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The Last Human Voice PodcastYvonne Muinde: Painting with AIGet in touch to submit a question or send us your feedback. Our guest in this episode is Yvonne Muinde, an award-winning visual effects artist whose credit list takes in a range of iconic films, including the Planet of the Apes, The Hobbit, and Avatar. An established fine artist, Yvonne's work has featured in several collections, including the The Chemistry of Color Collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Fine Art. She currently works and creates out of her studio, Ikweta Arts, located in Nairobi, Kenya.Yvonne sha...2024-02-0153 min
LiteratunnatLesung & Interview: Marcus Hammerschmitt liest “In der Trockenzeit”Die Story reißt in aller Kürze (ca. elf Leseminuten) eine dystopische Welt ohne Wasser und mit zweifelhafter Politik an, und bietet uns einen komplexen Ich-Erzähler, der mit einigen Schwierigkeiten konfrontiert wird, nachdem seine Mutter sich entschließt, sich in den Trockenschlaf zu begeben.
Im anschließenden Interview sprechen wir zunächst über die Story, die Ausschreibung, dann über Kurzgeschichten und den Literaturbetrieb insgesamt (nicht nur in der Phantastik) und am Ende gibt uns der Autor einen kurzen Einblick in seine aktuellen Projekte.
Autorenwebseite:
https://marcus-hammerschmitt.de/
Wikipedia:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Hammerschmitt2023-09-0752 min
MVP Real Estate PodcastPortland's Yvonne Aileen & How to Buy a House: Vital Real Estate Strategy for the First Time Home BuyerText us your ideas or thoughts on this episode!Marcus Perleberg and Natasha Wedl chat with Yvonne Aileen who has nearly 20 years of experience as a Portland-area real estate broker helping buyers, sellers, and investors. For the past decade, Yvonne has taught other licensees how to create winning outcomes for their clients through her nationally published real estate courses.Topics for courses Yvonne has developed include negotiation strategies, marketing, fair housing compliance, duties to clients, and the tax and legal aspects of buying and selling real estate.She also literally wrote the book...2022-06-1058 min
GRÜNES MIKROPodcast mit B.A.U.M. e.V. – CEO Yvonne Zwick im Interview16 Jahre lang hat Yvonne Zwick für die Geschäftsstelle des Rates für Nachhaltige Entwicklung gearbeitet. Jetzt tritt sie in die Fußstapfen von Professor Dr. Maximilian Gege und übernimmt den Vorsitz von B.A.U.M. e.V.
Die Themen des Podcasts:
Yvonne Zwicks neuer Lebensabschnitt bei B.A.U.M. e.V.
Ihr Theologie Studium und ihr Weg in die Politik
Ihre Arbeit beim Deutschen Nachhaltigkeitsrat und was der Nachhaltigkeitsrat genau ist
Wo steht Deutschland beim Thema Sustainable Finance und was muss hier in Zukunft passieren?
Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften in der Praxis
Ihre neue Position als Vorsi...2021-03-0137 min
Your Agile Home5 Ways to Avoid Scope CreepWe've been talking all about scope creep and today we are going to talk about avoiding it! 1. Document the requirements 2. Set up a change process. 3. Create a clear project schedule. 4. Verify the scope. Make sure everyone is on the same page. 5. Engage the project team. You want to know how changes will affect them. It is important to avoid scope creep because it can take longer than you budgeted, cost more than you budgeted and can lead to burnout.2020-12-1005 minYour Agile Home4 Causes of Scope CreepThese are the top 4 causes of scope creep. 1. Lack of clear and detailed scope is the number one reason for scope creep. The project will morph on its own without a clear scope. 2. You aren't proactive with issues and roadblocks. 3. Disagreements on how to handle change. 4. Poor estimation - time, money, etc. Everything was not specified at the beginning. 2020-12-0806 min
Your Agile HomeWhat is Scope Creep and How To Avoid itListen to today's episode to learn what scope creep is, why scope creep is a problem, and how to avoid it. Scope creep occurs when you start adding things outside your predetermined definition of "done" If you suffer from scope creep, you may notice that: your definition of "done" is changed you end up adding to your project's budget your timeline will have to be increased 2020-12-0305 minYour Agile HomeThe #1 Thing that Helped Me Complete Home ProjectsI'm not the first or last person to tell you that multitasking is bad for you, but I can tell you that single-tasking is the #1 thing that helps me complete my home projects. How do I do this best? I started creating baskets in various places of my home so that I wasn't constantly going up and down the stairs and multitasking. I tune out from my phone and don't have multiple tabs open on my computer. Do you multitask or single-task? Get started on your Agile tra...2020-12-0105 minYour Agile HomeBest Folders for Your Agile Home in ClickUpClick this affiliate link to try ClickUp and get a 15% - 30% discount. Here are all of the things that you absolutely need to put in your home ClickUp spacease. Backlog - all of your dreamiest projects! Recurring Tasks (and assign them out) Personal Information (easy to display for babysitters etc like hospital and doctors numbers.) Food & Meal Plan Finance Holidays (So they don't sneak up on you) 2020-11-2404 minYour Agile Home3 Ways I Record Information During Daily ScrumA lot of the time our Scrum meetings are not just daily logistics, but we're also talking about moving our sprints forward. Here are different ways that I keep track of that information. Whiteboard Ipad Post - It Note Make sure you also talk about anything you completed the day before and any roadblocks that you are currently experiencing. If you want to learn more about the daily scrum, check out my course.2020-11-1903 minYour Agile HomeHow to Assign Household Tasks for the 1st TimeThe tasks we are talking about today are more frequent tasks that don't fit into a sprint. These are very specific. List them all out and let everyone pick their favorites. Then deal with what is leftover democratically. Revisit periodically as your children get older. If you want to get started on your Agile transformation, check out my free course.2020-11-1704 minYour Agile Home5 Reasons I Use Click UpDo you want to try out ClickUp? Click here for my affiliate link and you'll get a 15% - 30% discount! Know what's on our sprint Get it on my radar/schedule mark delegation so I'm not thinking about it easily prioritize the backlog evaluate your projects I have so many resources for this and want to help you! Send me an email and we'll get you set up. 2020-11-1204 min
