The Agile Wire

Jeff Bubolz & Jeff Maleski

Stories on the journey from doing Agile to being Agile.

  • 35 minutes 28 seconds
    Culture From The Inside Out with Zach Blumenfeld and Nick Lombardino

    00:00 Intro

    05:00 Workplace engagement

    08:48 Culture from the inside out

    13:00 Paradigm shift in leadership

    19:00 AI agents, tools, and trust

    25:45 Learning as founders and entrepreneurs

    33:15 CultureCon AI Summit

    34:50 Outro


    AI Summit 2026: https://www.cultureconusa.org/ai-summit-2026

    CultureCon: https://www.cultureconusa.org/


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    HFL Operating Model: https://www.hfloperatingmodel.com/


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    #entrepreneurship #leadership #change #Scrum #Agile #ProfessionalScrum #Kanban #BusinessAgility

    18 March 2026, 9:09 pm
  • 38 minutes 35 seconds
    Leading Change with Craig Schiefelbein

    00:00 Intro

    01:40 Starting a company with loose change

    03:50 Hardest moment as an entrepreneur

    13:12 Long term sustainable competitive advantage

    16:00 Impact the human condition

    22:00 Your worst advice

    29:30 Leading change

    37:00 Leave a relevant legacy and start today

    Craig Schiefelbein: https://www.observationtower.net

    Craig's TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taB6aq3SWwo

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    Chad Beier

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    #entrepreneurship #leadership #change #Scrum #Agile #ProfessionalScrum #Kanban #BusinessAgility

    9 February 2026, 8:44 pm
  • 43 minutes 14 seconds
    Conviction. Resiliency. Consistency. with Isaiah Ness

    00:00 Intro

    06:00 Conviction, Resiliency, Consistency

    09:50 Critic and Supporter

    12:45 Habits of an Entrepreneur

    14:00 Thinking time

    17:30 Slowing down

    24:22 Balancing scale with operations

    28:50 AI as a team member (not a tool)

    30:20 Celebrating not winning

    37:00 Starting a company (planning vs experimenting)

    42:00 The power of listening


    Isaiah's Company: https://sunbearindustries.com

    Isaiah's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isaiah-ness-376a461a5/


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    #entrepreneurship #leadership #change #Scrum #Agile #ProfessionalScrum #Kanban #BusinessAgility

    11 December 2025, 9:13 pm
  • 33 minutes
    Agile Product Operating Model with Dave West

    00:00 Intro

    00:55 Agile Product Operating Model

    03:30 Organizing around value

    06:10 Org within the org

    08:20 Bridging the technology and business divide

    09:50 A word of caution

    12:00 Continuously transforming

    15:18 AWS example

    16:35 Reorganizing team structures

    21:30 Start simple

    23:40 Incentives - visible and invisible

    30:05 AI's thoughts

    31:03 Outro


    More on Agile Product Operating Model

    https://www.scrum.org/agile-product-operating-model

    https://www.scrum.org/resources/product-definition-how-define-and-structure-your-products

    https://www.scrum.org/resources/moving-agile-product-operating-model-evidence-based-approach-delivering-products-digital-age

    https://www.scrum.org/resources/portfolio-management-agile-product-operating-model-balancing-agility-and-strategy


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    #Scrum #Agile #ProfessionalScrum #Kanban #BusinessAgility

    30 March 2025, 9:23 pm
  • 39 minutes 35 seconds
    Agile AI: Agile isn’t dead..it’s the only thing alive! with Troy Magennis

    00:00 Intro

    00:45 Agile data and AI

    02:45 Optimizing flow with AI

    04:28 Tracking blocked work

    05:15 Language translation

    06:50 AI impact on software development

    14:53 OKRs, Monte Carlos, and AI tools

    19:45 Agile is dead?

    23:00 Agile isn't dead

    27:00 Product operating model and AI

    30:20 Future-proof your employment

    36:10 Troy's tools

    39:10 Outro


    Troy

    heycasey.io

    llmasaservice.io

    focusedobjective.com


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    #Scrum #Agile #ProfessionalScrum #Kanban #BusinessAgility

    18 February 2025, 7:31 pm
  • 27 minutes 26 seconds
    Agile In Hardware? Continuous Flow of Learning with Dr. Joanna

    00:00 Intro

    00:55 Does Agile Work in Hardware?

    04:40 Learn Quickly!

    11:32 Cross-Functional Teams in Hardware

    15:02 Continuous Flow of Learning

    17:50 The Next Best Solution

    25:00 Quality of Interactions

    26:10 Scrum With Joanna

    26:45 Outro


    https://www.youtube.com/@scrum-with-joanna


    https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanna-plaskonka


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    #Scrum #Agile #ProfessionalScrum #Kanban #BusinessAgility

    9 December 2024, 2:58 am
  • 32 minutes 49 seconds
    Product Discovery and Validation with Paul Kuijten and Fredrik Wendt

    00:00 Intro

    00:48 What's the problem in the product space?

