The Unofficial Agile Podcast

Sam speaks to three important members of the thriving Agile Community in Greece. We discuss agility challenges, community and generally vibe around agile, where its been and where it might be heading. Check out the Athens based Meetup that starting it all: https://www.meetup.com/Agile-Greece/And be sure to connect with all three of these amazing agilists:Yiannis MavraganisVasilis ManolasNikos BatsiosOne more thing:If you enjoyed this episode and enjoy the podcast in general, please give us a review, a rating, or comments on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or whatever your podcast app of choice may be. This helps other people find us and spread the love!Feel free to also contact Sam Zawadi directly if you have questions of any kind.You can view our beautifully simple website and write to us from there at www.unofficialagile.com

Happy International Women's Day - 2021! We celebrate this this day with Magdalena Simonis, who is a prominent GP with many years of clinical  experience,  who sees a place for strengths-based coaching in complex organisations. Magdalena is a  government health advisor, primary care researcher with the University of Melbourne and a leading women’s health expert and advocate.  Magdalena holds positions on several not-for-profit organisations bridging gaps across the health sector, whilst informing their health initiatives.  She is President and National Coordinator of the Australian Federation of Medical Women, Medical Women’s international Association (MWIA) Scientific and Research Subcommittee co-Chair and chair of the MWIA Mentoring and Leadership group and is on the Expert Committee of Quality Care for the RACGP.   Magdalena’s interests are in community health, chronic disease prevention and the development of sustainable, equitable healthcare services.One more thing:If you enjoyed this episode and enjoy the podcast in general, please give us a review, a rating, or comments on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or whatever your podcast app of choice may be. This helps other people find us and spread the love!Feel free to also contact Sam Zawadi directly if you have questions of any kind.You can view our beautifully simple website and write to us from there at www.unofficialagile.com

Matt is a highly experienced practitioner, manager, coach , consultant and accredited trainer with a love of Lean Agile, Kanban, ITSM, Service Operations and Business Transformation.With over 25 years working in a wealth of IT service roles and a decade of adopting, adapting and coaching Lean Agile practices in various organisations, Matt has facilitated transformations that have resulted in huge cost savings, improved service outcomes, increased quality and reduced variability with sharp increases in satisfaction for staff and stakeholders alike. Matt has taken this experience and shared it to become an active contributor to the Agile ITSM/DevOps movement, occasional blogger and conference speaker.Organiser of online meetup group #LeanAgileUKand Lean Agile Stockport Meetup Community (https://www.meetup.com/Lean-Agile-Stockport/)Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT), Kanban UniversityContributor to VeriSM | Service Management for the Digital Age (https://www.verism.global/)Licenced Agendashift Partner (www.agendashift.com)getKanban simulation game workshop facilitation (www.getKanban.com)Specialties: Kanban, Lean Strategy, Agile, Scrum, Systems Thinking, ITIL Service Design, Transition & Operations, Continuous Service Improvement, Value Stream Mapping, Analytics - Service Metrics and Data Driven Decision MakingWebsite: http://www.hapus.netTwitter: https://twitter.com/hapusITSMLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/turnermaround/

We talk with Milena Lolli, otherwise known as Mila.  A top notch product designer, Twitch Streamer, talkshow host and all round amazing person. Mila demonstrates the importance of diversifying our work and gets personal on the Unofficial Agile Podcast!Merch: https://www.milalolly.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/milenalolli/Portfolio: milalolli.com/workTwitch: Stream: twitch.tv/milalolliOne more thing:If you enjoyed this episode and enjoy the podcast in general, please give us a review, a rating, or comments on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or whatever your podcast app of choice may be. This helps other people find us and spread the love!Feel free to also contact either Sam Zawadi or Ali Asl directly if you have questions of any kind.You can view our beautifully simple website and write to us from there at www.unofficialagile.com 

