Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast: Agile storytelling from the trenches

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Every week day, Certified Scrum Master, Agile Coach and business consultant Vasco Duarte interviews Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches from all over the world to get you actionable advice, new tips and tricks, improve your craft as a Scrum Master with daily doses of inspiring conversations with Scrum Masters from the all over the world. Stay tuned for BONUS episodes when we interview Agile gurus and other thought leaders in the business space to bring you the Agile Business perspective you need to succeed as a Scrum Master. Some of the topics we discuss include: Agile Business, Agile Strategy, Retrospectives, Team motivation, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Backlog Refinement, Scaling Scrum, Lean Startup, Test Driven Development (TDD), Behavior Driven Development (BDD), Paper Prototyping, QA in Scrum, the role of agile managers, servant leadership, agile coaching, and more!

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Recent Episodes
  • The Power Dynamics of Product Ownership | Chris Sims
    Apr 25, 2025 – 16:00
  • Dual Focus, Balancing Agile Team Health with Value Delivery | Chris Sims
    Apr 24, 2025 – 17:38
  • Middle Management, The Forgotten Layer in Agile Transformations | Chris Sims
    Apr 23, 2025 – 17:46
  • The Hidden Cost of "No Time for People Stuff" in Software Teams | Chris Sims
    Apr 22, 2025 – 16:52
  • When Terminology Creates Misunderstandings, The "Ideal Days" Story | Chris Sims
    Apr 21, 2025 – 21:00
  • BONUS Maria Chec Explores the Divide Between Agile Leaders and Practitioners
    Apr 19, 2025 – 40:14
  • Balancing Product Ownership Between Vision and User Reality | Richard
    Apr 18, 2025 – 20:26
  • Contracting for Success, Establishing Clear Agile Coaching Outcomes | Richard
    Apr 17, 2025 – 16:54
  • When Individual Performance Metrics Block Agile Transformation | Richard
    Apr 16, 2025 – 17:28
  • How Small Signs of Cynicism Can Destroy Agile Team Cohesion | Richard
    Apr 15, 2025 – 15:51
  • Skipping the Vision, How Not to Introduce Kanban To An Agile Organization | Richard
    Apr 14, 2025 – 22:08
  • BONUS NVC, Walking Towards Conflict with Love | Maria Arpa and Bob Marshall
    Apr 11, 2025 – 52:08
  • BONUS The End of Product Management? Three Experts Reveal the Unstoppable Rise of Product Engineers | Anton Zaides, Rafa Paez, and Max Piechota
    Apr 10, 2025 – 42:05
  • BONUS Keeping Backlogs Lean With The Now-Next-Later-Never Roadmap Framework | Kent McDonald
    Apr 9, 2025 – 41:41
  • BONUS Team Effectiveness With Arne Roock
    Apr 8, 2025 – 45:08
  • CTO Series: The Anti-Scaling Paradox: Why and When a CTO Should Refuse to Grow His Team | Markus Hjort
    Apr 7, 2025 – 47:45
  • BONUS X-Matrix and Obeya: How to Make Strategy Visible and Actionable for Everyone | Jim Benson and Karl Scotland
    Apr 5, 2025 – 43:01
  • How Feedback Transforms Product Owners | Zvonimir Durcevic
    Apr 4, 2025 – 17:33
  • The Solution-Focused Retrospective for Agile Teams, Turning Problems Into Goals | Zvonimir Durcevic
    Apr 3, 2025 – 17:48
  • From Command to Collaboration, An Agile Leadership Team's Transformation Story | Zvonimir Durcevic
    Apr 2, 2025 – 16:48
  • Context Diagramming, Helping Agile Teams See Their Complex Communication Network | Zvonimir Durcevic
    Apr 1, 2025 – 18:26
  • Establishing Communication Channels, Lessons From a Scrum Master's Failure | Zvonimir Durcevic
