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Metaphors Matter: Mechanics or Doctors, part 1

  "Metaphors are how we make sense of the world." - Shaun Hotchkiss In this week's episode we discuss the usage of metaphor in our world...we typically default to "mechanical" metaphors when referencing our organizations, but would we be better served by using an...
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SAFe 4.5 discussion with Dean Leffingwell

On this episode, Jay Hrsko and Andrew Leff welcomes Dean Leffingwell, Creator of Scaled Agile Framework and newly updated SAFe 4.5 Agenda:  Introduction(s) Configurable framework Inclusion of Compliance Agile Architecture Lean Startup/UX DevOps Implementation Roadmap...
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Succeeding with OKRs in Agile with Allan Kelly

In this week's episode we sit down with author and agile practitioner extraordinaire Allan Kelly to pick his brain about how to work with OKRs in an Agile environment....everyone rushed out to adopt OKRs because Google uses them, but how many companies do them...
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Game of Frameworks – XSCALE with Peter Merel

Oh, you thought we were done??!?!  Join Brad Stokes this week as he sits down with Peter Merel to discuss his descaling framework XSCALE.  Enjoy! XSCALE Alliance Website   [iframe style="border:none"...
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Bob Galen: The OG Badass of Agile Coaching

Agile Uprising board member Chris Murman welcomes our good friend and all-around wise wizard Bob Galen to talk about his new book titled Extraordinarily Badass Coaching: The Journey From Beginner To Mastery and Beyond. If you want an e-copy (Mobi, Epub, and PDF) the...
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Learning and Habits With Llewellyn Falco

Join a conversation with Llewellyn Falco and our host Ryan Lockard about Learning and Habits.  Llewellyn is an independent agile coach. He discovered strong-style pair programming which evolved into Mob Programming. He is creator of the open source testing tool...
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Making Sense in Times of Uncertainty with Dave Snowden & Andrea Tomasini

Dave Snowden, Andrea Tomasini and Richard Dolman chat with Andy Cleff and Colleen Johnson to explore the most crucial leadership challenge of the day: Making Sense in Times of Uncertainty Dave Snowden is founder and chief scientific officer of Cognitive Edge. His work...
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Agile 2017 Talk, Empowering the Changing Face of Agile: Women in Agile

Agile Uprising’s own James Gifford was lucky enough to attend the #WomenInAgile event prior to #Agile2017, with This year's theme being Empowering the Changing Face of Agile: Women in Agile ; James had nothing but great things to say and we want to share the lighting...
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Project to Product & The Flow Framework with Mik Kersten

  Are you trying to transform your organization but still doing "projects"?  How do we get "the business" speaking the same language as IT to help our chances of success?  And have we found the Agile Rosetta Stone when it comes to the above?  Join...
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Mob Programming: Lessons Learned at ClearLink.com

Join host Andy Cleff as he chats with Nate Wixom and Torrey Powell who have been leading mob programming at Clearlink.com since January 2017. Their experience, the good, the bad, and the ugly is the focus of our show. You can reach Nate at nate.wixom@clearlink.com and...
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our topics

AGILE

We cover all topics asociated with Agile.  From the Manifesto, to the frameworks, to the values and principles.  We are passionate about the world of agility.

LEAN

Discussions of concept to cash, waste idenfication and removal, and effective lean metrics are often covered in our shows.

UX/DESIGN

Dual track agile, deign thinking, LeanUX, and hypothesis driven design are all topics we have covered in our podcast episodes.

MANAGEMENT/LEADERSHIP

Our hosts speak from their various backgrounds in all areas of leadership and management.  We also regularly welcome leadership thought leaders as guests.

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

We cover various software development topics such as Extreme Programming, SOLID principles, CI/CD/CB and architecture in our more technical shows.

Regular Hosts

Ryan Lockard

Respected agile leader and change agent with over 15 years of product/project delivery experience. Experienced in facilitating agile transformations, creating engaging organizational culture, and improving the software development practices of teams.

