
Virtually Agile
The podcast that hears from established thought leaders as well as amplifying newer voices, on all things agile, virtually agile and everything in between.
Latest episodes

May 17, 2023 • 49min
S4 - E7 - Co-Hosted with Oana Moraru - Benjamin Thorstensen on Using AI to amplify your skills
This one again featured my guest co-host Oana Moraru - Scrum Trainer 🦄 and her partner in crime Benjamin Thorstensen
In this 49min episode,
- We explore how AI such as ChatGPT can be used to amplify your skills
- Whether AI will replace us? I for one welcome our new overlords.
- We use AI to create a brand new Cheese themed retrospective on the fly. It was so gouda! 🧀

May 10, 2023 • 39min
S4 - E6 - Elle Haigh - From Air Crew to Agile
In this 39 minute episode, Elle and I
- Discuss her non-traditional flight path into Agile
- Hear about high performing, dynamic teams
- Play a game I call 'Air-gile Turbulance - Navigating Team Challenges'

May 3, 2023 • 47min
S4 - E5 - Co-hosted with Oana Moraru - Jutta Eckstein on Sustainability in Agile
In this 54 minute episode, Chris and co-host Oana chat with Jutta on,
- Sustainability in Agile
- What would happen if we considered the Planet as our Stakeholder?
- How we can be more sustainable ourselves - our daily habits

Apr 27, 2023 • 44min
S4 - E4 - Michael Lloyd on Dysfunction Mapping
In this 43 minute episode, Michael and I talk,
- No nonsense agile
- Dysfunction mapping
- We play a game of "Dysfunction speed dating"

Dec 7, 2022 • 45min
S4 - E3 - Karim Harbott - Business Agility & Why Agile Transformations fail
In this episode I was joined by Karim Harbott, a Business Agility expert and author of the book 6 enablers of business agility
In this 45 min episode, we spoke about;
- Business agility
- The Business Agility canvas
- Why agile transformations fail

Nov 30, 2022 • 53min
S4 - E2 - Steven Sampson Jones - Agile Delivery Management vs Agile Coaching vs Scrum Master and Visual Thinking
This episode I was joined by Steven Sampson Jones, a fellow retro enthusiast, Agile Delivery Manager and Visual Thinker.
In this 52 min episode, we spoke about;
- Visual thinking
- Stevens lessons with failure and comparisons with sports
- The differences between an Agile Delivery Manager, Scrum Master and Agile Coach

Jun 1, 2022 • 41min
S4 - E1 - L.David Marquet - Intent based leadership & the power of language in the workplace
This episode I was joined by L David Marquet, someone who has been a huge influence on my own leadership style. He's the
best-selling author of books including Turn the ship around & leadership is language, a keynote speaker & ex commanding officer of the USS Santa Fe. A leader who aims to build leaders at every level of an organisation,
In this 40 min episode, we spoke about;
- Intent based leadership
- The importance of language in the workplace
- Why we should use 'We' rather than 'They'

May 25, 2022 • 30min
S3 - E8 - Mia Kolmodin - Serious play & Dandy People posters
This episode I was joined by Mia Kolmodin, the founder of Dandy People, an Executive & Enterprise Agile Coach & Chief Enabling Officer.
Dandy people are responsible for some of my favourite visuals about agility including; Agile in a nutshell and agile leadership
In this 30 min episode, we spoke about;
- Serious games and their benefits
- De-stigmatising failure & the biggest f#ck ups game
- The Dandy posters - Agile infographics

May 20, 2022 • 35min
S3 - E7 - Maarten Dalmijn - Product Management Pitfalls & The certification circus
This episode I was joined by Martin Dalmijn, a Product manager & article writer on Medium who aims to help teams discover better ways of working & avoid the feature factory trap.
In this 35 min episode, we spoke about;
- Product management & roadmapping
- The notion of deadlines
- The certification circus
- Creating learning environments

May 13, 2022 • 47min
S3 - E6 - Johanna Rothman - Modern management myths
This episode I was joined by Johanna Rothman, the 'Pragmatic Manager', author of 19 books, speaker & consultant
In this 47 min episode, we spoke about some of the myths managers face from her book 'Modern Management made Easy'. This included;
- Comparisons between teams
- Needing estimates to plan
- The quest for 100% utilisation
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