We talk to Chris Stone - The Virtual Agile coach, about the Agile Manifesto, humans as resources, depression and more.Chris's bio:𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙑𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝘼𝙜𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝, Agile Evangelist / Agile Transformation Lead / Scrum Master possessing over 8 years experience within the IT industry.𝘾𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙧 & 𝙐𝙨𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮, in my opinion should be critical to why we do things and how we choose to do them. In terms of metrics I subscribe to, you'll hear me talk less often about 'velocity' and 'lead times', and more about 'Days since last user engagement'. This to me is a more powerful metric, keeps us anchored to our vision and the problems we're trying to solve, and ensure we're frequently checking that we're on the right course.I firmly believe in fostering an environment of autonomy for the teams and people I work. 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙩 𝙢𝙮 𝙟𝙤𝙗 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙩. If a team, or organisation are no longer reliant upon my input or support, I've been a success in my role.Nobody should feel like Jira ticket machines. I actively seek for teams I work with to be presented with problems, challenges or opportunities with outcomes rather than pre-determined solutions. Those delivering the work 'in the trenches' are the experts and are best equipped to deliver the desired outcome.I challenge those I work with to continually experiment, build hypotheses, predict an expected outcome, attempt something and learn by contrasting the actual vs expected outcomes. This isn't limited to software solutions, but also to processes & ways of working.I don't expect perfection. People make mistakes, experiments don't go as planned. 𝙒𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚-𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙 '𝙁𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙪𝙧𝙚' 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 '𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜'. If mistakes happen or things don't go to plan, learn from them and approach things differently next time. I aspire for those I work with to feel safe / brave enough to admit mistakes, "failures" or otherwise and leverage these as opportunities for improvement.Follow Chris here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thevirtualagilecoach/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPkaxYqvk9rWDMo2KqKg0xQTwitter: https://twitter.com/virtual_agileWebsite: https://www.thevirtualagilecoach.co.ukOne more thing:If you enjoyed this episode and enjoy the podcast in general, please give us a review, a rating, or comments on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or whatever your podcast app of choice may be. This helps other people find us and spread the love!Feel free to also contact either Sam Zawadi or Ali Asl directly if you have questions of any kind.You can view our beautifully simple website and write to us from there at www.unofficialagile.com 

We are at the forefront of urgent research to resolve and respond to COVID-19 across health, business, technology, governance, sustainability and more. Join Sam Zawadi in a conversation with two scientists about their viral and immunity research and how the scientific community is making progress on COVID-19.Please visit http://graslab.com.au/ to find out more about the research being done on viral and structural immunity. Twitter: @GrasLabAbout Professor Stephanie Gras Professor Stephanie Gras is a Laboratory Head and NHMRC Senior Research Fellow at Monash University within the Biomedicine Discovery Institute. She is leading a laboratory of 10 members (staff and students) working on the T cell response towards infections with a primary focus on HIV and influenza. After a PhD in France focused on Structural Biology and T cells, she moved to Australia in 2007 to join Prof. Rossjohn lab at Monash University. A decade later she has established her research group focused on the understanding of the molecular mechanism and key event of an effective immune response.She has successfully secured funding from both the ARC and NHMRC to support her lab, as well as been awarded the Dean’s award for Early Career researcher, and the Georgina Sweet Award for Women in Quantitative Biomedical Science. Stephanie has also been extremely successful at presenting her work at both national and international meeting, as well as publishing her research in high profile journals such as Nature, Nature Immunology, Immunity and Science Immunology. Stephanie has a passion for science and love to communicate with the scientific community as well as the public about her exciting findings.About Dr Dimitra ChatzileontiadouResearch Fellow Dimitra Chatzileontiadou is a postdoctoral research fellow working at Monash University. She graduated with a Bachelor of Molecular Biology and Genetics, at the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace in Greece, and moved to the University of Thessaly in Greece to do her Master of Science on Molecular Biology and Genetics applications – diagnostic markers, in the Structural and Functional Biochemistry laboratory, at the Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology under the supervision of A/Prof. Nikolaos Balatsos. Following her Master’s degree she completed her doctoral studies in the same laboratory performing biochemical studies on human Angiogenin under the supervision of Prof. Demetrios Leonidas. She was then awarded an IKY Fellowship for excellence of postgraduate studies in Greece – SIEMENS program 2017, as a research fellow in the same laboratory. Dimitra then moved to Australia to work at Monash University, firstly within the Rossjohn Laboratory under Prof. Jamie Rossjohn, and more recently in the newly established Gras laboratory under the mentorship of A/Prof. Stephanie Gras.Dimitra is currently working on the field of anti-viral immunity using multisdisciplinary approaches, including biochemistry, molecular biology, crystallography and cellular/functional assays, in order to understand the immune system actions when facing with viral infections.REQUEST: COVID-19 recovered people who want to donate blood for research can contact Stephanie on s.gras@latrobe.edu.au

