With Great People is the podcast for high-performance teams. We interview the best team leaders in the world. They share tips for listeners to reproduce their success. Topics include the Core Protocols, Agile software development, Open Space Technology, team emotional intelligence, psychological safety, and more. Subscribe today and hear workshops, class segments, and interviews about awesome teams.
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In this episode, Richard interviews Tito Jackson. Tito is an entrepreneur, founder of Apex Noire, and a former City Councilor of the City of Boston. He tells us how to inspire cultural dedication to goals within your team and gives us a taste of his secret management sauce - Cowbell Fridays.When you finish listening to the episode, find Tito on Ins…
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In this episode, Richard interviews Dr. Dave Cornelius. Dr. Dave is a lean and agile catalyst leading and empowering others to achieve their best. He is the author of several books, including Belonging and Healing: Creating awesomeness for yourself and others and Deliver Value: Happy contributing people, Satisfied customers, and Thriving business. …
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In this episode, Richard interviews Jessica Kerr. Jessica is a software developer, popular public speaker, and a symmathecist. She tells us about symmathesy and observability and how they make our world develop faster and more harmoniously. When you finish listening to the episode, connect with Jessica on Twitter, visit her website at https://jessi…
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In this episode, Richard interviews Sally Elatta, CEO and founder of AgilityHealth. Sally tells us how leadership is just another way of serving a team and how leading from a place of love keeps the team engaged and focused. She also shares with us the top 5 predictors of a team's high performance.When you finish listening to the episode, connect w…
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In this episode, Richard interviews Andrea Ippolito, CEO and Founder of SimplyFed. SimplyFed is an organization supporting families in feeding their babies. Andrea was a part of and led many teams, including as the Director of the Department of Veteran's Affairs Innovators Network and as a Presidential Innovation Fellow at the White House. She tell…
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In this episode, Richard interviews Lisette Sutherland. Lisette is an author and keynote speaker, helping people work remotely successfully. She's also the founder of the online community Virtual Team Talk, the host of the Collaboration Superpowers podcast, and the founder and director of the Collaboration Superpowers consulting firm. Lisette tells…
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In this episode, Richard interviews Claire DeMarco. Claire is the Director of Information Discovery Services at the Harvard Library. She led multiple high-performance teams, including the one that made Harvard University Libraries available to virtually anyone in the world. She tells us how the Core Protocols helped her teams to achieve successes a…
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In this episode, Patricia Kong comes back to the show and turns the tables on Richard, asking him questions. Patricia Patricia leads Enterprise and Leadership Solutions at scrum.org. She is a public speaker, coach, a co-author of The Nexus Framework for Scaling Scrum, and a co-developer of the Evidence-Based Management Framework. Patricia recently …
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In this episode, Richard interviews Brian Lucas. Brian is an Assistant Professor at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He is best known for his research on creativity and morality in the workplace and everyday life.Brian tells us how igniting energy and passion in your team brings the spark of creativity and endurance.Wh…
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In this episode, Richard interviews Luke Hohmann. Luke is the founder and CEO of FirstRoot, the company on the mission to create the next generation of impact investors. He is also an inspiring public speaker and the creator of Innovation Games. Luke tells us how to recognize whether a team is a team we want to stick with and how self-appreciation …
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In this episode, Richard interviews James Grenning. James is the founder of Wingman Software, where he coaches and consults around the world. James is also the author of the book Test-Driven Development for Embedded C and the co-author of the Agile Manifesto. James tells us how to encourage our teammates to experiment and iterate and why experiment…
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Catherine Louis: How to Make Your Current Team Your Best Team by Richard KasperowskiΑπό τον Richard Kasperowski
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In this episode, Richard interviews Michael Spayd, a co-founder of The Collective Edge, Agile Coaching Institute, and the co-author of Agile Transformation: Using the Integral Agile Transformation Framework (tm) to Think and Lead Differently. Michael is best known as the originator of the Integral Agile Transformation Framework (tm). He tells us wh…
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It is a part of human behavior to resist change, especially when things seem to go well. So, how do we secure "buy-in" among the stakeholders for the new ideas? In this episode, Richard interviews Kate O'Brien, Senior Human Resources Director at Remix Therapeutics and an expert on people analytics. She tells us how the teams assume ownership over t…
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In this episode, Richard interviews Arie van Bennekum. Arie is a co-author of the Agile Manifesto and an Agile thought leader at Wemanity Group. Arie tells us how accepting new challenges, even when doubting ourselves, opens new opportunities and truly makes us the architects of our own life.When you finish listening to the episode, connect with Ar…
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In this episode, Richard talks about the importance of trust among the team members and how psychological safety increases performance. You can read more about it here: https://kasperowski.com/the-five-dysfunctions/.Από τον Richard Kasperowski
