Shows
Lean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowProjects in an Agile World: Risk, People, and Process with Abtin ZohrabiIn this episode, Abtin joined Shahin to delve into project management, career transitions, Agile's role in project execution, and the complexities of risk and change management. Abtin shares stories from his extensive career journey, from navigating political advisory roles to consulting, teaching, and driving transformation in project management.Topics Covered:
The journey from political advisory to project management consulting and teaching
Key turning points in a 20+ year project management career
Transitioning between industries and adapting to new roles
Balancing people-centric leadership with effective processes
The critical role of risk management across project lifecycles
Insights into Agile and...2024-11-1441 min
Lean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowBeyond Agile Coaching with Lyssa AdkinsIn this episode, Lyssa joined Shahin to delve into the evolving landscape of leadership and Agile coaching, offering valuable insights and resources. She highlights the skills essential for thriving in an increasingly uncertain world and discusses her efforts to elevate leadership consciousness to address complex global challenges.
Topics Covered:
Importance of Adaptive Skills: Lyssa emphasizes the need for professionals to develop the ability to adapt to change, work creatively, and collaborate effectively, rather than focusing solely on technical skills.
Leadership and Mental Complexity: The conversation explores how leaders can enhance their mental complexity to better navigate...2024-09-0344 min
Lean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowUnclogging Workflows: Identifying and Eliminating Bottlenecks in Your ProcessBottlenecks in Work Processes
- Bottlenecks occur when demand exceeds system capacity.
- Example: A team with sufficient work may face bottlenecks due to limited resources or dependencies on other teams.
- Real-life scenarios are more complex than simplified examples.
Bottlenecks and Solutions
- Bottlenecks are challenging and expensive to deal with.
- Finding opportunities within the system or reading the book 'The Goal' by Goldratt can help.
- Bottlenecks exist in every system and must be identified and addressed.
Bottleneck Theory in System
- The pace of the system is determined by the bottleneck.
- To relieve the bottleneck...2024-07-1609 min
Lean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowBeyond Velocity: Mastering Agile Coaching and Collaboration with Doc NortonIn this episode, Doc joined Shahin to talk about Beyond Velocity: Mastering Agile Coaching and Collaboration.
The following have been topics of our conversation:
Coaching, leadership, and software development
Exploring different aspects of coaching, including technical, leadership, and agile coaching.
Coaching helps clients achieve sense of accomplishment, while also providing accountability.
Using velocity metrics in agile software development, with a focus on their limitations and potential misuse.
Velocity is often misused in Agile development despite being useful for high-performing teams.
Challenges of measuring velocity in Agile development.
A framework for management behavior, emphasizing connection, excellence, safety, autono...2024-06-2042 min
Lean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowUser Story Excellence: Boosting Collaboration and Delivery in Agile TeamsWriting Effective User Stories
- User stories are often written poorly, leading to challenges in estimation and development.
- They should be small, easy to understand, and consumable by developers.
- Agile coaches can help teams write better user stories by providing tools and guidance.
Using User Stories Effectively
- User stories should provide value to users.
- Improper use of user stories can lead to confusion and ineffective implementation.
- Organizations should consider the limitations of their systems when using user stories.
Writing User Stories
- Writing better user stories is not the main goal.
- Spending more time...2024-05-1807 min
Lean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowSystems Thinking, Leadership Habits, and Organizational Change with Don GrayIn this episode, Don joined Shahin to talk about Systems Thinking, Leadership Habits, and Organizational Change.
The following have been topics of our conversation:
Transitioning from technical skills to people management.
The importance of people in software development, highlighting their creative force and impact on success and well-being.
The importance of trusting and empowering knowledge workers, who are closer to the work than managers.
Jerry Weinberg (author) highlighted the shift from Taylorism (structured tasks) to coaching (personal and process-related goals), with managers becoming more interested in people's educational and...2024-03-2256 min
Lean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowHow to Have Effective Daily Meetings (Standups)?Standup Meeting in Agile Teams
- Standup meetings are short daily meetings held in agile teams to discuss progress and challenges.
- They are typically held at the start of the day and should be kept to 15 minutes or less.
- Standups can be helpful for identifying and resolving issues early on.
Managing Lengthy Team Meetings
- Discussing the issue of lengthy team meetings that exceed 15 or even 30 minutes.
- Exploring strategies for addressing this problem and ensuring efficient use of time during meetings.
- Providing practical tips and techniques for keeping meetings focused and productive.
Impact of Lengthy Stand-up...2024-02-2212 min
Lean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowDecision Making as Change Agents!Hybrid Work Environment: Encouraging Team Collaboration
Decision Making in Change Management
- Discussing the role of change agents and initiators in decision-making.