Your Agile HomeHandling Stress with Valerie FriedlanderTaking the time to understand how stress works will help you handle all the stress that 2020 has brought upon us. Listen to today's episode and learn some tips and tricks for managing stress and communicating effectively. Learn More About Valerie: Valerie Friedlander is a Certified Life Coach and Energy Leadership Master Practitioner. She specializes in helping high-achieving women with children to reach their personal and professional goals with greater ease and enjoyment. In addition to her coach training, Valerie draws on her studies in sociology, neuroscience, addiction recovery, and spi...2020-11-1048 minYour Agile HomeCreating a User StoryStart your agile transformation with my free course. User stories are so important to propel the conversation forward to find out what is really needed for each project. Here's how to create a user story: Define the End User Specify what they want Describe the benefit Add acceptance criteria This is important because it is a factual way to state a problem without any blame or negativity.2020-11-0504 minYour Agile HomeCreating Your Minimum Viable LifeJoin my free email course to start your own Agile transformation. We're talking about the base things you need in order to have the best possible life. You start with the bare minimum and you can move up or be agile to change quickly. Find your non-negotiables. This is the thing that you need to do to make sure your life is successful. Design the leanest version of that life. Figure out your worst-case scenario. Plan ahead to cover your worst-case scenario. Figure out what yo...2020-11-0306 minYour Agile HomeHow to Use ClickUp as Part of Your Information RadiatorYour information radiator is more than what's on your calendar or countdowns. You can find out more information on my mini-course for your daily standup. I use ClickUp for this. (Affiliate link) You can get 30% off of Unlimited and 15% off Business for their first year. I split it up to a professional space and a personal space. My professional space has this podcast, my blog, my products, my strategy and my back end admin stuff. My personal space has home stuff. We split up our projects into sprints. ...2020-10-2906 minYour Agile HomeWhy a To-Do List Prevents Meaningful Self-CareSelf-care is not the answer to burn out or overwhelm from your to do list. However, your to do list is preventing you from having meaningful self-care. A running to do list that is never-ending makes it hard for you to feel like you actually accomplished anything for the day. Instead of taking a break that you need, you feel bad because your list still has things on it. You need to have less things on your list. You need to delegate so that you can get to your goals.2020-10-2707 minYour Agile HomeHow We Agile: Toy DonationSign up to start your Agile Transformation here! The holidays are coming and we all need to get things out of the house before new toys come into the house! This is the first year we involved the kids. We do it in a couple of phases so that the kids don't get emotional. Have clear parameters with your kids. Don't set your expectations high and leave them to do it. Don't micromanage. The goal is to get them ready to part with their stuff. If you start stepping in, it w...2020-10-2205 minYour Agile HomeHow To Recover From Parenting BurnoutAgile got me out of my parenting burnout. This is the exact course that got me out of parenting burnout. But first, you have to go through some things before you get to Agile. What is burnout? It is a complete overwhelm with mental, physical and emotional exhaustion. What are the signs of burnout? You are yelling; have less of an attention span; frustration; irritation; body aches; and fatigue. First, you must admit that you are experiencing them. Then, make a plan. Find ways to lighten your load immediately.2020-10-2009 minYour Agile HomeWhat is Scope and How Do You Fend Off Scope Creep?With projects and tasks, every person involved has their own idea of how things will go in their mind. We will talk about how to best communicate. What is scope? Scope is everything you need for the process to be delivered. What is scope creep? This is when something else comes in and derails you. One of the biggest problems is when your backlog isn't prioritized. Use an Agile system like ClickUp (affiliate link). If you click this link, you will receive 30% off of Unlimited and 15% off Business for their first ye...2020-10-1508 minYour Agile HomeBecoming Eco Friendly with Bev FeldmanJoin my free course on Agile here! Today, we are joined by my dear friend Bev Feldman, a blogger and mom who is passionate about sustainability. We're in this crossroads, where if we don't change something soon the whole world is in trouble. I wanted to make sustainability and eco-conscious living was approachable. I didn't want it to seem unrealistic. Start where you are. It can be something as simple as shorter / cooler shower. You don't have to buy new things. Take a look at what you already have. A l...2020-10-1344 minYour Agile HomeOur Holiday Traditions + Permission to WaitWant to know how to handle the holidays in a pandemic? Join me for my free webinar. Halloween starts our holidays. We order pizza, trick-or-treat, hand out candy and watch a movie while the kids stay up late. Thanksgiving we do just one side of the family. Christmas, we find a local lake to walk. We do an annual advent calendar. We do the 4 books of Hannukah. We do the 12 books of Christmas. We celebrate with everyone on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day is a laid back, relaxing day. W...2020-10-0806 minYour Agile HomeHow We Agile: HalloweenHalloween 2020 is going to look a little different this year. To find out how I'm handling Halloween click here. Every year, we plan our costumes early. That way we can start buying or making things early. Go to your local warehouse and buy your candy in bulk early. Get candy that isn't wrapped in Halloween wrapping. Only buy the type of candy your family can eat if there are leftovers. Plan your route in advance. Keep the excess candy to use as treats or rewards. 2020-10-0604 min
Your Agile HomeApology: Words MatterHere at Yvonne Marcus Consulting, we believe that words matter and we are coming to you today with an apology. It was brought to our attention this weekend that we have been using a term that is ableist. We want to make the effort to do better now that we know better. This means that The Daily Stand Up will now be referred to as The Daily Scrum - which was the original term that was meant to be used for the daily meeting. 2020-10-0502 minYour Agile HomeBest Practices for Your Daily Stand UpGet my Daily Stand Up mini course for just $17 right now! So what are the best practices? 1. Respect the Time Box 2. Meet in person. 3. Come on time and prepared. 4. No multi-tasking during the meeting. 5. Include self-care needs. 6. Schedule this at the best time for everyone. 