Jim Benson joins me for a conversation about the challenges the impact of collaboration tools on productivity, and the importance of creating humane workspaces. They explore the dynamics of meetings, the toxicity of over-communication, and the need for regular maintenance in team processes. Jim shares insights from his course on cleaning toxic waste in workplaces, emphasizing the significance of visual management and effective communication to foster a healthier work environment.

You can watch a video of the interview here.

You can listen to an audio version of the interview here.

Bad Choices In Every Direction with Galen Low

Testing out listing these with the AI summary.

In this conversation, Dave Prior and Galen Lowe explore the complexities of digital project management, emphasizing the importance of understanding digital projects, the role of project managers in decision-making, and the necessity of integrity in client relationships. They discuss the evolution of project management, the significance of building trust, and the challenges of navigating stakeholder expectations. The conversation highlights the need for project managers to learn from their experiences and adapt to the changing landscape of the profession, ultimately advocating for a supportive and humane work environment.

Check out the video podcast interview with Galen Low.

Check out the audio version of the interview with Galen Low.

Overcoming Fear as a Non-Techical Project Manager with Kay Keizer

 

The 2024 Digital PM Summit is just days away and Kay Keizer will be there leading a session called "Leading with Confidence: Overcoming Fear as a Non-technical Project Manager".  In this interview, she shares a few key takeaways from her DPM Summit presentation.

You can find the video version of the interview here.

You can find the audio version of the interview here.

Unleashing the Power of Project Management with Val Hinze

Mighty Citizen's Val Hinze joins the podcast to offer a preview of her upcoming 2024 Digital PM Summit Talk "Unleashing the Power of Project Management: A Path to Scalable Growth"

You can watch the video interview here

You can listen to an audio version here

The 2024 Digital PM Summit will take happen in Austin, TX on October 14-15, 2024. To learn more about the Summit and come attend Val's talk go here: https://bureauofdigital.com/event/digital-pm-summit-2024

Leading Creative Teams Through Change with Sara Doubleday

 Sara Doubleday offers some tips from her upcoming session at the 2024 Digital PM Summit. 

Summary

In this conversation, Dave Prior and Sara Doubleday discuss the complexities of managing change within creative teams, the integration of AI in creative processes, and the importance of maintaining human connections in a remote work environment. Sara shares her experiences with team mergers, the challenges of efficiency versus human connection, and the need for a supportive agency culture that fosters collaboration and creativity. The discussion highlights the nuances of change management and the significance of treating team members as individuals rather than mere processes.

The video version of the podcast is here

The audio version of the podcast is here

An interview with Jimi Fosdick of Fearless Agility

Fearless Agility's Jimi Fosdick is back! 

If you don't know Jimi, you should definitely listen to this. 

If you do know Jimi, and are curious about why he wants to cause physical harm to Henry Gantt, you should listen to this. 

There are very few people who can truly exist in both traditional and agile spaces with the same degree of ease.

And even in that small crowd, there is no one like Jimi Fosdick.

You can find the interview here

Being a Product Owner with No Direction From Above with Richard Cheng

What do you do when you're a Product Owner who gets no direction or support from above? You and the other POs are each told your product is the top priority for the organization but there are not enough developers to do the work. You don't have clarity on company strategy or what the stakeholders want. 

In this episode, Richard Cheng is back for a discussion about how a PO can survive given the challenges listed above.

The intro to this podcast includes details of some new things I'm working on - The Agile Network, my new Art of War for Collaboration course, and the Guided Personal Kanban courses I'm doing for Modus Institute; as well as the podcasting I did at Agile 2024, so.. here are links for that stuff. 

You can find the podcast here.

Links from Dave's Intro

• The Agile Network* https://theagilenetwork.com/

*If you’d like a discount on an annual membership or want to try a month for free, send an email to dave@theageilnetwork.com and let me know.