    03:30 The Three Vs of Product Ownership

    06:00 Discovery and validation!

    07:35 Assumptions and analysis?

    11:30 My ideas are the best

    13:40 Levels of investment risk

    16:30 Knowing vs doing

    18:22 ScrumMatch data on Scrum Masters

    20:30 Shift in leadership

    22:04 "Adoption" of cutting edge is slow

    25:55 Bike shedding

    27:00 To put it disrespectfully

    28:14 Launch of Professional Product Discovery and Validation (PPDV) Workshop

    31:00 Organizing Scrum around product yields more value

    32:29 Outro


    https://www.scrum.org/courses/professional-product-discovery-and-validation-training


    https://www.linkedin.com/in/fredrikwendt


    https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulkuijten


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    #Scrum #Agile #ProfessionalScrum #Kanban #BusinessAgility

    17 September 2024, 4:33 pm
  • 17 minutes 15 seconds
    Agile Is Dead? Scrum Day Is Alive! with Mary Iqbal

    00:00 Intro00:42 State of agile conferences03:30 Agile is dead?04:30 Agile is just good business05:30 The speakers at Scrum Day 202408:13 What is different this year at Scrum Day?11:55 Tragedies in the product space13:43 Scrum in healthcare16:34 Join us at Scrum Day!17:05 OutroScrum Day is October 23, 2024 in Madison, Wisconsin! Get your tickets now with our Wisconsin Agility 20% discount!Tickets: https://www.scrumday.org/event-details/scrum-day-madison-2024Use Code: WIAGILITY20----------------------------------------------------------------Connect with us at the following places:Wisconsin AgilityTraining: https://wisconsinagility.com/trainingAdvising: https://wisconsinagility.com/advisingMerch: https://wisconsinagility.com/merchJeff BubolzJeff Bubolz LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffbubolz/Jeff Bubolz Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeffBubolz Chad BeierChad Beier LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chadbeier/Agile Songs YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@agilesongsAgile Songs Shorts: https://www.youtube.com/@agilesongs/shortsAgile Songs Twitter: https://twitter.com/AgileSongsThe Agile WireWeb: https://theagilewire.comSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0YKEHJtcJXZ55ohsUOvklI Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-agile-wire/id1455057621 Agile Wire Clips: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLl0ryedF7y7HWTsbur4ysdpUcY7tniSGAgile Wire X: https://x.com/AgileWire Make sure you subscribe to the channel!#Scrum #Agile #ProfessionalScrum #Kanban #BusinessAgility

    23 August 2024, 1:11 am
  • 26 minutes 36 seconds
    Untrapping Product Teams with David Pereira

    00:00 Intro

    00:35 Bullshit Management

    01:35 Backlog Length

    04:09 Hierarchal Backlogs

    06:30 Moving Away from the Status Quo

    09:50 Where to Start?

    12:10 Victim of Circumstance vs Hero of Your Story

    14:30 Writing a Book via Gradual Commitment Escalation

    12:03 Find a Mentor

    25:09 Don't Lecture People, Help Others See What You See

    26:10 Outro


    David's Book: https://www.d-pereira.com/untrapping-product-teams


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    #Scrum #Agile #ProfessionalScrum #Kanban #BusinessAgility

    14 July 2024, 11:47 pm
  • 34 minutes 54 seconds
    Scrum Masters! Get Your Hands Off The Team's Work with Angela Johnson

    00:00 Intro

    00:30 The Scrum Master's Accountability?

    03:15 Meetings Suck...Facilitate!

    13:30 Self-Management Tactics

    19:20 Contracts Drive Anti-patterns

    22:12 Roles to Accountabilities

    25:05 Adult Day Care Provider?

    30:57 Capability and Opportunity

    33:55 The Scrum Master Files

    34:32 Outro


    Angela's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Scrum-Master-Files-Secrets-Should/dp/B09MR91GDV

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    #Scrum #Agile #ProfessionalScrum #Kanban #BusinessAgility

    17 June 2024, 2:17 am
  • 37 minutes 59 seconds
    Mapping The Agile Airspace with Nate Amidon

    00:00 Intro

    00:22 Nate Amidon - Airforce and Agile

    02:53 Form 100 Consulting - Request to leave active duty

    04:07 Serving in the military applied to serving as a Scrum Master

    8:22 How the Airforce using an Agile Mindset

    10:09 Owner Mentality

    14:00 Building "Extreme Ownership"

    15:17 Navigating change in big organizations

    18:53 Stakeholder Management vs Stakeholder Engagement

    21:45 Change is not hard - Don't change hearts and minds

    26:50 How to change your approach for different people

    28:58 Giving orders is failing

    34:00 Centralized command decentralized execution

    35:50 Add ex-military leaders to you organization - Form 100 Consulting

    37:50 Outro


    https://form100consulting.com


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    #Scrum #Agile #ProfessionalScrum #Kanban #BusinessAgility

    13 May 2024, 1:20 am
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