The Agile Wire

The Agile Wire

The Agile Wire with Jeff Bubolz and Chad Beier is focused on long-form conversations about the struggles associated with increasing agility of teams, products, and organizations around the world. As change agents, advisors, coaches, and trainers the hosts are focused on helping listeners get agile and stay agile.

Episodes

March 18, 2026 35 mins

00:00 Intro

05:00 Workplace engagement

08:48 Culture from the inside out

13:00 Paradigm shift in leadership

19:00 AI agents, tools, and trust

25:45 Learning as founders and entrepreneurs

33:15 CultureCon AI Summit

34:50 Outro


AI Summit 2026: https://www.cultureconusa.org/ai-summit-2026

CultureCon: https://www.cultureconusa.org/


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01:40 Starting a company with loose change

03:50 Hardest moment as an entrepreneur

13:12 Long term sustainable competitive advantage

16:00 Impact the human condition

22:00 Your worst advice

29:30 Leading change

37:00 Leave a relevant legacy and start today

Craig Schiefelbein: https://www.observationtower.net

Craig's TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taB6aq3SWwo

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00:00 Intro

06:00 Conviction, Resiliency, Consistency

09:50 Critic and Supporter

12:45 Habits of an Entrepreneur

14:00 Thinking time

17:30 Slowing down

24:22 Balancing scale with operations

28:50 AI as a team member (not a tool)

30:20 Celebrating not winning

37:00 Starting a company (planning vs experimenting)

42:00 The power of listening


Isaiah's Company: https://sunbearindustries.com

Isaiah's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in...

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00:00 Intro

00:55 Agile Product Operating Model

03:30 Organizing around value

06:10 Org within the org

08:20 Bridging the technology and business divide

09:50 A word of caution

12:00 Continuously transforming

15:18 AWS example

16:35 Reorganizing team structures

21:30 Start simple

23:40 Incentives - visible and invisible

30:05 AI's thoughts

31:03 Outro


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00:00 Intro

00:45 Agile data and AI

02:45 Optimizing flow with AI

04:28 Tracking blocked work

05:15 Language translation

06:50 AI impact on software development

14:53 OKRs, Monte Carlos, and AI tools

19:45 Agile is dead?

23:00 Agile isn't dead

27:00 Product operating model and AI

30:20 Future-proof your employment

36:10 Troy's tools

39:10 Outro


Troy

heycasey.io

llmasaservice.io

focusedobjective.com


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00:00 Intro

00:55 Does Agile Work in Hardware?

04:40 Learn Quickly!

11:32 Cross-Functional Teams in Hardware

15:02 Continuous Flow of Learning

17:50 The Next Best Solution

25:00 Quality of Interactions

26:10 Scrum With Joanna

26:45 Outro


https://www.youtube.com/@scrum-with-joanna


https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanna-plaskonka


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00:00 Intro

00:48 What's the problem in the product space?

03:30 The Three Vs of Product Ownership

06:00 Discovery and validation!

07:35 Assumptions and analysis?

11:30 My ideas are the best

13:40 Levels of investment risk

16:30 Knowing vs doing

18:22 ScrumMatch data on Scrum Masters

20:30 Shift in leadership

22:04 "Adoption" of cutting edge is slow

25:55 Bike shedding

27:00 To put it disrespectfully

28:14 Launch of Professional Product Discove...

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00:00 Intro00:42 State of agile conferences03:30 Agile is dead?04:30 Agile is just good business05:30 The speakers at Scrum Day 202408:13 What is different this year at Scrum Day?11:55 Tragedies in the product space13:43 Scrum in healthcare16:34 Join us at Scrum Day!17:05 OutroScrum Day is October 23, 2024 in Madison, Wisconsin! Get your tickets now with our Wisconsin Agility 20% discount!Tickets: https://www.scrumday.org/event-det...

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00:00 Intro

00:35 Bullshit Management

01:35 Backlog Length

04:09 Hierarchal Backlogs

06:30 Moving Away from the Status Quo

09:50 Where to Start?

12:10 Victim of Circumstance vs Hero of Your Story

14:30 Writing a Book via Gradual Commitment Escalation

12:03 Find a Mentor

25:09 Don't Lecture People, Help Others See What You See

26:10 Outro


David's Book: https://www.d-pereira.com/untrapping-product-teams


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00:30 The Scrum Master's Accountability?

03:15 Meetings Suck...Facilitate!

13:30 Self-Management Tactics

19:20 Contracts Drive Anti-patterns

22:12 Roles to Accountabilities

25:05 Adult Day Care Provider?

