Best Large Language Models Community Podcasts (2025)

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From Deterministic to AI-Driven—The New Paradigm of Software Development | Markus Hjort 44:17

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AI Assisted Coding: From Deterministic to AI-Driven—The New Paradigm of Software Development, With Markus Hjort In this BONUS episode, we dive deep into the emerging world of AI-assisted coding with Markus Hjort, CTO of Bitmagic. Markus shares his hands-on experience with what's being called "vibe coding" - a paradigm shift where developers work mo…

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Thrive, Don’t Just Survive #4: Writing and Learning Support for Grad Students 33:26

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What's a better way to start off the school year than with a brand new mini-series! GradCast is teaming up with Learning, Development and Success, out of Western Student Experience. We talk to experts on campus who support graduate students in doing research, writing theses, and have all the tips and tricks to succeed in grad school! In our last ep…

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Pachinko Coding—What They Don't Tell You About Building Apps with Large Language Models | Alan Cyment 46:17

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AI Assisted Coding: Pachinko Coding—What They Don't Tell You About Building Apps with Large Language Models, With Alan Cyment In this BONUS episode, we dive deep into the real-world experience of coding with AI. Our guest, Alan Cyment, brings honest perspectives from the trenches—sharing both the frustrations and breakthroughs of using AI tools for…

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Agile Meets AI—How to Code Fast Without Breaking Things | Llewellyn Falco 49:13

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#TheScoopOnSOGS | Vice-President student services (Saghar Soltanabadi) 28:06

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By Maris Schneider, Anthony Cruz, Mark Ambrogio, Scott Walters, Ryan Baxter, Maria Khan, Garth Casbourn, Riya Sidhu, Sarah Bidinosti, Chrishma Perera, Bruno Mesquita, Kirstyn Seanor, Mohammed Zeratti

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Beyond AI Code Assistants: How Moldable Development Answers Questions AI Can't | Tudor Girba 41:27

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AI Assisted Coding: Beyond AI Code Assistants: How Moldable Development Answers Questions AI Can't With Tudor Girba In this BONUS episode, we explore Moldable Development with Tudor Girba, CEO of feenk.com and creator of the Glamorous Toolkit. We dive into why developers spend over 50% of their time reading code—not because they want to, but becaus…

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Advice on Beginning to Learn Python 52:11

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What’s changed about learning Python over the last few years? What new techniques and updated advice should beginners have as they start their journey? This week on the show, Stephen Gruppetta and Martin Breuss return to discuss beginning to learn Python. We share techniques for finding motivation, building projects, and learning the fundamentals. …

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When Product Owners Eat the Grass for Their Teams | Tom Molenaar 17:04

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Tom Molenaar: When Product Owners “Eat the Grass” for Their Teams Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. The Great Product Owner: The Vision Catalyst "This PO had the ability to communicate the vision and ent…

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The Three Pillars of Scrum Master Success | Tom Molenaar 16:23

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Tom Molenaar: Purpose, Process, and People—The Three Pillars of Scrum Master Success Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "I always try to ask the team first, what is your problem? Or what is the next step,…

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Thrive, Don’t Just Survive #3: The Hidden Curriculum, Navigating the Ins and Outs of Grad School 28:59

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What's a better way to start off the school year than with a brand new mini-series! GradCast is teaming up with Learning, Development and Success, out of Western Student Experience. We talk to experts on campus who support graduate students in doing research, writing theses, and have all the tips and tricks to succeed in grad school! In our third e…

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Systemic Change Management—Making the Emotional Side of Change Visible | Tom Molenaar 18:16

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Tom Molenaar: Systemic Change Management—Making the Emotional Side of Change Visible Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "We tend to skip the phase where we just give the person the space to grieve, to not…

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Building Trust in Teams - The Foundation of Self-Organization | Tom Molenaar 12:47

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Tom Molenaar: How to Spot and Fix Lack of Trust in Scrum Teams Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "When people don't speak up, it's because there's no trust. The team showed that they did not feel free to…

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#TheScoopOnSOGS | Board Chair (Kirsty Ng) 28:08