    Mar 31, 2025 – 19:38
  • AI and Cybersecurity - An Introduction to The Hidden Threats in Our Connected World | Dr. Eric Cole
    Mar 29, 2025 – 37:46
  • The Great Product Owner: Leadership Skills Make the Difference | Marina Lazovic
    Mar 28, 2025 – 18:38
  • Measuring Agile Team Success Through Stable Delivery Flow | Marina Lazovic
    Mar 27, 2025 – 18:35
  • How to Introduce Data-driven Decision Making to Skeptical Agile Teams | Marina Lazovic
    Mar 26, 2025 – 19:02
  • How Limiting Work-in-Progress Saved a Struggling Agile Team | Marina Lazovic
    Mar 25, 2025 – 17:36
  • When Nobody Expects the Scrum Master, Overcoming a Rocky Start in a Team New to Agile | Marina Lazovic
    Mar 24, 2025 – 17:23
  • BONUS Why Your Teams Really Resist Change, The Neuroscience of Leadership That Nobody Taught You | Andra Stefanescu
    Mar 22, 2025 – 33:32
  • Decision Authority, The Make-or-Break Factor for Product Owners | Karen Suarez
    Mar 21, 2025 – 18:34
  • Beyond Process Compliance: True Indicators of Agile Team Maturity | Karen Suarez
    Mar 20, 2025 – 18:54
  • When a Scrum Master Needs to Hire a Manager, An Organizational Design Story | Karen Suarez
    Mar 19, 2025 – 20:12
  • Balancing Team Protection and Stakeholder Engagement | Karen Suarez
    Mar 18, 2025 – 17:27
  • "You're Not Listening": A Scrum Master's Wake-Up Call | Karen Suarez
    Mar 17, 2025 – 17:37
  • BONUS Mastering Your Own Career Success as a Scrum Master | Fred Deichler
    Mar 16, 2025 – 35:25
  • BONUS Challenging the Agile Status Quo with #NoBacklogs | Allan Kelly
    Mar 15, 2025 – 36:52
  • BONUS Implementing Agile Practices for Data and Analytics Teams | Henrik Reich
    Mar 14, 2025 – 37:49
  • BONUS Transforming Conflict into Opportunity, Leadership Lessons for Agile Teams | Eagan Rackley
    Mar 13, 2025 – 41:59
  • BONUS Escaping the Agile Doom Loop With Pete Oliver-Krueger and "Agile Mike" Dougherty
    Mar 12, 2025 – 32:50
  • BONUS Unifying Strategy, Discovery, and Delivery in Product Development | Roman Pichler
    Mar 11, 2025 – 38:05
  • BONUS Measure and Visualize Software Improvement for Actionable Results | Mooly Beeri
    Mar 10, 2025 – 43:20
  • BONUS The Power of Handwritten Letters for Leaders | Amy Daughters
    Mar 8, 2025 – 36:31
  • Helping PO’s Move Beyond User Story Templates to True Customer Understanding | Anuj Ojha
    Mar 7, 2025 – 19:00
  • Beyond the Scrum Master Role: Signs of Team Maturity | Anuj Ojha
    Mar 6, 2025 – 17:15
  • Breaking the Iron Triangle: Navigating Change in Agile Environments | Anuj Ojha
    Mar 5, 2025 – 17:05
  • Transforming Agile Team Meetings, Less Time, More Value | Anuj Ojha
    Mar 4, 2025 – 21:15
  • From Process Police to People Partner, Self-Accountability and Self-Awareness for Scrum Masters | Anuj Ojha
    Mar 3, 2025 – 16:45
  • BONUS: How To Build Trust and Manage Conflict | Maria Arpa
    Mar 1, 2025 – 37:14
  • From Defensive to Collaborative Product Ownership | Season Hughes
    Feb 28, 2025 – 15:14
  • How To Be A Data-Driven Scrum Master Or Agile Coach | Season Hughes
    Feb 27, 2025 – 15:09
Recent Reviews
  • Agile ruby
    Need more diverse scrum master experiences
    It would be advantageous to have Scrum Masters with experience across various domains, such as banking, pharmacy, and other sectors where software development is prevalent. This diversity would bring a versatile range of working styles and practices to our software development processes, enhancing our overall effectiveness and adaptability as Scrum Masters.