7. Have fun! 2020-10-0100 minYour Agile HomeFavorite Games for Family Game NightCheck out my free 3 Pillars Mini-Course! Family Game Night is my favorite. Our favorite educational game is Count Your Chickens. We also love Sunny Day, Rainy Day; Clumsy Beef; Sneaky Snacky Squirrel; and Uno. We also enjoy Ticket to Ride's geography focus. We love Candyland and Creationary, as well.2020-09-2900 minYour Agile HomeThe Story of the Bear SprayGo from Agile zero to Agile hero with my new free 3-day mini-course! One day, our kids saw a bear climb over our neighbor's fence. This scared them. We then started to try to explain to my daughter how the bear will not come in and get her. It didn't seem to work. So, we decided to make Bear Spray - water and lavender oil. 2020-09-2400 minYour Agile Home3 Ways We WhiteboardYou can get started on your Agile transformation by signing up for my free 3-day mini-course. Today, let's talk about the 3 ways we use our whiteboard. First, we use it for our brainstorm process. It makes it visual. Second, I use our whiteboard for meal planning. Last, we use it for countdowns for medicines so that no doses are missed. 2020-09-2200 minYour Agile HomeHow We Agile: Kids Room MaintenanceAs you get started on your Agile journey, check out my free course. When we talk about kids' room maintenance, it's important that we include the kids. We have a routine where the kids pick up most of their things. Make cleaning and maintenance a part of your routine. Of course, there are going to be some things that collect. Try to keep them in one portion of the room. I break down my maintenance into once a week, once a month, and once a quarter.2020-09-1700 minYour Agile HomeHow to protect yourself from Image Based Abuse with Katelyn BowdenToday, I'm joined by Katelyn Bowden to talk about image-based abuse for our children. Image-based abuse is anything from sextortion, leaked nudes, revenge porn, faked nudes, deepfakes, and more. We have to talk about online safety and relationship abuse for teens as well. A lot of kids don't realize that the metadata of photos can exist longer than the "24-hour" window. There are so many ways to disable the screenshot notification and save images on Snapchat. It's one of the most unsecure ways of sharing nudes. We talk about ways to protect yourself a...2020-09-1500 minYour Agile HomeHow To Create Your Scrum BacklogSign up for my Three Pillars of your Agile Transformation that will jumpstart you on your Agile journey. You need a backlog so that you have a running list of what needs to be done to make you see success in your target. In your first meeting, write down all of your ideas for things that come up. Get clarification on what each person needs for each idea. Prioritize the items on your list. We are trying to make them into bite sized pieces to fit your sprints. ...2020-09-1000 minYour Agile HomeSeasonal Activity ListSeasonal lists are great because they are filled with things that YOU love to do! 2020 looks quite different, but many seasonal activities can be done social distanced or safely in your own home. Sit down with everyone in your family and have everyone name two things that they want to do. These are perfect to have as intentional moments. 2020-09-0300 minYour Agile HomeHow We Meal PlanSign up for the 3 Pillars to Your Agile Transformation which is crucial for this episode. You'll go over your meal plan every morning and know exactly what you'll need. On Sundays, I fill in the meal plan. We do some days the same every week. Look at what you need prepped for the weekly dinners and add that to the schedule. Next, look at the ingredients we have and what needs to be bought. We try to keep our meals seasonal.2020-09-0100 minYour Agile HomeSetting Your 90 Day Home Management GoalsHow do you set a 90-day plan? 1. Determine a very specific focus. 2. Set your priorities. 3. Set your goals using the M.O.S.C.O.W. method. 4. Determine how you will measure success. What are your goals for the next 90 days? Ready to get insider access to Your Agile Home? Check us out and support our Patreon.2020-08-2700 minYour Agile Home5 Apps That Help Me Go PaperlessWe are all on a mission to go a bit more paperless. These are my top apps. 1. My Google Calendar. This is so important to put it in our calendar as soon as the appointments are set. 2. GoodNotes. This is where I journal, bullet journal and brainstorm. This is the place I go for lists and processing. 3. Evernote/OneNote. 4. Microsoft ToDo. 5. Amazon Alexa App. This is the best place for my grocery list. Everyone can add to this list because they know how to speak to Alexa. ...2020-08-2500 minYour Agile HomeMy Favorite Nighttime RitualsIt's important to have something that winds you down in the evening. I like to watch television with my husband. I write my gratitude list. I go outside and enjoy our balcony. I do my nighttime hygiene routine and then my husband gives me a scalp massage. Ready to get insider access to Your Agile Home? Check us out and support our Patreon.2020-08-2000 minYour Agile HomeHow Agile Helped My Executive FunctionExecutive function helps with your self-regulation tasks. When you struggle with executive function, you have trouble with planning, focusing attention, remembering instructions and juggling multliple tasks at a time. There is less on my plate with Agile and I know what to expect. Ready to get insider access to Your Agile Home? Check us out and support our Patreon.2020-08-1800 minYour Agile Home3 Things I Track in My Bullet JournalI'm a bit late to the bullet journal train, but I have been using this on my tablet. 1. I put my weekly schedule on there. It's important for me to see it as a spread. 2. I put our meal planning on there. 3, I put my gratitude journal there. I try to be as specific as possible. Ready to get insider access to Your Agile Home? Check us out and support our Patreon. 2020-08-1300 minYour Agile HomeWhat is Minimalism with Rose LounsburyToday, I'm chatting with my friend Rose Lounsbury about minimalism. Overwhelm and burnout are common feelings that lead people toward minimalism. Once Rose got her house "under control" a lot of the stress and overwhelm caused by her home was gone. She could finally relax. We discuss how to decide what you need in your life. Change the questions that you ask yourself. Reduce the amount of things you need. That cuts down on what you need to organize and keep clean. If you're unsure or you need training wheels, get a...2020-08-1100 minYour Agile HomeHow We Agile: Life SkillsAgile helps with so many life skills. Here are a few. Focus - Agile helps our family have focus on tasks and to reach our goals. Communication - We are learning how to give and receive feedback. Critical Thinking - We are looking at things and making up creative solutions based on what we know and can infer. Self-Direction - This happens because we are self-assigning tasks. Ready to get insider access to Your Agile Home? Check us out and support our Patreon.2020-08-0600 min
Parent Driven Development050: Agile Household with Yvonne MarcusParent Driven Development
Episode 050: Agile Household (https://yvonnemarcus.kartra.com/page/xt271) with Yvonne Marcus (http://www.yvonnemarcus.com/)
Yvonne is a home system strategist, mom of two, lover of Girl Scout cookies, cake, craving song parodies and getting outdoors with the family. She is on a mission to revolutionize everyones view of #MomLife. She is the creator of your Agile Home, a four-week course that looks to get your family together, feel like a valued member of the team, instilling autonomy and having fun!
