Agile expert Mike Leber discusses the heart of Agile and how it liberates from rigid process frameworks. They talk about innovation outside the traditional Agile bubble and the importance of agile leadership. Explore the evolution of Agile in various industries and the role of managers in the agile system. Learn about going back to the basics of teams, leadership styles, and agile practices, including insights from Elon Musk's leadership at Tesla's factory.

Experienced product manager Jason Knight discusses the evolving nature of the role, the challenges product managers face, tensions between UX designers and product managers, understanding and managing debt in product management, challenging the status quo, and the disconnect between thought leaders and company realities.

Agile expert, Michael Lloyd, shares valuable insights on dysfunction mapping, team dynamics, coaching, and iterative hypothesis testing in agile environments. The podcast explores the importance of observation in agile coaching, the collaborative nature of dysfunction mapping, measuring impact, and using dysfunction mapping as a versatile toolkit for solving real problems.

Bianca Grizhar discusses developing digital products in China, focusing on cultural differences, cross-functional teams, and the benefits of Scrum. The podcast explores working in a multicultural environment, the challenges of a diverse team, and the importance of shared language and agile practices.

Gabrielle Benefield, inventor of the Mobius loop, discusses the importance of outcome-focused delivery and improving decision speed. They explore why organizations struggle with focusing on outcomes, the problem with contracts, and how to implement an experimental approach. They also highlight the challenges of agile implementation and the need to measure outcomes rather than just delivering features.

Maarten Dalmijn, expert in Sprint Goals, discusses the significance of having a primary mission for a sprint, measuring outcomes over output, empowering teams, and collaborative processes for determining sprint goals. They highlight the importance of developing a sprint backlog based on goals, prioritizing ideas, overcoming obstacles, and achieving goals through continuous improvement and outcome-focused work.

Joe Justice, expert on self-organizing teams at Tesla and SpaceX, discusses their innovative operating model based on continuous discovery, delivery, and improvement. Topics include parallel processing, company restructuring, self-organizing teams and work environment, intensity and self-care, the founder mindset, urgency for sustainable energy, team alignment, and pastoral care at Tesla.

Military history expert Stephen Bungay discusses the art of action and how leaders can learn from military history and NATO tactics to lead in uncertain conditions. He explains the concept of mission command, the structure of a strategy briefing, the process of planning and reviewing, and the interlinking of strategy and tactics. He also explores the adoption of mission command by the British Army, the impact of organizational structure on agile practices, and the importance of embracing uncertainty and driving organizational change.

Former US air force leader, Jose Corella, shares insights on applying leadership principles in civilian organizations. Topics include mission command, red team thinking, servant leadership, and the power of leadership training. Discover how effective leaders empower teams to take initiative and think critically to achieve goals. Practical insights to enhance your leadership skills.

Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Jennifer Pahlka about her new book, Recoding America. Why government is failing in the digital age and how we can do better. In this episode, we discuss why governments at all levels produce poor quality online services, like healthcare.gov in the US, that cost of fortune and a very difficult to use. Jennifer explains that government is hamstrung by a rigid, hierarchical, risk avoidant waterfall culture, where everyone involved adds rules and requirements to protect themselves from blame. But there is an agile product development approach taking hold in government that produces much better outcomes and she discusses how it can and should be implemented in every bureaucracy. Listen to the podcast on your favourite podcast app: | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | iHeart Radio | PlayerFM | Amazon Music | Listen Notes | TuneIn | Audible | Podchaser |  Deezer | Podcast Addict | Connect with Jen on LinkedIn or at https://www.recodingamerica.us/ Contact Murray via email or Shane on LinkedIn shagility. You can read the podcast transcript at: https://agiledata.io/podcast/no-nonsense-agile-podcast/recoding-america-with-jennifer-pahlka/#read   The No Nonsense Agile Podcast is sponsored by: Simply Magical Data