  • Faroukasa
    Excellent and educative.
    I call this podcast BRIDGING THE GAP.
  • mikayrodr
    Great resource
    Lessons from people who have lived the experiences! Good info every episode
  • Godincontrol
    Resourceful
    I learn so much from each episode and story! Love hearing about the different retros
  • ClaireDunn
    Love this podcast
    Learn so much from every episode. Thanks!
  • miminjeck
    SM
    I love how direct and detailed the contents of this podcast are. Amazing daily knowledge booster for me.Thank you for sharing your knowledge with everyone in the Agile space.
  • The Hobo Named Bob
    Great podcast!
    Great motivation and advice for coaches and entrepreneurs!
  • josephili
    Great info
    I was certified last week for the first time! I look forward to learning more from this podcast!
  • The real Stickdog
    Daily Agile Motivation
    Great continuous motivation for the daily agile practitioner featuring advice and experience from agilist all over the world. Thanks for the content.
  • ocooper327
    Very helpful
    I am new to project management and Agile and have sort of hit the ground running in my new position. Listening to this podcast every couple of days or on a break really helps me get ideas about how to improve the way our team works. Thank you!
  • charmaine_michele
    Decent podcast
    This is a decent podcast. I am more used to longer ones but it has good nuggets of information. It sometimes annoying that Vasco interrupts the guests
  • IPhoneXAppleuser
    Great Podcast
    I am currently learning about Scrum and would like to be a Scrum Master. This podcast has been very helpful and insightful. It’s great to hear about real experiences in Scrum. I recommend to anyone who is new or been doing Scrum for years.
  • Mpaototp
    Useful for all Scrum Masters
    It’s uncanny how often I can relate to an episode. The way they solved their challenges offers many insights everyday.
  • It Has Wings
    Fantastic
    Like a jellybean of genius every work day.
  • nechicozque
    So much intelligence!
    Vasco has a talent for bringing out his interviewees most cutting edge thoughts. In every show that I listen to, I leave not only smarter because of what I learned from the show, I leave with a bakers dozen new ideas of my OWN inspired by what I learned from the show. Thank you for being such an excellent interviewer!
  • jonathonBeres
    Should be a Daily Habit
    Great Podcast!...you can’t help but learn something new each time you tune in...JB
  • Freyguy1974
    A must for scrum masters
    This podcast is a great Way too fine-tune your scrum master skills. The short, consumable episodes are perfect anywhere anytime and I highly recommend!
  • stormville
    Love this podcast
    This podcast is full of good, actionable advice for agile teams. They do a great job.
  • BuckSlayer0324
    Great Agile Podcast
    Great podcast, I recommend it to anyone in the agile space, not just Scrum Masters. I enjoy the cadence of small frequent releases that are jammed packed with value.
  • Jeff_DevOps
    Scrum Master
    I listen every day on my morning and/or evening commute. I gain useful insights, encouragement, and new ideas to explore each and every episode. The podcast is superbly done with quality bumper music, voice clarity, terrific guests, and a masterful host. Scrum masters, agile coaches, and any other scrum practitioners should be listening to this podcast!
  • Aholding
    Best Software Development Podcast, by Far
    I have to say, this podcast is relevant and useful for more than just Scrum Masters & Agile Coaches! The guests tell stories about their team challenges and which techniques they have used that been successful, and where they have seen anti-patterns that have lead to failure. I highly recommend for anyone involved with software development teams who want to try something new to improve.
  • Nick in PDX
    I'm not crazy
    What I love about this podcast is the calm conversation about issues agile teams face every day. Many times I need inspiration for possible ways to guide my teams or validation that out actions are valid. I get that from these conversations. Please keep going.
  • Wayde Stallmann
    Agile Coach
    I have really enjoyed this podcast. Every ScrumMaster will benefit by listening to this material. Vasco is presenting short hard hitting interviews that discuss not only day to day activities that ScrumMasters face, but also the bigger picture. He is truly interested in helping every Scrum Team improve. I highly recommend this podcast.
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