Best Scrummaster Podcasts (2025)

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BONUS: Flawless Execution — Translating Fighter Pilot Precision to Business Results | Christian "Boo" Boucousis 42:58

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BONUS: Flawless Execution — Translating Fighter Pilot Precision to Business Results In this powerful conversation, former fighter pilot Christian "Boo" Boucousis reveals how military precision translates into agile business leadership. We explore the FLEX model (Plan-Brief-Execute-Debrief), the critical difference between control-based and awarenes…

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When Product Owners Facilitate Vision Instead of Owning It | Alidad Hamidi 15:14

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Alidad Hamidi: When Product Owners Facilitate Vision Instead of Owning It 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. The Great Product Owner: Co-Creating Vision Through Discovery "The best product owner I worked …

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Maximizing Human Potential as the Measure of Success | Alidad Hamidi 12:39

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Alidad Hamidi: Maximizing Human Potential as the Measure of Success 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. "Does my work lead into maximizing human potential? Maximizing the ability of the human to use their …

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The Tax Teams Pay for Organizational Standards | Alidad Hamidi 18:42

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Alidad Hamidi: The Tax Agile Teams Pay for Organizational Standards 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. "If you set targets for people, they will achieve the target, even if that means destroying the syste…

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When a Billion-Dollar Team Becomes Invisible | Alidad Hamidi 15:42

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Alidad Hamidi: When a Billion-Dollar Team Becomes Invisible 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. "Most of the times, it's not teams that are self-destructive or anything... Simple analogy is when a flower i…

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When Silence Becomes Your Most Powerful Coaching Tool | Alidad Hamidi 15:44

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Alidad Hamidi: When Silence Becomes Your Most Powerful Coaching Tool 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. "I purposefully designed a moment of silence. Staying in the anxiety of being silenced. Do not inter…

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From Requirements Documents to Customer Obsession—Redefining the PO Role | Karim Harbott 13:17

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Karim Harbott: From Requirements Documents to Customer Obsession—Redefining the PO Role 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. The Great Product Owner: Strategic, Customer-Obsessed, and Vision-Driven "The PO …

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Don't Scale Dysfunction—Fix the Team First | Karim Harbott 14:19

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Karim Harbott: Don't Scale Dysfunction—Fix the Team First 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. "How do you define the success of a football manager? Football managers are successful when the team is success…

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You Can't Make a Flower Grow Faster—The Oblique Approach to Shaping Culture | Karim Harbott 17:02

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Karim Harbott: You Can't Make a Flower Grow Faster—The Oblique Approach to Shaping Culture 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. "How can I make a flower grow faster? Culture is a product of the behaviors of…

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Why System Design Beats Individual Coaching Every Time | Karim Harbott 15:31

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Karim Harbott: Why System Design Beats Individual Coaching Every Time 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. "You can't change people, but you can change the system. Change the environment, not the people." -…

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The Day I Discovered I Was a Scrum Project Manager, Not a Scrum Master | Karim Harbott 16:26

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Karim Harbott: The Day I Discovered I Was a Scrum Project Manager, Not a Scrum Master 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. "I was telling the team what to do, instead of helping the team to be better on the…

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Organizations as Ecosystems — Understanding Complexity, Innovation, and the Three-Body Problem at Work With Simon Holzapfel 40:45

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BONUS: Organizations as Ecosystems — Understanding Complexity, Innovation, and the Three-Body Problem at Work In this fascinating conversation about complex adaptive systems, Simon Holzapfel helps us understand why traditional planning and control methods fail in knowledge work — and what we can do instead. Understanding Ecosystems vs. Systems "Com…

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From Missing in Action to Present and Collaborative—The Product Owner Spectrum | Darryl Wright 14:33

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Darryl Wright: The PONO—Product Owners in Name Only and How They Destroy Teams 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. The Great Product Owner: Collaborative, Present, and Clear in Vision "She was collaborativ…

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Beyond Vanity Metrics—Defining Real Success for Scrum Masters | Darryl Wright 15:55

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Darryl Wright: The Retrospective Formats That Actually Generate 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. "My success is, how much have I helped the team achieve what they want? If what they want is to up…

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Why AI Adoption Will Fail Just Like Agile Did—Unless We Change | Darryl Wright 18:18

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Darryl Wright: Why AI Adoption Will Fail Just Like Agile Did—Unless We 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. "People are looking to AI to solve their problems, and they're doing it in the same way tha…

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The Agile Team That Committed to Failure for 18 Sprints Straight | Darryl Wright 15:11

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Darryl Wright: The Agile Team That Committed to Failure for 18 Sprints Straight 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. "As Deming said, a bad system will beat a good person every time." - Darryl Wright Darryl…

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When Enthusiasm Became Interference—Learning to Listen as a Scrum Master | Darryl Wright 13:44

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Darryl Wright: When Enthusiasm Became Interference—Learning to Listen as a Scrum Master 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. "Wait stands for Why Am I Talking? Just ask yourself, wait, why am I talking? Is …