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In this episode, Richard interviews Vanessa Druskat. Vanessa's research on organizational behavior and team emotional intelligence profoundly influenced Richard's work with teams. She tells us how relying on a specific skill set of each individual within your team leads to superior results and more cohesive and lasting relationships. When you finis…
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This episode is a continuation of Richard's interview with Mary and Tom Poppendieck. As the official part of the interview finished, they continued chatting and sharing some great ideas. Luckily, the record button was still on, so we can share this fantastic "unofficial" part of the conversation with you.You can read the transcript of the episode a…
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In this episode, Richard interviews Mary and Tom Poppendieck. Richard's Agile heroes, the Poppendiecks have written highly influential works on lean software development, including Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit, The Lean Mindset, and Leading the Lean Software Development: Results are Not the Point. Richard tackles with them one of the…
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In this episode, Richard interviews Woody Zuill, an Agile coach well known for popularizing mob programming and the No Estimates movement. In this first part of the interview with Woody, he tells us how kindness, consideration, and respect can transform any team into a fulfilling working experience.When you finish listening to the episode, connect …
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In this episode, Richard interviews Woody Zuill, an Agile coach well known for popularizing mob programming and the No Estimates movement. In this first part of the interview with Woody, he tells us how kindness, consideration, and respect can transform any team into a fulfilling working experience.When you finish listening to the episode, connect …
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In this episode, Richard interviews Adam Weisbart, principal at Weisbart Consulting, certified scrum trainer, and agile coach. Adam was also an initiator of Agile Virtual Summit, which grew into a community at https://agilemastery.com. Adam tells us how to eliminate friction, simplify your team's workflow, and get the job done faster and more relia…
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In this episode, Richard interviews Steven Wolff. Steve is a Team Emotional Intelligence expert whose research greatly influenced Richard's work with teams. Steven tells us how to transform angst and tension into excitement - a driving force of any successful team. When you finish listening to the episode, visit Steve's website at https://stevenwol…
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In this episode, Richard talks about slacking off and why is it so important. You can read the entire essay at https://kasperowski.com/could-you-win-a-…for-slacking-off/.Από τον Richard Kasperowski
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In this episode, Richard interviews Seb Rose. Seb is a Continuous Improvement Lead at SmartBear, a co-author of the BDD books Discovery and Formulation, and a regular guest lecturer on behavior-driven development in Richard's course at Harvard. Seb tells us how to make a highly effective team even if the team members at your disposal are not as sea…
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In this episode, Richard interviews Jeff Sutherland, a co-creator of the Scrum, founder of Scrum Inc., inventor of Scrum@Scale, and a signatory of the Agile Manifesto. He is also the author of the international bestselling book Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time. Jeff shares with us his personal experiences which made him one o…
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In this episode, Richard interviews Maria Matarelli. Maria is a co-founder of Personal Agility Institute, a co-founder of Agile Marketing Academy, an agile coach, and a well-known DJ! She tells us about applying agile principles outside of the IT industry, and even outside of a business context. If you want to learn more from Maria, it is pretty ea…
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In this episode, Richard interviews Emily Bache. Emily is the author of The Coding Dojo Handbook and Technical Agile Coaching with the Samman Method. She is well known in the software development community for her work on the Gilded Rose Refactoring Kata and her technical agile coaching. She tells us about her secrets of achieving harmony in teams …
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In this episode, Richard interviews Jorgen Hesselberg, a co-founder of Comparative Agility and the author of Unlocking Agility: An Insiders’ Guide to Agile Enterprise Transformation. He tells us how luck is not necessarily a product of coincidence and how your team can truly become an architect of its own luck.Read the transcript of the episode at …
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In this episode, Richard interviews Lynn Langit, a cloud architect specialized in big data, a technical educator, and an angel investor. Lynn also used to be the Director of teachingkidsprogramming.org, a not-for-profit online platform for early coding education. She is also a contract instructor at LinkedIn Learning where she has more than 20 cour…
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In this episode, Richard interviews Matthew McCarthy. Matthew is best known to the world as the CEO of Ben & Jerry's, where he leads an iconic and innovative global brand that continually breaks the rules on how business can be a force for good in the world. He steers and serves a team of passionate ice cream aficionados and aspiring activists, and…
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In this episode, Richard interviews Richard Sheridan. Richard is the CEO, Co-founder, and Chief Storyteller of Menlo Innovations, a software design and development firm in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is also the author of two books on creating an intentionally joyful culture: Joy, Inc. - How We Built a Workplace People Love, and Chief Joy Officer - How…
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n this episode, Richard interviews Patricia Kong. Patricia leads Enterprise and Leadership Solutions at scrum.org. She is a public speaker, coach, a co-author of The Nexus Framework for Scaling Scrum, and a co-developer of the Evidence-Based Management Framework. Patricia reminds us that measuring your team's success is not just a number on the sca…
