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Lean Blog Audio: Practical Lean Thinking, Psychological Safety, and Continuous Improvement

Mark Graban

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Lean Blog Audio is a short-form podcast featuring audio versions of articles from LeanBlog.org, written, read, and expanded by Mark Graban. Each episode explores practical Lean thinking, psychological safety, continuous improvement, and leadership—through real-world examples from healthcare, manufacturing, startups, and other complex work environments. Topics include learning from mistakes, reducing fear and blame, improving systems, and using data thoughtfully through tools like Process Beh ...

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Software Process and Measurement Cast

Thomas M. Cagley Jr

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SPaMCAST explores the varied world of software process improvement and measurement. The cast covers topics that deal with the challenges found in information technology organizations as they grow and evolve.

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In Their Own Words

The Deming Institute

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Interviews with members of The Deming Institute community, including industry leaders, practitioners, educators, Deming family members and others who share their stories of transformation and success through the innovative management and quality theories of Dr. W. Edwards Deming.

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Strategy Hero

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Published on the last Wednesday of every month, the Strategy Hero podcast delves into the world of business strategy and transformation. Each cast shines a spotlight on a Strategy Hero – inspirers, boundary pushers, and leaders of change from all walks of life – armed with practical advice on what it takes to achieve your goals. Episodes explore topics around operational excellence, Lean management, process improvement, change management, and much, much more. Available where all great podcas ...

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That Change Show

Lean Change Management

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Change management doesn't have to be boring. That Change Show is a weekly-ish, live and unfiltered podcast that dives deep into the messy world of change and transformation. Join Lean Change found and two-time Amazon best selling author, Jason Little as he destroys the status quo while exploring topics like AI's role in change, lean and agile change management techniques, and commentary on the world of change management. If you're an agile coach or change manager craving radical insights, th ...

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Chain of Learning: Empowering Continuous Improvement and Lean Change Leaders

Katie Anderson

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You’re a leader who knows that people are at the center of an exceptional organizational culture. You're excited to activate a culture of continuous learning – where everyone is capable, confident, and empowered to solve problems and innovate at all levels. This podcast is all about inspiring and equipping you to do that – through the power of learning and leading. Chain of Learning® is where the links of leadership and learning unite. Join your host, Katie Anderson, internationally recogniz ...

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KaiNexus: Continuous Improvement, Leadership, and More

KaiNexus

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We deliver practical insights and real-world strategies for Lean, Six Sigma, and Operational Excellence. Through lessons from KaiNexus webinars and conversations with customers, improvement leaders, and team members, each episode explores what it takes to build a resilient culture of Continuous Improvement. Learn how organizations engage employees, strengthen problem-solving capability, and sustain meaningful operational results across industries. Whether you're new to CI or leading major tr ...

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Manufacturing Mavericks

Datanomix

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Manufacturing Mavericks aren’t afraid to shake things up and stand out from the crowd. They are embracing the best tools and technology to showcase world-class American manufacturing and grow their business. Join Greg McHale, founder of Datanomix, as he sits down with these exceptional people to hear their stories and explore the important lessons they learned along the way. Listeners can gain valuable insights they can use in their own facilities to improve their bottom line.

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My Favorite Mistake: Learning Without Blame in Business and Leadership

Mark Graban

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My Favorite Mistake is a podcast about learning without blame in business and leadership. Despite the name, it’s not just my favorite mistake—it’s yours, it’s ours, and it’s what we can all learn from when things don’t go as planned. Hosted by author and consultant Mark Graban, each episode features honest conversations with leaders, executives, entrepreneurs, and changemakers about a meaningful mistake they made—and what they learned after things went wrong. How they responded. How they imp ...

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Love to Lead

Jillian Dolberry

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Love to Lead is the show for women business owners who feel stretched thin in their business. This podcast will help you lean into leadership that honors the woman, the team and the vision. Discover practical steps to simplify your business operations, build a high performing team, and create a business that feels calm, purposeful, and sustainable.

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Mostly Awesome

Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM)

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Mostly Awesome is a podcast about the personal journeys of innovators. We talk to the doers and thinkers of our time to understand what motivates them and why they do what they do. Together we reflect upon their decisions, wins, and setbacks. Meet our inspiring yet relatable guests from the world of entrepreneurship and technology to find out what may help you to become an innovator of tomorrow! Get ready for bi-weekly episodes on Wednesdays. We are looking forward to our guests and your fee ...

