Troubleshooting Agile

A weekly problem-solving session for all things agile

Troubleshooting Agile is a problem-solving session for agile teams. Jeffrey Fredrick and Douglas Squirrel look at common problems agile teams face and provide practical, immediately useful advice for getting back on track.

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    Jailhouse Talk: Verbal Aikido

    Is it ever okay to manipulate your colleagues? On this episode, Squirrel and Jeffrey discuss Verbal Aikido - a defensive technique borrowed from a Supermax prison doctor. Join us to discover how to redirect manipulative office requests using strategic questions without crossing the line into toxic control. Links: - Verbal Aikido: https://www.jailmedicine.com/verbal-aikido-a-guest-column-by-dr-bill-wright/ - Previous episode on Motivational Interviewing: https://soundcloud.com/troubleshootingagile/motivational-interviewing [Transcript: https://agileconversations.com/blog/motivational-interviewing/] - Previous episode on Active Listening: https://soundcloud.com/troubleshootingagile/active-listening-for-remote-working [Transcript: https://agileconversations.com/blog/active-listening-for-remote-working] -------------------------------------------------- You'll find free videos and practice material, plus our book Agile Conversations, at agileconversations.com And we'd love to hear any thoughts, ideas, or feedback you have about the show: email us at info@agileconversations.com -------------------------------------------------- About Your Hosts Douglas Squirrel and Jeffrey Fredrick joined forces at TIM Group in 2013, where they studied and practised the art of management through difficult conversations. Over a decade later, they remain united in their passion for growing profitable organisations through better communication. Squirrel is an advisor, author, keynote speaker, coach, and consultant, and he's helped over 300 companies of all sizes make huge, profitable improvements in their culture, skills, and processes. You can find out more about his work here: douglassquirrel.com/index.html Jeffrey is Vice President of Engineering at ION Analytics, Organiser at CITCON, the Continuous Integration and Testing Conference, and is an accomplished author and speaker. You can connect with him here: www.linkedin.com/in/jfredrick/

    Jailhouse Talk: Verbal Aikido

  2. 29 juli

    Greatest Hits: LLMs & Difficult Conversations

    ChatGPT is (a little too) good at having difficult conversations, but use it with caution! On this episode of Troubleshooting Agile, we revisit a previous conversation, first recorded at the beginning of 2024, where Squirrel and Jeffrey share their thoughts on how you can use AI language models to learn how to have difficult conversations with colleagues and disappoint them helpfully. Links: Roger Schwarz's Ted and Paula conversation: in cdn.csu.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf…arter-Teams-2.pdf -------------------------------------------------- You'll find free videos and practice material, plus our book Agile Conversations, at agileconversations.com And we'd love to hear any thoughts, ideas, or feedback you have about the show: email us at info@agileconversations.com -------------------------------------------------- About Your Hosts Douglas Squirrel and Jeffrey Fredrick joined forces at TIM Group in 2013, where they studied and practised the art of management through difficult conversations. Over a decade later, they remain united in their passion for growing profitable organisations through better communication. Squirrel is an advisor, author, keynote speaker, coach, and consultant, and he's helped over 300 companies of all sizes make huge, profitable improvements in their culture, skills, and processes. You can find out more about his work here: douglassquirrel.com/index.html Jeffrey is Vice President of Engineering at ION Analytics, Organiser at CITCON, the Continuous Integration and Testing Conference, and is an accomplished author and speaker. You can connect with him here: www.linkedin.com/in/jfredrick/

    Greatest Hits: LLMs & Difficult Conversations

  3. 22 juli

    Single Source of Lies

    Are your top leaders arguing over basic status data? In this episode, Squirrel and Jeffrey discuss the executive trap of arguing over facts that can be easily settled. Join us to learn why you should be agreeing on a “single source of lies” not chasing a "single source of truth." -------------------------------------------------- You'll find free videos and practice material, plus our book Agile Conversations, at agileconversations.com And we'd love to hear any thoughts, ideas, or feedback you have about the show: email us at info@agileconversations.com -------------------------------------------------- About Your Hosts Douglas Squirrel and Jeffrey Fredrick joined forces at TIM Group in 2013, where they studied and practised the art of management through difficult conversations. Over a decade later, they remain united in their passion for growing profitable organisations through better communication. Squirrel is an advisor, author, keynote speaker, coach, and consultant, and he's helped over 300 companies of all sizes make huge, profitable improvements in their culture, skills, and processes. You can find out more about his work here: douglassquirrel.com/index.html Jeffrey is Vice President of Engineering at ION Analytics, Organiser at CITCON, the Continuous Integration and Testing Conference, and is an accomplished author and speaker. You can connect with him here: www.linkedin.com/in/jfredrick/

