The Agile Pubcast

May 23 2024 179 ep. 40 mins 576
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An agile podcast…in a pub…it's an agile PUBCAST!! Agile coaches Geoff Watts & Paul Goddard share their musings over an informal drink.
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S8 EP4: Maintaining Presence

May 23 2024 41 mins  
In this episode, Geoff and Paul meander around discussing Paul's lack of focus on mundane tasks towards how we as coaches and faciliators maintain "presence" and help others to maintain their focus too. Geoff needs a name for one of the techniques he had creates, and stay tuned right to the end to listen for a unique code which allows you as a listener to claim a special discount o

S8 EP3: Controversy Creates Cash

May 01 2024 34 mins  
Geoff & Paul give a short (and fairly brutal) review of Marty Cagan's new book, in which he makes several bold suggestions about how to transformation organisations to become more product-centric. Our concerns centered around those reading will make radical decisions which jeopardise jobs through cost savings. Is this the right thing for our thought leaders to do? How is this s

S8 EP2: Are you listening?

Mar 21 2024 46 mins  
From Our Homes, UK! Geoff and Paul caught up over a ZOOM call and got into a conversation about LISTENING. Both Geoff and Paul share both why it's important for us to listen, and also some exercises on how to practice listening in a group or even on your own.Some links that are mentioned during this episode...https://tastycupcakes.org/2012/10/intuitions/https://www.instagram.com/re

S8 EP1: Is agile REALLY dead?

Feb 27 2024 44 mins  
From The Channings, Bristol. Happy 2024!! Geoff and Paul met up with Nigel to bring the new year in with a pint and a chat about the year ahead. The three lads talked about how companies have changed post-COVID and some of the strange decisions many orgs are making on cutting roles and jobs. Is this the end of "agile" roles as we see them? Be sure to listen and subscribe to find ou

S7 EP12: Christmas Rituals

Dec 05 2023 37 mins  
From The Hatherley, Cheltenham, UK. Our final pubcast of the year! All about rituals.. or are they traditions? Make sure you stay to the end for the special Christmas message... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

S7 EP11: People Centricity

Nov 24 2023 43 mins  
From Deus Ex Machina, Boscombe UK. The name of this pub took us on another meandering conversation into the realms of possibilities with an AI-related future and how our role as humans may need to adapt into a creating more people-centric (or even planet-centric) processes. Most of Paul's AI knowledge is based on the Terminator film franchise, which Geoff hasn't seen (no surprises

S7 EP10: Guess who's back... back again...

Oct 26 2023 38 mins  
From The Long Bar, Bristol. It's been a long time since our last episode, but Geoff and Paul are back! Taking a short break in our busy schedules brought us together for a catch up in Bristol, where we discussed everything from karaoke singing to kanban training! We hope you enjoy the episode, and we hope to get back to a more frequent recording schedule!"I’m not the pheasant plu

S7 EP9: Superstitions

Jun 12 2023 50 mins  
Are you superstitious? Do you believe in ‘luck’? In this episode, Paul shares his excitement about an upcoming football match for his favourite team and whether his superstitions about the game are a good or bad thing. The conversation moves onto being “lucky” and how an agile approach could quickly proves or disprove a lucky occurrence. Enjoy!The Secret of Luck - Derren Br

S7 EP8: May The Fourth Be With You

May 15 2023 68 mins  
Hello there! (In the style of Obi-Wan Kenobi!)This next episode is a recording from our appearance at Product Tank Cardiff, where Geoff and Paul were invited to host a LIVE pubcast to field some questions from the product people in the crowd. The boys took on questions such as:❓Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) is moving forward as breakneck speed. What (if a

S7 EP7: Pints and Perceptions

Apr 24 2023 46 mins  
Can you believe what you are seeing?!Welcome to Episode 7 of Series 7 of The Agile Pubcast! Join agile coaches Geoff Watts and Paul Goddard at the virtual pub "The Coach House" as they delve into the fascinating world of optical illusions and explore how it relates to the role of an agile coach. 🍻🧠In this episode, the boys discuss Geoff's recent experience visiting a museum o