
The Agile Pubcast
An agile podcast…in a pub…it's an agile PUBCAST!! Agile coaches Geoff Watts & Paul Goddard share their musings over an informal drink. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Latest episodes

Oct 27, 2021 • 60min
Prestigious Pints Episode 10 - Dr. Sallyann Freudenberg
Welcome to the 10th episode in our Prestigious Pints series!! In this episode we chat with Dr Sally-Ann Freudenberg about her history as an agile coach but her passion for inclusivity and optionality in collaboration. Some really interesting insights into many assumptions we might be making about the environments we work in and how a "blended" environment might look. Thanks for the chat Sal! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 22, 2021 • 37min
Episode 123 - What the difference between rituals and routines?
Geoff and Paul enjoy a hot beverage over breakfast to catch up after a few weeks apart. Paul has been back in front of a live audience which got him very excited and that got the guys onto the subject of "rituals" and why they are important to us to increase safety and reduce anxiety. Stay tuned to the very end as Geoff as a very special announcement ONLY for our pubcast listeners! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 30, 2021 • 36min
Episode 122 - A Prestigious Pint With Lisa Crispin
Episode 122 is a summary of our Prestigious Pints series where we catch up with some of our agile inspirations, and this time Geoff and Paul grab a drink with agile testing legend Lisa Crispin. We chatted about agile testing as a mindset and the challenges it faces in the coming years. We also get to know a little more about Lisa herself and who she feels about being known as "the agile testing lady". Other topics and questions included: Do you need to be technical to be a tester? How do you increase the appetite for agile testing in an organisation? What makes agile testing hard? What is the biggest misunderstanding about agile testing? If you would like to hear the interview in full you can subscribe as a FULL PINT patron at https://www.patreon.com/theagilepubcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 24, 2021 • 1h 2min
Prestigious Pints Episode 9 - Lisa Crispin
In episode 9 of our Prestigious Pints series we catch up with some of our agile inspirations, Geoff and Paul grab a drink with agile testing legend Lisa Crispin. We chatted about agile testing as a mindset and the challenges it faces in the coming years. We also get to know a little more about Lisa herself and who she feels about being known as "the agile testing lady". Other topics and questions include: Do you need to be technical to be a tester? How do you increase the appetite for agile testing in an organisation? What makes agile testing hard? What is the biggest misunderstanding about agile testing? We hope you enjoy this special episode exclusively for our full pint patrons, and stay tuned for more prestigious pints coming soon!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 22, 2021 • 47min
Episode 121 - Are we ready for in-person training again?
We are back!! As we reach the fag-end of the British summer we managed to grab a face to face drink outside a cidery (hence the periodic burst of wind across the microphones) on the outskirts of Cheltenham where we talked about the prospect of getting back to face to face and the mixture of excitement and nerves which led on to Geoff's various degrees of anxiety when training, speaking and coaching live and online.Somehow this meandered into a discussion about how conferences are - by design - out of date, then finding our purpose and identifying and then internalising and celebrating the value that we add.We have also uploaded the image below from social media that Geoff mentions towards the end of this episode... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 27, 2021 • 37min
Episode 120 - A Prestigious Pint with Henrik Kniberg
Geoff and Paul recap their Prestigious Pints conversation with agile inspiration of theirs, Henrik Kniberg. They talked about the history of the Spotify model, and what made him decide to go back to being a developer again instead of coaching. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 19, 2021 • 54min
Prestigious Pints Episode 8 - Henrik Kniberg
Geoff and Paul catch up with author of Scrum and XP From The Trenches and "accidental co-creator" of the Spotify Method Henrik Kniberg.We chat about how he got started in agile back in the 1990s, how he came to work with some of the bets companies in the world and how he sees agile has changed over the last 20 years as well as what his philosophy on life is.Plus he gives a little sneak preview from behind the scenes at Minecraft HQ. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 3, 2021 • 2min
HOLIDAY TIME! But don't worry, we'll be back...
We're all goin' on a summer holiday...No more workin' for a week or two...Fun and laughter on a summer holiday...No more worries for Geoff or Paul...For a week or two... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 28, 2021 • 46min
Episode 119 - A Prestigious Pint With Lyssa Adkins
Geoff and Paul recap their Prestigious Pints conversation with the one and only agile legend that is Lyssa Adkins. They talked a lot about mental health and wellbeing in the world and the agile environment in general as well as her career to date and future plans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 15, 2021 • 1h 4min
Prestigious Pints Episode 7 - Lyssa Adkins
In our 7th episode of our Prestigious Pints series, we caught up with the legend that is Lyssa Adkins; author of one of the most popular agile books of all time Coaching Agile Teams.Our conversation wasn't really about coaching agile teams however and instead focussed on the "accumulation of anxieties" that we and the community in general have found ourselves needing to deal with recently.This then led into the differences between coaching and therapy and self-care as coaches before exploring Lyssa's current focus around coaching leadership teams on their global conscience and planetary responsibilities.A great episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.