Episode 189: The Alistair Cockburn Fan Club with Martin Kearns

January 4, 2021 by The Agile Revolution

Tony and Craig are at Agile Australia in Melbourne and they (finally) catch up with Martin Kearns, the Chief Digital Officer at Innodev and co-organiser of Scrum Australia, and they chat about:

Alistair Cockburn gets mentioned at around the 2:30 minute mark, and Martin was responsible for first bringing him to Australia
Being coached is being open to an experience you aren’t controlling
Certified Agile Leadership
Agile is always going to hurt, need to prepare for pain and enjoy it
Australia 2030: Prosperity through Innovation – need to understand the environmental factors that are forcing Agility into organisations
Knowledge of customers is more superior than ever before – due to education and social intelligence (Target inappropriate clothing for children)
VUCA is here to stay – accept that you need to listen
Australia Post is a good agile example organisation – reinvented themselves through identity services, travel insurance, etc
Australian government has a greater openness to Agile than the private sector – Energy Safe Victoria understand purposefulness
FailAgility
Agile Contracts

TheAgileRevolution-189 (29 minutes)

Episode 165: Two Years and Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad

June 23, 2019 by The Agile Revolution

Craig and Tony sit down for a personal chat with the microphone turned on for the first time in 2 years (that is not an interview) (wow, time files…), unfortunately without Renee who was out sick:

State of the nation is a lot of dark / fake Agile and lack of collaborative connective tissues
Fail Agility – Craig and Tony’s keynote talk (Episode 150)
The word Agile is done, we are trying to harness agility
Heart of Agile – a reflective improvement framework that helps you find your way forward
The Agile Manifesto tells you the what, the Heart of Agile tells you the how
The Agile Revolution Podcast with Alistair Cockburn (Epsiode 49)
40 Agile Methods in 40 Minutes diagram
Collision 2019 Toronto – Justin Trudeau, Capital One, BMO, Ev Williams, Timbaland, KFC
Stability in leadership and the stake in organisational success is important for success in agile transformation
1982 Up In Lights
Masterclass
Agile Australia 2019 Sydney
XP 2019 Montreal
Craig is reading “Joy Inc.” by Rich Sheridan after a recent visit to Menlo Innovations in Ann Arbor, MI.
Tony is reading “The Responsibility Process” by Christopher Avery and is considering sitting through The Leadership Gift Program
The Agile Revolution podcast with Christopher Avery (Episode 114 and Episode 138)
Brightline Initiative – connecting leadership to strategy, “Strategy@Work” book
OKRs – Tony suggests “Measure What Matters” by John Doerr and Craig suggests “Radical Focus” by Christina Wodtke

TheAgileRevolution-165 (69 minutes)

Episode 150: FailAgility – Live from LAST Brisbane 2018

December 21, 2018 by The Agile Revolution

Craig and Tony were privileged to be asked to be the keynote speakers at LAST Brisbane 2018. This is the audio from the keynote with introductions from long time listener Dave Pryce. You can follow along with the slides below: