Agile Driven Impact

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Agile Driven Impact

Diane & Erich Leonard

12 episodes

2 weeks ago

In this crucial Pit Stop episode of Agile Driven Impact, hosts Diane and Erich tackle one of the biggest threats to momentum: unexpected urgent interrupts. They reveal the root causes of these distractions, explaining that most are due to a lack of visibility, not true emergency. Learn how to insulate your team by establishing a single point of contact to act as a shield against non-critical requests. The hosts provide a clear protocol for handling true emergencies and share techniques to ens...

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Episodes (12/12)

Agile Driven Impact

Pit Stop - Handling the Urgent: Interruption Management

2 weeks ago

8 minutes

Agile Driven Impact

Pit Stop - Adapting for Success: Fix Your Daily Check-in

In this crucial Pit Stop episode of Agile Driven Impact, hosts Diane and Erich tackle a universal problem: the daily check-in (or stand-up) that always runs past its 15-minute time limit. They reveal why this meeting becomes a momentum killer and how to fix it by getting back to the core principles. Learn the two most important rules for protecting your time: stop solving problems during the check-in and strictly focus every statement on the shared short-term goal. This episode provides actio...

3 weeks ago

7 minutes

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Pit Stop - Creating Focus: Short-term Goals

In this episode of Agile Driven Impact, hosts Diane and Erich tackle the critical skill of setting short-term goals. They share why relying on year-long plans is inefficient and introduce the power of the "Time-Boxed Focus"—a fixed period dedicated to a single, unifying objective. Learn how to stop being overwhelmed by a massive project and start gaining momentum by breaking your journey into manageable "test laps." This episode provides practical advice on how quick daily check-ins protect y...

1 month ago

6 minutes

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The Scrap Yard - Anti-Patterns - Guaranteed Project Failure

In this episode of Agile Driven Impact, hosts Erich and Diane dive into the "anti-patterns" that when present in a team practically guarantee a slow, ineffective, and demoralizing team environment. The discussion of the “anti-patterns” is meant to serve as a diagnostic tool for listeners to identify and avoid common pitfalls. These situations can work there way into Agile teams with the best of intentions, so your job is to help keep an eye out for them, and then work as a team to address the...

1 month ago

18 minutes

Agile Driven Impact

Co-pilot - Life as a Part-time Scrum Master

In this episode of Agile Driven Impact, host Diane and guest Beth Archer, GPC, RSM, a professional who serves as both a part-time Scrum Master and team member, explore the unique dynamics of this dual role. They discuss the advantages, such as enhanced flexibility and a fresh perspective, alongside potential challenges like context-switching and the need for strong time management. A key segment delves into how professionals like Beth utilize AI as a brainstorming partner to overcome hurdles,...

1 month ago

32 minutes

Agile Driven Impact

The Garage - More than Language and Labels - The Core of Successful Agile Teams

In this episode of Agile Driven Impact, hosts Erich and Diane focus on how Agile is about achieving outcomes like clear focus, better collaboration, and greater impact, not just adopting practices. They talk about how the true goal is a resilient team delivering real results. The discussion emphasizes both effectiveness and efficiency, detailing five core activities high-performing teams master: visualizing, focusing, interacting, measuring, and improving. The episode offers a practical chall...

2 months ago

32 minutes

Agile Driven Impact

The Garage - Responding to Change - Hairpin Turn or Dogleg Straightaway

In this episode of Agile Driven Impact hosts, Diane and Erich focus on the core Agile value of "Responding to Change over Following a Plan." They address the common fear of altering plans once set, using driving as a metaphor to illustrate how adaptation is the fastest and safest route to impact. The episode will guide listeners on identifying when changes are necessary and how to implement them effectively, concluding with a practical challenge to help them create adaptable plans. Evolving y...

2 months ago

18 minutes

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The Garage - Feedback, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

In this episode of Agile Driven Impact, hosts Diane and Erich Leonard bring you back into the "Agile Garage" to discuss the art of getting feedback from your team and your project's stakeholders. They explore the importance of working product over contract negotiation. Learn how to invite candid, meaningful feedback about whatever type of work product your team is creating. Evolving your work, accelerating your impact

2 months ago

21 minutes

Agile Driven Impact

The Garage - Stakeholders, Customers, and Community Members, Oh My!

2 months ago

18 minutes

Agile Driven Impact

The Garage - Building Your Team for Impact

Drawing on their experience from building a race car and their professional careers, hosts Diane and Erich Leonard bring you into the "Agile Garage" for a focused pit stop on team dynamics. They discuss how to determine optimal team size and composition, emphasizing the value of having a diverse range of skills. Learn how to foster structured interactions and healthy debate to build a resilient, high-performing team that can drive a project to success. Evolving your work, accelerating your im...

3 months ago

23 minutes

Agile Driven Impact

The Garage - Your Dashboard for Change - The Agile Mindset

In this episode of Agile Driven Impact, hosts Diane and Erich Leonard introduce the agile mindset as the core operating system for change-makers. Moving beyond buzzwords, they use relatable analogies from the racetrack to demystify principles like adapting to change and valuing collaboration over rigid plans. The hosts share how their Formula SAE advisor’s "enabling constraints" taught them to build resilience and trust the process. You'll learn how to adopt a "pit stop" mentality, viewing se...

3 months ago

20 minutes

Agile Driven Impact

Getting Started – The Race to Impact

In Episode 1 of Agile Driven Impact, hosts Diane and Erich Leonard take you back to where it all began: the intense world of college Formula SAE racing. 🏎️ They share their unique origin story, revealing how they developed a powerful, collaborative, and resilient mindset, building a race car under pressure—all without ever hearing the term "agile." This episode sets the stage for the entire series, connecting their firsthand experience of "unlabeled agile" to Diane's success in nonprofit gran...

3 months ago

16 minutes