#010 - How to think like Elon Musk - Scrum for Hardware, with Joe Justice of WIKISPEED and Scrum Inc, USA

Today I have a special guest. If there was a black belt in his field, he would certainly be one of its holder. He’s a master of a type of project management and innovation style, agile, specifically he’s into scrum, which is the most commonly used agile framework. My guest is Joe Justice from the USA, President of Scrum @ Hardware at Scrum Inc, and CEO, founder of a company called Team WIKISPEED.

In this episode we elaborate on the topic of scrum. Raw transcript is available at: https://www.thehardwareentrepreneur.com and show highlights can be seen below:

• Nokia’s story coming to an end - [3:23]
• Can you describe the Scrum method? - [4:36]
• What the New Zealand All Blacks #1 rugby team has to do with Scrum - [7:09]
• Some companies that use Scrum, especially in the hardware field - [9:17]
• Situation with Scrum for startups in the hardware field, and small or medium sized enterprises? - [13:11]
• Examples where Scrum has been scaled up, specifically for hardware - [16:12]
• Tesla and their job postings; WIKISPEED competing against Tesla - [17:59]
• How to think like Elon Musk? - [19:37]
• The connection between Kanban, Lean Startup, Lean Canvas and Scrum -  [19:50]
• Two major obstacles for implementing Scrum framеwork, especially in the hardware field? - [24:10]
• Countries approving Scrum - [29:17]
• “the last of the old will still be the first of the new” - [30:16]
• How the leader, the Scrum master or the product owner, can motivate the team? - [31:43]
• If you could go back in time, when you were younger, what notes what would you take back to that time to keep it to yourself? [37:43]
• Books which had the biggest impact on his career - [39:44]
• Joe’s incredible routines to be super-efficient, super-energetic - [43:12]
• Memorable cultural differences he has encountered - [46:00]
• How to reach him - [48:47]