This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences.

In this podcast, recorded at Agile 2016, Shane Hastie, InfoQ Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Michael de la Maza and David Benz about their minibook Why Agile Works, which is available at InfoQ.com.

Why listen to this podcast:

- In a startup you have to use an Agile approach – it just makes sense

- It’s easy to teach practices, but with a foundation in the core values of agile then practice drive adoption of agile can be hell

- There has been a recent resurgence in the recognition of the importance of the values

- This can be a way to explain agile approaches to executives

- Cutting through dysfunction requires addressing culture and assumptions

Notes and links can be found on InfoQ: http://bit.ly/why-agile-works

7m:30s - The book has lots of dimensions and plenty of examples of why values matter, and how they make a difference

7m:50s - The audience includes managers who want to adopt a value-driven approach

8m:05s - It is for people who want to deepen their level of consciousness about the agile values, not just add another practice to their toolkit

8m:35s - This is a book to help explain agile approaches to executives

9m:20s - Key message: integrity and consistency.

9m:45s - The impact of practices which are at odds with corporate values

Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ: http://bit.ly/why-agile-works

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