00:50 Welcome, Yvonne Marcus (https://twitter.com/agileyvonne)
Background in TV production
How Agile Home came...2020-08-0500 minYour Agile HomeWhy Should You Have a Home Management Schedule?A Home Management Schedule keeps everyone on the same page. For example, laundry is listed on the days it happens. It makes us all accountable to the laundry happening. We all have tasks we don't like to do. You don't have to do that chore, but you have to find a system to get it done. Your Home Management Schedule keeps the overwhelm away. Listen for an example of my Home Management Schedule. Ready to get insider access to Your Agile Home? Check us out and support our Patreon.2020-08-0400 minYour Agile HomeThe Eisenhower Matrix for Your SprintIf you’re ready to learn more about the three pillars of making the Agile transformation in your home – check out my new freebie at yvonnemarcus.com. This is a matrix created by Dwight Eisenhower. He had so many jobs that required tough decisions. There are 4 boxes. Top Left: Urgent & Important Top Right: Not Urgent & Important Bottom Left: Urgent & Not Important Bottom Right: Not Urgent & Not Important This is important to sort because sometimes you get caught up in pretty but not important. Look at the kinds...2020-07-3000 minYour Agile HomeMy Favorite Agile ToolsIf you’re ready to learn more about the three pillars of making the Agile transformation in your home – check out my new freebie at yvonnemarcus.com. You can absolutely agile without technology. Many people use post it notes or white boards. Many of these tools you are already using. My favorites are: Google calendar Whiteboard (for sprint planning) Dakboard Kids Magnetic Daily Schedule ClickUp Ready to get insider access to Your Agile Home? Check us out and support our Patreon.2020-07-2800 minYour Agile HomeThe MoSCoW MethodIf you’re ready to learn more about the three pillars of making the Agile transformation in your home – check out my new freebie at yvonnemarcus.com. The MoSCoW Method is what "Must be, Should be, Could be and Won't be included in your project". It helps define your priorities. It helps manage what you need to do. Make sure that it happens in this order. Ready to get insider access to Your Agile Home? Check us out and support our Patreon.2020-07-2300 minYour Agile HomeMy Morning RoutineIf you’re ready to learn more about the three pillars of making the Agile transformation in your home – check out my new freebie at yvonnemarcus.com. It can feel hard setting up a morning routine, but having one can make your day successful. I get my basic hygiene ready. We do our daily stand up. We switch off on getting kids situated at school, depending on what the daily schedule is. I work from 9 - 11:30 every morning. Ready to get insider access to Your Agile Home? Check us out...2020-07-2100 minYour Agile HomeBest Family Calendar IdeasIf you’re ready to learn more about the three pillars of making the Agile transformation in your home – check out my new freebie at yvonnemarcus.com. This is the best way to get your work seen. Use a shared calendar. Share your iCal link. Use a physical calendar in a high-traffic area. Ready to help make your life and home more Agile? Check out our Resource page. (Some links are affiliate links) Ready to get insider access to Your Agile Home? Che...2020-07-1600 minYour Agile HomeMy Favorite Self Care ItemsIf you’re ready to learn more about the three pillars of making the Agile transformation in your home – check out my new freebie at yvonnemarcus.com. You need to be able to fill your cup and prepare for your daily chaos. HOMEWORK: Sit down and think about what makes you happy and how long it takes. For me, I need 30-60 minutes daily. My favorite self-care things are: - candles - essential oils - my Cricut - crochet - getting a manicu...2020-07-1400 min
Agile and Project Management - DrunkenPM RadioPracticing Agile at Home with Yvonne MarcusPracticing Agile at Home with Yvonne Marcus
Yvonne Marcus is on a mission to create positive home management solutions for every family and she’s using Agile to do it. In this episode of the Reluctant Agilist, Yvonne and I discuss how and why she began an Agile transformation at home, how it has impacted life for her and her family, and how you can get started bringing Agile practices into your home and personal life.