• Agile 2024 Interviews: https://drunkenpm.blogspot.com/2024/07/agile-2024-all-interviews.html
• The Art of War for Collaboration Course https://modusinstitute.com/course/art-of-war-collaboration
• Guided Personal Kanban (September 2024) https://modusinstitute.com/course/guided-pk-sep-usa
• Public Scrum Training CSM/CSPO/A-CSPO https://www.scrumalliance.org/courses-events/search?tr=14153&cnty=US

Agile 2024 - All the Interviews

Daily Meeting Day 4 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/agilealliance_agile-2024-daily-meeting-day-four-72424-activity-7222650308567412736-zP3x?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Agile Alliance Live Video Podcast - with Dave Prior and Godwin Nwaugha https://www.linkedin.com/events/livevideopodcast-withdavepriora7222309213530726400/theater/

Agile Alliance Interview with Dave Prior and Stuart Young https://www.linkedin.com/posts/agilealliance_stuart-young-has-been-a-very-busy-man-at-activity-7222360320852312065-fdK4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Agile Alliance Interview with Dave Prior and Agile Games Lab https://www.linkedin.com/posts/agilealliance_veit-richter-and-dennis-wagner-are-heading-activity-7222358375542480896-4Q_9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Agile Alliance Live Video Podcast - with Dave Prior and Bill Allen https://www.linkedin.com/events/livevideopodcast-withdavepriora7222308877722083331/theater/

Agile Alliance Live Video Podcast - with Dave Prior, Heidi Musser, and Sandy Mamoli https://www.linkedin.com/events/livevideopodcast-withdavepriora7222308659874185216/theater/

Agile Alliance Live Video Podcast - with Dave Prior and Jeff Patton https://www.linkedin.com/events/livevideopodcast-withdavepriora7222308485063921664/theater/

Agile Alliance Live Video Podcast - with Dave Prior and David Luke https://www.linkedin.com/events/livevideopodcast-withdavepriora7222309910456233984/theater/

Daily Meeting Day Two https://www.linkedin.com/posts/agilealliance_daily-meeting-at-agile-2024-day-two-1-what-activity-7222252957767983106-vzPf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Agile Alliance Live Video Podcast - with Dave Prior and Sanjiv Augustine https://www.linkedin.com/events/livevideopodcast-withdavepriora7221958408780836865/theater/

Agile Alliance Live Video Podcast - with Dave Prior and Kate Megaw & Anu Smalley https://www.linkedin.com/events/livevideopodcast-withdavepriora7221958983698276352/theater/

Agile Alliance Live Video Podcast - with Dave Prior and Michael K Sahota https://www.linkedin.com/events/livevideopodcast-withdavepriora7221957777005408256/theater/

Agile Alliance Live Video Podcast - with Dave Prior and Declan Whelan https://www.linkedin.com/events/livevideopodcast-withdavepriora7221949411285770240/theater/

Agile Alliance Live Video Podcast - with Dave Prior and Tjay Gerber https://www.linkedin.com/events/livevideopodcast-withdavepriora7221949167739269120/theater/

Agile Alliance Live Video Podcast - with Dave Prior and Llewellyn Falco https://www.linkedin.com/events/livevideopodcast-withdavepriora7221963189100404736/theater/

Agile Alliance Live Video Podcast - with Dave Prior and Christina Hartikainen - https://www.linkedin.com/events/livevideopodcast-withdavepriora7221938688551763969/theater/

Agile Alliance Live Video Dispatch - with Dave Prior and Troy Magennis & Chris Hefley https://www.linkedin.com/events/livevideodispatch-withdaveprior7221590261624164352/theater/

Agile Alliance Live Video Dispatch - with Dave Prior and John Tanner https://www.linkedin.com/events/livevideodispatch-withdaveprior7221589447614595072/theater/

Agile Alliance Live Video Dispatch - with Dave Prior and Agile In Color https://www.linkedin.com/events/livevideodispatch-withdaveprior7221589147990294528/theater/

Agile Alliance Live Video Dispatch - with Dave Prior and Alistair Cockburn https://www.linkedin.com/events/livevideodispatch-withdaveprior7221588680153452544/theater/

Agile Alliance Live Video Podcast - with Dave Prior and Olivier Lazar https://www.linkedin.com/events/livevideopodcast-withdavepriora7221606141905018880/theater/

