Badass Agile

By Fuse Chamber, IncTechnology

Badass Agile episodes

May 20, 2019 Badass Conversations – Emotional Intelligence with Carl Oxholm, PwC
Recently, I sat down with Carl Oxham, Tax Partner with PwC Canada about the topic he is most passionate about – emotional intelligence and it’s growing importance in leadership.
In this discussion, we get specific about why EI is becoming a hotter topic, how to get good at it, and why it matters for Agile.
Carl is an engaging, knowledgeable and gifted speaker – this was a fun conversation for me, and I hope you enjoy it!
49 min
May 19, 2019 Badass Conversations - Carl Oxholm, PwC
Recently, I sat down with Carl Oxholm, Tax Partner with PwC Canada about the topic he is most passionate about - emotional intelligence and it’s growing importance in leadership. In this discussion, we get specific about why EI is becoming a hotter topic, how to get good at it, and why it matters for Agile. Carl is an engaging, knowledgeable and gifted speaker - this was a fun conversation for me, and I hope you enjoy it!
49 min
May 15, 2019 Badass Unscripted – Find A Way Or Make A Way
“What else might work?” is to customer delight what “Yes, and…” is to improv. Great solutions are the result of breaking rules; forays into unknown, even forbidden territory. This flies in the face of compliance with established conventions and designs. Finding or making new ways is neither cost nor risk-free, but if you want the payoffs of Agile thinking and doing, you must accept these commitments.
7 min
May 12, 2019 Badass Conversations – Matt Comand, Performance Coach
In this conversation, Matt Comand of Consistent Elite Performance joins me in my home studio to talk about something that they don’t teach you in scrum master school….how to build elite, high, performing teams. Matt is a performance coach in the sports and business domain, as well as a post-secondary instructor, and brings incredible insight and skill into building trust, training versus planning, and the mental aspects of team performance.
40 min
May 09, 2019 Badass Unscripted - Agile Must Evolve
In much the same way that technical evolution makes old tools and techniques unnecessary and extinct, it is time for us as leaders to shift fire away from the mechanics of agility to the logistics of applying and spreading agile properly - not just in the IT realm, but to all of business, work and life. Agile is no longer new and fresh; it is a tool in the toolbox, and everyone should know and understand the basic ideas and practices; freeing us up to advance the craft and apply it to new and exciting problems.
10 min
May 08, 2019 Badass Unscripted – Agile Must Evolve
In much the same way that technical evolution makes old tools and techniques unnecessary and extinct, it is time for us as leaders to shift fire away from the mechanics of agility to the logistics of applying and spreading agile properly – not just in the IT realm, but to all of business, work and life. Agile is no longer new and fresh; it is a tool in the toolbox, and everyone should know and understand the basic ideas and practices; freeing us up to advance the craft and apply it to new and exciting problems.
10 min
May 07, 2019 Badass Unscripted – Journalling
A journalling practice is a great way to delve into increased discipline, structure, and self-examination. Your daily practice should include:
– Planning Your Day
– Stating your gratitude (3 things that you feel deep gratitude for)
Re-stating your vision
in the morning, and:
– Noting your wins – what went well?
– Stating your lessons learned, based on your reflections on the day and how it went
– Stating your gratitude again (once more, based on your reflections on the day)
9 min
May 06, 2019 Episode 95 – The Language Innovators Use
Words have impact. Some say ‘words are things’. If you want to innovate, you have to choose your words carefully. Why?
• The words you choose have an impact on your internal state; which alters your beliefs, and affects your ability to act with courage and certainty
• The words you choose also impact the state of those around you; and likewise their determination and certainty to act in alignment with the teams values and goals.
10 min
May 06, 2019 Badass Unscripted – Have Lots Of Lines
The only way to make sales is to have lots of prospects.
The only way to find a partner is to meet a lot of people and have a lot of conversations.
The only way to get that book written is to have a lot of ideas you can play with.
The only way to find a solution is to have lots of experiments that you’re willing to try.
It’s all a numbers game. You have to have lots of lines in the water in order to catch the fish.
6 min
May 06, 2019 Episode 94 – Delighting Customers
What does it really mean to delight your customer? Are we doing this just because we’re doing Agile? And if not, why not?
• Focusing on delighting the customer is the edge – that most businesses miss
• You can minimize the bottom line all you want, but isn’t it easier to maximize the top line? In fact, what good are efficient processes and policies if you have no revenue because you have no customers?
• What is the cost of replacing or retaining a customer? Is focusing on the bottom line still cheaper?
• An Agile practitioner must support Customer Delight by not only creating shared values and advertising them at the sprint, daily, and momentary level, but also by trusting the teams….not only setting targets for how we live our values, but letting them actually go out and do the footwork of delivering it.
15 min