The Viaduct Inn, St. Pauls, LondonA trip to the big smoke of London today, and a visit to one of London's only remaining "Gin Palaces". Intriguing! Geoff and Paul dedicate this pubcast to the question of how an agile coach can operate in a fixed price, fixed scope contract situation - one which many companies still operate within. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Corner House, Cardiff, UKHappy New Year! We start 2017 in Cardiff with Nigel Baker and take some time to answer one of the questions we got asked on Twitter: “What is the difference between DOING agile and BEING agile?”. The boys reflect on the intent of the agile manifesto, “Shu Ha Ri” as a learning metaphor and discuss how long does it actually take to “become” agile. Should we judge the company being agile or the attitudes and the diversity of the people they employ? We hope you enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Flight Club, London, UKFor our Christmas special, we travelled to London and met up with our old friend Nigel Baker for an end-of-year episode. Actually recorded in two parts, the first conversation, in Flight Club, ebbed and flowed around topics as diverse as the American election, the changing shape of chocolate bars, Geoff's extreme survival skills course and how board games can be helpful to agile teams. More serious discussions focussed around how trust can be accelerated in crisis situations, how we might all be hard-wired to be a little prejudiced but how fluid and changeable these prejudices can be.After a few rounds of darts we moved on to The Globe and, after discussing the untimely demise of both the poet Keats and the souls singer Otis Redding, we spent a bit of time comparing different part time professions to the role of the ScrumMaster. We then debated the growth of roles such as "senior agile coach" and other "red flags" or signs that Scrum is unlikely to work in an organisation. Nigel also shares his typically forthright views on things like SAFe and too down agile implementations before we talked about the weight required to be an effective ScrumMaster and question socratically. As we wrapped things up for the year Geoff shared his attempt at agile Christmas humour, and was roundly mocked! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Dog & Fox Inn, Bradford on Avon, UKThis week the lads visit a traditional English country pub in Paul’s hometown of Bradford on Avon. A truly meandering conversation starts with Paul’s Improv Webinar he ran for the Scrum Alliance and ends up with grumpy old men arguing on a rugby pitch! We hope you enjoy it! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Urban Reef, Boscombe, UKThis morning in a break from the norm, we had a cafe cast rather than a pub cast and had coffee instead of beer and cider. Back on the glorious south coast again (albeit in the wind and rain) we ended up talking about the situation where one key person is spread across multiple teams and the challenges (and maybe benefits) of multi-tasking. We then moved on to discuss how easy it is to be distracted and how we might reduce distractions to help us focus more which naturally led into a discussion about mindfulness and giving yourself some quiet, reflective, non-productive time before exploring the analogy of fishing in an agile context. Great stuff! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Wild Beer Company, Cheltenham, UKToday we discussed how important teamwork is to the success of an agile project, and the different reasons behind someone's desire to put themselves above the team. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Part two (of two) of our special bonus includes our conference chats with regular guest and gathering veteran Nigel Baker, the conference co-chair Sohrab Salimi, and facilitator of the coaching clinic Andrea Tomasini. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A special bonus edition of the pubcast following our trip to Germany for the Global Scrum Alliance Gathering in Munich! Part one (of two) includes a catch up with Benjamin Cooke, an agile coach from London and our long-time friend and all-around good guy Howard Sublett, of SolutionsIQ. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Old Fish Market, Bristol, UKWe are joined again by Nigel Baker and got talking about Product Ownership - the rise of the Proxy Product Owner, business analysis and whether organisations are taking the role seriously enough. We also diverted briefly onto Pokemon Go! for reasons that only Nigel can explain! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Urban Reef, Boscombe, UKToday we followed the sunshine and found ourselves on the south coast in Boscombe. Our topic started with a recent news story about a sports coach who was kicked out of the dressing match after his team lost a game, but that moved more into team accountability, Scrum families and how the ScrumMaster needs to be there for the "unplanned" coaching opportunities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.