Kyrry is a certified Scrum Master and Agile Coach.He specialises in transformation, everything from the team right up to the leadership especially in the finance sector.As an Agilist he considers Agile as a workplace lifestyle choice. Challenging behaviours, encouraging new values that ultimately lead to a cultural paradigm shift.Kyrry is a strong communicator and has a passionate approach to nurturing talent and allowing room for growth thereby fostering relationships that enable creative delivery.The Hitchhikers Guide to Agile Coaching is a must for all coaches new and experienced.One of his favourite films is Carlitos Way and is a big Arsenal fan.You can reach Kyrry at his LinkedIn profile here. One more thing:If you enjoyed this episode and enjoy the podcast in general, please give us a review, a rating, or comments on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or whatever your podcast app of choice may be. This helps other people find us and spread the love!Feel free to also contact either Sam Zawadi or Ali Asl directly if you have questions of any kind.You can view our beautifully simple website and write to us from there at www.unofficialagile.com

Jenny uses curiosity, creativity, pragmatism and purpose to drive change, solve problems and communicate complex ideas in a human way. Listen in as she shares her thoughts on helping people navigate their agile journey and why she is so passionate about improving the employee experience.Jenny's emphasis is on people rather than process, and this conversation really brings out the human side of agile and of change. She is a story teller, passionate communicator and people connector. She brings a unique perspective and influence and inspire action through creative and strategic communications.Jenny is a professional coach and change expert, with an ability to take on unique perspectives when designing and delivering meaningful human centred experiences. Jenny is at her best when working in highly dynamic environments, successfully navigating organisational and individual complexities. She is known for her ability to lead and contribute to successful outcomes that deliver value for people and the business. Jenny's positive and pragmatic approach consistently demonstrates the benefits of business agility and her ability to explain new concepts and influence others to learn, adapt and experiment is something she is very passionate about. You can reach Jenny via her LinkedIn profile.One more thing:If you enjoyed this episode and enjoy the podcast in general, please give us a review, a rating, or comments on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or whatever your podcast app of choice may be. This helps other people find us and spread the love!Feel free to also contact either Sam Zawadi or Ali Asl directly if you have questions of any kind.You can view our beautifully simple website and write to us from there at www.unofficialagile.com

Vijesh is SAFe Agile, A-CSM, CSM, CSPO, Azure Fundamentals and ITIL Foundation certified, and has ​Experience working in Scrum, SDLC and ASAP methodologies. Passionate about Agile Coaching and Mentoring, Vijesh also has strong Stakeholder management skills.He prides himself on his Strong oral, written and verbal communication, analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills, and loves attending meet-ups and networking and is active on LinkedIn. Vijesh says he loves the movie Ben-Hur (1959) starring Charlton Heston and has watched it probably 15 times!He considers Extreme Programming Explained as the most influential Agile book in his life.More about Vijesh:With a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and an MBA in Project Management and loads of experience including leading and facilitating high-profile teams in high-pressure software releases, Vijesh has the experience, skills, and results-driven attitude to succeed.He has 15+ years of overall experience in Banking, Pharma / Life Sciences and FMCG Domains, of which he has been a Scrum Master for the last 5 years, and over 12 years of experience working as an SAP BW Consultant for various clients. Most of his experience was gained in working with reputed clients across various locations, including Europe, Asia and Middle East regions.Vijesh has worked a myriad of jobs including selling pizza vouchers, teaching C, C++, Java, HTML and Web technology, before working in the infrastructure space.He turned a new chapter when he started working for IBM as an SAP BI consultant. His inquisitiveness led him to discover Agile and Scrum way of working and has been on a learning path of discovery ever since.You can get Vijesh on LinkedIn here. One more thing:If you enjoyed this episode and enjoy the podcast in general, please give us a review, a rating, or comments on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or whatever your podcast app of choice may be. This helps other people find us and spread the love!Feel free to also contact either Sam Zawadi or Ali Asl directly if you have questions of any kind.You can view our beautifully simple website and write to us from there at www.unofficialagile.com 