    Single Source of Lies

  4. 15 juli

    Speeding Up Agile Hardware Projects with Krunal Patel

    Are you committing massive resources before testing reality? In this episode, Squirrel is joined by guest, technical program manager, Krunal Patel, who explains how he developed an exciting new car feature in less than a third of the time of a typical waterfall cycle, using cheap prototyping and rapid feedback loops. Join us to learn how you can use “soft-tooling” for your software. Links: Krunal Patel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krunalpatel1860/ -------------------------------------------------- You'll find free videos and practice material, plus our book Agile Conversations, at agileconversations.com And we'd love to hear any thoughts, ideas, or feedback you have about the show: email us at info@agileconversations.com -------------------------------------------------- About Your Hosts Douglas Squirrel and Jeffrey Fredrick joined forces at TIM Group in 2013, where they studied and practised the art of management through difficult conversations. Over a decade later, they remain united in their passion for growing profitable organisations through better communication. Squirrel is an advisor, author, keynote speaker, coach, and consultant, and he's helped over 300 companies of all sizes make huge, profitable improvements in their culture, skills, and processes. You can find out more about his work here: douglassquirrel.com/index.html Jeffrey is Vice President of Engineering at ION Analytics, Organiser at CITCON, the Continuous Integration and Testing Conference, and is an accomplished author and speaker. You can connect with him here: www.linkedin.com/in/jfredrick/

    Speeding Up Agile Hardware Projects with Krunal Patel

  5. 8 juli

    Your Demo Needs a Stakeholder

    Are your daily software demos an absolute snore-fest? Good. That’s exactly why you should be holding them! In this week's episode, Squirrel and Jeffrey react to listener feedback on the fear of daily demos. We explore how exposing raw back-end outputs can act as an "unfreezing event" that forces middle management to get out of the way and lets you build true team cohesion. Links: - Our slack channel: https://agile-conversations.slack.com/archives/C012TKN2X42 - Previous episode on The Fear of Daily Demos: https://soundcloud.com/troubleshootingagile/the-fear-of-daily-demos - Action Learning: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_learning - Kurt Lewin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Lewin -------------------------------------------------- You'll find free videos and practice material, plus our book Agile Conversations, at agileconversations.com And we'd love to hear any thoughts, ideas, or feedback you have about the show: email us at info@agileconversations.com -------------------------------------------------- About Your Hosts Douglas Squirrel and Jeffrey Fredrick joined forces at TIM Group in 2013, where they studied and practised the art of management through difficult conversations. Over a decade later, they remain united in their passion for growing profitable organisations through better communication. Squirrel is an advisor, author, keynote speaker, coach, and consultant, and he's helped over 300 companies of all sizes make huge, profitable improvements in their culture, skills, and processes. You can find out more about his work here: douglassquirrel.com/index.html Jeffrey is Vice President of Engineering at ION Analytics, Organiser at CITCON, the Continuous Integration and Testing Conference, and is an accomplished author and speaker. You can connect with him here: www.linkedin.com/in/jfredrick/

