Badass Agile

By Fuse Chamber, IncTechnology

Badass Agile episodes

October 02, 2019 Badass Unscripted - Silver Linings
“Looking on the bright side” may seem like an empty practice - putting a cheap paint job on a crappy situation - but actually, learning to see the wisdom and opportunity in challenges is a very powerful way to get unstuck when things are sticky. In this episode, we’ll uncover a simple set of statements that can help you put the right spin on current events to make a very real difference in your performance. And…this is a great one to teach your teams!
9 min
October 01, 2019 Badass Unscripted – Silver Linings
“Looking on the bright side” may seem like an empty practice – putting a cheap paint job on a crappy situation – but actually, learning to see the wisdom and opportunity in challenges is a very powerful way to get unstuck when things are sticky. In this episode, we’ll uncover a simple set of statements that can help you put the right spin on current events to make a very real difference in your performance. And…this is a great one to teach your teams!
9 min
September 30, 2019 Episode 109 - Dealing With Changes
Projects and teams can involve frequent and sometimes painful change. How does a leader lead through change by example?
* Make sure you have been listening to my episodes on fundamentals and the ‘Badass Way’. Learn the basics of Agile Leadership and practice, practice, practice.
* When dealing with change, especially traumatic change, you’re going to need to lean on lessons learned in studying the Badass Way:
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* Remember your ‘why’ - vision and service will free you from outcome dependence (a particular role, job, project or result)
* Remember to embrace failure and find gratitude in things that don’t go the way you expected
* Use the retrospective to document what, specifically, you learned from the experience
17 min
September 29, 2019Episode 109 – Dealing With Changes
Projects and teams can involve frequent and sometimes painful change. How does a leader lead through change by example?
Make sure you have been listening to my episodes on fundamentals and the ‘Badass Way’. Learn the basics of Agile Leadership and practice, practice, practice.
When dealing with change, especially traumatic change, you’re going to need to lean on lessons learned in studying the Badass Way:
Remember your ‘why’ – vision and service will free you from outcome dependence (a particular role, job, project or result)
Remember to embrace failure and find gratitude in things that don’t go the way you expected
Use the retrospective to document what, specifically, you learned from the experience
17 min
September 27, 2019 Badass Answers – Capacity and Theme Song
This week, we explore two very different questions submitted from two different listeners: how do you measure and describe ‘capacity’ when you have teams working on non-technical (or just ‘other’) issues, and….who wrote your theme song, and where can I download it?
11 min
September 26, 2019 Badass Answers - Capacity and Theme Song
This week, we explore two very different questions submitted from two different listeners: how do you measure and describe ‘capacity’ when you have teams working on non-technical (or just ‘other’) issues, and….who wrote your theme song, and where can I download it?
11 min
September 23, 2019 Badass Unscripted – 3 Components Of Influence
One common question I get is how to become more influential. If you want your massage to have impact – to resonate and to stick – just follow the example of those who have gone successfully before you.
Impactful people and messages anchor their messages to existing powerful emotional or cultural touchpoint, repeat and spread the message, and then amplify the resulting waves.
9 min
September 18, 2019 Badass Unscripted - Two Kinds Of People
There are two sorts of people you meet in the halls of a large enterprise; those who want to learn specific job skills so they can meet their targets, impress their bosses and get a particular job done.
And then there are those who want to learn the skills of change and influence. Or those who simply want to be a part of something much bigger.
On the one hand, it's easy to believe that there can't be leaders without followers. That some people are destined to accept the leadership of others, and help achieve somebody else's vision.
But I believe that eventually, all people, or at least most of them, become visionary… Especially when they come face-to-face with their own limitlessness.
6 min
September 17, 2019 Badass Unscripted – Two Kinds Of People
There are two sorts of people you meet in the halls of a large enterprise; those who want to learn specific job skills so they can meet their targets, impress their bosses and get a particular job done.
And then there are those who want to learn the skills of change and influence. Or those who simply want to be a part of something much bigger.
On the one hand, it’s easy to believe that there can’t be leaders without followers. That some people are destined to accept the leadership of others, and help achieve somebody else’s vision.
But I believe that eventually, all people, or at least most of them, become visionary… Especially when they come face-to-face with their own limitlessness.
6 min
September 16, 2019 Episode 108 – The Grooming Habit
Everyone loves retrospectives. This is where we get to improve. Everyone loves demos… Because this is where we get to show off our finished work to the customer in waiting.
But nobody ever mentions backlog grooming as their favourite scrum ceremony. But I think it should be.
Often done poorly, grooming is the refining work that allows a backlog to remain current, relevant…and agile
Proper grooming can eliminate waste by keeping low priority items low
Proper grooming allows us to maximize the time for development, testing and other meaningful work – rather than asking for clarifications mid-sprint, or building the wrong thing
Most important, a good backlog grooming habit frees the team and PO to brainstorm and get the kitchen sink out there…knowing that the good ideas will stick and recur, and the bad ones will eventually fall off
12 min