At YOW 2013 in Sydney, Craig, Renee and Jeremie Benazra catch up with Lyssa Adkins, author of “Coaching Agile Teams” and Michael Spayd, both Agile Coaches at the Agile Coaching Institute and chew the fat on:
- What is Agile?
- Lyssa’s “Coaching Agile Teams” book
- The difficulties in being an Agile Coach
- The XP Coach
- Coaching as a more mature version of leadership
- Where professional coaching fits into Agile Coaching
- Why Agile Coaches are sought after whereas general organisational coaching is less prevalent
- The training of managers and its impact on mindsets
- Michael’s “Coaching the Agile Enterprise” book
- Team coaches vs enterprise coaches – what is the difference
- Scrum Mastering an enterprise transformation
- ICAgile
- How to teach a pig to sing
- The coaching oath of non-allegiance
- Certified Scrum Coach versus ICAgile Coach
- The myriad of skill sets needed as an Agile Coach
- Agile Management
- Agile Coach as term and riding waves
- Agile Coaching resources
The Agile Revolution-66 (47 minutes)