Agile Caravanserai

Jan 10 2024 30 ep. 14 mins 1

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As the agile movement crosses the 20-year mark, many of us have found belonging in the agile community; and purpose and storytelling and in our agile journeys. Now, more than ever, it seems like our community is coming together in support of each other as we journey through the pandemic wasteland. This is the intent and inspiration behind the Agile Caravanserai series. Just as ancient travelers rested and recovered at caravanserais, we hope that each of our episodes will provide rest, recovery and hope; in addition to binding us closer together in this ongoing journey.

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Bob Martin - Lean + Agile DC

Jan 10 2024 25 mins

This episode of Agile Caravanserai is a presentation from Bob Martin given at our recent Lean + Agile DC Conference. Bob Martin self proclaims himself as the Agile Curmudgeon yelling at the neighborhood kids to get off his lawn. In this talk, he will describe was agile was, is, and should be. No muss, no fuss, no adjectives like Lean, Scaled, SAFE, LESS, or anything else. Just agil

Jim Highsmith - Lean + Agile DC

Jan 05 2024 19 mins

Today’s press is full of AI prognostications, many predicting a dire future. They are all wrong. History tells us that predicting technology’s path is futile. However, preparing for it is not. What does history tell us about past technology advances that we can use to prepare for the future—for both we as individuals and our businesses? Join Jim Highsmith whose recent book, W

Mary Lynn Manns

Nov 01 2022 14 mins

Mary Lynn Manns is an author, educator and leading change consultant based in Asheville, North Carolina. I’ve had the privilege of knowing Mary Lynn for close to two decades. Along with Linda Rising, she is the co-author of the “Fearless Change” Books. “Fearless Change: Patterns for Introducing New Ideas” was released in 2005, and “More Fearless Change: Strategies for

Diana Larsen

May 03 2022 10 mins

Diana Larsen is Chief Connector & Co-Founder of the Agile Fluency® Project. Along with James Shore, her co-founder, Diana focuses The Agile Fluency Model on achieving fluent proficiency on an agile development team. Diana also founded FutureWorks where she led Agile software development, team leadership, and Agile transitions. She has co-authored several books including:

Jurgen Appelo

Apr 05 2022 10 mins

Jurgen Appelo is an entrepreneur, speaker, and author on agility, leadership, and innovation. Jurgen is CEO of the business network Happy Melly and co-founder of the Agile Lean Europe network. Since 2008, Jurgen has worked on his blog at NOOP.NL which offers ideas on the creative economy, agile leadership, organizational change, and personal development. Inc.com has called Jurgen a

Jim Benson

Mar 15 2022 10 mins

Jim Benson is a pioneer of knowledge work and creator of Personal Kanban. He is also a public speaker, consultant, and author who is an expert in effectiveness for individuals, teams, and organizations. After three decades as a business owner, team leader, and employee in both commercial & government agencies, Jim has shifted his focus to helping people and teams work out sticky pr

Laurie Williams

Mar 01 2022 10 mins

Laurie Williams is a Distinguished Professor in the Computer Science Department of the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University (NCSU). Laurie's research focuses on software security; agile software development practices and processes, particularly continuous deployment; and software reliability, software testing and analysis. Over the last 21+ years, Laurie has se

Max Keeler

Feb 15 2022 18 mins

Max Keeler is the Chief Projects Officer and Project Lead for Investor Island at The Motley Fool. His specialty is Agile Project Management. Over the last 25 years, Max has worked at the Motley Fool in a variety of different positions including VP of Business Processes, VP of Project Management, and Head of Global Operations. I’ve known Max since 2007, when we helped his team get

Johanna Rothman

Feb 01 2022 12 mins

Johanna Rothman, also known as the “Pragmatic Manager,” is a coach, consultant, speaker, and advisor. Johanna offers frank advice for tough problems with managing projects, programs, and project portfolios. Essentially, Johanna helps leaders and teams do reasonable things that work. Johanna started her career in software engineering. She started managing cross-functional projec

Esther Derby

Dec 21 2021 11 mins

Esther Derby is a consultant, advisor, author, and speaker. Esther has spent the last 25 years helping companies design their organization for success. She has a Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership and a certificate in Human Systems Dynamics. In 1997, she founded her own consulting business, Esther Derby Associates. She works with both start-ups and Fortune 500 companie