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In this installment of the #TheScoopOnSOGS miniseries, host Maris Schneider is joined by Kirsty Ng, a PhD Candidate in Western's Department of Chemistry who currently serves as the Board Chair at the Society of Graduate Students (SOGS). Listen to this episode to learn about Kirsty's research, background, and roles at SOGS. Recorded on September 23,…

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When To Stop Helping Agile Teams To Change—A Real Life Story | Tom Molenaar 17:07

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Tom Molenaar: When To Stop Helping Agile Teams To Change—A Real Life Story Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "Instead of slowing down and meeting the team in their resistance, I started to try and drag t…

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BONUS Product Delight - How to make your product stand out with emotional connection With Nesrine Changuel 40:28

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BONUS: Nesrine Changuel shares how to create product delight through emotional connection! In this BONUS episode we explore the book by Nesrine Changuel: 'Product Delight - How to make your product stand out with emotional connection.' In this conversation, we explore Nesrine's journey from research to product management, share lessons from her exp…

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Managing Feature Flags & Comparing Python Visualization Libraries 42:17

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What’s a good way to enable or disable code paths without redeploying the software? How can you use feature flags to toggle functionality for specific users of your application? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder’s Weekly articles and projects. Christopher shares an article exploring the use of feat…

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The Product Owner Who Made Retros Unsafe (And How We Fixed It) | Terry Haayema 16:36

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Terry Haayema: The Product Owner Who Made Retros Unsafe (And How We Fixed It) Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "The biggest anti-pattern was that he made the retro unsafe... he would come to the retro a…

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Why "Working Myself Out of a Job" Is Wrong for Scrum Masters | Terry Haayema 15:44

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Terry Haayema: Why "Working Myself Out of a Job" Is Wrong for Scrum Masters Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "Success for a Scrum Master is to do myself out of a job... which I don't buy into at all, be…

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Thrive, Don’t Just Survive #2: Time Management for Graduate Students 32:06

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What's a better way to start off the school year than with a brand new mini-series! GradCast is teaming up with Learning, Development and Success, out of Western Student Experience. We talk to experts on campus who support graduate students in doing research, writing theses, and have all the tips and tricks to succeed in grad school! In our second …

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When Consensus Becomes Paralysis—The Nemawashi Challenge For Agile Software Development | Terry Haayema 17:31

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Terry Haayema: When Consensus Becomes Paralysis—The Nemawashi Challenge For Agile Software Development Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "The problem I'm facing is 'too much consensus'... we talk, bounce…

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The High Cost of Unsafe Agile Retrospectives | Terry Haayema 18:44

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Terry Haayema: The High Cost of Unsafe Agile Retrospectives Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "She was kind of like the mum for the team... she was actually the glue that held the team together." Terry t…

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#TheScoopOnSOGS | Vice-President Academic (Anthony Cruz) 28:55

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In this installment of the #TheScoopOnSOGS miniseries, host Maris Schneider is joined by Anthony Cruz, a PhD Candidate in Western's Department of Psychology who currently serves as the Vice-President Academic at the Society of Graduate Students (SOGS). Listen to this episode to learn about Anthony's research, background, and roles at SOGS. Recorded…

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When Scrum Practices Aren't Enough - Learning to Sense the System | Terry Haayema 14:22

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Terry Haayema: When Scrum Practices Aren't Enough - Learning to Sense the System Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "I didn't know how to 'sense' the system. I was focused on the scrum practices, I though…

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BONUS: Building High-Performing Engineering Teams | Jochen Issing 53:26

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BONUS: Jochen Issing on Building High-Performing Engineering Teams In this BONUS episode, we explore the fascinating journey of Jochen Issing, an engineering leader who brings unique insights from his background as a handball player and band member to building exceptional software development teams. From sports courts and music stages to engineerin…

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Dangers of Automatically Converting a REST API to MCP 1:24:25

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When converting an existing REST API to the Model Context Protocol, what should you consider? What anti-patterns should you avoid to keep an AI agent’s context clean? This week on the show, Kyle Stratis returns to discuss his upcoming book, “AI Agents with MCP”. Kyle has been busy since he last appeared on the show in 2020. He’s taken his experienc…

