Episode 176: The Lost Tapes – Kanban For One with Sandy Mamoli

22/12/201922/12/2019 / Craig Smith / Leave a comment

In this previously lost and unreleased podcast from 2012 (we found it on a SD card that was thought to be lost forever), Craig catches up with Sandy Mamoli at Agile 2012 in Dallas, Texas and chat about Personal Kanban and how everything is bigger in Texas. It’s amazing how much hasn’t changed in this time!

Agile 2012 talk “The Evils of Multi-tasking and how Personal Kanban Can Help You“
Personal Kanban helps solves personal multi-tasking through giving you permission to single task
The Kanbanfor1 board limits work in progress by limiting the amount of space you can place a sticky note in the work in progress column
Jim Benson “Personal Kanban” book
It’s easy to get started and requires no permission to do and is a sandbox for Kanban
Coaches Clinic topics – testing in Agile, product ownership
Jeff Patton talk “The Product Owner…

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Mike Griffiths on DSDM, Agile and the PMI

22/03/201323/08/2026 / Craig Smith / Leave a comment

Mike Griffiths shares his journey on the creation of DSDM through to his more recent work with the PMI around the Agile Community of Practice and the PMBOK v5 Guide and Software Extension.

Source: Mike Griffiths on DSDM, Agile and the PMI

Peter Saddington on Agile Scout & Leveraging Human Capital

27/02/201323/08/2026 / Craig Smith / Leave a comment

Peter Saddington discusses his work as an Agile Coach, his Agile Scout blog, his new book and his passion into research and tools around leveraging human capital and optimizing teams.

Source: Peter Saddington on Agile Scout & Leveraging Human Capital

Brandon Carlson on Measurement, Professionalism and Fearing Our Customers

06/02/201323/08/2026 / Craig Smith / Leave a comment

Brandon Carlson discusses his Agile journey, measurement and some code metrics tools he is working on. He also shares his views on professionalism and the importance of not fearing your customers.

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Declan Whelan on Agile Coaching, Lean Startups and the Agile Alliance

03/01/201329/08/2026 / Craig Smith / Leave a comment

Declan Whelan discusses Agile Coaching and the lessons learnt returning to coding as part of a new lean startup as well Agile Coach Camp, pair coaching and his role on the Agile Alliance board.

Source: Declan Whelan on Agile Coaching, Lean Startups and the Agile Alliance

Adam Weisbart on Agile Antipatterns and Tools to Make Agile Fun

07/12/201229/08/2026 / Craig Smith / Leave a comment

Adam Weisbart discusses making Agile fun, through the use of resources he has developed such as “Build Your Own Scrum”, “Retrospective Cookies”, “Update The Card Wall” and “Agile Antipatterns”.

Source: Adam Weisbart on Agile Antipatterns and Tools to Make Agile Fun

Episode 48: Declan (Not Dexter)

10/11/201205/01/2021 / Craig Smith / Leave a comment

The Agile Revolution Podcast

At Agile 2012 in Dallas, Texas, Craig chats with Declan Whelan, a Canadian Agile Coach at LeanIntuit, the CTO and co-founder of a new startup called Printchomp and a newly elected member of the Agile Alliance board. Amongst other things we talk about pair coaching, running a Lean Startup, the direction of the Agile Alliance and the future of Agile.

His talk at Agile 2012 (with Alistair McKinnell) was entitled “Simple Design Applied: Spend More Time Creating Valuable Code“. Look out for a longer video interview with Declan on InfoQ.

TheAgileRevolution-48 (25 minutes)

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Episode 47: $#*! Adam Weisbart Says

25/10/201205/01/2021 / Craig Smith / Leave a comment

The Agile Revolution Podcast

Craig chats with Adam Weisbart as he tries to enjoy his breakfast at Agile 2012 in Dallas, Texas. When not eating toast, he is creating awesome stuff for the Agile community at his website, teaching Scrum courses or coaching teams at CollabNet. His talk at Agile 2012 was entitled “Agile Antipatterns: The Agilist’s Guide to Traps, Tripwires and Treachery“. Look out for a longer video interview with Adam Weisbart on InfoQ.

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Survey Confirms Biggest Agile Challenges Are Communication and Continuous Improvement

13/10/201229/08/2026 / Craig Smith / Leave a comment

A new survey, conducted by Serena Software at the recent Agile 2012 conference in Dallas, Texas has confirmed that whilst projects using Agile are working well, they could be much better and some of the biggest challenges include upsteam and downstream communication.

Source: Survey Confirms Biggest Agile Challenges Are Communication and Continuous Improvement

Lyssa Adkins and Michael Spayd on Professional Coaching and Leading Conflict

10/10/201229/08/2026 / Craig Smith / Leave a comment

Lyssa Adkins and Michael Spayd discuss the discipline of professional coaching, leading and facilitating conflict and the right view when thinking about conflict.

Source: Lyssa Adkins and Michael Spayd on Professional Coaching and Leading Conflict