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80. Dave Prior stops by and we talk about podcasts May 17, 2024

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My buddy Dave Prior, CST (drunkenpm@gmail.com) visited, and we talked about his fun podcasts. Specifically we mentioned these two episodes of Agile and Project Management – DrunkenPM Radio:

Human Hacking with Christopher Hadnagy and Dr. Abbie Marono
The Art of War with Gary Gagliardi

Dave is also a CST with the Scrum Alliance and active with Project Management Institute. Until recently, we had both been working for LeadingAgile.

We also talked about Lithespeed’s recent Global Agility + Innovation Summit. Dave was interviewing some luminaries for the event.

We spoke briefly about Vic’s Coach’s Toolkit, A-CSM classes, and the renovations to his YouTube Coffeehouse studio.

OnlineScrumClass.com — **79. Ben is Tired of the Agile Bashing** Oct 08, 2022
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Summertime has gone, and the **Agile Open SoCal** is just around the corner. See announcement below.

In episode 79, Ben (@BenRodilitz) and I sat down for coffee and a chat about a topic that “dispirits” him lately: the bashing of Agile (specifically Scrum or SAFe) for being too prescriptive or not prescriptive enough.

Announcements:

Vic is now teaching the **Advanced ScrumMaster (A-CSM) class**. Find out more on our Events page.

Vic will once again hold (virtual) space at **AOSC** this October 27 & 28. Come join the Open Space fun. Tickets available at eventbrite.com/agile-open-socal-2022-tickets

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Vic's CoffeeHouse videos on YouTube — **79. Ben is Tired of the Agile Bashing** Oct 08, 2022
Show notes

Summertime has gone, and the **Agile Open SoCal** is just around the corner. See announcement below.

In episode 79, Ben (@BenRodilitz) and I sat down for coffee and a chat about a topic that “dispirits” him lately: the bashing of Agile (specifically Scrum or SAFe) for being too prescriptive or not prescriptive enough.

Announcements:

Vic is now teaching the **Advanced ScrumMaster (A-CSM) class**. Find out more on our Events page.

Vic will once again hold (virtual) space at **AOSC** this October 27 & 28. Come join the Open Space fun. Tickets available at eventbrite.com/agile-open-socal-2022-tickets

*Please HELP support us by becoming a Patron: patreon.com/agilecoffee*

Agile Coffee is Proud to be a part of the Agile Podcast Network

Looking for Vic’s videos? Come visit his CoffeeHouse channel on YouTube!

**78. Coffee with the CoLead Team** Jun 23, 2022
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It’s summertime, again, and I sat down for coffee and a chat with Angela Johnson and Christian Antoine of the Collaborative Leadership Team. We had a great time catching up and covered a wide variety of topics.

Some of the topics we discussed:

CoLead Team’s videos, the Ignite Agility podcast, and Angela’s book: “The Scrum Master Files”

Short stories of how we met

“We’re sick of Scrum” – talking about the words we use

“Going Agile” – where are you going? It’s not a destination

The role of an Agile Coach

Here are a few ways to get in touch with Angela and Christian:

The CoLead Team’s websites is collaborativeleadershipteam.com

Their videos are on YouTube at youtube.com/CollaborativeLeadershipTeamVideos

Angela is on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/angelajohnsonscrumtrainer

Christian is on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/christian-antoine

Angela’s book is available at its own site: thescrummasterfiles.com

Resources:

“Switch” by Chip and Dan Heath

“Scrum Master or Armchair Psychologist” Angela’s webinar on the Scrum Alliance website

Announcements:

Vic is now teaching the **Advanced ScrumMaster (A-CSM) class**. Find out more on our Events page.

Vic will once again hold space at AOSC this September. Currently planned to be an in-person experience, the **Agile Open SoCal 2022** will return to the campus of UCI (Irvine, CA) on Sept. 19-20. Tickets available at eventbrite.com/agile-open-socal-2022-tickets

76. Gratitude and Coffee Jun 24, 2021

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Lorraine Agular (@Working_Harmony) and Ben Rodilitz (@benrodilitz) join Vic (@AgileCoffee) for a face to face discussion on gratitude.

