#146: Agile Leadership That Actually Works with Brendan Wovchko

May 14, 2025

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What does it look like to lead a 300-person software org inside a 1,000-person company—and still stay focused on people first? Brendan Wovchko shares what he's learned about leadership, agility, and building a culture that actually works.

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Brendan Wovchko, CTO at Ramsey Solutions, joins Scott Dunn to talk about what it really takes to lead Agile teams inside a large, fast-moving organization.

From developing leadership habits to navigating team dynamics and staying grounded in purpose, this conversation is full of thoughtful takeaways for anyone working at the intersection of people, process, and product.

References and resources mentioned in the show:

Brendan Wovchko
Ramsey Solutions
#80: From Struggling to Success: Reviving Agile Teams with Mike Cohn
#143: What Still Makes Teams Work (and Win) with Jim York
What Is a High-Performing Agile Team? by Mike Cohn
Four Quick Ways to Gain or Assess Team Consensus by Mike Cohn
Elements of Agile Assessment
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This episode’s presenters are:

Scott Dunn is a Certified Enterprise Coach and Scrum Trainer with over 20 years of experience coaching and training companies like NASA, EMC/Dell Technologies, Yahoo!, Technicolor, and eBay to transition to an agile approach using Scrum.

Brendan Wovchko is the CTO of Ramsey Solutions and a lifelong student of what it takes to build great software, lead great people, and scale both with purpose. With roots in engineering and startups, he brings decades of hands-on experience in product, leadership, and agile culture—plus a knack for turning big ideas into results that matter.