This episode is composed of two separate sessions. The first part was recorded on location at the 9th Annual Agile Open Northwest (Portland, OR) with Ben Sherwood, Michael Wolf, Alicia Lanier and Ian Savage.  For the second part, I returned to the home studio and was joined by Dale Ellis, Jon Jorgensen, Brett Palmer and Larry Lawhead.

Between the two sessions, we dove deep into the following topics:

 	* Facilitation Tools - Groupwork cards
 	* Adaptive Action and Agile - aka What? So what? Now what?

One more huge shout of gratitude to Ian, Alicia, Michael and Ben, to Diana, Tündér, Ainsley and all participants and volunteers at #AONW.

26. Visiting the Agile Open Northwest

A roomful of engaged agilists sharing espresso shots of agile / lean wisdom

Society & Culture

Personal Journals

History

Philosophy

Places & Travel

Technology

Tech News

Podcasting

Gadgets

Software How-To

Business

Investing

Careers

Management & Marketing

Business News

Shopping

Relationships


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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79. Ben is Tired of the Agile Bashing


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

78. Coffee with the CoLead Team


It's summertime, the season of recent grads sending out their brand new resumes. I sat down with the team behind the Meta-Cast podcast, Josh Anderson (@nosrednAhsoJ) and Bob Galen (@bobgalen), to talk about this time-honored document as it relates to the Scrum master role. They shared some great perspectives and tips, some of which might change how you think about resumes.



After speaking, I combined takeaways from our conversation with a bunch of other research, interviews and data about the resume for Scrum masters and assembled it all on the Scrum master resume page.







Here are a few ways to get in touch with Bob and Josh:



* Bob's websites include rgalen.com and agile-moose.com* Bob is on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/bobgalen* Josh shares the best agile content at kazi.io* Listen to the Meta-Cast at meta-cast.com - they just posted their 200th episode!



Whether you're a job-seeker or not, this conversation is certain to keep you informed if not entertained.







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77. Coffee and the Resume


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



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76. Gratitude and Coffee






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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26. Visiting the Agile Open Northwest

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