If you’d like to learn more about Yvonne and how she helps others make the switch to Agile, you can check out her podc...2020-07-1433 min
Your Agile HomeWe Discuss How We Agile at HomeIf you’re ready to learn more about the three pillars of making the Agile transformation in your home – check out my new freebie at yvonnemarcus.com. Today we have an amazing guest - Jeremy Marcus, my husband. As a software engineering, Jeremy had experience using Agile at work, but he had not used it at home until we started using it as a family. Listen to the episode to hear about Jeremy's favorite parts about using Agile at home, how our children transitioned to an Agile home, and more. 2020-07-0900 minYour Agile HomeWhy I Moved from Trello to ClickUpIf you’re ready to learn more about the three pillars of making the Agile transformation in your home – check out my new freebie at yvonnemarcus.com. Trello is visually appealing. The layout is like Kanban. It is best if you are a single person or you don't have any recurring multi-step tasks. ClickUp is agile. They use sprints and prioritizing and it is great for assigning tasks to others. There are checklists for your checklists, y'all. Ready to get insider access to Your Agile Home? Check us out and support our Patreon.2020-07-0700 minYour Agile Home3 Boundaries You Must HaveIf you’re ready to learn more about the three pillars of making the Agile transformation in your home – check out my new freebie at yvonnemarcus.com. Boundaries are vital to your mental health. The three you need to pay attention to are: 1. Time - What is draining you? 2. Space - What physical set up works best? 3. Budget - Where does your cash go? Ready to get insider access to Your Agile Home? Check us out and support our Patreon.2020-07-0200 min
Your Agile HomeHow Agile Home Management Increases Quality of WorkIf you’re ready to learn more about the three pillars of making the Agile transformation in your home – check out my new freebie at yvonnemarcus.com. It will help you go from where you are now - stressed and overwhelmed - to ready to start agile. It speeds up your completion time It helps you improve quality - the quality of your solutions and the quality of work you are putting out Ready to get insider access to Your Agile Home? Check us out and support our Patr...2020-06-3000 min
Your Agile HomeAgile Makes Life More FunIf you’re ready to learn more about the three pillars of making the Agile transformation in your home – check out my new freebie at yvonnemarcus.com. Agile creates less friction in your life Agile builds in opportunities to remember to have fun Agile allows for more spontaneity Agile makes for less arguments Ready to get insider access to Your Agile Home? Check us out and support our Patreon.2020-06-2500 min
Your Agile Home3 Things To Do With the Information Gained In A RetroIf you’re ready to learn more about the three pillars of making the Agile transformation in your home – check out my new freebie at yvonnemarcus.com. There are three key things you will learn when you complete your retro at the end of your sprints: 1) The things you want to start 2) The things you are going to stop doing 3) The "continue process" Two of these are going to be harder than the other-the start and the stop list-because humans are wired to continue doing what we'r...2020-06-2300 min
Your Agile HomeHow We Agile: School Decisions About ReopeningFor our area, the conversation was not "if" schools were reopening, it was "when?" so our discussion had to center about when we would we be comfortable sending the kids back to school. Things to consider: Comfort level - is everything contained enough in your area? Economic questions - can you afford the limit to your productivity Mental and emotional toll - parental burnout is real You need to consider all of these factors, but remember, you may not be comfortable with all of the answers to these questions. 2020-06-1800 minYour Agile HomeThe Importance of Energy and Feedback Loops with GrandMaster MorrisWe all bring different attributes - each organized in our experiences. It is a reciprocal loop. Regardless of our beliefs and upbringing, connection is a basic need. Competition is counter to human nature. When connection and differences are deliberate, harmony is stasis. This makes the local community better, the bigger community better, the country better, and the world better. That's how change happens. In order to get specific results, you need to start out identifying it. Start imagining the end result and the feelings you will have. When you start something, init...2020-06-1600 minYour Agile HomeScrum is Like Riding a Bike.....It's in the BalanceYou learn how to ride a bike in stages. In each stage, balance is created by something different. Scrum is just like that! You start out where you are right now. This is the tricycle of your life. Next, you'll start actually looking at change. This is the training wheels stage. Eventually, you will be efficiently using scrum, relying on your own body for balance. Balance happens when every person in your family has a say and the value of their time is equal. Ready t...2020-06-1100 minYour Agile HomeBenefit of Agile: Speed to CompletionAgility is not just about speed. It's about the ability to change course seamlessly if you need to. You do end up with faster completion of home projects because of a number of reasons. You know you can shift how your project looks. You end research and decision fatigue because of your sprints. Your backlog items are no longer available for context switching. 2-week deadlines mean something needs to be done within 2 weeks. This will create more happiness and success because things will be flowing in the dir...2020-06-0900 min
Your Agile Home4 Reasons to Host Your Daily Stand-Up in the AMThere are several reasons why that support why you should have your family's daily stand-up meeting in the morning: -People are generally more alert in the morning -It will happen more quickly -You'll get more participation -You're already in logistics brain If you're ready to learn more about the three pillars of making the Agile transformation in your home - check out my new freebie at yvonnemarcus.com.2020-06-0400 min
