Women in Agile

Agility in Learning - The Use of Experiments - Summer Lawrence | 2202

In this 2021 conversation, our host Leslie Morse geeks out with friend and colleague Summer Lawrence as they dance through a variety of topics related to professional development, learning, experimentation and personal empiricism. 
About the Featured GuestSummer Lawrence is an Agile Coach and Professional Scrum Trainer. Her passion is helping agilists with powerful ways to grow their skills and maturity. You can usually find her building something in the shop with Science Friday on the radio.
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The Women in Agile community champions inclusion and diversity of thought, regardless of gender, and this podcast is a platform to share new voices and stories with the Agile community and the business world, because we believe that everyone is better off when more, diverse ideas are shared.
Podcast Library: www.womeninagile.org/podcast
Women in Agile Org Website: www.womeninagile.org 
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About our HostLeslie Morse is an agilist at heart. She was leveraging agile practices and appreciating agile principles long before she even knew what they were. Her agile journey officially started in 2010 and she never looked back. Her career has taken many twists and turns. She led a digital marketing start-up in college, was involved with replatforming Lowes.com while they adopted agile practices, provided training and coaching for agile transformation across a wide array of industries, and now serves as a Product Owner for Scrum.org. She is trained in Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC) and has been involved in the Women in Agile movement since its original inception at Scrum Gathering 2013 in Las Vegas. You can follow Leslie on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesliejdotnet).
About our SponsorScrum.org is the Home of Scrum, founded in 2009 by Scrum co-creator Ken Schwaber focused on helping people and teams solve complex problems by improving how they work through higher levels of professionalism. Scrum.org provides free online resources, consistent experiential live training, ongoing learning paths, and certification for people with all levels of Scrum knowledge. You can learn more about the organization by visiting www.scrum.org.

Pragmatic Talk about Community, Agility, Teams and Organizations - Georgina Donahue | 2201

Pragmatic Talk about Community, Agility, Teams and Organizations - Georgina Donahue | 2201During this 2021 conversation, Georgina Donahue and Leslie Morse explore what community means, how community and Agile intersect, and the adjacency of Pragmatic Marketing, Product Management and agility.
About the Featured GuestGeorgina Donahue is an experienced community builder who has worked with companies like PWC, ESRI, and American Express. She currently runs the Pragmatic Alumni Community—A Community of Practice for Product Managers at Pragmatic Institute—and spends a lot of time thinking about how businesses can deliver human authenticity to their customers online.
Follow Georgina Donahue on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/georginacannie/)
Reference(s)
The Community Round Table (https://communityroundtable.com/) 
The Community Club (https://www.community.club/)
The Women in Agile community champions inclusion and diversity of thought, regardless of gender, and this podcast is a platform to share new voices and stories with the Agile community and the business world, because we believe that everyone is better off when more, diverse ideas are shared.
Podcast Library: www.womeninagile.org/podcast
Women in Agile Org Website: www.womeninagile.org 
Connect with us on social media!
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/womeninagile/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/womeninagile/
Twitter: www.twitter.com/womeninagileorg 
Please take a moment to rate and review the Women in Agile podcast on your favorite podcasting platform. This is the best way to help us amplify the voices and wisdom of the talent women and allies in our community! Be sure to take a screenshot of your rating and review and post it on social media with the hashtag #womeninagile to helps spread the word and continue to elevate Women in Agile.
About our HostLeslie Morse is an agilist at heart. She was leveraging agile practices and appreciating agile principles long before she even knew what they were. Her agile journey officially started in 2010 and she never looked back. Her career has taken many twists and turns. She led a digital marketing start-up in college, was involved with replatforming Lowes.com while they adopted agile practices, provided training and coaching for agile transformation across a wide array of industries, and now serves as a Product Owner for Scrum.org. She is trained in Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC) and has been involved in the Women in Agile movement since its original inception at Scrum Gathering 2013 in Las Vegas. You can follow Leslie on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesliejdotnet).
About our SponsorScrum.org is the Home of Scrum, founded in 2009 by Scrum co-creator Ken Schwaber focused on helping people and teams solve complex problems by improving how they work through higher levels of professionalism. Scrum.org provides free online resources, consistent experiential live training, ongoing learning paths, and certification for people with all levels of Scrum knowledge. You can learn more about the organization by visiting www.scrum.org.

