DiscoverScrum.org Community PodcastAsk a PST - Unlocking Self-Management: How Teams Thrive with Autonomy
Ask a PST - Unlocking Self-Management: How Teams Thrive with Autonomy

Ask a PST - Unlocking Self-Management: How Teams Thrive with Autonomy

Update: 2025-12-04
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In this Scrum.org Community Podcast episode,  Lindsay Velecina from Scrum.org sits down with Robb Pieper and Jason Malmstadt of Responsive Advisors to answer the real, practical questions practitioners have about self-management in Scrum in a live Ask a PST session.

Listeners submitted questions like:

  • How do you get management to support self-management?
  • What should you do when a team resists taking ownership?
  • How do you handle a disruptive team member without taking over?
  • What metrics show that self-management actually works?
  • How can junior Scrum Masters enable self-management when they’re not technical?
  • AND MANY MORE!


Robb and Jason tackle these questions head-on, sharing stories from the field, strategies for creating healthy team boundaries, and tools to make decision-making transparent — including Delegation Poker, feedback loops, and working agreements. They also discuss how to tie self-management to real business outcomes to gain leadership buy-in.

Whether you’re just beginning your Scrum journey or coaching mature teams, this episode gives you actionable guidance and small experiments you can start using today.

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Ask a PST - Unlocking Self-Management: How Teams Thrive with Autonomy

Ask a PST - Unlocking Self-Management: How Teams Thrive with Autonomy

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