Your Agile HomeHow We Agile: Our Spring GardenToday we are going to discuss a fun thing we Agiled this year: our spring garden. We decided to plant a garden, not only to save money (these two kids aren't eating any less these days!), but also to spend some time as a family getting our hands into the soil. So how did we agile our spring garden? First sprint: start the planning Sprint two: design Sprint three: buy plants and plant them Sprint four: water, weed, watch, and wait Ready to learn more about...2020-06-0200 minYour Agile HomeManaging Summer SchedulesThis year might be a bit different, but we want to talk about what we will do every year. Your schedule will be different. Routine is good, but logistically it isn't always possible to have the same schedule. Make a calendar of who needs to be where and when. Discuss this in your daily standup. (Get your freebie here.} Move bedtime, but don't forgo it. Go with the flow. Read the day and read your body. Know that it's okay to move along and continue going through the motions. ...2020-05-2800 minYour Agile HomeProtecting Your PII in a Modern HomeToday, I'm joined with my friend Jason Faulhefer and we are going to talk about how to protect your family and their private information during this modern age. PII is personal identifiable information - like security questions, social security info, etc. It is important to look at the terms and conditions for the technology you have in your home, like Amazon Alexa, Siri, etc. A lot of times they will disclose that they share information with third party companies. Understanding the risk - what you should and shouldn't be asking - is important. K...2020-05-2600 minYour Agile HomeThe Importance of Vacation Related SprintsWhen you're on vacation, you aren't necessarily thinking about your sprints and daily standup, but it is important to stay in the flow. We break ours into 3 phases - packing and planning, on vacation, and return to normalcy. During our packing phase, we make sure to be as thorough as possible, writing everything out. We think of the things we want to do when we get there. Put every person's "must do" on the sprint. Add in things like down time, as well. During the return to normalcy section, we talk about what we are g...2020-05-2100 minYour Agile Home4 Reasons You Should Have a HobbyWe all need hobbies! Make sure your hobbie is not an income stream. It is going to help you plan to have time for yourself. Talk about that time in your daily standup. Get your freebie. It will fill your need for self-care. You will keep your sense of self and your identity. It will provide results that you can see - releasing oxytocin! Ready to get insider access to Your Agile Home? Check out our Patreon.2020-05-1900 min
Agile Coaches' CornerHow to Apply Agile Principles at Home with Yvonne MarcusIn this week’s episode, Dan Neumann is excited to be joined by someone outside of AgileThought, Yvonne Marcus! Yvonne specializes in teaching home management (which is the process of effectively running a household) with an agile twist. Her mission is to help parents develop flexible home management solutions using agile principles to leave them with more time for themselves, quality family time, less money spent, and a more productive week. Yvonne Marcus shares how you can begin to implement agile into your home with her invaluable tips and tricks in this episode! She shares exa...2020-05-1530 minYour Agile HomeSo My Partner is ResistantLast episode, we talked about introducing Agile to your partner and now we are going to talk about if there is resistance. Resistance will be natural because you are making a big change. Stay the course. Don't push your partner. No new technology should be introduced during this time. At the end, you want to look at it and see what did or did not get completed and ask why, instead of blaming. Make sure they feel heard. Ready to get insider access to Your Agil...2020-05-1400 minYour Agile HomeHow To Convince Your Partner to AgileThis is the number one question we receive. I know so many of you are excited to try it but have no idea how to get people on board. It can be difficult. Don't get too deep into the semantics. Focus on what it will do FOR your family. Ask for a trial period. Accept feedback when it comes to how Agile will work for your family. Ready to get insider access to Your Agile Home? Check out our Patreon.2020-05-1200 minYour Agile HomeOutside the Box WFH TipsDuring this pandemic more of us then ever are working from our homes. Many of us were not prepared to make this change, so I wanted to share some tips with you. You do not need separate office space. Just treat your shared room (like bedroom), differently during the work day than when you're not working. Set a schedule. Batch your tasks so that you're not switching gears. Try to have as much flexibility in your schedule, prioritizing by what needs to be moved on to someone else in your company ea...2020-05-0700 minYour Agile HomeHow We Agile: Big School TransitionsMany of you are going through the biggest school transition you and your children have ever gone through with Covid-19. You are doing a great job! This episode is about regular every year big school transitions like back to school after a break. Kids often like the familiarity of the routine. If you can keep your routine as close to the school year as possible, it will be best. Build education into life events. Ask them about the things that they are watching and searching online. Keep curiosity open. Ma...2020-05-0500 minYour Agile HomeWhen Your Stakeholders Are On Your Dev TeamFor those of you who don't know what these tech terms mean, I'm going to break it down. Your dev team are the people who are putting together and developing the solution. The stakeholders are the people who will be using the solution and process. For us, ownership brings about strong reactions. There may be resistance and exuberance. You want this! Solutions and feedback will happen in real time - right away! It is totally okay to make small tweaks during your sprints, but don't make any giant changes mid sprint. Do...2020-04-3000 min
Women in AgileAgile at Home - Yvonne Marcus | 2015Yvonne Marcus’s passion centers around bringing agile values and principles into home and family life. She regales us with her family’s foray into using agile practices in their household using two-week sprints, daily standups, and retrospectives. She has found that practicing agile at home not only results in a happier, more cohesive family unit because everyone is being heard and participating, but also as a woman, you’re able to get more time for yourself instead of doing #allthethings.
Leslie Morse hosts.