A Higher Calling for Agile Coaching - Coaching Agile Teams Mini-Series | 2119

This episode of the Women in Agile Podcast is the final installment of the “Coaching Agile Teams” Mini-Series. Lyssa Adkins and host, Leslie Morse, explore the opportunity agile practitioners and agile coaches have to impact society on a global level. The episode has a balance of serious reflection and inquiry sprinkled with laughter, appreciation, and deep dreaming for the future.
You can learn more about this series of episodes by visiting www.womeninagile.org/cat. 
The Women in Agile community champions inclusion and diversity of thought, regardless of gender, and this podcast is a platform to share new voices and stories with the Agile community and the business world, because we believe that everyone is better off when more, diverse ideas are shared.
Podcast Library: www.womeninagile.org/podcast 
Women in Agile Org Website: www.womeninagile.org 
Connect with us on social media!
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/womeninagile/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/womeninagile/
Twitter: www.twitter.com/womeninagileorg 
Please take a moment to rate and review the Women in Agile podcast on your favorite podcasting platform. This is the best way to help us amplify the voices and wisdom of the talent women and allies in our community! Be sure to take a screenshot of your rating and review and post it on social media with the hashtag #womeninagile. This will get you entered to a monthly drawing for a goodie bag of Women In Agile Org swag!
About our Host
Leslie Morse is an agilist at heart. She was leveraging agile practices and appreciating agile principles long before she even knew what they were. Her agile journey officially started in 2010 and she never looked back. Her career has taken many twists and turns. She led a digital marketing start-up in college, was involved with replatforming Lowes.com while they adopted agile practices, provided training and coaching for agile transformation across a wide array of industries, and now serves as the Product Owner of Professional Development Solutions for Scrum.org. She is a trained and certified in Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC) and has been involved in the Women in Agile movement since its original inception at Scrum Gathering 2013 in Las Vegas. You can connect with Leslie on LinkedIn.
About our Sponsor
Scrum.org is the Home of Scrum, founded in 2009 by Scrum co-creator Ken Schwaber focused on helping people and teams solve complex problems by improving how they work through higher levels of professionalism. Scrum.org provides free online resources, consistent experiential live training, ongoing learning paths, and certification for people with all levels of Scrum knowledge. You can learn more about the organization by visiting www.scrum.org.

