Why Agile Transformations Fail

Why Agile Transformations Fail


Latest Episodes

Episode 19 With Dean Leffingwell, Creator of SAFe
June 20, 2017

In this episode I talk to Dean Leffingwell, the man behind Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), and as such, a man behind a huge amount of agile transformation globally at the moment, especially in larger enterprises.

Episode 18 With Alok Upadhyay
June 13, 2017

This podcast is all about agile in as many different cultures, contexts and perspectives as possible, so this week’s episode is the first to be recorded in India. Alok Upadhyay is an inspirational agile coach I met over in India,

Episode 17 With Ahmad Fahmy
May 30, 2017

Ahmad Fahmy is the guy who inspired this podcast in the first place, and I’d genuinely rate him as one of the leading thinkers in the agile space right now. In this episode we discuss the role of consultants in transformations,

Episode 16 With Alistair Cockburn
May 23, 2017

This week’s episode is with Alistair Cockburn, author and driving force behind the Agile Manifesto. We discuss the original roots of the Agile Manifesto, whether agile transformations can ever work and how people sometimes just lie in wait,

Episode 15 With Fabiola Eyholzer
May 16, 2017

Fabiola’s well known now in the agile community for leading the way on all things Agile HR. If large scale agile transformations are to succeed, they need to encompass HR teams as well, at least in terms of having them understand agile teams,

Episode 14 With Chris Alexander & Brian Rivera
May 09, 2017

In Munich Scrum Gathering last year, Brian Rivera’s talk blew me away, so I wanted to catch him and his business partner Chris for the podcast at Scrum Gathering San Diego. True to form, this podcast is a must listen,

Episode 13 With Michele Sliger
May 02, 2017

In contrast with last week’s episode, Michele Sliger this week makes the case that your agile transformation is going to fail, culture change is impossible, and the next best thing is to use persuasion. Along the way,

Episode 12 With Luke Hohmann
April 25, 2017

Long time agile community member Luke Hohmann gets to the question others have so far missed. What does success actually mean for an agile transformation? He argues that transformations actually succeed far more than they fail,

Episode 11 With Nigel Baker
April 18, 2017

In this episode, Certified Scrum Trainer and hugely experienced agile coach Nigel Baker discusses his 15 or so years of leading agile transformations, from malicious compliance to being called an ‘agile purist’.

Episode 10 With Jeff McKenna, co-creator of Scrum
April 11, 2017

Hugely excited this week to bring you the thoughts of Jeff McKenna, an original co-creator of Scrum along with Jeff Sutherland and John Scumniotales. We talk what Scrum was like in those early days, whether agile transformation was even a thing in that...