Joe Krebs speaks with Dan Mezick about his books “The Culture Game” and the “Open Space Agility Handbook”. Dan shares his experiences with "Open Space Agility" and he provides insights into experiences of agile transformations using this approach.

Joe Krebs speaks with Ron Jeffries, one of the 17 signatories of the Agile Manifesto, about Refactoring, Agile Training and People.

Joe Krebs speaks with Niels Pflaeging about clear communication and the goals associated with leadership skills for executives in the knowledge age. We took a deeper dive into one of the 33 complexitools "pay and compensation" and had a chance to touch on recruiting and onboarding in more detail. 

Joe Krebs speaks with Andrea Chiou about Clean Language, a technique and approach to improve communication in the workplace and conflict resolution. Clean language is extremely powerful for agile teams, coaches, Scrum Masters and leadership alike. Andrea shares some of the uses and applications in the industry and gives us pointers on what to do next.

Joe Krebs speaks with Steve Porter about "Scrum with Kanban" and how it differs to what is often referred to as “Scrumban”.

This is the audio version of the Nexus Guide, version January 2018 read by Jochen (Joe) Krebs for Scrum.org. Nexus is based on the Scrum Framework and uses an iterative and incremental approach to scaling software and product development. Nexus augments Scrum minimally with one new role and some expanded events and artifacts. The Nexus Framework was created by Ken Schwaber, co-creator of Scrum, and was released by Scrum.org, along with a body of knowledge, the Nexus Guide, in 2015 and updated in 2018. It preserves Scrum. As Ken describes it, “Nexus is the exoskeleton of Scrum.”

Jochen (Joe) Krebs speaks with Larry Apke who is an author of agile books and a consultant for several large enterprises. A few years ago, he had a trigger event which made him organize a non-profit organization to teach people in transition for free. “The Job Hackers” helps people in transition to sharpen their skills in the job market and give them a chance to expand their careers. Learn more about his program and vision in this episode. The non-profit is dependent on donations but has gone through 3 years of successful programs. The proceeds of his books go 1:1 to the non-profit as well.

We talked about language changes in the new Nexus Guide, the role of the Nexus Integration team and most importantly when scaling makes sense in the first place. You will hear about how Nexus differs to some of the known approaches in the industry (e.g. Scrum of Scrum's) and how a framework for scaling can tackle the complexity of large Scrum programs better. 

Both authors share the outline of their book and how a fictional company steps through typical challenges when going from a single to a multi-team Scrum.

Joe Krebs speaks with Patricia Kong and Kurt Bittner about Nexus. Both, Patricia and Kurt, are with Scrum.org and have recently released a book about Nexus with the title: "The Nexus Framework for Scaling Scrum: Continously Delivering an Integrated Product with Multiple Scrum Teams". Almost at the same time, the new Nexus Guide was released, too. Two very good reasons to talk more about Nexus. 

We talked about language changes in the new Nexus Guide, the role of the Nexus Integration team and most importantly when scaling makes sense in the first place. You will hear about how Nexus differs to some of the known approaches in the industry (e.g. Scrum of Scrum's) and how a framework for scaling can tackle the complexity of large Scrum programs better. 

Both authors share the outline of their book and how a fictional company steps through typical challenges when going from a single to a multi-team Scrum.

Jochen (Joe) Krebs speaks with Esther Derby about retrospectives, culture and organizational design. Esther is a veteran in the agile community and author of two books; Agile Retrospectives and Behind Closed Doors. They explored the importance of retrospectives in the agile process as well as potential pitfalls. If you are interested in retrospectives and how effective leaders spread great cultures, this episode is for you.

Jochen (Joe) Krebs speaks with Geoff Watts about Scrum Mastery (From Good to Great Servant Leadership), one of the 3 books Geoff has published. Geoff provides input in advancing the profession of a Scrum Master, reflects on the profession and provides 4 quick tips how Scrum Masters can quickly improve. He shares one tip per Scrum event in this episode. He also offers his opinion about metrics, the definition of done and working agreements.

Joe Krebs speaks with Lynne Cazaly about her insights on how meetings in general can be significantly improved by using a visual technique. There is evidence that by using visuals, productivity, collaboration and fun increases significantly. Music in the ears of an agilist and that makes this episode so special.

Joe Krebs speaks with Fabiola Eyholzer about Agile HR, a fast and furious new trend in the agile industry. Fabiola defines Agile HR, explains the trend what she believe will be the new standard for human resources around the world.

Fabiola is a Switzerland native who lives in New York City. She helps clients transition to a groundbreaking new approach of handling the most important thing in organizations; people. Learn why traditional performance reviews are obsolete, why bonuses are bad for culture and hear her top 3 ingredients for success with Agile in HR.

In this episode, I spoke with David Hussman about products, pricing and experiments. David is an agile authority, thought leader and frequent speaker in the Agile Community. He received the Gordon Pask award from the Agile Alliance and as a musician makes great associations between his favorite pastime and agile products. David founded and shaped the company DevJam which he recently sold. In this episode, David makes references to product agility, which I invite you to give a visit for further research.

Joe Krebs speaks with Dave West, Product Owner at Scrum.org, about the changes made to the new Scrum Guide release in November 2017. We had the time to hit on the following topics: Daily Scrum, Time-Boxing, Scrum Master Redefined, Retrospectives and the use of Scrum outside of IT. Last but not least, we also learned that Dave is working on a book for Nexus and that a new Nexus guide is just around the corner.

Joe Krebs speaks with Ryan Ripley about agile leadership and agile communities.

Joe Krebs speaks with Ken Rubin about agile budgeting and planning. Ken was the first Managing Director of the Scrum Alliance back in 2006, is the author of the book "Essential Scrum" and he became an Angel Investor in recent years.

Jochen (Joe) Krebs speaks with Jeff Gothelf about Sense and Respond, how successful companies listen to customers and create new products.

Joe Krebs speaks with Bob Gower about agile transformations, self-organization and culture.

Joe Krebs speaks with Bob Schatz about creating magic for customers during Sprint Review

Jochen (Joe) Krebs speaks with Mark Kilby about his role as an agile coach in a fully distributed company and his work as an agile community cultivator in Florida.