- Exploring the concept of shared decision-making versus individual decision-making.
- Considering the complexities of decision-making in change management using a hypothetical scenario.
Levels of Decision-Making
- Different levels of decision-making exist, each requiring varying levels of preparation and time investment.
- Making decisions oneself may yield less effective results compared to seeking input from others.
- Consider the level of decision-making desired when making choices.
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Lean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowBurnout, NLP, Self-care and Personal Growth with Anna RomanovskaIn this episode, Anna joined Shahin to talk about Burnout, Technology, and Personal Growth.
The following have been topics of our conversation:
Burnout, stress, and self-care.
NLP and its role in communication.
NLP and its effectiveness in personal growth.
NLP and coaching with a focus on organizational change.
Work-life balance and self-validation.
Feedback, burnout, and mental health.
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Visit us at http://www.leanonagile.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Elevate_Change
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ElevateChange
2024-01-1139 min
Lean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowKanban Ninja, Leadership Retreat and New Open SpaceIn this episode, Shahin talks about Kanban Ninja, KLR and New Open Space.
The following have been topics of our conversation:
Insights from attending Kanban Leadership Retreat in San Diego
Customized open space format for efficient topic selection and discussion.
"Kanban ninjas" session in KLR23 to teach techniques for using Kanban method without telling people, focusing on efficiency and effectiveness
Techniques to smooth burndown chart in scrum fashion, including "look right, look up, look left" rule.
Encouraging team members to take ownership of tasks by providing excuses for not completing them.
Discussing techniques like "last one to th...2023-11-2118 min
Lean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowEmbracing Failure, Coaching, and Clear Goals with Fahd KhanIn this episode, Fahd joined Shahin to talk about Embracing Failure, Coaching, and Clear Goals.
The following have been topics of our conversation:
The following have been topics of our conversation:
Breaking down a large program into smaller teams.
Letting things play out and not being afraid of coaching.
The importance of welcoming failure and pauses.
Recommendation for people starting their journey.
Iterative development and iterative development.
The importance of being a service leader.
Assume positive intent keeps a healthy atmosphere in the team.
The challenge of having clear goals.
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Lean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowKanban, Collaboration, and Culture with Horia BalogIn this episode, Horia joined Shahin to talk about Kanban and Various Aspects of Coaching & Consulting, as part of the Kanban Clinic series.
The following have been topics of our conversation:
Collaboration is the main mechanism to untangle the system.
One of our responsibilities is to manage our own workload.
What is your self-care as a coach & How to avoid burnout in your career?
How do you deal with changes?
Basic steps for listeners to get to a trustful environment.
Collaboration, alignment and teamwork.
Hacking the culture of agile & the evolution of agile at each level.
Cor...2023-06-0540 min
Lean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowKanban, Coaching & Consulting with Craeg StrongIn this episode, Craeg joined Shahin to talk about Kanban and Various Aspects of Coaching & Consulting, as part of the Kanban Clinic series.
The following have been topics of our conversation:
From extreme programming to Kanban.
The differences between implementing kanban at the organizational level vs. the team level.
The importance of having a beginner mindset.
Other branches of kanban, exploring different aspects.
Differentiating and differentiating from cheap knockoff kanban.
Taking kanban beyond teams and groups to enterprise level.
Portfolio kanban and strategy level kanban.
How kanban helps with visualization and leadership.
Finding opportunities to use kanb...2023-05-1552 min
Lean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowProduct and Innovation with Carlos OliveiraIn this episode, Carlos joined Shahin to talk about the product and innovation.
The following have been topics of our conversation:
The secret sauce of becoming a successful learner and being able to apply that.
Identifying where to start in the customer journey.
Don’t be afraid to fail.
The two ways to look at innovation: solving problems and improving the overall experience.
The two ways to look at innovation: incremental or breakthrough.
The challenge of getting a shared understanding in the room.
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Lean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowDependencies and Scalability in Kanban with Andreas ReinIn this episode, Andreas joined Shahin to talk about Dependencies and Scalability in Kanban, as part of Kanban Clinic series.
The following has been topics of our conversation:
Dependency management in Kanban vs waterfall.
Kanban management of dependencies vs Scrum.
How to implement business agility in your organization.
Kanban, simple or complicated?
Kanban v.s. Scrum
The easiest way to understand Kanban fully.
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ElevateChange
2022-10-1748 min
Lean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowLean Change, Modern Change and Agile Change with Jason LittleIn this episode, Jason joined Shahin to talk about Lean Change, Modern Change and Agile Change and much more.