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Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast: Agile storytelling from the trenches

Vasco Duarte, Agile Coach, Certified Scrum Master, Certified Product Owner

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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 ...

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AI, Agile & The Future of Work: ALI Labs

Agile-Lean Ireland

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Welcome to ALI Labs a global community dedicated to empowering professionals and organisations through Agile practices, Lean principles, and the transformative power of AI. Our podcast brings you recordings from our dynamic meetups, where top industry experts, thought leaders, and innovators share insights on AI, Agile, and project management. Whether you’re a Coach, Scrum Master, Product Owner, Leader, or Developer, these discussions will keep you ahead in an ever-evolving landscape. 🎧 Tune ...

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Lean On Agile (& Elevate Change) Show

Shahin Sheidaei

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Lean On Agile (& Elevate Change) Show is a Webinar + Podcast about Agile & Beyond. We share stories of success, learning, and conversations with thought leaders. The topics include but not limited to Agile Software Development, Agile Methodologies, Transformation, and related topics.

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The Mike Dolce Show

Mike Dolce

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4-Time Trainer Of The Year Mike Dolce shares his thoughts on topics ranging from pregnancy weight to bench pressing twice your body weight. He also answers your questions and brings you behind the scenes of his world-class training camps. The founder of The Dolce Diet, Mike is known the world over for his work managing the weight cuts of professional athletes worldwide. His #1 international best-selling books include The Dolce Diet: 3 Weeks to Shredded, The Dolce Diet: Living Lean, & The Dol ...

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The Smart Passive Income Online Business and Blogging Podcast

Pat Flynn

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Pat Flynn from The Smart Passive Income Blog reveals all of his online business and blogging strategies, income sources and killer marketing tips and tricks so you can be ahead of the curve with your online business or blog. Discover how you can create multiple passive income streams that work for you so that you can have the time and freedom to do what you love, whether it's traveling the world, or just living comfortably at home. Since 2008, he's been supporting his family with his many on ...

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Profit With A Plan

Marcia Riner - Business Growth Strategist

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Marcia & her guests share business growth ideas so that you can create strategies that increase your profit, drive your growth, and plan for your future sale. Our informative topics cover areas around increasing revenue, boosting profit, business management, leadership, team building, marketing, sales, and pre-exit planning. Join us each Tuesday for a half-hour conversation that is sure to give you a couple of ideas that you can add to your business right now. You can also check us out in vi ...

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Rebooting Business

David Somerfleck

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Rebooting Business is the podcast about rebuilding and reinventing businesses, small to large, in a post COVID-19 world in which remote working, physical distancing, marketing automation, digital marketing, consolidating overhead, eliminating redundancy, and applying lean management principles to businesses unfamiliar with them, is now a part of business we need to address. Topics covered include financial, management, entrepreneurship, social media discourse and use, marketing, psychology, ...

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Daily Creative with Todd Henry

Todd Henry

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Formerly The Accidental Creative. Being a creative professional should be the greatest job in the world. You get to solve problems, express yourself, bring something new into the world and you get paid to do it. What's not to love. Yet every day, creative pros face, tremendous pressure and uncertainty. The temptation is just to play it safe, surrender to distraction and settle for less than your best daily creative is about making sure that's not your story. Each episode focuses on a topic r ...

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The RevOps Review

Cognism

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Interviewing leading revenue operators - reviewing the ever changing landscape of GTM operations to keep your revenue engine on track.

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Perspectives of Change

Sarika Kharbanda

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Sometimes we forget that our perspective as change agents is just one of many. Perspectives of Change show is dedicated to exploring how to nudge change forward by understanding and valuing multiple perspectives. This show is hosted by Sarika Kharbanda. We explore lean, agile, change management, business agility topics from a variety of perspectives.

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The Body Recomp Podcast | Beyond Fitness

Kade Howell

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The Body Recomp Podcast is where smart lifters (like you) go to learn what actually works for losing fat and building muscle. No fads. No quick fixes. Just real, evidence-based strategies to get leaner, stronger, healthier... and more jacked, of course. I’m your host, Kade Howell — a coach, father, husband, and wiener dog dad/connoisseur. After coaching hundreds of clients to transform through body recomposition, I’m here to share the training, nutrition, and lifestyle principles that cut th ...

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FRICTION with Bob Sutton

Stanford eCorner

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Part organizational design. Part therapy. Organizational psychologist and Stanford Professor Bob Sutton is back to tackle friction, the phenomenon that frustrates employees, fatigues teams and causes organizations to flounder and fail. Loaded with raw stories of time pressure, courage under ridiculous odds and emotional processing, FRICTION distills research insights and practical tactics to improve the way we work. Listen up as we take you into the friction and velocity of producing made-fo ...

