Agile State of Mind

Agile State of Mind

By Maria ChecBusinessManagement
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Agile State of Mind episodes

  • S3E2 | Be Genuine - On Personal Brand With Maarten Dalmijn

    How to create a Personal Brand for yourself as a Product Manager or and Agile Practitioner? What are the important ingredients of creating a personal brand online? What to do to make your personal brand stand out? What is really a good strategy for personal branding in the Agile world?

    The third series of the Agile Conversations is about #personalbranding in Agile and Tech world.
    In this episode, Maarten Dalmijn shares his secrets about his personal brand. Why he decided to build it, what are the main channels he uses, and what tips and tricks he can share to keep going.
    Follow me on LinkedIn:
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariachec/
    Find Maarten Dalmijn:
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/maarten-dalmijn/
    Follow me on Social Media:
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariachec/
    Substack: https://mariachec.substack.com/
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agilestateo...

    35 min
  • S3E1 | 3 Steps To Building Your Agile Coach & Scrum Master Personal Brand With Chris Stone

    How to create a Personal Brand for yourself as an Agile Coach or a Scrum Master? What are the important ingredients of creating a personal brand online? What to do to make your personal brand unique and stand out? What is really a good strategy for personal branding in the Agile world?

    The third series of the Agile Conversations is about #personalbranding in Agile and Tech world.
    How to create a personal brand? What is personal branding? How do you make your content stand out? What's important when you start putting yourself out there?
     @virtuallyagile  Chris Stone and I talk about our experiences and how we started our online presence as an Agile Coach or a Scrum Master.
    Follow me on LinkedIn:
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariachec/
    You can find Chris on:
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thevirtualagilecoach/
    Web: https://linktr.ee/virtuallyagile
    Follow me on Social Media:
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariachec/
    Substack: https://mariachec.substack.com/

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agilestateofmind/

    37 min
  • S2E6 Product Manager Needs To Be Like Rocky Balboa | Conversation With David Pereira

    This one is so much fun! Listening to David Pereira talk is not only interesting, it’s also entertaining. What does a Product Manager have in common with Rocky Balboa?  We talk about product roles - the CPO, PO and the PM. What are those, what are the differences.   

    David is a CPO in omoqo and a prolific writer on Product Management topics.    

    Find David Pereira on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidavpereira/

    Substack: https://dpereira.substack.com/   

    This is the 6th episode of the second season of podcast - Serious Scrum Conversations in collaboration with Serious Scrum

    40 min
  • S2E5 Product Operations with Anabela Cesario

    I am talking with Anabela Cesario about Product Operations. Anabela is aa Product Operations Leader and a Chief of Staff to the CPO in Outsystems.


    Find Anabela on:
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anabelabcesario/  
    Check out her team's Miro board: https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVOFV9oeA=/?invite_link_id=453965550097

    Today we talk about:
    💬 What is Product Operations?
    💬 Who needs Product Operations?  
    💬 How to bootstrap Product Operations?  
    💬 What is a Chief of Staff to CPO
    💬 What tools to use and how does the company prioritization process works?   

    Listen to the full interview and discover more inside information. Stay curious!
    📇 Read more on Substack - https://mariachec.substack.com/p/conversation-pawe-huryn-roadmaps  
    Follow me on Social Media:
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariachec/
    Substack: https://mariachec.substack.com/  
    Twitter: @mariamchec  
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agilestateofmind/

    35 min
  • S2E4 Does Anyone Still Care About Scrum Certificates?  With Sjoerd Nijland

    Does Anyone Still Care About Scrum Certificates? How do we learn an occupation nowadays?


    Nyland and I talk about leadership, Scrum Master and Agile Coach accountabilities. We explore if anyone cares about certifications anymore, and talk about professional courses. What makes us become good Scrum Masters? Nyland, who has almost the full suite of Scrum.org certifications, explains what Road to Mastery is and how it differs from the typical two-day training.

    Let us take you on an Agile learning journey!  

    Sjoerd Nijland, the Co-Founder of Serious Scrum Community and a creator of Road to Mastery learning journey.  Find Sjoerd on LinkedIn  https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjoerd-nijland-9323376/  and join the Road to Mastery:  https://www.seriousscrum.com/r2m   This is the forth episode of the second season of the podcast - Serious Scrum Conversations in collaboration with Serious Scrum.

    Watch the full interview and discover more inside information. Stay curious!  

    📇 Read more on Substack - https://mariachec.substack.com/p/does-anyone-still-care-about-scrum

    Follow me on Social Media:
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariachec/
    Substack: https://mariachec.substack.com/  
    Twitter: @mariamchec  
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agilestateofmind/

    36 min
  • S2E3 Are You a Traditional Manager or an Agile Leader? Serious Scrum Conversation with Willem-Jan Ageling

    On Serious Scrum Community and Agile Leadership

    I had the pleasure to talk to with Willem-Jan Ageling, a Senior Agile Coach at Worldline and the Co-Founder of the Serious Scrum Community. One of the most vibrant independent Scrum communities globally. We talk about how Serious Scrum came to be and what Agile Leadership really is.