From Agile Coach & Consultant to Agile Career Coach - Nada Buhendi | 2118

Nada Buhendi, former management consultant turned career coach, joins Women In Agile Podcast host Leslie Morse for a discussion where she shares her story and perspectives on career agility and what she sees impacting both job seekers and those looking to hire agile professionals. Nada does an exceptional job of being vulnerable about how she experienced the workplace and the factors that led her to embark as an entrepreneur focused on aiding others on their career journey. 
Leslie and Nada use personal relationships as a reference point for exploring career transitions and evaluating potential employers. It’s interesting how many parallels they create! The episode ends with Nada referencing the “Doctor’s frame” as a way for approaching interviews and she shares stories of working with her dietician as a way to illustrate ways to be successful meeting a prospective employer where they are even if they don’t seem ready to embrace agility.
About the Featured Guest
Nada Buhendi’s professional background is anchored in 15 years of IT Consulting experience focused on agile and product management. She coached technology professionals at Deloitte, Accenture, and Slalom Consulting towards building their confidence and ensuring job success. She transitioned to being a career coach after discovering her North Star is to help clients take their career to the next level. Over the past 6 months she has helped more than 16 professionals land new offers.
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Reference(s)
Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP)
STAR Interview Response Technique (Learn more on Indeed) 
“Business Model You: A One-Page Method For Reinventing Your Career” by Tim Clark
Personal Business Model Canvas
The Women in Agile community champions inclusion and diversity of thought, regardless of gender, and this podcast is a platform to share new voices and stories with the Agile community and the business world, because we believe that everyone is better off when more, diverse ideas are shared.
Podcast Library: www.womeninagile.org/podcast
Women in Agile Org Website: www.womeninagile.org 
Connect with us on social media!
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/womeninagile/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/womeninagile/
Twitter: www.twitter.com/womeninagileorg 
Please take a moment to rate and review the Women in Agile podcast on your favorite podcasting platform. This is the best way to help us amplify the voices and wisdom of the talent women and allies in our community! Be sure to take a screenshot of your rating and review and post it on social media with the hashtag #womeninagile. This will get you entered to a monthly drawing for a goodie bag of Women In Agile Org swag!
About our Host
Leslie Morse is an agilist at heart. She was leveraging agile practices and appreciating agile principles long before she even knew what they were. Her agile journey officially started in 2010 and she never looked back. Her career has taken many twists and turns. She led a digital marketing start-up in college, was involved with replatforming Lowes.com while they adopted agile practices, provided training and coaching for agile transformation across a wide array of industries, and now serves as the Product Owner of Professional Development Solutions for Scrum.org. She is a trained and certified in Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC) and has been involved in the Women in Agile movement since its original inception at Scrum Gathering 2013 in Las Vegas. You can connect with Leslie on LinkedIn.

Agile Coaching from a Distance: The Remote Working Mindset - Coaching Agile Teams Mini-Series | 2117

This episode of the Women in Agile Podcast is another from the “Coaching Agile Teams” Mini-Series. Our Host, Leslie Morse is joined by Lyssa Adkins and special guest Molood Ceccarelli as they explore the dynamics of remote working and serving agile teams while not physically co-located. 
Featured GuestMolood Ceccarelli is a Remote work strategist & remote agile coach often referred to as the queen of remote work in agile. She is the founder and CEO of Remote Forever and host of the fully online Remote Forever Summit. Her work has been published in places such as Forbes, Huffington Post and Inc.com.
You can learn more about this series of episodes by visiting www.womeninagile.org/cat.
The Women in Agile community champions inclusion and diversity of thought, regardless of gender, and this podcast is a platform to share new voices and stories with the Agile community and the business world, because we believe that everyone is better off when more, diverse ideas are shared.
Podcast Library: www.womeninagile.org/podcast 
Women in Agile Org Website: www.womeninagile.org 
Connect with us on social media!
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/womeninagile/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/womeninagile/
Twitter: www.twitter.com/womeninagileorg 
Please take a moment to rate and review the Women in Agile podcast on your favorite podcasting platform. This is the best way to help us amplify the voices and wisdom of the talent women and allies in our community! Be sure to take a screenshot of your rating and review and post it on social media with the hashtag #womeninagile. This will get you entered to a monthly drawing for a goodie bag of Women In Agile Org swag!
About our HostLeslie Morse is an agilist at heart. She was leveraging agile practices and appreciating agile principles long before she even knew what they were. Her agile journey officially started in 2010 and she never looked back. Her career has taken many twists and turns. She led a digital marketing start-up in college, was involved with replatforming Lowes.com while they adopted agile practices, provided training and coaching for agile transformation across a wide array of industries, and now serves as the Product Owner of Professional Development Solutions for Scrum.org. She is a trained and certified in Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC) and has been involved in the Women in Agile movement since its original inception at Scrum Gathering 2013 in Las Vegas. You can connect with Leslie on LinkedIn.
About our SponsorScrum.org is the Home of Scrum, founded in 2009 by Scrum co-creator Ken Schwaber focused on helping people and teams solve complex problems by improving how they work through higher levels of professionalism. Scrum.org provides free online resources, consistent experiential live training, ongoing learning paths, and certification for people with all levels of Scrum knowledge. You can learn more about the organization by visiting www.scrum.org.