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How to Coach POs Who Treat Developers Like Mindless Robots | Alex Sloley 16:58

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Alex Sloley: How to Coach POs Who Treat Developers Like Mindless Robots In this episode, we refer to the previous episodes with David Marquet, author of Turn the Ship Around! The Great Product Owner: Trust and the Sprint Review That Changes Everything Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum d…

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Why Sticky Notes Are Your Visualization Superpower in Retrospectives | Alex Sloley 13:14

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Alex Sloley: Why Sticky Notes Are Your Visualization Superpower in Retrospectives 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. "Like the smell, the vibe is something you feel. If you're having a successful impact o…

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Coaching Teams Trapped Between Agile Aspirations and Organizational Control | Alex Sloley 14:23

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Alex Sloley: Coaching Teams Trapped Between Agile Aspirations and Organizational Control 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. "The team says, oh, we want to try to do things this way, and the org keeps comi…

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When Toxic Leadership Creates Teams That Self-Destruct | Alex Sloley 15:19

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Alex Sloley: When Toxic Leadership Creates Teams That Self-Destruct 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 would take notes at every team meeting, so that later on they could argue with team members abo…

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The Sprint Planning That Wouldn't End - A Timeboxing Failure | Alex Sloley 16:16

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Alex Sloley: The Sprint Planning That Wouldn't End - A Timeboxing Failure 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. "Although I knew about the steps of sprint planning, what I didn't really understand was the bo…

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BONUS: The Evolution of Agile - From Project Management to Adaptive Intelligence | Mario Aiello 43:42

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BONUS: The Evolution of Agile - From Project Management to Adaptive Intelligence, With Mario Aiello In this BONUS episode, we explore the remarkable journey of Mario Aiello, a veteran agility thinker who has witnessed and shaped the evolution of Agile from its earliest days. Now freshly retired, Mario shares decades of hard-won insights about what …

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Analytics From Day One and Four Other Principles of Great POs | Renee Troughton 14:09

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Renee Troughton: Analytics From Day One and Four Other Principles of Great POs 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. "Product owners who think about their products as just a backlog that I prioritize, and I …

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How Vulnerability Creates Magic in Agile Leadership | Renee Troughton 16:11

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Renee Troughton: From Lower-Order to Higher-Order Values in Scrum 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. "If you, as a senior leader, demonstrate vulnerability, it creates real magic in an organization where …

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BONUS: Flawless Execution — Translating Fighter Pilot Precision to Business Results | Christian "Boo" Boucousis 42:58

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When Product Owners Facilitate Vision Instead of Owning It | Alidad Hamidi 15:14

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Maximizing Human Potential as the Measure of Success | Alidad Hamidi 12:39

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The Tax Teams Pay for Organizational Standards | Alidad Hamidi 18:42

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When a Billion-Dollar Team Becomes Invisible | Alidad Hamidi 15:42

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When Silence Becomes Your Most Powerful Coaching Tool | Alidad Hamidi 15:44

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From Requirements Documents to Customer Obsession—Redefining the PO Role | Karim Harbott 13:17

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Don't Scale Dysfunction—Fix the Team First | Karim Harbott 14:19

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You Can't Make a Flower Grow Faster—The Oblique Approach to Shaping Culture | Karim Harbott 17:02

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Why System Design Beats Individual Coaching Every Time | Karim Harbott 15:31

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The Day I Discovered I Was a Scrum Project Manager, Not a Scrum Master | Karim Harbott 16:26

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Organizations as Ecosystems — Understanding Complexity, Innovation, and the Three-Body Problem at Work With Simon Holzapfel 40:45

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From Missing in Action to Present and Collaborative—The Product Owner Spectrum | Darryl Wright 14:33

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Beyond Vanity Metrics—Defining Real Success for Scrum Masters | Darryl Wright 15:55

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Why AI Adoption Will Fail Just Like Agile Did—Unless We Change | Darryl Wright 18:18

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The Agile Team That Committed to Failure for 18 Sprints Straight | Darryl Wright 15:11

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When Enthusiasm Became Interference—Learning to Listen as a Scrum Master | Darryl Wright 13:44

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How to Coach POs Who Treat Developers Like Mindless Robots | Alex Sloley 16:58

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Why Sticky Notes Are Your Visualization Superpower in Retrospectives | Alex Sloley 13:14

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Coaching Teams Trapped Between Agile Aspirations and Organizational Control | Alex Sloley 14:23

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When Toxic Leadership Creates Teams That Self-Destruct | Alex Sloley 15:19

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The Sprint Planning That Wouldn't End - A Timeboxing Failure | Alex Sloley 16:16

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BONUS: The Evolution of Agile - From Project Management to Adaptive Intelligence | Mario Aiello 43:42

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Analytics From Day One and Four Other Principles of Great POs | Renee Troughton 14:09

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How Vulnerability Creates Magic in Agile Leadership | Renee Troughton 16:11