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Technology Leadership Podcast Review

Keith McDonald: tech blogger and podcaster

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There are so many podcasts today in the technology and leadership categories that it can be hard to find the truly outstanding episodes and the guests that are going to change the way you think. Every two weeks, join Keith McDonald for summaries of the most fascinating podcast episodes he discovered in the software development, product management, and leadership space. If you want to keep up to date on the latest thinking on leadership, product management, Agile software development, DevOps, ...

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Transformation Tribes: The Vault

transformationtribes

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Unlock the secrets of business transformation with Transformation Tribes: The Vault. Delve into a treasure trove of past episodes featuring candid conversations with industry leaders, consultants, and innovators. Explore topics like leadership strategies for driving successful change, agile methodologies and their impact on business agility, change management best practices and overcoming challenges, digital transformation and navigating the evolving landscape, measuring success and ensuring ...

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Quality Time With MoreSteam

Dan Swartwout

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On Quality Time with MoreSteam, a variety of guests will join host Dan Swartwout to discuss continuous improvement, operational excellence, and business-related issues. You can find new episodes of Quality Time with MoreSteam on moresteam.com.

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On the Shoulders of Giants

Dave Griffith & Max Krug

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On The Shoulders of Giants is a show by Max Krug and Dave Griffith discussing Operational Excellence. Operational Excellence focuses on achieving breakthrough results by establishing alignment throughout an organization. Breakthrough means MASSIVE CHANGE, the kind that will totally reshape an organization. If you only want to get 5% better, this show is not for you! We discuss TQM, TOC, Lean, Six Sigma, as well as other tools and methods to find those breakthrough results. Our goal is to sha ...

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FCC Knowledge: Talking Farm and Food

Farm Credit Canada

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Agriculture is not only a way of life, it's a business. Talking Farm and Food is a monthly podcast that highlights the stories and experiences of farm business entrepreneurs and the lessons they've learned along the way. Hear from Canadian producers about their lives, their businesses, and the farm management topics you care about. If you're looking for advice on money and finance, transition, managing people, strategy, leadership and more, this is the podcast for you.

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Dr. B Talk Podcast - Gumbo or Jambalaya - What is the Doc Cooking?

Dr. Elwanda Bennett

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Dr. B Talk Podcast Welcome to Dr. B Talk, where innovation, leadership, and strategy converge with faith and purpose! Hosted by Dr. Elwanda Bennett—a tech powerhouse, enterprise asset management consultant, AI strategist, and ordained minister—this podcast delivers bold insights and game-changing discussions for professionals, entrepreneurs, and change-makers. Each episode unpacks powerful topics, including: 🎯 Risk & Stakeholder Management – Mastering uncertainty, decision-making frameworks, ...

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Leadership is Feminine®

Kris Plachy

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For most women, when we are invited to study leadership the teachers, scholars, authorities and models are primarily… men. We are indoctrinated from the time we are born that men are the leaders and that natural male characteristics are the strengths you must also possess to be a good leader. Powerful. Strong. Authoritative. Direct. Assertive. Decisive. These and so many more are attributes that are typically associated with the male model of a leader. And so, for the better part of the last ...

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The Ticket: Discover the Future of Customer Service, Support, and Experience, with Intercom

Intercom

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On The Ticket, you'll hear Intercom's Customer Support team in conversation with the customer service leaders, renowned customer experience thinkers, and influential authors who are shaping the field of customer support. Follow The Ticket to get the weekly episodes and sign up for our twice-monthly newsletter bursting with all the insights, trends, tips, and assets your team needs to embrace the future of customer service. https://www.intercom.com/blog/newsletter 🏠 www.intercom.com

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What Nobody Tells Us

Christie Bishop

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"What Nobody Tells Us" shares everything you need to know about the things no one wants to talk about. Our society too easily avoids uncomfortable conversations, leaving those going through tough times feeling isolated, overwhelmed, and stressed beyond belief. Few know this better than host Christie Bishop. In 2009, at just 30 years old, host Christie Bishop's life and career were turned upside down when her then-fiancee, Bryan, was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor and given just six ...

