The Agile Pubcast

Our Christmas special this year saw the three wise men (Geoff, Paul and Nigel) get back together again over some beer and mulled cider to review the year that was and look forward to 2018. This episode is split over two pubs and comprises discussions about family stresses at Christmas, how scrum teams plan over the Christmas break, our favourite Christmas songs and the agile version of the famous 12 Days of Christmas. Oh, and if you’re lucky you may also get to listen in on us playing a game of (agile) Trivial Pursuit! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From The Block and Gasket, Burgess Hill, UKGeoff meets up with two of his agile coach friends, Steve Arnold and Eddie Kenny, and talks about their perspectives on the ScrumMaster role and how that has changed during their journey as agile coaches. They discuss the virtues or “doing” work against “enabling” work and how the latter can be harder to justify. And just wait until you hear about Rubber Duck 2.0 - that’s got to be a winner! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From The Swift Bar, CityWest Hotel, Dublin, Ireland.Geoff and Paul meet on the second day of the Global Scrum Gathering in Dublin, and discuss the how codes of conduct and ethics are as essential for teams as there are for communities and conferences too. And, how do we overcome the Bystander Effect in order to stand up to what we know is wrong? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From the Guinness Storehouse, Dublin, as part of the Global Scrum Gathering 2017 in Dublin, Ireland. Geoff and Paul shared a drink with two very experienced agile practitioners and friends, Aislinn Green and Emma Hopkinson-Spark. In this episode, they discuss Day 1 of the gathering and two of the sessions attended by Emma and Aislinn, as well as the panel discussion which concluded the day. Despite being in the home of Guinness, none of them are actually drinking it! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 35 comes from the appropriately named Goddard Arms in Swindon where Geoff and Paul talk about the differences between working with students and the younger generations compared to those with a background of traditional project delivery.Does creativity, self-organisation, collaboration, servant-leadership come more naturally to those who don't have to unlearn old habits first?They then discussed another question that was sent in by a listener about pay, incentives and motivation in an agile organisation before finally ending on ScrumMaster election campaigns and how rock bands split their royalties.Geoff tried a Dizzy Blonde while Paul was back on his fruity ciders (but this time in a LOVELY glass!) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Hole in the Wall, Bristol, UKPaul, Geoff and Nigel discuss a question from listener Lawrence Weetman about the challenges of hiring and creating a balanced and diverse agile team. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Master Mariner, Brighton, UKGeoff and Paul enjoyed a road trip to the seaside this week, and stopped in at the Master Mariner for a drink and a chat by the water. They discuss a couple of questions relating to agile transformations and when they "rollback", and how a ScrumMaster can respond if that happens. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The City Arms, Cardiff, UKWe are back! Geoff, Paul and (special guest star) Nigel are getting to know the Cardiff pub scene well, and stopped in the City Arms to discuss a question from one of our listeners. Andy asked the boys about how to coach a team formed of fear, rather than trust. Great question! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Smoking Dog, Malmesbury, UKGeoff is back (alive) from his survival experience in Scotland, so this episode features his thoughts and learnings from his trip. Geoff describes the trip as "the hardest thing he has ever done" so tune in to find out why. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Owain Glyndwr, Cardiff, UKQuestion time. Nigel followed us (again) to Cardiff so we stopped by a pub in the centre of name - mainly because the name sounded REALLY welsh. We took time to ponder the answers to two questions from two of our listeners. As you would expect, we couldn't all agree on the answers! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.