With over 15 years of project experience, Lisa has worked in many different roles from a Project Coordinator to Business Analyst and now as a Change Manager. Lisa embraces her diverse experience leading the implementation of change through understanding people's journey to accept and transition through the change.This year has been challenging for everyone and especially those who have found themselves out of work. Having contracted for a good part of her career, Lisa has developed some key strategies she adopts when finding her next role.We hope by sharing these strategies you’ll discover some tips you can use yourself, or maybe after listening it confirms you are already on the right path. Either way it's only a matter of time before you get your next role. You can connect to Lisa on LinkedIn.One more thing:If you enjoyed this episode and enjoy the podcast in general, please give us a review, a rating, or comments on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or whatever your podcast app of choice may be. This helps other people find us and spread the love!Feel free to also contact either Sam Zawadi or Ali Asl directly if you have questions of any kind.You can view our beautifully simple website and write to us from there at www.unofficialagile.com

Mike is an award winning learning leader with demonstrated success designing and delivering organisational transformation initiatives across the private and public sector. He brings an education degree and consulting experience combined with over two decades of Facilitation, Virtual Facilitation, Solution Design, Executive Coaching, and Forum Theatre. Mike designs, delivers and measures challenging experiences that truly test and embed learning while evaluating impact and engagement. His strength in the L&D arena is facilitation and coaching, building integrated learning design, and capability embedment.His client base includes a diverse range of organisations at all levels from the ‘shop floor’ to senior executive teams including professional services partners, telco and financial services.This unique blend of Learning, Mindset and Leadership enables him to create sophisticated, impactful learning strategies that deliver change and growth.Say hi to Mike on LinkedIn!One more thing:If you enjoyed this episode and enjoy the podcast in general, please give us a review, a rating, or comments on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or whatever your podcast app of choice may be. This helps other people find us and spread the love!Feel free to also contact either Sam Zawadi or Ali Asl directly if you have questions of any kind.You can view our beautifully simple website and write to us from there at www.unofficialagile.com

Ignacio has over 25 years' experience in project delivery with telecommunications, banking and finance, state government and retail clients. He has worked mostly in implementing, integrating or delivering IT systems or their components. Ignacio has worked for large enterprises, consulting organisations and small firms. A certified career Program & Project Manager, Ignacio maintains memberships of the PMI (Melbourne Chapter) and the AIPM, having served on the board of the PMI Melbourne Chapter for over 5 years.Ignacio is adaptable, resilient, communicates readily and flexibly with all stakeholders, applies an inclusive management style and believes in establishing and nurturing successful partnerships in the work environment. Utilising proven negotiation frameworks, he searches for win-win positions where various parties’ interests are represented in good faith. By seeking to instil a collaborative approach, Ignacio also takes a keen interest in supporting individuals in developing their skills and capabilities.You can reach Ignacio here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ignacioinchausti/Links to some of the books and meet-ups that were discussed:Zorba The Greek: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorba_the_Greek (the Google books link provides the prologue you can read. I got goose bumps just reading the first few paragraphs of the prologue!)Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_MaintenanceHeart of Darkness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_of_DarknessPutting Stories to Work: https://www.anecdote.com/putting-stories-to-work/ (this is from anecdote.com; Shawn Callahan is principal at Anecdote)Chaos: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/chaos-9781409027706 The meet up I attend weekly is "Jira & Confluence Q&A - weekly session":  https://www.meetup.com/Jira-and-Confluence-Q-A/events/rvclwrybclbhc/  This is facilitated by Paul Casanova and covers technical aspects of config, workflow, issue, automation, project and system settings for these tools. We also get to discuss and share experiences and even demo other relevant collaboration tools.One more thing:If you enjoyed this episode and enjoy the podcast in general, please give us a review, a rating, or comments on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or whatever your podcast app of choice may be. This helps other people find us and spread the love!Feel free to also contact either Sam Zawadi or Ali Asl directly if you have questions of any kind.You can view our beautifully simple website and write to us from there at www.unofficialagile.com 