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The Impact Multiplier CEO

Richard Medcalf

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As a CEO, you’ve demonstrated your ability to solve complex problems and achieve extraordinary results. You've skills, resources and experience. But you have the potential for even greater impact and a more satisfying legacy. What will it take to multiply your positive impact - in the business, for your people, and in the world at large? Join Richard Medcalf, Founder of Xquadrant, and high-impact CEOs from some of the world’s most exciting firms - for a perspective-shifting conversation at t ...

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Inspiring Salon Professionals

Sue Davies

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Welcome to Inspiring Salon Professionals, the Podcast that allows every salon professional, whether new or experience, to level up, build their business and career and reach for their dreams. Inspiring Salon Professionals is a blend of host, Sue Davies, covering different topical subjects within the salon industry and interviews with salon owners, industry leaders and other professionals that can share their knowledge and experience on practical skills, business skills and creating a client ...

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Business Agility Now Podcast

Scaled Agile

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Advice. Firsthand experiences. Inspiring conversations. Fresh perspectives. You'll find it all on the SAFe Business Agility podcast—your connection to all things SAFe, and a lot more.

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Coaching Product Owners to Be the Voice of the Customer | Steve Martin 13:55

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Steve Martin: Coaching Product Owners to Be the Voice of the Customer In this episode, we refer to Henrik Kniberg's "Product Owner in a Nutshell" video and Product Ownership by Geoff Watts. The Great Product Owner: Rob Gard's Customer Obsession Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly…

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First Principles GTM: Scaling PLG, Sales-Assist, and the AI-Powered Revenue Machine with Gaurav Agarwal 24:45

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Jeff sits down with Gaurav Agarwal to unpack how first principles thinking helps leaders build repeatable growth without falling back on stale playbooks. They dig into the mechanics of a revenue machine, generate demand, close demand, grow customers, and how ClickUp has evolved from pure PLG to sales-assist and into true sales-led growth. Gaurav al…

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Making Scrum Master Success Visible with OKRs That Actually Work | Steve Martin 18:23

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Steve Martin: Making Scrum Master Success Visible with OKRs That Actually Work Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "It is not the retrospective that is the success of the retrospective. It is the ownership…

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Is Your Growth Quietly Draining You? 14:16

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Growth can look great on paper while quietly draining your energy behind the scenes. In this episode, Jillian explores a hidden challenge many women entrepreneurs face as their businesses expand: overhead creep. When more clients and revenue lead to rushed hiring, unclear roles, and rising responsibilities, quality and capacity often suffer—even th…

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How to Create a Peaceful Week - Steal this format! 14:51

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Ever feel like you're moving fast but missing everything important? In this episode, we're exploring why being busy creates blind spots and how to organize your time in a way that actually honors your energy, creativity, and life. Jillian introduces a game-changing framework inspired by performers and entertainers: organizing your calendar into fou…

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Burnout Is Not A Failure – Here Is What To Do Next 12:31

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In this episode, Jillian dives into what happens when burnout and brain fog stop being occasional challenges and quietly become your baseline. She unpacks why so many women entrepreneurs don't recognize burnout until exhaustion feels normal and mental clarity feels out of reach—and why this isn't a personal failure, but a systems problem. Jillian i…

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Why New Year’s Resolutions Fail: Willpower vs. System Design 5:19

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Why do New Year’s resolutions fail so predictably—and what does that teach us about change at work? In this Mistake of the Week, Mark Graban explores why treating change as a test of willpower is a reliable setup for frustration, both personally and in organizations. Drawing on behavioral psychology and leadership examples, the episode connects fai…

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Why Agile Fatigue Means We Need to Change Our Approach | Steve Martin 16:59

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Steve Martin: Why Agile Fatigue Means We Need to Change Our Approach Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "We teach transformation, we support transformation, we help change, but we don't really understand …

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SPI 908: This Is How You Know If You’ll Win or Quit in 2026 22:48

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#908 Like me, thousands of people started online businesses after getting laid off in 2008. In fact, there were hundreds of us specifically teaching entrepreneurship around that time. But why am I one of the few who are still around in this space now? The answer is actually really simple. I just never stopped showing up. That's right. For the most …

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S3E12 - Expert Panel: What Still Works and What Must Change in Strategy Today 1:08:17

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If so much has changed around us, why does so much inside organisations feel stubbornly the same? In this special episode of Strategy Hero, we bring together three voices from Season One - Fredrik Fjellstedt, Pascal Dennis and Philippe Guenet to take stock of what has actually changed in strategy over the last two years, and what has not. Since we …

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When a Distributed Team's Energy Vanishes into the Virtual Void | Steve Martin 18:03