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Beyond Product Knowledge—The Hidden Skills Every Product Owner Needs | Shawn Dsouza 15:11

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Shawn Dsouza: Beyond Product Knowledge—The Hidden Skills Every Product Owner Needs Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. Shawn explores both ends of the Product Owner spectrum through real experiences. On on…

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The Marathon Mindset—Building Agile Teams That Last Beyond Sprint Deadlines | Shawn Dsouza 13:51

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Shawn Dsouza: The Marathon Mindset—Building Agile Teams That Last Beyond Sprint Deadlines Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. Shawn defines himself as a "people-first Scrum Master" who measures success not…

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Thrive, Don’t Just Survive #1: Sustaining Motivation in Graduate School 28:18

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What's a better way to start off the school year than with a brand new mini-series! GradCast is teaming up with Learning, Development and Success, out of Western Student Experience, to talk to experts on campus who support graduate students in doing research, writing theses, and have all the tips and tricks to succeed in grad school! In our first e…

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The Future of AI Agents and the Power of Community 25:28

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Highlights Google’s new Agent Development Kit (ADK) (3:16) Getting production agents ready (8:33) Taking risks in career (11:10) Balancing life (13:22) How being a WiDS Ambassador impacted Shir’s career (19:31) Bio Shir Meir Lador leads a team evangelizing applied AI at Google cloud. Previously, she worked as the AI group Manager of the Document In…

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From AI Anxiety to AI Advantage: A Scrum Master's Experimental Approach | Shawn Dsouza 13:29

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Shawn Dsouza: From AI Anxiety to AI Advantage: A Scrum Master's Experimental Approach Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. Shawn faces the massive AI transformation currently reshaping the tech industry, ac…

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The Database Migration Disaster— Why Software Development Teams Need Psychological Safety | Shawn Dsouza 13:10

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Shawn Dsouza: The Database Migration Disaster— Why Software Development Teams Need Psychological Safety Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. Shawn worked with a skilled team migrating a database from local …

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522 | #InspiringMinds 7: Residential Decarbonization using Solar Photovoltaics 28:18

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Join us for the 7th episode of our collaboration with Inspiring Minds, which is a campus-wide partnership between Western Research, the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, the Writing Support Centre, Western Libraries, Student Experience, and Western's 11 faculties. Inspiring Minds seeks to broaden awareness and impact of graduate student …

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When Scrum Masters Forget to Listen - A Team Trust Crisis in Agile Implementation | Shawn Dsouza 14:09

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Shawn Dsouza: When Scrum Masters Forget to Listen - A Team Trust Crisis in Agile Implementation Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. Shawn shares a powerful lesson about the importance of listening before i…

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Python App Hosting Choices & Documenting Python's History 43:50

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What are your options for hosting your Python application or scripts? What are the advantages of a platform as a service, container-based hosts, or setting up a virtual machine? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder’s Weekly articles and projects. We discuss a recent article about hosting Python applic…

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Problems vs. Solutions: The Great Product Owner Distinction | Bernie Maloney 19:33

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Bernie Maloney: Problems vs. Solutions: The Great Product Owner Distinction Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. The Great Product Owner: The Strategic Problem Solver Bernie describes an exemplary Product O…

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From Permission-Seeking to Forgiveness-Begging—Agile Team Evolution in Self-Management | Bernie Maloney 14:00

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Bernie Maloney: From Permission-Seeking to Forgiveness-Begging—Agile Team Evolution in Self-Management Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. Bernie defines success for Scrum Masters as creating teams that ca…

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Defense Innovation Project - Eileen Vidrine 22:01

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In this episode, Corinium's Linda Lastovych sits down with Eileen Vidrine, Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Department of the Air Force, as she explores the intersection of data, technology, and innovation shaping the future of U.S. defense. This series features candid conversations with senior leaders, technologists, and innov…

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Defense Innovation Project - Michael Groen 47:28