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Andrew Leff

Agile thought leader with 15 plus years of experience in all facets of delivery. As the VP of Keepin it real I tend to focus on Business Agility and preparing, educating, coaching management and or the business on how to be a part of the team instead of the impediment to the team.

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Colleen Johnson

Colleen has been in the software development world for over 15 years with experiences ranging from writing test automation to managing offshore engineers. She is an expert in Lean/Kanban methods of iterative software delivery and advocates for LeanStartup principles using scientific methods of customer-centered discovery.

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James Gifford

Pragmatic Agile Coach that enjoys experimenting to get the best results. A believer that there is no silver bullet to Agility. Passionate about creating better working environments knowledge workers.

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Jay Hrcsko

Agile Agent of Chaos. Change enthusiast who leads from the front and aims to help everyone realize their fullest potential. Agilist, comedian, metal head.

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Troy Lightfoot

Experienced Agile practitioner and creator of multiple original software products with a focus on team and personal continuous improvement. Extensive hands on experience as a Scrum Master, Coach, Product Owner, and Scrum Trainer.

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Andy Cleff

An experienced & pragmatic agile practitioner that takes teams beyond getting agile to embracing agile. His chief weapons are well asked questions, insightful retrospectives & an ability to withstand awkward silences. And if all else fails, beer.

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Mike McCalla

Agile practitioner, coach, and transformation leader with a passion for building great products, teams, and outcomes. President of Achieving Agility, consultant firm challenging organizations to embrace Agility, people,and continuous improvement.

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Jason Cusack

Agile Coach. Servant Leader. Destroyer of Corporate Bureaucracy. Metaframeworks Enthusiast. Voracious Reader. Relaxed Under Pressure is my superpower. Always striving to help people and teams become better versions of themselves. Favorite movie quote: “I’m Winston Wolf. I solve problems.”

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Andy Bacon

Pragmatic Agile consultant and coach with hands on experience as a product owner, scrum master, development team member, manager, and coach in multiple Agile transformations. My personal motto is “keep moving forward.”

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Chris Murman

Hailing from the Dallas / Ft. Worth Tx area, Murman is an author, blogger, coach, maker, and change agent. He currently hangs his hat at Solutions IQ where he’s a Sr. Agile Consultant. (FYI, he’s really Batman.)

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Paul Elia

Pragmatic and broadly technical Agile/DevOps coach with 30+ years experience in software engineering, product management, executive management, management consulting, and lean startups.  Group Vice-President and DevOps Center of Enablement Lead for SunTrust Bank.

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FAQ

When do you release new shows?

We intend to release a new feature show at least weekly.  We typically publish this content either Sunday evening, or Monday morning Eastern Standard Time, but there is sometimes a delay in the publishing services to iTunes, Stitcher, and other players.

At times we will release special content more than once a week.  Other times our backlog dries up and we may miss a week.

Can I be a guest?

If you have a compelling story to tell, please reach out!  Several of our shows started with a guest asking to be on.  While we do reach out to guests, we feel the love when others ask to be featured 🙂

Can we sponsor a show?

Sure.  Please reach out to one of our board admins for more details.

What is the Agile Uprising?

Agile Uprising is a purpose-built network that focuses on the advancement of the agile mindset and global professional networking between leading agilists. We will remain agnostic of certifying bodies and focus purely on the advancement of the agile craft. Our network will evolve over time, and at the core our online community will remain free to join – forever. We will leverage both traditional and emerging communication and collaboration channels to explore various topics of interest with a direct focus on removing external influences from sponsors, partners and other organizations.

Other than being a guest, how can I get involved?

For starters, consider joining the Agile Uprising Coalition (coalition.agileuprising.com).  Retweet our shows.  Share any show ideas you have.  Or be on the lookout for our SWAG when we have some availible.

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