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Steve Martin: When a Distributed Team's Energy Vanishes into the Virtual Void Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "They weren't a team, they were a group of individuals working on multiple different projec…

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When is Change an Improvement? 27:53

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How do we really know when improvement has happened inside a school or organization? In this episode, John Dues and Andrew Stotz unpack a clear, three-part definition of improvement and show why evidence, method, and sustained results matter far more than year-to-year comparisons. Their discussion offers a practical lens for leaders who want to dis…

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When the Gospel of Agile Becomes a Barrier to Change | Steve Martin 14:55

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Steve Martin: When the Gospel of Agile Becomes a Barrier to Change Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "It took me a while to realize that that's what I was doing. I felt the reason wasn't working was them…

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Nick Saban’s “Dumbest” Call—and Why His Players Loved It 3:53

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Nick Saban calls it “the dumbest decision I ever made” — a fourth-and-one call from the 2001 SEC Championship Game that still sticks with him. In this episode, Mark Graban breaks down why even the greatest coaches make mistakes, what Saban learned from the moment, and how leaders can turn high-pressure missteps into opportunities for trust and grow…

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BONUS The Operating System for Software-Native Organizations - The Five Core Principles With Vasco Duarte 27:39

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BONUS: The Operating System for Software-Native Organizations - The Five Core Principles In this BONUS episode, the final installment of our Special Xmas 2025 reflection on Software-native businesses, we explore the five fundamental principles that form the operating system for software-native organizations. Building on the previous four episodes, …

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BONUS Breaking Through The Organizational Immune System | Vasco Duarte 29:18

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BONUS: Breaking Through The Organizational Immune System - Why Software-Native Organizations Are Still Rare With Vasco Duarte In this BONUS episode, we explore the organizational barriers that prevent companies from becoming truly software-native. Despite having proof that agile, iterative approaches work at scale—from Spotify to Amazon to Etsy—mos…

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BONUS: Recovering the Essence of Agile - What's Already Working With Vasco Duarte 23:39

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Xmas Special: Recovering the Essence of Agile - What's Already Working in Software-Native Organizations In this BONUS Xmas Special episode, we explore what happens when we strip away the certifications and branded frameworks to recover the essential practices that make software development work. Building on Episode 2's exploration of the Project Ma…

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SPI 907: Six Steps to Make 2026 Your Best Year Yet 25:05

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#907 What do you want to achieve? Figuring this out in exact terms is part one of this six-step goal design session. If you follow me through this powerful exercise, you'll have a clear roadmap on how to double your success in 2026. I'm not just talking about your business targets, either. From entrepreneurship to physical health, you can leverage …

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Dog Catches Car: What Happens After You Achieve Your Life's Goal? 21:44

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What happens when the chase is over and the dream is finally caught? In this episode, we sit down with Lionel Cartwright—whose career soared to the top of the country music charts—to explore the rarely discussed crossroads of success. After years of relentless pursuit, Lionel achieved all the milestones he’d imagined: record deals, number one hits,…

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Xmas Special: Why project management tools fail software development - and what works instead! 21:07

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Xmas Special: Why project management tools fail software development - and what works instead! In this BONUS episode, we dive deep into The Project Management Trap, continuing our exploration from Episode 1 where we established that software is societal infrastructure being managed with tools from the 1800s. We examine why project management framew…

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62| Remove the Muda to Reveal the Buddha: Turning Life’s Weight from Waste Into Wisdom 18:43

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What if the very thing weighing on you right now is the key to your next level of growth? Many of us carry more than we realize: unfinished goals, unmet expectations, family pressures, and the constant mental load of what still needs to be done. In this episode of Chain of Learning, I share a grounding teaching from a Zen priest in Japan after a Za…

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A Kaizen Carol 14:46

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Grant Gemberson just wanted to push that year-end Kaizen event into January and get on with his holiday to-do list. Instead, Gemberson received an unexpected visit from three ghosts: the Ghost of Projects Past, the Ghost of Present Performance, and the Ghost of Future States. (You know where this is going, right?) In this special holiday edition of…

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Xmas Special: Software Industry Transformation - Why Software Development Must Mature With Vasco Duarte 17:14

3d ago17:14

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Xmas Special: Software Industry Transformation - Why Software Development Must Mature Welcome to the 2025 Xmas special - a five-episode deep dive into how software as an industry needs to transform. In this opening episode, we explore the fundamental disconnect between how we manage software and what software actually is. From small businesses to g…