Agile Alliance Live Video Dispatch - with Dave Prior and Diana Larsen https://www.linkedin.com/events/livevideodispatch-withdaveprior7221588211645464577/theater/

Agile Alliance Live Video Dispatch - with Dave Prior and Esther Derby https://www.linkedin.com/events/agile2024-livedispatchfromtheco7221258897515278337/theater/

Agile Alliance Live Video Dispatch - with Dave Prior and Dhaval Panchal https://www.linkedin.com/events/agile2024-livedispatchfromtheco7221249134052143106/theater/

Agile Alliance Live Video Dispatch - with Dave Prior and Tricia Broderick https://www.linkedin.com/events/agile2024-livedispatchfromtheco7221238567350509568/theater/

Agile Alliance Live Video Dispatch - with Dave Prior and Dana Pylayeva https://www.linkedin.com/events/agile2024-livedispatchfromtheco7221231432575123458/theater/

Agile Network - Fluid Scaling Technology (FaST): Dave Prior Interviews Quinton Quartel, the father of FaST https://theagilenetwork.com/content/2692e172-7660-44f5-bf57-db4e3be500b7/item/0

Agile Network - Cherie Silas, founder and lead coach at Tandem Coaching Academy; Live with Dave Prior at Agile2024 https://theagilenetwork.com/content/2f0f639a-ffe3-40f6-839b-bf8e4057a9b0/item/0

Agile Network - Chris Stone "The Continuous Improvement Coach"; Live with Dave Prior at Agile2024 https://theagilenetwork.com/content/208a510d-3f67-4305-b6b7-5e1f1595b5fc/item/0

Agile Network - Stephanie Cully, Agile Coach and Scrum Master; Live with Dave Prior at Agile2024 https://theagilenetwork.com/content/53678de5-61fc-4125-a964-8b1a2f3d034c/item/0

Agile Network - Olav Maassen; Live with Dave Prior at Agile2024 https://theagilenetwork.com/content/189e83e7-4f5b-462a-b383-4665d1a0b40b/item/0

Agile Network - Live from Agile 2024 Day 1 Part 2 https://theagilenetwork.com/content/29a3910a-6a98-403a-b0ec-b1e13b126bc4/item/0

Agile Network - Live from Agile 2024 Day 1 Part 1 https://theagilenetwork.com/content/43c717d3-63ae-4033-8bbe-4eda7f354efb/item/0

Agile Network - Day 1 Recap with Kate Megaw and Anu Smalley https://www.linkedin.com/posts/the-agile-network_agile2024-ugcPost-7221302150767738881-e0ZE?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Agile Network - Day 1 Daily Meeting 7/23/24 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mrsungo_when-i-come-to-conferences-one-thing-that-activity-7221224915163590657-b-Ib?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

The Edge Collection with Si Alhir

In this episode of drunkenPM Radio, Si Alhir is back to discuss the concepts of agility, resilience, and anti-fragility and how they relate to navigating stress and achieving growth. He emphasizes the importance of embracing stress and using it as a tool for adaptation and evolution. Si also highlights the need for balance between order and disorder, and the dangers of too much of either. The conversation touches on examples such as vaccinations, exercise, and the impact of COVID-19 on individuals and organizations. Si Alhir discusses how ecosystem thinking and the concept of the edge play a role in increasing agility, resilience, and antifragility in organizations. He shares real-life examples of how organizations have leveraged these concepts to overcome challenges and achieve success. Si also introduces the Edge Collection, a set of instruments that help assess and cultivate agility, resilience, and antifragility at the individual, team, enterprise, and ecosystem levels.

You can find the podcast here.

How to Read a Cumulative Flow Diagram with Colleen Johnson

Despite working in this field for over 20 years, I am embarrassed to say that I still can't make sense of a Cumulative Flow Diagram. Fortunately, ProKanban CEO Colleen Johnson is very patient and in this interview she gets me all sorted out on how to look at a CFD and understand what it is trying to say. 

You can find the video version here

You can find the audio version here

You can sign up for my new course The Art of War for Collaboration here