The following has been topics of our conversation:
Lean Change Management
Modern Change Management
Agile in Startup and Large Orgs, and in Different Pockets
Lean Startup Machine
Enterprise Aware
Exceptional Change
Who is Responsible for Change?
That Change Show
The followings we have referenced:
Becoming a Change Artist - Jerry Weinberg
Are your lights on?
The secrets of consulting
The psychology of computer programming
Virginia Satir Ecosystem
MIT's Leading Organization Change
2022-07-2542 min
Lean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowKanban, Leadership, Games and more with Mike BurrowsIn this episode, Mike joined Shahin to talk about Kanban, Leadership, Strategy, Games and non prescriptive Agile and much more
Quotes from this session:
Leadership is about providing just the right amount of space. Don’t give them so much space that they lose heart, control, or their grip on what they are trying to do.
If Agile is something that happens to you, it’s pretty awful.
Rolling things out is a recipe for pain, not for success!
There is no way a leader can control anybody!
The world would be very very dull if we are...2022-05-011h 02
Lean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowPractical Agile with Ricardo LeeIn this episode, Ricardo joined Shahin to talk about Practical Agile; and indulge in an in-depth conversation on Agile through time from trenches to executives, and much more.
Coach please come on in, help us with this. That's the dream scenario.
Never hire Agile Coaches that are gonna tell you what they are going to do to make things better.
The one thing I recommend is never to be a hero!
Hiring for Leader: I am hiring you for how you think. I can teach you what you do not know. But I can't teach you how to...2022-01-1242 min
Lean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowKanban Clinic with Dave WhiteIn this episode, Dave joined Shahin to talk about Kanban; and indulge in an in-depth conversation on Kanban going main stream, Consulting, Kanban vs Others, Training, and much more.
The following has been topics of our conversation:
Kanban Facts
Kanban’s take on Estimation
Kanban Spread to Whole Company
What really does Kanban do?
Misconceptions of Kanban
Kanban offers a long-term solution rather a short-term achievements
One reason that the Kanban Method was created, was to make life better for people.
Kanban; it’s just a way to see your problems, describe solutions, put them i...2021-10-2856 min
Lean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowKanban Clinic with Joey SpoonerIn this episode, Joey joined Shahin to talk about Kanban; and indulge in in-depth conversation with select audiences.
Kanban as a Method vs a Tool
Upstream and Delivery Stream
Stealth Kanban
KLR - Kanban Week
Q&A with JoeyScrum and/vs Kanban in large organizations
Kanban in Transformation world
Chaos being hidden as Expedie
The following books we have referenced:
Upstream Kanban
Kanban essential guide
Kanban Blue Book
Agile Management Book
Fit For Purpose
We mentioned the following people:
Mike Burrows (Also)
Klaus Leopold
Alexei Zheglov
2021-09-1356 min
Lean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowAll Things Kanban with David AndersonIn this episode, David joined Shahin to talk about all things Kanban; KMM, the new Kanban Guide, and more.
Kanban Resources:
To learn more about The Kanban Guide, please visit https://resources.kanban.university/kanban-guide/
To learn more about the Kanban Maturity Model please visit https://kmm.plus/en/
Kanban Maturity Model Book
Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3fbl30M
Amazon CA: https://amzn.to/3cYZ8Hu
Kanban Blue Book
Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2P64Cbl
Amazon CA: https://amzn.to/31dRymX
First State...2021-03-3058 min
Lean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowOpen Space with April JeffersonIn this episode, April joined Shahin to talk about Open Space.
Topics
Penguin Role in Open Space
Groundhog Role in Open Space
Art of Holding Space
Organizational Open Space
Mindcamp
Books
Open Space Technology (Amazon US | Amazon Canada)2020-12-3133 minLean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowValue, Stream, Mapping or All! with Steve PereiraIn this episode, Steve joined Shahin to talk about Value Stream Mapping. For the first time, we had a live audience recording the episode. Peter, Ali, and Nasima from the audience asked questions from Steve by the end of the show.
Topics
We conversed about and around the following topics:
Value Streams let you see the big picture and your biggest bottlenecks, risks, and opportunities.
A value stream captures a view beyond common Agile and DevOps visibility to how we create and deliver value.
A Value Stream Map lets to share that view with othe...2020-08-2251 minLean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowAgile is Over (Or Not) with Allen HolubIn this episode, Allen joined Shahin to talk about what truly Agile is in today’s world of Software Development.