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In this episode, Richard interviews Michael de la Maza, a well known Agile and Scrum Coach and Consultant from the Bay Area. Michael is a founder of the Heart Healthy Scrum, an Agile and Scrum consultancy firm. He is a co-author of Why Agile Works: The Values Behind the Results and Agile Coaching: Wisdom from Practitioners. Michael challenges the n…
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In this episode, Richard talks with James Shore. James is an Agile software development teacher, writer, and consultant. He is the co-author of the book The Art of Agile Development, a seminal work in the Agile community. He also co-created with Diana Larsen the Agile Fluency Model, a highly-regarded guide for Agile adoption. James tells us about h…
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In this episode, Richard answers the questions from the readers and listeners about high-performace teams, psychological safety, team emotional intelligence, and the Core Protocols.Read the full transcript at https://kasperowski.com/episode-57/.Από τον Richard Kasperowski
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In this episode, Richard interviews Natalie Warnert, the founder, president, and executive director of Women in Agile, and an Agile Process coach at Volkswagen Financial Services. She tells us about the importance of embracing healthy conflicts in your organization to achieve real compassion and empathy between the team members. She also shares som…
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In this episode, Richard interviews Ted M. Young, better known in the software development community as Jitter Ted. Ted is a software industry veteran with decades of experience working with companies like Apple, Google, and eBay. Ted is the principal Java trainer and coding coach at Spiral Learning, where he applies the science of learning to spee…
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In this episode, Richard shares his story of 180 degree transformation. You can read more about it at https://kasperowski.com/your-remote-team-actually-can-be-awesome/.Από τον Richard Kasperowski
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In this episode, Richard interviews Lisa Crispin, a quality owner at OutSystems, co-founder of Agile Testing Fellowship Inc, and one of the most influential testing professionals in the software industry. Lisa co-authored several books, including Agile Testing and Testing Extreme Programming, and was a curator of the www.testingindevops.org website…
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In this episode, Richard interviews Tricia Broderick, an agile coach at Agile for All and an Agile Alliance Board member. She tells us how the feeling of being supported increases the success of the team and shares how to build a support network within any organization. When you finish listening to the episode, connect with Tricia on LinkedIn at ht…
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In this episode, Richard discusses the importance of inclusive, critical-thinking based education system to achieve growth-mindedness, flexibility and productivity. You can read more about it at https://kasperowski.com/wicked-problems/.Από τον Richard Kasperowski
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In this episode, Richard Interviews Lyssa Adkins. Lyssa is a co-founder of the Agile Coaching Institute, an independent agile and leadership coach, and the author of the Coaching Agile Teams. Lyssa tells us about the importance of interpersonal relationships within a team, how to keep these relationships honest and real, and how to resolve interper…
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In this episode, Richard interviews Diana Larsen. Diana is a true agile pioneer, a visionary pragmatist, and one of the highest authorities on agile retrospectives. She co-authored several books, including Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great; Liftoff: Start and Sustain Successful Agile team; and Liftoff: Launching Agile Projects and Teams…
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In this episode, Richard discusses how the Core Protocols can help our teams thrive, no matter whether their members are together or miles apart. You can read more about it at https://kasperowski.com/collaborate-better-and-save-the-world/.Από τον Richard Kasperowski
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In this episode, Richard interviews Mark Kilby, a coach, and mentor to distributed teams. Mark co-authored the book From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams with Johanna Rothman, and he designed many online courses on the subject. We talk about finding a shared vision even when being miles apart, and how to build a better virtual workspace.…
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In this episode, Richard interviews April Jefferson. April is a coach, facilitator, and speaker. She currently serves as a board chairwoman at the Design Action Lab. We talk about achieving happiness within a team and among customers through innovation, improvisation, and having fun! When you finish listening to the episode, connect with April on L…
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In this episode, Richard discusses the importance of continuous integration of people within your team and presents his how-to guide to achieve it. You can read more about it at https://kasperowski.com/continuous-integration-of-people/.Από τον Richard Kasperowski
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In this episode, Richard interviews Yann Toutant, President of the French Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands, startup advisor, and manager at Toucan Toco. Yann tells us about the importance of building trust and understanding between your team members and how to do it. When you finish listening to the episode, make sure to connect with Yann on …
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In this episode, Richard interviews Esther Derby, one of the world's top experts in organizational dynamics. Esther coauthored three books, including Behind Closed Doors with Johanna Rothman and Agile Retrospectives with Diana Larsen and Ken Schwaber. In her newest book - Seven Rules for Positive Productive Change - Esther is exploring growth menta…
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