Faster Than A Standup

In this parking lot-sized episode, we have a very deep discussion about a transformation. Brent, Dale, and Michael do a deep dive into what a Dojo is, how a transformation domain for that dojo would be created, and how to use critical conversations to help the domain get off to the right start. The post Episode 149: The Aim Is Really The Horizon first appeared on Faster Than A Standup.

In this very brief conversation, Brent, Justin, and Ronnie ask you to action. We’re wanting our listeners to give us feedback about how agile expertise is shared in your organization and what you think works best, is it a centralized model across an entire organization or a distributed model throughout the organization. The post Episode 148: That’s A Good Call To Action first appeared on Faster Than A Standup.

The last iteration in our Change Management series discusses change fatigue. Amy, Brent, Dustin, Erin, and Michal cover how real change fatigue is to teams, individuals, and leaders. Topics include how to prioritize the changes and recognizing that change is everywhere, not just on a given team. The post Episode 147: Prioritize Which Changes They Should Focus On first appeared on Faster Than A Standup.

In the sixth iteration of our Change Management series, we cover the impact of change management from the perspective of individual contributors. In this conversation, Amy, Brent, Erin, and Michal discuss feedback loops, how multiple layers of leaders play a role in making a change be positive for teams, and why honesty is the best policy while “playing poker”. We have a notable guest drop in for a brief visit. The post Episode 146: Be Seen Supportive Of The Change first appeared on Faster Than A Standup.

The fifth iteration of our Change Management series discusses the intentionality of Change Management. In this conversation Amy, Brent, Erin, and Michal go over topics such as how change management is not just doing a plan, what change management is like on a sprint cadence, and the return on investment of change. The post Episode 145: The Feedback Loop Is Super Important first appeared on Faster Than A Standup.

The fourth iteration in our Change Management series covers the cost of doing or not doing Change Management In this conversation Amy, Brent, Erin, and Michal cover the rumor mill, the telephone game, as well as how to create the capacity to do Change Management. The post Episode 144: Being Intentional With Those Tasks Are Very Important first appeared on Faster Than A Standup.

In the third iteration of our Change Management series, we have a conversation about those who are advocates of change. Amy, Brent, Erin, and Michal discuss the individual contributors who help drive organizational change but aren’t part of the original decision. The post Episode 143: Want To Be Part Of Something first appeared on Faster Than A Standup.

We continue our series on Change Management with a conversation on well-run and poorly-run change. Amy, Brent, Erin, Dustin, and Michal cover topics about how change can pivot from bad to well run and where leadership can play a role in pivoting change. The post Episode 142: You Have To React Immediately first appeared on Faster Than A Standup.

We start the fifth season with a series on Change Management. Amy, Brent, Dustin, Erin, and Michal start the series with a conversation covering a variety of topics, such as why people are important in Change Management. The post Episode 141: Change In Their Everyday Life first appeared on Faster Than A Standup.

In our season four finale and our last repeat episode, we build off of the last episode and discuss change management with Amy, Brent, Jesse, Robin, and Teresa. The post Episode 140: It’s A Monumental Challenge first appeared on Faster Than A Standup.

As we continue to revisit prior episodes, we bring back a Parking Lot episode on organizational change and leadership from last season where Amy, Brent, Jesse, Robin, and Teresa. The post Episode 139: Focus Continues On The Why first appeared on Faster Than A Standup.

Our third trip in the time machine is another combination of two episodes into a parking lot-sized one from Season 2 where Brent, Patrick, and Sunny cover two opposing myths about time and Agile (mostly discussing Scrum as “Agile”): that Agile doesn’t have deadlines or takes too much time. The post Episode 138: When You Do The Fundamentals, It’s Easy first appeared on Faster Than A Standup.

In our second trip down memory lane, we’re combining two episodes into a parking lot-sized one from Season 2 (Episodes 42, and 43). The conversation with Mark, Patrick, and Ryan starts on the challenges of sharing resources across teams. In the second half, we planned to discuss managing resources, but took a pivot. The post Episode 137: It’s Very Hard To Push This New Initiative first appeared on Faster Than A Standup.

In our first rerun, we revisit Psychological Safety from season three with Jesse Mar Chun and Teresa Kremer. They discuss the Westrum Culture survey, the benefits of a generative culture, and how an Agile and DevOps environment benefits from a safe environment starting at the top of the organization. The post Episode 136: Need Leaders Who Are Listeners first appeared on Faster Than A Standup.

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Brent, Dennis, and Philipp have a conversation about Domain Driven Design (DDD). As part of the discussion, they also cover the relationships with microservices, design thinking, the various classifications in DDD and the Business Model Canvas.

In this iteration, Brent, Gus, and Justin take a request from a listener and start the conversation about maintenance-focused teams and whether or not they should be a Scrum team or a Kanban team. The conversation also goes down a path about selection biases for coaches and scrum masters.

In the last iteration of the Cloud Mindset series, Diana, Brent and Markus have a parking lot-sized conversation about failure and how it relates to Empowerment and Delegation. They discuss the three types of failure from Amy Edmondson, how failure works in an agile environment, and how teams can improve from experimentation.

In the next iteration of the Cloud Mindset series, Brent and Markus discuss the principle of Empowerment and Delegation. They cover Decision Poker, Delegation Poker, the agile value of courage, and how multipliers are used in an agile setting.

In this parking lot (but regular length) iteration as part of the Cloud Mindset series, Brent, Michael, and Ryan discuss story points in a data-driven process. The conversation includes gamification of estimation, how teams need to buy into whatever process is used, metaphors for teams, venting egos, as well as physics.