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I'm Back. Introducing: Love to Lead — A New Way Forward for Women in Business 6:53

11d ago6:53

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Welcome to Love to Lead (formally The Grace-Filled CEO)— a rebrand born from a truth that needed to be told. This isn't just another business podcast. This is a space for women who are leading businesses, homes, families, and everything in between, and feeling the weight of it all. Traditional business advice wasn't designed for the mental load you…

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Advice For You 25-Year-Old Self 35:22

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What would you tell your 25-year-old self? It is the time of year for celebration and introspection. Why? If not now, then when? Our panel today features: Daniel Doiron - https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieldoiron/ Jeremy Willets - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremywillets/ Jon M Quigley - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonmquigley/ Freddie Clark - http…

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#50 Magnus Grünewald: On AI Sovereignty, Deep Tech Infrastructure and Building High-Performance Teams 33:28

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In this episode, we sit down with Magnus Grünewald, the 23-year-old founder and CEO of Lyceum, who recently raised a massive €10.3M pre-seed round to challenge US hyperscalers. Rather than just a story about a young founder raising capital, this conversation offers a revealing look into what it takes to build "impossible" deep tech from Europe. Mag…

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From Spreadsheets to Discovery—Helping POs Make the Transition | Natalia Curusi 17:02

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Natalia Curusi: From Spreadsheets to Discovery—Helping POs Make the Transition The Great Product Owner: Taking Ownership and Coaching the Team Forward Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "That person was n…

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Unlearning Old Habits: What a Pickleball Mistake Taught Me About Feedback and Learning 10:23

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The blog post In this Lean Blog Audio episode, Mark Graban reflects on an unexpected leadership lesson learned on the pickleball court. As a beginner unlearning decades-old tennis habits, Mark experiences firsthand how execution errors, muscle memory, and self-criticism can quietly undermine learning. A kind instructor and supportive playing partne…

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Vibe Coding: The Skill Every GTM Team Will Need by 2027 with Manny Bernabe 24:01

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Manny Bobe joins Jeff to break down the fast-emerging world of vibe coding — AI-guided software creation that’s turning non-technical people into product builders. Manny shares his journey from CFA to data scientist to AI evangelist, explains why coding skills became his career unlock, and shows how AI removes the need for complex environments, dev…

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Fin Conversations Ep5: End of Year Review 2025 16:50

16d ago16:50

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In our last episode of 2025 Bobby Stapleton, Senior Director of Human Support at Intercom, is joined by Franka Martinovic, Director, Customer Support, Intercom, to reflect on a year of rapid change for Intercom’s support team. They discuss how AI has shifted support from a reactive function to a consultative, revenue-driving motion, what it takes t…

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Measuring What Matters Beyond Velocity and Story Points | Natalia Curusi 17:47

13d ago17:47

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Natalia Curusi: Measuring What Matters Beyond Velocity and Story Points Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "We as Scrum Masters need to put a scope for ourselves—we need to aim to leave the place where we…

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How a Mistake Turned Jingle Bells into a Christmas Song 4:19

7d ago4:19

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Jingle Bells is one of the most recognizable Christmas songs ever written… except it wasn’t written for Christmas at all. In this week’s Mistake of the Week, we unpack one of America’s most enduring cultural misconceptions: the belief that Jingle Bells has anything to do with Christmas. Originally titled One Horse Open Sleigh, the song debuted at a…

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Five NUMMI Tour Lessons That Still Define Lean Thinking 11:36

17d ago11:36

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The blog post In this episode, Mark reflects on a visit he made twenty years ago to the NUMMI plant in Fremont, California — the Toyota-GM joint venture that became legendary in Lean circles. What stayed with him wasn’t flashy tools or so-called Lean perfection, but a series of small, human moments that revealed how Lean actually works as a managem…

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Demonstrating Your Value When the Market Questions Agile Roles | Natalia Curusi 18:27

8d ago18:27

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Natalia Curusi: Demonstrating Your Value When the Market Questions Agile Roles Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "My challenging topic is about the demand of agility in the market—how do we fit ourselves…

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Staying Lean During the Holidays: Managing Weight Gain, Nutrition, & Mindset | Ep. 124 14:46

11d ago14:46

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→ Get a Free Month of Coaching | Balancing fitness/nutrition and the holidays can be rough... Most people either panic about every pound gained or let one event derail their progress. This episode covers how to navigate holidays and travel without losing your mind or your results. You'll learn why weight fluctuations aren't fat gain, how to set rea…