Joe Krebs speaks with Ron Jeffries, one of the 17 signatories of the Agile Manifesto, about Refactoring, Agile Training and People.

Joe Krebs speaks with Niels Pflaeging about clear communication and the goals associated with leadership skills for executives in the knowledge age. We took a deeper dive into one of the 33 complexitools "pay and compensation" and had a chance to touch on recruiting and onboarding in more detail.

Joe Krebs speaks with Andrea Chiou about Clean Language, a technique and approach to improve communication in the workplace and conflict resolution. Clean language is extremely powerful for agile teams, coaches, Scrum Masters and leadership alike. Andrea shares some of the uses and applications in the industry and gives us pointers on what to do next.

The podcast discusses the collaboration between Scrum and Kanban in the Agile community, positive reception of the course, working relationship with Ken Schwaber, and announcement of a new course and certification.

This is the audio version of the Nexus Guide, version January 2018 read by Jochen (Joe) Krebs for Scrum.org. Nexus is based on the Scrum Framework and uses an iterative and incremental approach to scaling software and product development. Nexus augments Scrum minimally with one new role and some expanded events and artifacts. The Nexus Framework was created by Ken Schwaber, co-creator of Scrum, and was released by Scrum.org, along with a body of knowledge, the Nexus Guide, in 2015 and updated in 2018. It preserves Scrum. As Ken describes it, “Nexus is the exoskeleton of Scrum.”

Jochen (Joe) Krebs speaks with Larry Apke who is an author of agile books and a consultant for several large enterprises. A few years ago, he had a trigger event which made him organize a non-profit organization to teach people in transition for free. “The Job Hackers” helps people in transition to sharpen their skills in the job market and give them a chance to expand their careers. Learn more about his program and vision in this episode. The non-profit is dependent on donations but has gone through 3 years of successful programs. The proceeds of his books go 1:1 to the non-profit as well.

Joe Krebs speaks with Patricia Kong and Kurt Bittner about Nexus. Both, Patricia and Kurt, are with Scrum.org and have recently released a book about Nexus with the title: "The Nexus Framework for Scaling Scrum: Continously Delivering an Integrated Product with Multiple Scrum Teams". Almost at the same time, the new Nexus Guide was released, too. Two very good reasons to talk more about Nexus.  We talked about language changes in the new Nexus Guide, the role of the Nexus Integration team and most importantly when scaling makes sense in the first place. You will hear about how Nexus differs to some of the known approaches in the industry (e.g. Scrum of Scrum's) and how a framework for scaling can tackle the complexity of large Scrum programs better.  Both authors share the outline of their book and how a fictional company steps through typical challenges when going from a single to a multi-team Scrum.

Jochen (Joe) Krebs speaks with Esther Derby about retrospectives, culture and organizational design. Esther is a veteran in the agile community and author of two books; Agile Retrospectives and Behind Closed Doors. They explored the importance of retrospectives in the agile process as well as potential pitfalls. If you are interested in retrospectives and how effective leaders spread great cultures, this episode is for you.

Jochen (Joe) Krebs speaks with Geoff Watts about Scrum Mastery (From Good to Great Servant Leadership), one of the 3 books Geoff has published. Geoff provides input in advancing the profession of a Scrum Master, reflects on the profession and provides 4 quick tips how Scrum Masters can quickly improve. He shares one tip per Scrum event in this episode. He also offers his opinion about metrics, the definition of done and working agreements.

Joe Krebs speaks with Lynne Cazaly about her insights on how meetings in general can be significantly improved by using a visual technique. There is evidence that by using visuals, productivity, collaboration and fun increases significantly. Music in the ears of an agilist and that makes this episode so special.