With Great People: High-Performance Teams

Oh My God, I Love Being Here This episode is an interview with Michael and Audree Sahota. Michael and Audree are the authors of the book, Emotional Science. We chat about intentionality in creating your organization’s environment, including meditation as a form of “Check In on steroids.” Find their book at emotionalscience.com and on Amazon at https://amzn.to/2WVfJGi, and learn more about them at agilitrix.com. Read the full transcript at https://kasperowski.com/podcast-22-michael-and-audree-sahota. To support this podcast, subscribe to Richard’s newsletter at https://kasperowski.com.

There Was This Buzz in the Organization Richard Kasperowski interviews Johanna Rothman. Johanna is known as the Pragmatic Manager—that’s the name of her email newsletter, where she shares her thinking on practical pragmatic approaches to hiring people, looking for a job, and managing projects, programs, and portfolios. Johanna talks about the best team of her life and the energy they felt together. Connect with Johanna at https://www.jrothman.com/. Read the full transcript at https://kasperowski.com/podcast-21-johanna-rothman. To support this podcast, subscribe to Richard’s newsletter at https://kasperowski.com.

First Scrum Team Was the Best Team of My Life Richard Kasperowski interviews Vasco Duarte. Vasco is a long-time Agilist and the host of the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast. Vasco talks about his journey as an Agilist, starting with the time he did Scrum exactly by the book—and it turned out to be the best team of his life. Connect with Vasco on Twitter at https://twitter.com/duarte_vasco and on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/duartevasco/, and listen to the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast at https://scrum-master-toolbox.org/. Read the full transcript at kasperowski.com/podcast-20-vasco-duarte. To support this podcast, join the community of high performers - subscribe to Richard’s newsletter at https://kasperowski.com/.

What Makes a Team Successful Is You Meet Your Objective Richard Kasperowski interviews DiDi Vaz. DiDi is an Agile coach working on the data sciences platform at the Broad Institute. DiDi and I chat about connection: connection to each other as teammates, and connection to your shared goals. She offers advice on this kind of connection, as well as on team dynamics and overall team culture. Connect with DiDi on Twitter at twitter.com/diolinda_vaz and on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/diolindavaz/. Read the full transcript at kspr.co/podcast19. Join the community of high performers - subscribe to Richard’s newsletter at kasperowski.com.

There’s No One Truth for How to Do Things Richard Kasperowski interviews Yuval Yeret. Yuval is an Agile coach and trainer at Agile Sparks. Yuval and Richard chat about his best team ever, which he describes as family. He offers advice to listeners working with both f2f and partially distributed teams, and he recommends letting team members manage themselves as much as possible. Read Yuval’s blog at agilesparks.com/blog, connect with him at linkedin.com/in/yuvalyeret/, and follow him at twitter.com/yuvalyeret. Join the community of high performers - subscribe to Richard’s newsletter at https://kasperowski.com.

Figure Out What You Want to Do, and Do It Richard Kasperowski interviews Abby Fichtner, the Hacker Chick. Abby is an author, speaker, and innovation ninja. Abby shares the story of her best team ever, the founding team at the Harvard Innovation Lab. She offers some great stories and wisdom, including figuring out what you want to do, not flipping the bozo bit, and more. Learn more about Abby at her website, hackerchick.com, and on Twitter at @hackerchick twitter.com/HackerChick. Join hundreds of high-performers and subscribe to Richard’s newsletter at https://kasperowski.com.

Making Team Magic Happen Richard Kasperowski interviews Michael Nir, a keynote speaker and bestselling author with expertise in Lean, Agile, and Gestalt. Michael shares his experience with a team of people from different walks of life, their intention to be part of a great team, and investing the time to make it happen. Learn more about Michael at https://michaelnir.com/. Join hundreds of high-performers and subscribe to Richard’s newsletter at https://kasperowski.com.

Delivering Awesome Value at High Speed Richard Kasperowski interviews Heidi Helfand, director of engineering excellence at Procore Technologies and author of the book Dynamic Reteaming: The Art and Wisdom of Changing Teams. Heidi shares her wisdom on clarity of roles, having a clear sense of purpose, and patterns of dynamic reteaming. Visit Heidi’s website, http://heidihelfand.com, connect with her on LinkedIn at https://linkedin.com/in/heidihelfand, and read her book at https://leanpub.com/dynamicreteaming. Join hundreds of high-performers and subscribe to Richard’s newsletter at https://kasperowski.com.

The Feeling of Belonging Richard Kasperowski interviews Dave West, product owner and CEO of Scrum.org. Dave talks about the feeling of belonging, the regular work rhythm of great teams, and remembering that everyone is human. Connect with Dave at dave.west@scrum.org and read the Scrum.org blog at https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog. Join hundreds of high-performers and subscribe to Richard’s newsletter at https://kasperowski.com.

Clean Language – Know What Brings You Joy Richard Kasperowski interviews Andrea Chiou, an Agile coach based in Reston, VA. Andrea shares her thoughts on Clean Language and Systemic Modeling, knowing what brings you joy, and the strength that arises from our diversity. Connect with Andrea on Twitter at https://twitter.com/andreachiou, and on her websites http://www.connections-at-work.com/ and https://www.cleanagilecoaching.com/. Our new music was composed and recorded by Dow Brain. To connect with Dow, visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/dowbrain/. Join hundreds of high-performers and subscribe to Richard’s newsletter at https://kasperowski.com.