68. Agile Bull$#!% With Jesper Boeg

The odds are pretty good, that at some point, probably recently, you’ve thought to yourself “why is my organization so full of bullshit?”You have probably run into a few of the items that Jesper Boeg has recently been talking about on LinkedIn. Things like every team should standardize, or you’ve seen issues with the way your team is tracked, or everyone is so focused on processes over the people on the teams.This week, Jesper Boeg joins the show and dives into his recent series on LinkedIn about all the Agile Bullshit he’s seen over the years and what your team can do about it if you keep stepping in it.Topics:• 03:09 – The Origins of Agile Bullshit• 04:19 – Standardized Agile team mechanics are critical for organizational success• 10:47 – Managers should be trained to stay away and trust teams• 18:39 – Agile scaling frameworks are a good idea• 21:50 – Achieving sprint goals is a good indicator of an effective team• 33:17 – Once on the Agile track, teams will keep improving• 41:57 – The entire organization should be Agile • 49:37 – A fixed cadence of retrospectives is the best way for teams and organizations to improveHelpful Links:• Find Jesper on LinkedIn• agileupgrade.comAbout Jesper:Jesper is the author of three books, “Real Life Agile,” “Priming Kanban”, and “Level Up Agile With Toyota Kata“ as well as a well-known speaker at numerous national and international conferences. Jesper has helped more than 250 teams, across 50+ organizations and trained more than 3000 people in Agile, Kanban, Scrum, Toyota Kata, and Lean Product Development, since 2006. He is now the principal consultant at Agile Upgrade who provides training, consulting, mentoring, and coaching – helping organizations in their Lean/Agile transition.—– Thanks for listening! We hope you enjoyed today’s episode. If you liked what you heard, be sure to like and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! If you enjoyed today’s episode, please leave a comment and a five-star review. It helps us out a ton. If you haven’t already, sign up for our email list. We won’t spam you. Pinky swear. • Check out our website • Follow us on twitter