Topics
We conversed about and around the following topics:
Agile or Not
Agile is nothing more than Better Software Better
What is Real Agile Thinking? Reasons to Avoid Agile
Fake Agile, Dark Agile (Foe Agile)
Trust is the heart of agile
SAFE v.s. Scrum; Kanban Board Assumes Linear Process
Agile in The Time of Corona
Scrum’s Response to Corona
Remote Working Went Bad – More Silos
The Complexity Of Working From Home
Wo...2020-07-2150 min
Badass AgileAgile In Toronto At Night #3 – Shahin Sheidaei – Elevate ChangeThis week, I sat down with Shahin Sheidaei, owner of Elevate Change and founder of the Lean Agile Network. We spoke about shifting to online, the Toronto community, and getting feedback...and much more.
Elevate Change: www.elevatechange.coPersonal blog: blog.sheidaei.comEmail: shahin@sheidaei.com
Shahin's communities:
Lean Agile Network: http://www.leanagile.network
Virtual Agile Community: www.VirtualAgileCommunity.com
Social:http://linkedin.com/in/sheidaeiandhttp://twitter.com/sheidaei2020-06-2634 min
Podcast – Badass AgileAgile In Toronto At Night #3 – Shahin Sheidaei – Elevate ChangeThis week, I sat down with Shahin Sheidaei, owner of Elevate Change and founder of the Lean Agile Network. We spoke about shifting to online, the Toronto community, and getting feedback…and much more.
Elevate Change: www.elevatechange.coPersonal blog: blog.sheidaei.comEmail: shahin@sheidaei.com
Shahin’s communities:
Lean Agile Network: http://www.leanagile.network
Virtual Agile Community: www.VirtualAgileCommunity.com
Social:http://linkedin.com/in/sheidaeiandhttp://twitter.com/sheidaei
2020-06-2634 minLean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowDisruption & Learning with Jamie GoodIn this episode, Jamie joined Shahin to talk about the recent disruption all of us are experiencing.
We conversed about and around the following topics:
Cognitive overload, learning tips, and personal disruptions
Disruptions in our professional lives and the following: Instagram Influencers, Lonely Planet, etc.
Responding to Change and Agile transformation at the time of covid19
Creative ways of teaching then and now: SMS based learning
Psychic Entropy: a state of mind where your thoughts cannot flow to have concrete ideas but are stuck in the same state of thought like a Merry go Round.
...2020-06-1157 minLean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowAgile & the Fluency of It Talk With Diana LarsenIn this Episode, Diana joined Shahin to talk about Agile Fluency and other related topics.
We conversed about and around the following topics:
Agile Fluency® Model (Resources, Community & Game); and it's reference Language Fluency
Group coaching compared to Individual coaching
Retrospective Facilitator Gathering & Open Space Technology
Continuous Learning & Continuous Improvement; Advice and Tools for newer people to Agile
Coaching in the Zones & Improvement Kata
We referred to and/or mentioned the following people:
Rebecca Wirfs-Brock - Linda Rising - Esther Derby - Klaus Leopold (LeanOnAgile Show with Klaus) - Joshua Kerievsky - Ward Cunningham - Norman Kerth - Alli...2020-05-0457 minLean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowNon Software Agile Talk with Gil BrozaIn this Episode, Shahin and Gil talked about recent events, working from home, and Gil's new book of Agile for Non-Software Teams.
We conversed about and around the following topics:
Agility (small a Agile)
Working remotely
Designing your Agile
Need for Agile in Marketing
Agile for Non-Software Teams
Lean and Agile
Modern Agile
We referred to and/or mentioned the following people:
Jim Highsmith
David Marquet
We cited the following resources:
Amazon Canada
Amazon US
Additional links for the show notes:
The book: http://www.AgileForNonSoftwareTeams.com
Resources (articles, interviews...2020-04-1150 minLean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowPassion Talk with Bob GalenIn this episode, Shahin and Bob talked about Passion.
We conversed about and around the following topics:
Passion
Work and/v.s. life
Mentorship
Community (Community-Driven-Change, Shahin and Shawn's talk in Agile 2018)
Role models
Inside out leadership
Inside out passion
Agile Ontario
ORSC Training, CAL1 Training
Leading and Coaching by Example (Modeling)
Coachability
Limit your WIP
We referred to and/or mentioned the following people:
Josh Anderson
Johanna Rothman (Lean On Agile Podcast with Johanna)
Esther Derby
Amitai Schleier
Rob Sabourin
Ardita Karaj
Michael de la Maza
We mentioned the following resources (and mayb...2020-03-0948 minLean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowAgile Alliance Talk with Declan WhelanIn this episode, Shahin and Declan talked about Agile Alliance. Some of the topic covered are as follow:
Agile Alliance history
Best Job Ever, Agile 2014 (Diana Larsen Dance)
Agile Alliance Certification Post
Agile XP Conference (and other conferences)
Agile India
OnAgile
Deliver Agile Conference
Agile Coach Camp Worldwide
Agile Alliance Initiative
Lean Agile Network
Agile Alliance Board of Directors
Agile 2020
Agile Alliance Volunteering
We mentioned the following people:
Diana Larsen
How to contact Declan:
LinkedIn
Twitter
Email
For more details please visit http://podcast.leanonagile.com.