This week we speak to Minaxi Punjabi.This is what Minaxi has to say about herself:Improv artist to family and friends.Holistic health evangelist.Enabler of self actualization by facilitating 'safe to fail' spaces.Global citizen;  Minaxi has lived in India, Taiwan, Philippines, Australia, USA and London; she has studied in Taiwan, India, USA; she has worked in India, London, USA; she speaks English, Urdu, Hindi, Marathi, Gujurati, Spanish, French, Mandarin, to various degrees of fluency. Dreamer of democratizing the work place such that every individual is secure, and receives the education, and the means to work as teams, to form secure organisms giving back and continuing the journey of freeing oneself and others.Enjoy the listen!One more thing:If you enjoyed this episode and enjoy the podcast in general, please give us a review, a rating, or comments on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or whatever your podcast app of choice may be. This helps other people find us and spread the love!Feel free to also contact either Sam Zawadi or Ali Asl directly if you have questions of any kind.You can view our beautifully simple website and write to us from there at www.unofficialagile.com

Kicking off our Season 2 we talk to Christiane Anderson of Melbourne! Christiane is a self proclaimed remote working nerd and human behaviour specialist. With a diverse background starting in natural health and healing over 25 years ago, she embraced the IT world in 2001 wholeheartedly and hasn’t looked back. Years of experience as a Business Analyst across many domains and platforms and a 5 year stint as an Agile Coach in a major transformation program, shaped her to be a person that wants to better the relationship between technology and humanity to make life more productive and enjoyable. She revels what makes organisations and people tick to help them build their capability in agility and design thinking to create outstanding remote teams that deliver value to their customers, and to stay in business and thrive.She believes that great relationships based on mutual understanding and appreciation of each others uniqueness and talents become a rich fertile ground for productivity, creativity and innovation.Connect with her on LinkedIn, Insta or follow her blog - Uniquely You - The Hero’s Journey on her website https://www.peopleoverprocess.com.au/blogChristiane's Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianeanderson/https://www.linkedin.com/company/people-over-process/https://www.peopleoverprocess.com.au/https://www.instagram.com/christiane__anderson/One more thing:If you enjoyed this episode and enjoy the podcast in general, please give us a review, a rating, or comments on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or whatever your podcast app of choice may be. This helps other people find us and spread the love!Feel free to also contact either Sam Zawadi or Ali Asl directly if you have questions of any kind.You can view our beautifully simple website and write to us from there at www.unofficialagile.com 

Welcome to Season 2. Listen to this to get an idea of what it's all about. Namely, we are featuring people who have either been furloughed or who are just looking for work, on the podcast. We speak to each of our guests allowing them to showcase their experiences to the world. Please help do your part and share these episodes as much as you can, on LinkedIn, Twitter, and any other platform you have a network on. Doing so increase the chances of our guests finding work. Be sure to check the show notes for each episode which will tell you how you can get in touch with our guests and how to contact them, along with other useful links and websites.One more thing:If you enjoyed this episode and enjoy the podcast in general, please give us a review, a rating, or comments on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or whatever your podcast app of choice may be. This helps other people find us and spread the love!Feel free to also contact either Sam Zawadi or Ali Asl directly if you have questions of any kind.You can view our beautifully simple website and write to us from there at www.unofficialagile.com 