The Women in Agile community champions inclusion and diversity of thought, regardless of gen...2020-04-2932 min
Your Agile Home7 Reasons to Have a Retrospective (Even in Families)The sprint retrospective is so important, even in families. It supports the team and identifies conflicts. It helps to improve processes by knowing what to improve. Share views to help maximize ownership. It creates a road map for what to start, stop, and continue. It fixes priorities. It helps to identify problems early. It builds trust. Ready to get insider access to Your Agile Home? Check out our Patreon.2020-04-2800 min
Your Agile HomeHow We Agile: Home ProjectsToday we're talking about home projects - anything that will improve your home life. We were just working on an entryway solution. You start in your sprint planning by identifying what is the goal. Write all the items that belong on backlog like research through completion. Prioritize what needs to happen. Get started on the first priority. Make sure you have a time box - deadlines so that you don't get stuck in research and suffer from decision fatigue. Ready to get insider access to...2020-04-2300 min
Your Agile Home3 Reasons to Use DakboardWhat is Dakboard, anyway? It's a website that allows you to set up a display for your daily schedule and sprint goals. (If you have any questions about the technical connection, see how Scott Hansleman did it or buy it preloaded.) I love Dakboard for many reasons. It can display everything we need to know. It's super easy to edit. Everybody knows what is on everyone's plate so people can pitch in. Ready to get insider access to Your Agile Home? Check out our Patreon.2020-04-2100 min
Your Agile HomeQuiet Reflection & What You NeedDaily Standups are a time to build in your self-care time and time to reflect and receive feedback. In the Sprint Planning Phase you will be mapping out projects and the Sprint Retro is going to be the feedback stage. Before you dive into either of these, you need to take a moment for yourself to reflect. If you do not plan for quiet reflection, something else will fill that time. Express those thoughts to everyone else in the meeting. That way you can talk about them quickly and effectively where everyone is a...2020-04-1600 min
Your Agile HomeHow We Agile: DinnerWe always talk about dinner plans during our daily standup. I feel the dinner decision meme so hard. The decision really doesn't seem important for me, but it is for everyone else. When the kids started attending school, we decided to do a sprint and set up food days so that the kids knew what day of the week it was based on the food theme. We give options that they can decide on their own. For example, on Taco Tuesday, we put everything that they could want on the table and they g...2020-04-1400 min
Your Agile HomeLeaving the Hustle Behind w/ Emily Didinger BakerToday, I'm chatting with my friend Emily D. Baker, a lawyer for online business owners. We chat about how she shifted from a district attorney to a business owner and how she moved out of feeling isolated and out of the loop as a parent. We dive into what she does for her clients, including contracts and consulting. Ready to get insider access to Your Agile Home? Check out our Patreon.2020-04-0900 min
Your Agile HomeSchool Supplies & Other School Related ThingsMost of us have children and school will be a part of our lives for a very long time. I like to discuss school activities during the daily standup. Let's agile your school! Send things back to the school as soon as you get them - spare changes of clothes, permission slips, etc. Have routines down - the getting ready for school routine, library book return routine, etc. Ready to get insider access to Your Agile Home? Check out our Patreon.2020-04-0700 minYour Agile HomeHow We Agile: School Drop Off and Pick UpThis can be a crazy time in any parents' day! We discuss our schedule in our Daily Stand-Up. Any things that we have to do to prep for drop off or pick up are prepared together the night before. How do you handle drop off and pick up? Let us know in the Facebook Group.2020-04-0200 minYour Agile HomeHow the Visual Schedule Ended Fights Over Non-Preferred TasksThis might sound crazy, but when you've had the same fight or argument over non-preferred tasks, this is a game changer. We keep everything on our kids' scrum board. One of us parents sets up the list for the day. This allows us to demonstrate what needs to be done without nagging. It builds a trust in routines for your kids as well. It avoids frustration from both parents and kids. This is the visual board we use for our kids: SchKIDules 153 Piece Visual Schedule. (aff link) 2020-03-3100 minYour Agile HomeIdeas for Quality Time with Your PartnerAre you ready to streamline your day and get more done? Sign up for my free Daily Stand Up Meeting Cheat Sheet. Quality time with your partner is invaluable and it can be really easy to run out of ideas or put off your quality time because life is busy. Listen to this episode for some ideas of quality time with your partner. What is your favorite thing to do with your partner? Let us know in the Facebook Group!2020-03-2600 minYour Agile HomeHow We Agile: Multiple Sprint EventsLarge projects can seem overwhelming, so it is important to break them down into smaller sprints. First, break a big project down into much smaller pieces, just like we talked about in our Bite Sized Goals episode. Usually, the first sprint is going to be prep. Planning out what you're going to need to do and what you're going to need to get to make this happen. Put the things that you want to do but that are not necessary on the backlog. That way you can get to them later. Y...2020-03-2400 min
Your Agile HomeHow We Agile: Working From Home with Kids HomeIt's tough, y'all. I'm not going to lie to you, but working from home with kids home is possible and can even be productive. Listen to today's episode and learn 4 things that we do to get work done while the kids are home. And be sure to check out my freebie Your Daily StandUp Cheat Sheet and learn how to have a more productive day.2020-03-1900 minYour Agile HomeEquitable Partnerships and the Mental LoadIt is very hard to have equitable partnerships when one person carries the mental load - the organizing and managing of all of the daily tasks. The Daily Stand-Up is so important for us to have an equitable partnership because we are sharing the mental load. Ask yourself who is in charge of XYZ. If the answer to all of the questions is one person, then your partnership is not equitable. This is one of the many reasons we chose to Agile. Do you need guidance on having an equitable partnership? A...2020-03-1700 minYour Agile HomeWhy Self-Assigning TasksSelf-assigning means picking a task that you like to do and doing it. You do not have to do something you don't like to do if someone else in your house likes to do it. Sit down with your family and talk about all of the tasks that need to be done. Everyone picks tasks that they want to do. Your children will pick tasks that they like to do. You can teach them how to do all of the tasks that are non-preferred as well. But their main tasks can be their preferred tasks. Yo...2020-03-1200 minYour Agile HomeHow We Agile: AllowancesWe do allowances differently. They happen no matter what, instead of as payment for chores. Chores are a part of our Agile household, and we do it no matter what. Learning money management is important for our children. We use FamZoo and their allowances automatically go into their account. The app is easy to use. We give $1 per year of age and we make sure we have constant feedback on how they use their money. How does your family handle allowance? Let us know in the Facebook Group!2020-03-1000 minYour Agile HomeBreaking Societal Norms Through AgileOne of the main reasons I started using Agile in my home was because I was tired of the societal norms that mom had to do #allthethings and carry the full mental load. It builds in the ability for everyone to say what is on their plate, presented as facts, and allows us to have a feedback loop to improve. It's about doing it together as an entire family. Self-assigning tasks mean no one person is in charge of everything. This system sets up a cohesive unit where we have different brains working on tasks...2020-03-0500 minYour Agile Home3 Reasons You Should Have a Daily Stand-UpThe Daily Stand-Up is probably one of my favorite meetings in agiling my house. This is a time where we can connect and talk about what's going on in our lives and in our day. It is so important when trying to make the house more equal in both physical and mental labor. This helps you to avoid conflict of schedule, as well. Every day, we have work that isn't visible to our partner. The Daily Stand-Up is a great time for you to connect and make that visible to each other. The Dai...2020-03-0300 minYour Agile HomeWhat is Work Life BalanceWork-life balance is hard and the truth is that it is not achievable all of the time. Sometimes you need to be more focused on something like a work project or on being present with your family. The balance comes out over time. It is okay to focus in on one area for a time. Be okay with some slack. Set your family's priorities for the week. How do you feel about work-life balance? Let me know in the Facebook group. 2020-02-2700 min
Hanselminutes with Scott HanselmanAgile Project Management for Families with Yvonne MarcusAgile and Scrum and Kanban, oh my! What if we take the techniques we've learned from years of project management and apply that to our homes and families? Scott talks with Agile Parent and Home Systems Strategist Yvonne Marcus about how she brought Agile home.https://www.yvonnemarcus.com/
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GRÜNES MIKROPodcast mit hygge – Redakteurin Yvonne Adamek im InterviewWas bedeutet noch einmal hygge?