30:57 Capability and Opportunity

33:55 The Scrum Master Files

34:32 Outro


Angela's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Scrum-Master-Files-Secrets-Should/dp/B09MR91GDV

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00:22 Nate Amidon - Airforce and Agile

02:53 Form 100 Consulting - Request to leave active duty

04:07 Serving in the military applied to serving as a Scrum Master

8:22 How the Airforce using an Agile Mindset

10:09 Owner Mentality

14:00 Building "Extreme Ownership"

15:17 Navigating change in big organizations

18:53 Stakeholder Management vs Stakeholder Engagement

21:45 Change is not hard - Don't change hearts and minds

26:50 How ...

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00:21 Chris Stone - The Continuous Improvement Coach - So Much Content

03:13 Virtual Agile Coach to Continuous Improvement Coach

6:20 Why is continuous remove from improvement

11:20 The hardest part of continuous improvement at scale

14:47 Data and feedback loops are crucial for continuous improvement

18:08 Company Values?

26:08 What can I improve today? What did I improve today?

28:21 Tesla Employee Handbook

31:17 Improve ever...

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March 17, 2024 34 mins

00:00 Intro

00:21 Scaling Simplified boiled down to one sentence

02:50 Leading with flow

04:05 Scaling flow is common sense unfortunately common sense is not common

05:09 Blockers are a type of dependency - remove them don't manage them

07:06 Focus on efficiency of flow

10:08 Prioritization is waste - remove your backlogs

14:37 Who makes decisions

20:02 One large team is better than a small team

23:10 Removing upfront planning is revolutio...

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00:00 Intro00:21 Why Read "Unlocking Business Agility"06:04 Goals suck in organizations8:06 Outcomes over Outputs10:38 Enable empowerment with outcomes13:05 Separating the signal from the noise18:00 Dealing with transparency - facts are friendly - how fascinating26:03 Suffering is a prerequisite for learning and growth29:28 Move all projects to red until proven otherwise30:38 Is EMB only for software and Scrum?34:57 Scrum is an ins...

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00:00 Intro

00:21 Problem: Scrum Master Market

02:20 What is ScrumMatch? - Save time and money finding true Scrum Masters

03:25 How ScrumMatch got started?

04:48 How does a Scrum Master get on ScrumMatch?

05:59 Who reviews the Scrum Masters?

07:00 How are we validating value for ScrumMatch?

09:00 How do you handle all the demand for Scrum Master reviews?

11:32 There is a huge demand for Scrum Masters that deliver value for their org

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01:10 Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide

05:00 Common Anti-Patterns

09:50 Basketball and Scrum Teams Under Pressure

11:10 Discipline Equals Freedom (Jocko Willink)

14:45 How Do You See The Whole System?

17:25 Spending Time With Customers

20:05 Know The Cost Of Your Scrum Team

22:40 Teach Systems Thinking To Kids

24:51 Lead People...Manage Systems

32:01 Technical Excellence

36:40 How To Find Stefan

37:55 Outro


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00:00 Intro

01:06 Tasty Cupcakes

02:30 Creation of the PSPO Course

05:40 Product Ownership for Executives

13:51 Scaling the Product Owner

15:18 Project vs Product

17:33 The WIP Disease

22:50 Agile Coaching

26:36 Scrum Master or Manager?

32:32 improving.com


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00:00 Intro

00:45 Mastery of Skills

05:45 Discourse and Asynchronous Communication

14:45 Conflict and Safety from Judgment

21:25 Agile Mastery Institute Pathways

29:30 Coaching with Geoff

30:18 Outro


Connect with Geoff at https://agilemasteryinstitute.com


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00:38 Why Write a Book on Sprint Goals?

01:30 Carryover Work

02:50 Practical Advice for Better Sprint Goals

04:22 Humble Planning

09:45 Small Product Backlogs

10:45 Gaps

13:40 Nuance around Anti-patterns

15:38 Scaling

19:20 Change, Product Owners, Stakeholders

22:24 Friction

23:56 Dysfunction Mapping

27:23 Inspirational Quotes

29:46 Maarten's Book


Maarten's Book: Driving Value with Sprint Goals: Humble Plans, Exceptional Results

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00:22 Why write Agile Discovery and Delivery

01:54 What is agile discovery?

04:52 Self forming teams

14:25 Get close to your customers

20:25 Pair Programming and Mob Programming - DevOps is not a tool DevOps is mindset

28:10 Learning never stops

29:00 Agile Discovery and Delivery

29:53 UW-Madison CIS is looking for partners

31:30 Outro


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