    We talk Serious Scrum Community, Agile Leadership and the difference between a Traditional Manager and an Agile Leader. We also ask ourselves shouldn't the Scrum Master or an Agile Coach be considered in the leadership path of the company?


    Listen to the whole conversation!

    40 min
  • S2E2 Roadmaps & Avoiding Product Fiction With Pawel Huryn

    I wanted to talk to Paweł Huryn, a Product Management Leader about #roadmaps   

    Find Paweł Huryn on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pawel-huryn/

    Substack: https://huryn.substack.com/  

    This is the second episode of the second season of podcast - Serious Scrum Conversations in collaboration with  @seriousscrum7314   

    Today we talk about:

    💬 What do we need to get started?  
    💬 What format to use for a Roadmap?  
    💬 What about Gantt Charts?  
    💬 What is a reasonable time horizon for a roadmap?  
    💬 How to make changes to it and notify about any delays?

    Let's see where the conversation will take us as we spent quite a lot of time on what are commitments. And also discussing Paweł's Roadmap format.  

    📇 Read more on Substack - https://mariachec.substack.com/p/conversation-pawe-huryn-roadmaps

    🎥 Watch on YouTube - https://youtu.be/-_1PRwAx1VM 

    34 min
  • #9 Results & Retention | On Titles, Staying Sane & Surviving | Series Recap With Daniel Hauck

    "The Rolls-Royce R&R Results and Retention"  Daniel Hauck  

    The 9th episode of the 🎥  Engineering Managers Series 🎙 is summarizing the whole season:
    💬 The game of titles - does it really matter? 🫅
    💬 Stay sane and survive 🛟
    💬 Preparation to be a manager NOT 🏋️‍♂️
    💬 Control your calendar 🗓
    💬 Build the team
    💬 The 1:1s  
    Daniel Hauck is an Engineering Lead at Musikhaus Thomann and he is writing a book to help first-time managers stay sane and survive the first couple of weeks in the role.   Watch the full episode and discover more inside information. Stay curious!

    1 hr 8 min
  • S2E1 On Sprint Goals with Maarten Dalmijn

    "Following the plan cannot become more important than meeting objectives."  Maarten Dalmijn  


    Today I was joined by Maarten Dalmijn, a popular Product Management Leader and soon-to-be-author of a book about Sprint Goals on that precise subject and everything around the importance of setting objectives:
    💬 why objectives are important 💡
    💬 committing to a plan vs hitting the goals 🗺
    💬 a framework for creating meaningful Sprint Goals 🎯
    💬 why complex work is like poker ♠️
    💬 the imperfect burndown charts 📈
    💬 stakeholder management 🕺🏼
    💬 constructive disagreement 😬  
    Listen to the full interview and discover more inside information. Stay curious!

    35 min
  • #8 Listen Not To Respond But To Understand | On QA Automation & Time Management by Daniel Gorgan @FreeNow

    "Find the sweet spot between people's motivation and company needs"  Daniel Gorgan  The 8th episode of the 🎥  Engineering Managers Series 🎙 is about

    💬 why you might want to have a team of Quality Engineers 👷👥👷
    💬 the faster you fail, the faster you learn👷
    💬 don't overthink
    💬 why as an EM you shouldn't leave room for interpretation 👷
    💬 find early adopters to help you spread the knowledge
    💬 should most of the roles not be needed?   
    Daniel Gorgan is an Engineering Manager at FreeNow. FreeNow is a taxi and ride hailing app in Europe. Daniel talks about the QE team he leads. Why at some level of maturity of your company it makes sense that the QEs act as a service rather than testers within the teams. What's the difference between a QA, QE, Tester, etc. We also speak about the time and self-management, pomodoro and other techniques to organize one's time.   Watch the full episode and discover more inside information. Stay curious!  
    🎙 Listen to this episode as a Podcast - https://anchor.fm/maria-chec📇
    Read about it on Medium - https://mariachec.medium.com/7-you-have-to-slow-down-to-speed-up-by-brandon-parrott-a-team-lead-at-fyllo-1c25c7d5d789  

    Find Daniel Gorgan on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dcgorgan
    QE job position in Free Now:  https://www.free-now.com/es/career/jobs/tech/quality-engineer-automation-4536795/
    More about FreeNow where Daniel works: https://www.free-now.com/es/
    Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay  
    Follow me on Social Media:
    Twitter: @mariamchec
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariachec/
    Medium: https://mariachec.medium.com/
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agilestateofmind/

    56 min

About Agile State of Mind

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Ever wondered what a day-to-day of Managers in Technology look like? I did. I'm Maria Chec and I decided to interview Agile Leaders on their daily work. I'll start with Engineering Managers to learn about their role and their journey from a Developer to a Leader.