Im LifeVERDE-Podcast:
Yvonne Adamek, Redakteurin des Magazins hygge von Gruner & Jahr. Das neue Magazin HYGGE bringt dieses Lebensgefühl nach Deutschland. Es feiert die Freude am Zusammensein und den Moment des einfachen Glücks.
Aber was bedeutet das Wort HYGGE eigentlich noch mal?
„Hyggelig ist ein im Dänischen und Norwegischen häufig verwendetes Adjektiv, das wörtlich „gemütlich“, „angenehm“, „nett“ und „gut“ bedeutet. Darüber hinaus wird der Begriff auch sonst ausschließlich für positive Empfindungen benutzt, im Sinne von „geborgen“, „beschützt“, „malerisch“, „herzerwärmend“ oder „freundschaftlich“.
HYGGE ist ein Gefühl...2020-01-1632 min
Nurturing HabitManage your home the Agile way with Yvonne MarcusDoes your home feel chaotic, overwhelming, and like there’s constantly too many small things to keep track of, so you aren’t making any progress on any big goals or dreams? Yvonne Marcus teaches Agile project management methods to moms, so they can more efficiently run their homes. In this episode, she tells us all about what that means, the basics of how to do it, and the kind of results that her clients are seeing - like drinking coffee hot every morning, saving money, and watching their kids help solve their own behavior stru...2019-09-3054 min
Mom Deconstructed PodcastYvonne Marcus, Creating an Agile HomeFor our full show notes: Visit our Episode Webpage This week we are talking with Yvonne Marcus. Yvonne Marcus is a home management expert who teaches tech savvy individuals how to integrate the Agile Framework into their home. After spending 10 years working in operations and project management for a television production company, Yvonne moved from Los Angeles to Asheville, NC with her family. She enjoys the occasional glass of red wine, gluten free caramel bars, and dancing. Yvonne shares how she was frustrated with having to do #allthethings and incorporating the Agile Framework into her home, making eve...2019-08-2900 min
A Very Full PlateThe Key to Family Organization with Yvonne Marcus (Ep. 47) Why should you focus on family organization when you already have more than enough on your plate? Family empowerment coach, Yvonne Marcus, is here to chat with us today about why getting organized is the key to having MORE flexibilty and fun as a family. BTW, we talk a lot about how these principles apply to making time and space for healthy food and wellness as well! Listen in for more on: Why you need to define your family values The reason you need to create white space How to take the mental-load of mothering off your plate Ideas...2019-02-1925 min
Feel Good Family FoodThe Key to Family Organization with Yvonne Marcus (Ep. 47)
Why should you focus on family organization when you already have more than enough on your plate? Family empowerment coach, Yvonne Marcus, is here to chat with us today about why getting organized is the key to having MORE flexibilty and fun as a family.
BTW, we talk a lot about how these principles apply to making time and space for healthy food and wellness as well!
Listen in for more on:
Why you need to define your family values
The reason you need to create white space
How to t...2019-02-1900 min
Love, Sex And RelationshipWhy do people cheat? Featuring Actress Yvonne HaysOn this episode, I had Uk based actress and filmmaker, Yvonne Hayes as a guest. She shared her view and opinion on why people cheat and it’s quite interesting.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lovesexandrelation/message2018-11-1411 min
Side Hustle Moms by Busy Mom CollectiveEp 38: How to Minimize Decision Fatigue with Yvonne MarcusCurrently based in Asheville, North Carolina Yvonne Marcus is a home systems strategist helping moms to end overwhelm in their #momlife so that they can be present with their families. Full Shownotes: http://busymomcollective.com/ep38/2018-09-1700 min
The Boss Mom PodcastEpisode 340: Why Moms Shouldn’t Do Everything Around the House by Themselves and What They Can Do About It w/Yvonne MarcusThere’s a lot of pressure on moms to keep the house clean, do the daily chores, and take care of their children. Many mothers are alone in these responsibilities. How can you break the never-ending cycle of chores that need to be done? Why is it important for your children to share chores? And how can you use calendars and Trello boards to create a system in which each member of the family contributes something? In this episode, Yvonne Marcus, shares her journey as a mom and talks about how she ended up helping women gain back their fr...2018-08-0937 min
Lose the Cape! Moms who want to change the worldLose the Cape Podcast 021: Yvonne MarcusYvonne Marcus Yvonne Marcus is a mom blogger, podcaster and coach for moms. In this episode, we talked about: Finding mom friends: Yvonne things that finding mom friends is worse than dating. Why Yvonne started blogging: She had an Etsy store where she sold crocheted rags and mug hugs. Her blog originated to support that […]2016-06-2000 min