher and spent a number of years teaching in secondary education. I pride myself on inclusivity, accessibility and being an engaging public speaker. I play an active role in the Scrum community through blogging and appearing at events, alongside being a trainer for Optilearn (optilearn.co.uk).
Contact Ryan:
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Sander Dur (host)
Scrum Master, Agile Coach, trainer, and podcast host for ‘Mastering Agility”
Sander Dur is a Professional Scrum Trainer at Scrum.org, podcast host of Mastering Agility, Professional Scrum Master and Lead Agile Consultant and trainer at Xebia. Besides this, he's an avid writer for predominantly Serious Scrum on Medium.com. Sander has a major passion for the human side in complex domains. Ensuring a high level of psychological safety therefore is a critical part of his work. Organizations in complex domains can only survive when innovating. Innovation can only take place with the right balance between low social friction and high intellectual friction. While most organizations now understand how to apply Agile frameworks, they struggle with the delivery of value. Psychological safety is the next step in this evolution and Sander has a huge drive to help organizations reach that step.
He gained experience as a Scrum Master, Agile Coach, and Leadership consultant in many different top-tier organizations, including Nike and ASML.
Let’s connect! Sander is always up for new connections and discussions!
Masteringagility.org
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanderdur/
https://xebia.com/academy/nl/trainers/sander-dur
https://sander-dur.medium.com/
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