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In this episode of the Defense Innovation Podcast, Corinium's Linda Lastovych sits down with Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Michael Groen, former Director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) at the U.S. Department of Defense. They explore the critical role of AI in modern military operations, the challenges of implementing cutting-edge t…

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Mastering Complexity Through Systems Thinking and NLP Coaching | Bernie Maloney 18:56

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Bernie Maloney: Mastering Complexity Through Systems Thinking and NLP Coaching Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. Bernie addresses the constant challenge of mid-sprint changes by asking the crucial questi…

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#5 - Gael Peigné - Rethinking the Digital Shelf: How AI Is Changing the Game for Brands with Shalion 21:06

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In this episode, I host Gael, the VP of Strategic Marketing at Shalion, a company specializing in marketing intelligence that helps brands optimize their e-commerce strategy. We discussed his recent presentation at the ShopTalk Europe conference in Barcelona. Key talking points: The Digital Shelf: We started by defining the "digital shelf," which i…

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The Triangulation Technique—Coaching Agile Teams Through Challenges | Bernie Maloney 16:32

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Bernie Maloney: The Triangulation Technique—Coaching Agile Teams Through Challenges Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. Bernie identifies critical patterns that cause teams to self-destruct, with lack of c…

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521 | Matrices All The Way Down: The Limits of Large Language Models 29:29

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Hosts Anthony Cruz and Scott Walters chat with Anemily Machina, a PHD candidate in Computer Sciences. Anemily puts our hosts on the spot with a word association game as part of summarizing their work on explainable AI, the limits of large language models (LLMs), and the risks of the ongoing AI bubble. For even more from Anemily on this topic, consi…

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The Power of Psychological Safety in Agile Teams | Bernie Maloney 16:17

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Bernie Maloney: The Power of Psychological Safety in Agile Teams Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. Bernie shares a powerful story about learning what psychological safety truly means through both success…

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CTO Series: Scaling Engineering Teams and Aligning Tech with Business Goals With Toni Sallanmaa 40:34

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CTO Series: Toni Sallanmaa on Scaling Engineering Teams and Aligning Tech with Business Goals In this BONUS episode, we explore the journey of scaling technology teams and maintaining alignment between engineering and business objectives with Toni Sallanmaa, CTO at Funidata. Toni shares invaluable insights from leading the development of Sisu, a cu…

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Large Language Models on the Edge of the Scaling Laws 1:28:34

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What’s happening with the latest releases of large language models? Is the industry hitting the edge of the scaling laws, and do the current benchmarks provide reliable performance assessments? This week on the show, Jodie Burchell returns to discuss the current state of LLM releases. The most recent release of GPT-5 has been a wake-up call for the…

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The Visionary vs The Micromanager - Two Product Owner Extremes | Mariano 14:46

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Mariano Gontchar: The Micromanagement Trap—When PO’s Good Intentions Harm Agile Team Performance Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. The Great Product Owner: The Visionary Leader During an agile transforma…

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Fear-Free Teams—Creating Psychological Safety for High Performance | Mariano Gontcher 14:49

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Mariano Gontchar: Fear-Free Teams—Creating Psychological Safety for High Performance Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. Mariano's definition of Scrum Master success has evolved dramatically from his early…

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From Evangelist to Facilitator—How To Lead A Successful Company Merger | Mariano Gontchar 12:34

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Mariano Gontchar: From Evangelist to Facilitator—How To Lead A Successful Company Merger Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. During a complex merger between two telecom companies, Mariano faced the challen…

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Breaking Down The Clan Mentality In Agile Teams | Mariano Gontchar 17:08

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Mariano Gontchar: Breaking Down The Clan Mentality In Agile Teams Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. Mariano encountered a competent team that was sabotaging itself through internal divisions and lack of …

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520 | Archaeological Insights into Infant Feeding in Colonial Quebec 28:00

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In this week’s episode, hosts Krishna Pereira and Anthony Cruz interview Sydney Holland, a second-year PhD student in Anthropology at Western University. Sydney’s research focuses on bioarchaeology, using human remains such as teeth and bones to study life in the past. Sydney Holland explores the lives of past communities through the lens of bioarc…