Twitter: twitter.com/LeanOnAgileShow
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/co...2020-02-1825 minLean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowFixing Your Scrum with Ryan RipleyIn this episode, Shahin and Ryan talked about the new book by Todd and Ryan's Fixing Your Scrum. Todd and Ryan wrote this book together and published it in Jan 2020.
We talked about various topics, and mentioned some people including the following:
Topics:
Agile For Human Podcast
242 pages of fixing Scrum v.s. 15 pages of Scrum Guide
Scrum meetings go overboard
Decision Making Frameworks
Data!
Fixing Your Process, it's bigger than Scrum even!
Who this book is useful for?
Approaches for Leadership to elevate Scrum
Scrum.org Community
People:
Todd Miller
Steve P...2020-02-0940 minLean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowHistory behind Lean On AgileIn this short episode, Shahin will be talking about what the Lean On Agile Show is. How it started and what you can expect from it.
We referred to the following podcasts:
Agile in 3 Minutes by Amitai
Meta-Cast by Bob
Law of Raspberry Jam and Tea from Viktor and Esther.
Bob's keynote at GOAT (Gatineau Ottawa Agile Tour) can be found here.
You can also find a list of podcasts I recommend on Shahin's blog here.
For more details please visit http://podcast.leanonagile.com.
Twitter: twitter.com/LeanOnAgileShow
LinkedIn: link...2020-02-0403 minLean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowA Practical Guide to Speaking at Conferences, with Johanna RothmanFor the second episode, Shahin had the honor to talk with Johanna on the topic of Speaking at Conferences, tips and tricks on it and how to become a better one. She recently wrote the book "Write a Conference Proposal the Conference Wants and Accepts". We discussed the book as well. If you are thinking of starting your speaking journey, We recommend to listen to the show and highly recommend to read her book.
Johanna Rothman, known as the “Pragmatic Manager,” provides frank advice for your tough problems. She helps leaders and teams see and solve their prob...2020-01-2040 minLean On Agile (& Elevate Change) ShowAgile CertificationsWelcome to Lean on Agile Podcast, a podcast about Agile & Beyound. I'm your host, Shahin.
This is our first episode. The topics we are covering in this episode:
How to Start in Agile Certifications?
What is Certification?
What are my thoughts about them?
What does it show?
From a beginner perspective
From a recruiter perspective
From a hiring manager perspective
From a knowledge perspective
Scrum bodies
Scrum Alliance - Jeff Sutherland
Scrum Org - Ken Schwaber
Nexus
Scrum@Scale
ICAgile
Many organizations
Kanban
Changed recently, 3 levels
DAD2019-12-3122 minBadass AgileBadass Ideas – Talks from the Agile and Beyond Speaker’s LoungeThis is a long one, so make sure you're on Wifi!
Had a great time at Agile and Beyond this year, and as I was chilling with the speakers Thursday afternoon, we decided to record some cool conversations and thoughts from my colleagues. A real privilege to get some rapid insights from this crew.
Here Are the Interview Notes in order of appearance:
Nayan Hajratwala, Agile And Beyond Co-organizer and Speaker Coordinatorhttp://www.agileandbeyond.com/2019/
Holly Bielawa - How To Hire An Agile CoachTwitter @agilegrowthLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollybielawa/
Philippa Bagley - Project Management For CreativesLinkedIn - http...2019-06-011h 23Podcast – Badass AgileBadass Ideas – Talks from the Agile and Beyond Speaker’s LoungeThis is a long one, so make sure you’re on Wifi!
Had a great time at Agile and Beyond this year, and as I was chilling with the speakers Thursday afternoon, we decided to record some cool conversations and thoughts from my colleagues. A real privilege to get some rapid insights from this crew.
Here Are the Interview Notes in order of appearance:
Nayan Hajratwala, Agile And Beyond Co-organizer and Speaker Coordinatorhttp://www.agileandbeyond.com/2019/
Holly Bielawa – How To Hire An Agile CoachTwitter @agilegrowthLinkedIn – https://w...2019-05-311h 23