Agile Coaching interplay with Gestalt Psychotherapy - Lisa Bradburn | 2116

During this episode of the Women in Agile Podcast, host Leslie Morse is joined by Lisa Bradburn as they discuss the interplay of agile coaching and Gestalt Psychotherapy. Lisa shares her agile origin story and what led her to study Gestalt Psychotherapy.  Then they proceed to unpack the difference in coaching and psychotherapy, what Gestalt Psychotherapy is, and how underlying skills and tenets of the study can aid in the work of agile coaching.
About the Featured Guest
Lisa Bradburn is a Toronto based agilist that serves as a Scrum Master and agile coach. She is in her fourth year of study on Gestalt Psychotherapy and leverages the principles of of “here and now” as she works with agile teams. She is also pursuing Enneagram and Co-Active Coach training and certification.
Follow Lisa on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisabradburn/)
Follow Lisa on Medium (https://lisabradburnpsychotherapy.medium.com/)
Follow Lisa on Twitter @lisabtherapy (http://www.twitter.com/lisabtherapy)
Follow Lisa on Instagram @lisabtherapy (http://www.instagrame.com/lisabtherapy)
Connect with Lisa on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/lisabradburnpsychotherapy) 
Reference(s)
Gestalt Psychotherapy (https://medium.com/beingwell/what-is-gestalt-psychotherapy-part-1-6dab07f317f7)
Toronto Gestalt Psychotherapy Institute (https://gestalt.on.ca/)
The Women in Agile community champions inclusion and diversity of thought, regardless of gender, and this podcast is a platform to share new voices and stories with the Agile community and the business world, because we believe that everyone is better off when more, diverse ideas are shared.
Podcast Library: www.womeninagile.org/podcast
Women in Agile Org Website: www.womeninagile.org 
Connect with us on social media!
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/womeninagile/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/womeninagile/
Twitter: www.twitter.com/womeninagileorg 
Please take a moment to rate and review the Women in Agile podcast on your favorite podcasting platform. This is the best way to help us amplify the voices and wisdom of the talent women and allies in our community! Be sure to take a screenshot of your rating and review and post it on social media with the hashtag #womeninagile. This will get you entered to a monthly drawing for a goodie bag of Women In Agile Org swag!
About our Host
Leslie Morse is an agilist at heart. She was leveraging agile practices and appreciating agile principles long before she even knew what they were. Her agile journey officially started in 2010 and she never looked back. Her career has taken many twists and turns. She led a digital marketing start-up in college, was involved with replatforming Lowes.com while they adopted agile practices, provided training and coaching for agile transformation across a wide array of industries, and now serves as the Product Owner of Professional Development Solutions for Scrum.org. She is a trained and certified in Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC) and has been involved in the Women in Agile movement since its original inception at Scrum Gathering 2013 in Las Vegas. You can connect with Leslie on LinkedIn.

The Richness & Reflection of Mentorship - Coaching Agile Teams Mini-Series | 2115

This Episode of the Women in Agile Podcast is another from the “Coaching Agile Teams” Mini-Series. Our Host, Leslie Morse is joined by Lyssa Adkins and her mentor, Mike Vizdos. It is a special conversation filled with lightness, vulnerability, and true wisdom. 
Leslie guides Lyssa and Mike through a series of stories and anecdotes that not only tell aspects of Lyssa’s origin story and evolution, but also showcase wisdom on the difference in coaching and mentoring, how to create meaningful connections, mentor and mentee matching, and how to create success and value in mentoring relationships. This quote from Lyssa is a perfect illustration, “One of the things I appreciate about Mike is that he does not tell a story for his own enjoyment. If he is telling me a story, I trust that he knows exactly why he’s doing it, and that it’s for my benefit.”
You can learn more about this series of episodes by visiting www.womeninagile.org/cat. 
 