    Your Demo Needs a Stakeholder

  6. 1 juli

    Misha and his WorryBot

    Are you using AI to avoid difficult conversations, or to prompt better ones? In this episode, Squirrel and Jeffrey are joined by Misha Globerman, who tells us about the WorryBot he built to spot and prevent weaknesses in his systems, track missed accountability and guide real conversation with his team. Links: - Previous episode on LLMs: https://soundcloud.com/troubleshootingagile/llms-writing-for-llms-have-you - Misha Glouberman’s website: https://www.mishaglouberman.com/ - Misha Glouberman’s Substack: https://mishaglouberman.substack.com/ - Misha Glouberman’s X: https://x.com/mishaglouberman -------------------------------------------------- You'll find free videos and practice material, plus our book Agile Conversations, at agileconversations.com And we'd love to hear any thoughts, ideas, or feedback you have about the show: email us at info@agileconversations.com -------------------------------------------------- About Your Hosts Douglas Squirrel and Jeffrey Fredrick joined forces at TIM Group in 2013, where they studied and practised the art of management through difficult conversations. Over a decade later, they remain united in their passion for growing profitable organisations through better communication. Squirrel is an advisor, author, keynote speaker, coach, and consultant, and he's helped over 300 companies of all sizes make huge, profitable improvements in their culture, skills, and processes. You can find out more about his work here: douglassquirrel.com/index.html Jeffrey is Vice President of Engineering at ION Analytics, Organiser at CITCON, the Continuous Integration and Testing Conference, and is an accomplished author and speaker. You can connect with him here: www.linkedin.com/in/jfredrick/

    Misha and his WorryBot

  7. 24 juni

    LLMs writing for LLMs: have you tried talking?

    Are you token maxing or actually learning? Squirrel and Jeffrey have observed a wild new trend where AIs write specs, AIs summarize them for engineers, and AIs write the code. Nobody is actually talking to each other! Join us as we make the case for human-to-human collaboration, not just bots collating text for other bots, on this week’s episode of Troubleshooting Agile. Links - Our book, Agile Conversations: https://agileconversations.com/ - The Tenerife Airport Disaster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife_airport_disaster - Crew Resource Management https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crew_resource_management -------------------------------------------------- You'll find free videos and practice material, plus our book Agile Conversations, at agileconversations.com And we'd love to hear any thoughts, ideas, or feedback you have about the show: email us at info@agileconversations.com -------------------------------------------------- About Your Hosts Douglas Squirrel and Jeffrey Fredrick joined forces at TIM Group in 2013, where they studied and practised the art of management through difficult conversations. Over a decade later, they remain united in their passion for growing profitable organisations through better communication. Squirrel is an advisor, author, keynote speaker, coach, and consultant, and he's helped over 300 companies of all sizes make huge, profitable improvements in their culture, skills, and processes. You can find out more about his work here: douglassquirrel.com/index.html Jeffrey is Vice President of Engineering at ION Analytics, Organiser at CITCON, the Continuous Integration and Testing Conference, and is an accomplished author and speaker. You can connect with him here: www.linkedin.com/in/jfredrick/

    LLMs writing for LLMs: have you tried talking?

  8. 19 juni

    The Fear of Daily Demos

    Is your tech team reluctant to show you daily progress? It’s because they’re scared of failure! Listen to this episode of Troubleshooting Agile to learn how leaders can use emotional intelligence and universal demoing to break down the "status report" paranoia and unlock rapid delivery, with your hosts Squirrel and Jeffrey. -------------------------------------------------- You'll find free videos and practice material, plus our book Agile Conversations, at agileconversations.com And we'd love to hear any thoughts, ideas, or feedback you have about the show: email us at info@agileconversations.com -------------------------------------------------- About Your Hosts Douglas Squirrel and Jeffrey Fredrick joined forces at TIM Group in 2013, where they studied and practised the art of management through difficult conversations. Over a decade later, they remain united in their passion for growing profitable organisations through better communication. Squirrel is an advisor, author, keynote speaker, coach, and consultant, and he's helped over 300 companies of all sizes make huge, profitable improvements in their culture, skills, and processes. You can find out more about his work here: douglassquirrel.com/index.html Jeffrey is Vice President of Engineering at ION Analytics, Organiser at CITCON, the Continuous Integration and Testing Conference, and is an accomplished author and speaker. You can connect with him here: www.linkedin.com/in/jfredrick/

    The Fear of Daily Demos
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Troubleshooting Agile is a problem-solving session for agile teams. Jeffrey Fredrick and Douglas Squirrel look at common problems agile teams face and provide practical, immediately useful advice for getting back on track.

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