This is our time. Do you feel the call to lead? We want to create an uncommon tribe that not only adapts and assists, but leads the way.  Let us not be at the mercy of the changing times, but architects in our emergence from them. Our community needs to know the way.  Our clients need to know the way. When times are uncertain, be certainty. Stay tuned to this podcast, along with my twitter (@badass_agile) and instagram (@badassagile) for your invitation to be part of something special.

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Badass Unscripted - COVID19 - What Happens Next Is Yours To Lead

At a time of so much increased noise and anxiety, its time that we once again return to fundamentals as we help teams become more agile.  So what could you reduce this week - in terms of frameworks, rules, and complexity?    

Badass Unscripted - Reduce, Reduce, Reduce

Blockers that come up repeatedly are a symptom...even the most complex issue can be worked around or decomposed.somehow.  The problem occurs when nothing moves; creating delays and other diseases.

Episode 134 - What Persistent Blockers Really Tell You

The right question is not "How can I be more confident, more leader-like, more influential...?", but rather, "what beliefs and stories am I hanging on to that I should let go of?" Can you let go of the need to perfect, to be right, to be accepted and wanted?  Can you let go of the need for certainty or an easy life?  What about your fears? What about your need for approval? If you're trying to influence people and make change - you need to make sure your game is tight first.

Badass Unscripted - What Could You Let Go Of?

What do I need to journal for? What does this have to do with agility? One of the big byproducts of Agile thinking and doing is innovation - that requires massive creativity. It requires sharp thinking on demand. Leadership, likewise requires deep reflection, and attention to daily lessons learned. The qualities that we admire most in great thinkers and leaders is the ease with which they seem to have access to the best ideas and wisdom.  A journal makes that possible. Let's revisit this topic - one that so many of you have identified as among your favourite - and incorporate a journalling practice today.

Episode 133 - Tap Into Your Creativity With Daily Journalling

So often, we look to gain influence over other people, or outside forces.  We believe that studying and practicing certain scripts or techniques will create better results.  Yet, how often do we look inward?  The truth is, YOU are the only thing you can truly control or influence.   To spend time trying to control that which you cannot control is to experience great anxiety and frustration.  The outside world simply won't bend to your will....or does it?  If you focus on how you show up, how you react to events, how you serve, and more importantly...what you let go of and strip away, only then can things actually change.

Badass Unscripted - Mastering Yourself

Time to move on from this "Agile is a super-secret funky method for developers" thing we do.  At this point, the fundamentals of Agility belong everywhere work happens.  In every department, at every level...whether you're dealing in products, projects or not.

Episode 132 - Agile As The New Way Of Working

As you know by know, I love old-school wisdom.  "Practice what you preach" being a great example.  If you expect your teams to behave with awareness, self-control, accountability, and growth mindsets, then you should start with you.  How do you react to challenges, feedback, change, or new ideas?  How you react is the most impactful teacher; providing a living example of how a leader should be.

Badass Unscripted - Your Reaction Teaches Them Everything

I like universal, timeless wisdom.  One of the things I've come to learn is that often, we must be the opposite of what we want in order to get it.  So in order to make Agile bigger and better, we must focus on keeping it simpler.

Episode 131 - Opposites in Agile

Being a hero doesn't mean going crazy with tools and processes - sometimes less is more.

Badass Unscripted - Uncommon Does Not Mean Overdoing

As a learning living leader, one of the first things that you need to sort out is how to be quiet and listen. How to offer yourself as a broker of solutions, not as a dictator, or an originator of solutions. As a leader, you are there to help people find their own best.  If they need support in difficult and anxious times, you are there. If they need help, resources - and they have the courage to ask for them - your job is to answer the call. If they're banging their heads against the wall, over the same problem over and over, your job is to knock down the walls and find ways to help them break through.

Episode 130 - Management Destroys Trust

Looking for a formula to be successful with Agile? Start with intention.  Define the problem. - What does success look like?  What experiment might work and what are the three things we can do today to move us closer to success? execute, take action, fail. Repeat. That's your formula.

Badass Unscripted - If There Was A Formula, We'd All Be Using It

Badass Unscripted - Discomfort Is Where The Growth Is

A cross-functional teem doesn't require that everyone has technical skill.  Simply being available to help is the only required trait - but it also requires that people know how to ask for help. Learn more about how in this episode.  

Episode 129 - A Small Shift to Become More Cross Functional

Do you want the challenge?  When things get tough...do you rise to the occasion, or do you ask to make things easier? Scrum teaches us that we have options in changing conditions - to ask for help, to change the scope or modify MVP.  When you think about it, that's another way of saying that we never, ever make excuses or fail the mission.

Badass Unscripted - Don't Ask Me To Lower The Bar

 With the toll, risk, and sacrifice of a global health crisis, we’re learning new things every day.   Wouldn’t it be a shame if we did what we’ve always done - and forgotten them as soon as this is over? What’s the right way to handle our lessons learned? Lessons have to be studied - properly documented, visited often, and put into practice - until you can truly say 'you've got this'.  We frequently hear that those "who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it".  Let's remember in the days of COVID-19 that we are constantly learning about ourselves, each other, and the world around us.  Let us not forgot those lessons by committing to learning from them.  Likewise, in Scrum, we can't just collect feedback and surveys, we owe it to our teams and clients to observe, document, and communicate the education we have earned through adversity.

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