The Women in Agile community champions inclusion and diversity of thought, regardless of gender, and this podcast is a platform to share new voices and stories with the Agile community and the business world, because we believe that everyone is better off when more, diverse ideas are shared.
Podcast Library: www.womeninagile.org/podcast
Women in Agile Org Website: www.womeninagile.org 
Connect with us on social media!
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/womeninagile/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/womeninagile/
Twitter: www.twitter.com/womeninagileorg 
Please take a moment to rate and review the Women in Agile podcast on your favorite podcasting platform. This is the best way to help us amplify the voices and wisdom of the talent women and allies in our community! Be sure to take a screenshot of your rating and review and post it on social media with the hashtag #womeninagile. This will get you entered to a monthly drawing for a goodie bag of Women In Agile Org swag!
About our HostLeslie Morse is an agilist at heart. She was leveraging agile practices and appreciating agile principles long before she even knew what they were. Her agile journey officially started in 2010 and she never looked back. Her career has taken many twists and turns. She led a digital marketing start-up in college, was involved with replatforming Lowes.com while they adopted agile practices, provided training and coaching for agile transformation across a wide array of industries, and now serves as the Product Owner of Professional Development Solutions for Scrum.org. She is a trained and certified in Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC) and has been involved in the Women in Agile movement since its original inception at Scrum Gathering 2013 in Las Vegas. You can connect with Leslie on LinkedIn.
 
About our SponsorScrum.org is the Home of Scrum, founded in 2009 by Scrum co-creator Ken Schwaber focused on helping people and teams solve complex problems by improving how they work through higher levels of professionalism. Scrum.org provides free online resources, consistent experiential live training, ongoing learning paths, and certification for people with all levels of Scrum knowledge. You can learn more about the organization by visiting www.scrum.org.

The Art & Science of Team Coaching and Group Facilitation, Part 2 - Coaching Agile Teams Mini-Series | 2114

This episode of the “Coaching Agile Teams” Mini-Series on the Women in Agile Podcast brings you Part 2 of a discussion on the art and science of team coaching and group facilitation. During this episode, Lyssa Adkins and our host, Leslie Morse, focus on the topic of group facilitation before wrapping the overall discussion by circling back to team coaching as they touch on co-leadership and co-facilitation. One of the most important reminders in this episode might be the guidance around the 2:1 ratio for facilitator preparation, and the reinforcement of how important preparation is when creating a container where large groups collaborate.
Reference(s):
ICAgile Agile Team Facilitation Learning Outcomes 
“Collaboration Explained: Facilitation Skills for Software Project Leaders” by Jean Tabaka 
“The Art & Science of Facilitation: How to Lead Effective Collaboration with Agile Teams” by Marsha Acker
Liberating Structures 
International Association of Facilitators (IAF)  
IAF Code of Ethics 
Alchemy: The Art and Science of Co-Facilitation course from CRR Global (Find Right, Reaffirm, Redirect) 
You can learn more about this series of episodes by visiting www.womeninagile.org/cat. 
 
The Women in Agile community champions inclusion and diversity of thought, regardless of gender, and this podcast is a platform to share new voices and stories with the Agile community and the business world, because we believe that everyone is better off when more, diverse ideas are shared.
Podcast Library: www.womeninagile.org/podcast 
Women in Agile Org Website: www.womeninagile.org 
Connect with us on social media!
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/womeninagile/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/womeninagile/
Twitter: www.twitter.com/womeninagileorg 
Please take a moment to rate and review the Women in Agile podcast on your favorite podcasting platform. This is the best way to help us amplify the voices and wisdom of the talent women and allies in our community! Be sure to take a screenshot of your rating and review and post it on social media with the hashtag #womeninagile. This will get you entered to a monthly drawing for a goodie bag of Women In Agile Org swag!
About our Host
Leslie Morse is an agilist at heart. She was leveraging agile practices and appreciating agile principles long before she even knew what they were. Her agile journey officially started in 2010 and she never looked back. Her career has taken many twists and turns. She led a digital marketing start-up in college, was involved with replatforming Lowes.com while they adopted agile practices, provided training and coaching for agile transformation across a wide array of industries, and now serves as the Product Owner of Professional Development Solutions for Scrum.org. She is a trained and certified in Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC) and has been involved in the Women in Agile movement since its original inception at Scrum Gathering 2013 in Las Vegas. You can connect with Leslie on LinkedIn.