Joining us to kick off our series on Agile Leadership is returning guest Kurt Bittner, co-author of the Professional Agile Leader!  We discuss the satisfaction gap as it relates to transformation, how facts are friendly, and how your customers dont care about your revenue or operational expense, among many other topics.  Enjoy! The Professional Agile Leader on Amazon If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a review, a rating, or leave comments on iTunes, Stitcher or your podcasting platform of choice. It really helps others find us.  Much thanks to the artist Krebs&nb ..read more

Break the Burnout Cycle and Unlock High Performance in the New World of Work! Hosts Andy Cleff, Jay Hrzcko, and Shana Burns chat with organizational agility expert Brandi Olson about her book: Real Flow We cover a range of topics: Brandi’s inspirations for the book, cognitive science, organizational agility, lean principles, and permaculture. Listen in and learn how to cultivate an evidence-driven approach to high-performing, agile organizations, with improved employee retention. Links Brandi’s website, Real Work Done Brandi’s LinkedIn Brandi’s book, Real Flow Other Books Mentioned If Nietz ..read more

Every agile practitioner’s dream is to run a transformation…but is it all it’s cracked up to be?  This week the panel of Janee McConnell, Andrew Leff, Chris Murman, and Jay Hrcsko discuss their experiences with being the HMFIC in regards to helping an organization achieve agility.  What battles did they expect but didn’t have?  What battles did they not expect but ended up fighting?  And what advice would they give other practitioners going down this road?  Enjoy! If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a review, a rating, or leave comments on iTunes, Stitcher or ..read more

This week we were lucky enough to sit down with Alicia Yanik and Nathan Chowilawu-Eshe a.k.a. The Agile Twins, hosts of the Transformation Simulation podcast!  We discuss their show’s history, the idea genesis, and then we veer wildly off-course into the problems with agile, where our industry is going, and why transformations no longer “follow the script.”  Enjoy! Transformation Simulation Podcast If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a review, a rating, or leave comments on iTunes, Stitcher or your podcasting platform of choice. It really helps others find us.  Much th ..read more

Is this even possible?  How can we hope to transform an organization WITHOUT using a popular framework?  What are the vital concepts we need to get across?  What pitfalls should we avoid?  Join us this week as we unpack our experiences with guiding an agile transformation WITHOUT using a framework! Enjoy! If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a review, a rating, or leave comments on iTunes, Stitcher or your podcasting platform of choice. It really helps others find us.  Much thanks to the artist Krebs from Machine Man Records who provided us ..read more

This week we have a GREAT interview with Joe Krebs, the innovator behind the Agile Kata.  We review not only the theory but also the application of this easy-to-understand practice which you can use to supercharge your organization!  Enjoy! Agile Kata Website Order your Agile Kata Kit! If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a review, a rating, or leave comments on iTunes, Stitcher or your podcasting platform of choice. It really helps others find us.  Much thanks to the artist Krebs from Machine Man Records who provided us our outro music free-of-charg ..read more

In this episode, hosts Andy Cleff and Jay Hrscko chat with Joshua Kerievsky about his latest book, Joy of Agility. It reflects over two decades of experimenting, learning, unlearning, and reflecting on the nature of agility. Joy of Agility features 6 powerful agile mantras and over 100 unforgettable stories of real people, teams, and organizations that made slow and awkward things faster and easier, solved difficult problems by being readily resourceful, and adapted to change with speed and grace. This book is a guide meant for people in any profession who aspire to be agile. Links https://ww ..read more

Many of us have had interesting professional journeys, but how many of us have actually had a life-changing epiphany that makes us question EVERYTHING?  This week Jay sat down with Chris Murman to have a no holds barred, no topic off limits conversation with Chris about some of his recent insights, regrets, and things he’d do differently.  Take a listen, you might learn something about yourself.   If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a review, a rating, or leave comments on iTunes, Stitcher or your podcasting platform of choice. It really helps others find us.  Muc ..read more

  This week we continue our Metaphors Matter series, but from a different angle…we all encounter “problems” at work of varying size, impact, and severity.  Being as we’re trying to move from mechanical or biological metaphors, would it make sense to refer to these problems as illnesses?  Or injuries?  What about the idea of disease in an organization?  Join us this week as the panel unpacks this metaphor.  Cheers! If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a review, a rating, or leave comments on iTunes, Stitcher or your podcasting platform of choice. It really ..read more

Talk about an episode that’s been a long time coming; this week we finally dive into the topic of Clean Language, and to help us do so we enlisted the best people to talk about it: author Caitlin Walker and clean practitioner/conference speaker Sarah Baca.  This is definitely an episode you’ll want to listen to twice…Enjoy! Caitlin’s Clean Learning Website Caitlin’s Book, From Contempt to Curiosity Sarah’s YouTube Channel, Clean at Work If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a review, a rating, or leave comments on iTunes, Stitcher or your podcasting platform of choice. It really h ..read more