
Agile for Humans with Ryan Ripley and Todd Miller
Agile for Humansโข is a weekly podcast dedicated to the individuals and interactions that make agile work. The goal is to help create safe and collaborative working environments where people are empowered to do their best work.
Latest episodes

Mar 2, 2024 โข 19min
8: Evidence Based Management - Intermediate Goals
The podcast discusses the importance of setting clear and measurable intermediate goals in Evidence-Based Management. It also explores how these goals can bridge strategic objectives, enhance community collaboration, and foster effective teamwork using collaborative strategies.

Mar 2, 2024 โข 22min
9: Evidence Based Management - Immediate Tactical Goals
Explore the application of evidence-based management principles, setting clear outcome-driven goals, navigating challenges in implementation, strategic planning for community collaboration, and assessing goal progression through iterative processes.

Mar 1, 2024 โข 17min
7: Evidence-Based Management - Strategic Goals
Exploring evidence-based decision-making, impact-oriented strategic goals, fostering collaboration, reducing cognitive load, organizational change and agility, and the significance of strategic goals and time horizons in achieving organizational success.

Feb 29, 2024 โข 16min
6: Evidence-Based Management - Ability to Innovate (A2I) in EBM
Podcast explores using data for decision-making, balancing known tasks with new learning, discussing customer absorption and context switching impact on productivity, and importance of customer perspective and goal-setting in product development.

Feb 28, 2024 โข 13min
5: Evidence-Based Management - Time to Market (T2M) in EBM
The podcast discusses the importance of leveraging data in leadership for timely product delivery. It highlights 'time to market' for rapid response to market needs. Exploring measuring time to market and time to learn, small hypotheses, and pitfalls of large releases. Also, balancing utilization percentages and utilizing flow metrics for Time to Market improvement.

Feb 27, 2024 โข 14min
4: Evidence-Based Management - Current Value (CV) in EBM
Exploring the importance of assessing current value delivered to customers and stakeholders, avoiding sunk cost fallacy. Practical applications in business, measuring current value through referrals and customer satisfaction. Emphasizing daily insights over establishing causality in complex work environments.

Feb 26, 2024 โข 16min
3: Evidence-Based Management - Unrealized Value (UV) in EBM
The podcast explores evidence-based management, focusing on unrealized value and knowledge gaps in delivering customer satisfaction and entering new markets. They discuss engaging existing students for service improvement and evaluating future-focused key value metrics like market size and growth prospects.

Feb 23, 2024 โข 12min
2: Measuring Agility - Overview of Evidence-Based Management (EBM)
Explore the importance of evidence-based management and goal setting for effective measurement. Learn about the dynamic nature of measurement strategies and the impact of goals on human behavior. Discover the flexibility required in measuring and setting goals in business, emphasizing transparency, inspection, and adaptation.

Feb 22, 2024 โข 12min
1: Measuring Agility - Intro to Evidence-Based Management (EBM)
Learn about the challenges of measuring agility and the relevance of Evidence-Based Management (EBM) in various business aspects. Explore how EBM can be used for goal setting, customer understanding, and innovation, emphasizing the importance of ongoing evaluation and experimentation for sustainable growth.

Feb 22, 2024 โข 6min
YDS: Thoughts on the Recent Agile Role Layoffs
Ryan and Todd discuss the uncertain and complex nature of recent layoffs, particularly in the tech industry, attributing them to various global events. Emphasizing a pragmatic approach to employment, they advise viewing the employer-employee relationship as a transactional exchange of time and talent for compensation. Todd and Ryan underscored the importance of continuous personal and professional development through various means like reading, networking, and utilizing online resources. Drawing from personal experiences, they highlight the resilience of skill enhancement, especially during layoffs. They conclude with a call to focus on what one can control, advocating for a realistic and informed approach to career planning and economic changes while maintaining a cautiously optimistic outlook.๏ปฟ๐ Join Ryan & Todd's Scrum.org course: https://buytickets.at/agileforhumansllc Explore more: ๐ "Unlocking Business Agility with Evidence-Based Management: Satisfy Customers and Improve Organizational Effectiveness" on Amazon -- https://amzn.to/4690qJy๐ "Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions to Common Scrum Problems" on Amazon -- https://amzn.to/46dAQTCโ
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