And for our final episode of Season 1, we talk about Agnostic Agile, how it came to be and our experiences with each of its principles, in practice.Sam discusses the circumstances which led him to write the initial version, and what happened from that point onwards. We then review each of the 12 principles and discuss some of our real life experiences and observations with them.Check out Agnostic Agile here: www.agnosticagile.org and if it resonates with you, then please sign up to join the growing movement of people around the world and make the agile industry better.That's it for Season 1, folks. It's been a ride!One more thing:If you enjoyed this episode and enjoy the podcast in general, please give us a review, a rating, or comments on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or whatever your podcast app of choice may be. This helps other people find us and spread the love!Feel free to also contact either Sam Zawadi or Ali Asl directly if you have questions of any kind.You can view our beautifully simple website and write to us from there at www.unofficialagile.com 

In this episode we look at the beloved Product Owner role. We discuss some of the challenges of being a Product Owner, especially in a larger organisation, some of the rewards, and some of the habits and skills that one needs to develop to become a good Product Owner. We also discuss that a Product Owner:Needs to feel empowered by the organisation to truly have ownership of their backlogs;Is not building the thing for themselves, rather they’re building it for the customer;Check in with their own biases, the Product Owner (in most cases) is not the customer;Needs to learn how to say “no”, but make an offer in return.And a lot more!One more thing:If you enjoyed this episode and enjoy the podcast in general, please give us a review, a rating, or comments on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or whatever your podcast app of choice may be. This helps other people find us and spread the love!Feel free to also contact either Sam Zawadi or Ali Asl directly if you have questions of any kind.You can view our beautifully simple website and write to us from there at www.unofficialagile.com

What characteristics should you look for in an Agile Coach? What does a good Agile Coach have in common with Keyser Söze?Sam and Ali relate their experiences in working with different kinds of Agile Coaches and highlight what makes effective ones stand out from the crowd.Here is a question for you to ponder: as an Agile Coach, how easeful do you think it is for others to be around you and work with you?This discussion becomes quite ardent as both conversationalists list their gripes about what Agile Coaching has become and well, what you should look for in an Agile Coach!One more thing:If you enjoyed this episode and enjoy the podcast in general, please give us a review, a rating, or comments on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or whatever your podcast app of choice may be. This helps other people find us and spread the love!Feel free to also contact either Sam Zawadi or Ali Asl directly if you have questions of any kind.You can view our beautifully simple website and write to us from there at www.unofficialagile.com 

Just what is Fake Agile and how do you recognise it? In this episode Ali and Sam discuss just what people mean when they use the term "Fake Agile".Two perspectives are discussed, 1) people masquerading as agile experts, and 2) agile transformations in organisations. Both perspectives have severe consequences on people, companies and the Agile movement itself when they meet the criteria of being "fake". But, all is not lost. If you are working in an environment which you feel could be classed as "Fake Agile", then there are learning opportunities you can take away with you. Listen to some stories from both Ali and Sam as they explore this topic citing real life examples and anecdotes!One more thing:If you enjoyed this episode and enjoy the podcast in general, please give us a review, a rating, or comments on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or whatever your podcast app of choice may be. This helps other people find us and spread the love!Feel free to also contact either Sam Zawadi or Ali Asl directly if you have questions of any kind.You can view our beautifully simple website and write to us from there at www.unofficialagile.com 

This episode discusses some highly practical tips for preparing for interviews and what you could do once the interview is over (hint, it's one of the 5 events in Scrum). We talk about everything from doing your homework on the company and the role you're going for to camera and lighting technique. Ali also tells us a story about his favourite agile metric - Bicycle Time.Here are useful links to the some of the things discussed. Please note, these exercises might not be for everyone, so please ensure you're physically able to do them and if in doubt always consult your physician:- Breathing exercises connecting voice to breath- Spinal rolls (also seen in the above link and also called Standing Roll Up/Down), see here for a more in depth explanation, and here for a video exampleRing light example here or just do a search for them.One more thing:If you enjoyed this episode and enjoy the podcast in general, please give us a review, a rating, or comments on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or whatever your podcast app of choice may be. This helps other people find us and spread the love!Feel free to also contact either Sam Zawadi or Ali Asl directly if you have questions of any kind.