Coaches Nathan and Alicia reflect on agile, transformation work, and the team‘s experience across episodes 1-9 of Season 2.  Credits Transformation Simulation is hosted and produced by Alicia Yanik and Nathan Chowilawu-Eshe.  Special thanks to Chris Tulino, John Amerongen, Faye Hall, Srikanth ReddySingareddy, Ryan Babbidge, Arnold Panganiban, Margaret Morse, Eric Harrison, and Lauren Harrison for playing roles on our Scrum team this season. Our theme song this season is Let’s Move This Along by Gilpin Hill.  The show was mixed by Patricio Garcia.

Our Scrum Master puts up her heat shield to protect the team from outside influence and we see them succeed and deliver on their sprint goals in Sprint 3. Credits Transformation Simulation is hosted and produced by Alicia Yanik and Nathan Chowilawu-Eshe.  Special thanks to Chris Tulino, John Amerongen, Faye Hall, Srikanth ReddySingareddy, Ryan Babbidge, Arnold Panganiban, Margaret Morse, Eric Harrison, and Lauren Harrison for playing roles on our Scrum team this season. Our theme song this season is Let’s Move This Along by Gilpin Hill.  The show was mixed by Patricio Garcia.

Working agreements and accountability to the agile values help our team work through another incomplete Sprint when they discover management interfering with Sprint work and introducing side projects. Credits Transformation Simulation is hosted and produced by Alicia Yanik and Nathan Chowilawu-Eshe.  Special thanks to Chris Tulino, John Amerongen, Faye Hall, Srikanth ReddySingareddy, Ryan Babbidge, Arnold Panganiban, Margaret Morse, Eric Harrison, and Lauren Harrison for playing roles on our Scrum team this season. Our theme song this season is Let’s Move This Along by Gilpin Hill.  The show was mixed by Patricio Garcia.

Our team wraps up their first sprint with some delivery success, a lot of learning, and pushback from management about the benefits of using Scrum if the team isn‘t meeting all of their sprint goals. Credits Transformation Simulation is hosted and produced by Alicia Yanik and Nathan Chowilawu-Eshe.  Special thanks to Chris Tulino, John Amerongen, Faye Hall, Srikanth ReddySingareddy, Ryan Babbidge, Arnold Panganiban, Margaret Morse, Eric Harrison, and Lauren Harrison for playing roles on our Scrum team this season. Our theme song this season is Let’s Move This Along by Gilpin Hill.  The show was mixed by Patricio Garcia.

During the course of their first Sprint, the team works through the forming and storming stages of the Tuckman team development model. The team members struggle with the mindset changes brought about by Scrum. Credits Transformation Simulation is hosted and produced by Alicia Yanik and Nathan Chowilawu-Eshe. Special thanks to Chris Tulino, John Amerongen, Faye Hall, Srikanth ReddySingareddy, Ryan Babbidge, Arnold Panganiban, Margaret Morse, Eric Harrison, and Lauren Harrison for playing roles on our Scrum team this season. Our theme song this season is Let’s Move This Along by Gilpin Hill. The show was mixed by Patricio Garcia.

After practicing Scrum for a month, we see the team experience how simple Scrum is to learn, but how challenging it can be to adopt. Credits Transformation Simulation is hosted and produced by Alicia Yanik and Nathan Chowilawu-Eshe. Special thanks to Chris Tulino, John Amerongen, Faye Hall, Srikanth ReddySingareddy, Ryan Babbidge, Arnold Panganiban, Margaret Morse, Eric Harrison, and Lauren Harrison for playing roles on our Scrum team this season. Our theme song this season is Let’s Move This Along by Gilpin Hill. The show was mixed by Patricio Garcia.

The team proposes the use of Scrum to their managers and leaders.  After initial resistance, there is agreement to move forward with Scrum and the team prepares for their first sprint, with more than a little trepidation. Credits Transformation Simulation is hosted and produced by Alicia Yanik and Nathan Chowilawu-Eshe. Special thanks to Chris Tulino, John Amerongen, Faye Hall, Srikanth ReddySingareddy, Ryan Babbidge, Arnold Panganiban, Margaret Morse, Eric Harrison, and Lauren Harrison for playing roles on our Scrum team this season. Our theme song this season is Let’s Move This Along by Gilpin Hill. The show was mixed by Patricio Garcia.

After considering many collaboration tools and work processes, the development team decides to try Scrum as the framework for their work. They are excited about the flexibility and transparency of Scrum. Yet, this decision is just the beginning of other decisions that will need management and leadership support. How does the team prepare to pitch this new way of work to leadership? Credits Transformation Simulation is hosted and produced by Alicia Yanik and Nathan Chowilawu-Eshe.  Special thanks to Chris Tulino, John Amerongen, Faye Hall, Srikanth ReddySingareddy, Ryan Babbidge, Arnold Panganiban, Margaret Morse, Eric Harrison, and Lauren Harrison for playing roles on our Scrum team this season. Our theme song this season is Let’s Move This Along by Gilpin Hill.  The show was mixed by Patricio Garcia.

The development team realizes they will have to change the way they work in order to meet the timelines their company has committed them to. But, change it to what? And after working in the same way for so long, how do they go about making such a big change?  Credits Transformation Simulation is hosted and produced by Alicia Yanik and Nathan Chowilawu-Eshe.  Special thanks to Chris Tulino, John Amerongen, Faye Hall, Srikanth ReddySingareddy, Ryan Babbidge, Arnold Panganiban, Margaret Morse, Eric Harrison, and Lauren Harrison for playing roles on our Scrum team this season. Our theme song this season is Let’s Move This Along by Gilpin Hill.  The show was mixed by Patricio Garcia.

Through a press release, the VUCA development team learns they are responsible for delivering an unknown product on a very specific date in the near future. While expressing their frustration about not being consulted about the committed work. they realize they have never, in their many years of working together, delivered any product so quickly. How will they be successful? Credits Transformation Simulation is hosted and produced by Alicia Yanik and Nathan Chowilawu-Eshe.  Special thanks to Chris Tulino, John Amerongen, Faye Hall, Srikanth ReddySingareddy, Ryan Babbidge, Arnold Panganiban, Margaret Morse, Eric Harrison, and Lauren Harrison for playing roles on our Scrum team this season. Our theme song this season is Let’s Move This Along by Gilpin Hill.  Our entire show this season was mixed by Patricio Garcia.

Alicia and Nathan offer a preview of what to expect in Season 2 of Transformation Simulation.

Our simulation today is about the coaches' decision to recommend either termination or coaching for a select group of team members. Agile Coaches Nathan Chowilawu-Eshe and Alicia Yanik to discuss this topic.

Our simulation today is about emergent leadership. Agile Coaches Nathan Chowilawu-Eshe, Alicia Yanik, and Chris Tulino to discuss this topic.

Our simulation today is about traditional planning vs. agile planning. Agile Coaches Nathan Chowilawu-Eshe and Alicia Yanik to discuss this topic.

Our simulation today is about traditional vs. emergent leadership. Agile Coaches Nathan Chowilawu-Eshe, Alicia Yanik, and Srikanth Singareddy to discuss this topic.

Agile transformations are chaotic, living and real. In this podcast, agile coaches take a front line, ground-level approach to explaining and coaching our listeners through the nuts and bolts of both agile and personal transformations. Nothing transforms without people. You are the people. We are here to support you through this change. We hope you tune in next week for our first episode.