Agile Gardeners
Latest Episodes
Pschological Safety: Creating, Nurturing and Sustaining
Allen Jellas, Jonathan Howell and I discuss the importance of Psychological Safety within Agile and Agility Transformations. The discussion covers approaches to create it, within the teams and organizations we have worked in. We also cover challenges to m
Change Agent or Change Catalyst
Just what we as Agile Coaches, a Change Agent or Change Catalyst? Maybe we are both but what is the difference and how does that change our coaching stance.
Agile Coaches: How BOLD is BOLD enough?
In this episode Jonathan Howell, Allen Jellas and I discuss the ability for Agile Coaches to help organizations address challenging issues by taking a bold stance. We explore whether the difference between an internal and external Agile Coach change the l
Diversity & Inclusion: How do we address within our teams?
As a follow-on to our previous podcast of Women in Agile we discuss our approach to integrating diversity and inclusion within our teams. Over the course of the last year diversity and inclusion have become hot button issues. Do we take a direct or indir
Women in Agile: Gender discrimination and how we can lead through the required cultural change
During this episode we explore the impact of gender in the lives of our panelists and what actions can we as agilists take to address this critical issue. This is a hot button issue and the language is colorful at times so it is not for all audiences.
Agile Gardeners: Why we chose this approach.
This is a short introduction to the perspective and purpose of the Agile Gardeners. Here I explain why we believe the analogy of a garden works for an Agile Transformation and what we see as the potential value. We hope these episodes fill a need for you
Agile Coaches: Why are we afraid to measure our value and impact?
During this episode we discuss a perceived resistance to measure the impact and value that Agile Coaches bring to organization through the delivery of an Agile Tranformation. Is this real or is it an indicator of reluctance to be transparent when we do me