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This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is tv-stack-TSMG.jpg — **75. Managing with Coffee** Feb 03, 2021
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Johanna Rothman (@JohannaRothman), Chris Hurney (@chris_hurney) and Ben Rodilitz (@benrodilitz) join Vic (@AgileCoffee) at a virtual coffee shop to discuss topics related to Making Management Easy.

Modern Management Made Easy, a Three-Volume Set (new books) by Johanna Rothman

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**74. Thankful for Lean Coffee with Friends** Nov 24, 2020
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Diana Larsen (@DianaOfPortland), Lakshmi Ramaseshan (@LakshmiRamases2), Chris Hurney (@chris_hurney) and Colleen Kirtland (@purposecreator) join Vic (@AgileCoffee) at a seasonal (and virtual) coffee shop to discuss the following topics:

What new opportunities have you discovered in these pandemic times?

Building Values and Principles as a Collaborative Activity with Teams

The Doughnut Economics Journey Continues…

Virtual Coaches and Distanced Coaching: What’s Working for Us?

Exploring Agile Fluency

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Books and resources mentioned in this episode:

AgileFluency.org

Liftoff: Start and Sustain Successful Agile Teams (book) by Diana Larsen and Ainsley Nies

also check out Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great (book) by Diana Larsen and Esther Derby

Works by Mariana Mazzucato:

What is economic value, and who creates it? (video TED talk)

The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths (book)

The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy (book)

Lakshmi’s presentation on **The Power of Inceptions**

Vic’s old post about Inceptions

Brian Marick and Micro-Scale Retro-Futurist Anarcho-Syndicalism

The Art of Agile Development (book) by James Shore

Human Systems Dynamics Institute

High Performance Tree (Lyssa Adkins)

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**73. Virtual Coffee after our Virtual Agile Open Socal** Nov 09, 2020
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Vic (@AgileCoffee) and Larry (@LarryLawhead) teamed up with Lakshmi Ramaseshan (@LakshmiRamases2) and Professor Hadar Ziv (UCI – Dept of Informatics ) in a virtual coffee shop to discuss the following topics:

Did the Agile Open SoCal work as a virtual event?

Playing to Your Strengths – Using Strengthsfinder (book) with Teams

What is a Value Hypothesis (and why was it following Larry all day?)

Creating a Values & Principles Based Culture

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Here’s the MIRO board that Lakshmi created for our virtual event:

Books and resources mentioned in this episode:

Lakshmi’s presentation on **The Power of Inceptions**

Vic’s old post about Inceptions

Scrum PLoP! one-piece continuous flow

The Principles of Product Development Flow – by Donald Reinertsen

High Performance Tree (Lyssa Adkins)

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71. Launching New Podcast Voices Sep 22, 2020

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Vic (@AgileCoffee) and Ben Rodilitz (@BenRodilitz) were joined by Allison Pollard (@allison_pollard) and Ruth Struck (@ruthstruck) in a virtual coffee shop to discuss the following topics:

Getting clearer on outcomes and finding efficiencies
How are you engaging with teams to stay connected in this remote world?
How do we coach leadership/teams whose attitude is “just tell us what to do”?
How should managers support teams now? How involved is too involved?

As we wrapped up the conversation, we congratulated Ruth for making her podcasting debut as an ambassador of Launching New Voices, a program of Women in Agile. (Shout out to Jenny Tarwater, Program Director. W00t!)

Are you searching for a game to teach self-organization and empirical process control to teams? CardZinga! can be played in-person or online. Get the instructions and see examples at CardZinga.com

Looking for an Agile Conference this season? Check out the Agile Online Summit coming up October 26th – 30th, 2020. It’s a FREE event over 5 days, with 5 tracks, 8 excellent keynote speakers, Live Q&A sessions, a sweet networking program.

Help make this podcast ever more amazing. With your support, we hope to host a new Agile Coffee episode each week of the year, bringing fresh new voices and unique perspectives to the conversation. Help us out by signing up on Patreon today. Thanks!

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