Best Shahin Sheidaei Podcasts (2025)

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Projects in an Agile World: Risk, People, and Process with Abtin Zohrabi 41:57

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In this episode, Abtin joined Shahin to delve into project management, career transitions, Agile's role in project execution, and the complexities of risk and change management. Abtin shares stories from his extensive career journey, from navigating political advisory roles to consulting, teaching, and driving transformation in project management. …

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Beyond Agile Coaching with Lyssa Adkins 44:33

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In this episode, Lyssa joined Shahin to delve into the evolving landscape of leadership and Agile coaching, offering valuable insights and resources. She highlights the skills essential for thriving in an increasingly uncertain world and discusses her efforts to elevate leadership consciousness to address complex global challenges. Topics Covered: …

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Unclogging Workflows: Identifying and Eliminating Bottlenecks in Your Process 9:20

1y ago9:20

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Bottlenecks in Work Processes- Bottlenecks occur when demand exceeds system capacity.- Example: A team with sufficient work may face bottlenecks due to limited resources or dependencies on other teams.- Real-life scenarios are more complex than simplified examples.Bottlenecks and Solutions- Bottlenecks are challenging and expensive to deal with.- F…

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Beyond Velocity: Mastering Agile Coaching and Collaboration with Doc Norton 42:27

1y ago42:27

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In this episode, Doc joined Shahin to talk about Beyond Velocity: Mastering Agile Coaching and Collaboration. The following have been topics of our conversation: Coaching, leadership, and software development Exploring different aspects of coaching, including technical, leadership, and agile coaching. Coaching helps clients achieve sense of accompl…

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User Story Excellence: Boosting Collaboration and Delivery in Agile Teams 7:32

1y ago7:32

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Writing Effective User Stories- User stories are often written poorly, leading to challenges in estimation and development.- They should be small, easy to understand, and consumable by developers.- Agile coaches can help teams write better user stories by providing tools and guidance.Using User Stories Effectively- User stories should provide value…

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Systems Thinking, Leadership Habits, and Organizational Change with Don Gray 56:18

1+ y ago56:18

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In this episode, Don joined Shahin to talk about Systems Thinking, Leadership Habits, and Organizational Change. The following have been topics of our conversation: Transitioning from technical skills to people management. The importance of people in software development, highlighting their creative force and impact on success and well-being. The i…

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How to Have Effective Daily Meetings (Standups)? 12:20

1+ y ago12:20

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Standup Meeting in Agile Teams- Standup meetings are short daily meetings held in agile teams to discuss progress and challenges.- They are typically held at the start of the day and should be kept to 15 minutes or less.- Standups can be helpful for identifying and resolving issues early on.Managing Lengthy Team Meetings- Discussing the issue of le…

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Decision Making as Change Agents! 14:47

1+ y ago14:47

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Hybrid Work Environment: Encouraging Team Collaboration Decision Making in Change Management- Discussing the role of change agents and initiators in decision-making.- Exploring the concept of shared decision-making versus individual decision-making.- Considering the complexities of decision-making in change management using a hypothetical scenario.…

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Burnout, NLP, Self-care and Personal Growth with Anna Romanovska 39:04

1+ y ago39:04

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In this episode, Anna joined Shahin to talk about Burnout, Technology, and Personal Growth. The following have been topics of our conversation: Burnout, stress, and self-care. NLP and its role in communication. NLP and its effectiveness in personal growth. NLP and coaching with a focus on organizational change. Work-life balance and self-validation…

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Kanban Ninja, Leadership Retreat and New Open Space 18:15

1+ y ago18:15

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In this episode, ⁠Shahin⁠ talks about Kanban Ninja, KLR and New Open Space. The following have been topics of our conversation: Insights from attending Kanban Leadership Retreat in San Diego Customized open space format for efficient topic selection and discussion. "Kanban ninjas" session in KLR23 to teach techniques for using Kanban method without…

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Embracing Failure, Coaching, and Clear Goals with Fahd Khan 52:22

2y ago52:22

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In this episode, Fahd joined Shahin to talk about Embracing Failure, Coaching, and Clear Goals. The following have been topics of our conversation: The following have been topics of our conversation: Breaking down a large program into smaller teams. Letting things play out and not being afraid of coaching. The importance of welcoming failure and pa…

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Kanban, Collaboration, and Culture with Horia Balog 40:42

2y ago40:42

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In this episode, Horia joined Shahin to talk about Kanban and Various Aspects of Coaching & Consulting, as part of the Kanban Clinic series. The following have been topics of our conversation: Collaboration is the main mechanism to untangle the system. One of our responsibilities is to manage our own workload. What is your self-care as a coach & Ho…

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Kanban, Coaching & Consulting with Craeg Strong 52:25

2y ago52:25

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In this episode, Craeg joined Shahin to talk about Kanban and Various Aspects of Coaching & Consulting, as part of the Kanban Clinic series. The following have been topics of our conversation: From extreme programming to Kanban. The differences between implementing kanban at the organizational level vs. the team level. The importance of having a be…

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Product and Innovation with Carlos Oliveira 40:25

2+ y ago40:25

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In this episode, Carlos joined Shahin to talk about the product and innovation. The following have been topics of our conversation: The secret sauce of becoming a successful learner and being able to apply that. Identifying where to start in the customer journey. Don’t be afraid to fail. The two ways to look at innovation: solving problems and impr…

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Dependencies and Scalability in Kanban with Andreas Rein 48:48

3y ago48:48

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In this episode, Andreas joined Shahin to talk about Dependencies and Scalability in Kanban, as part of Kanban Clinic series. The following has been topics of our conversation: Dependency management in Kanban vs waterfall. Kanban management of dependencies vs Scrum. How to implement business agility in your organization. Kanban, simple or complicat…

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Lean Change, Modern Change and Agile Change with Jason Little 42:06

3y ago42:06

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In this episode, Jason joined Shahin to talk about Lean Change, Modern Change and Agile Change and much more. The following has been topics of our conversation: Lean Change Management Modern Change Management Agile in Startup and Large Orgs, and in Different Pockets Lean Startup Machine Enterprise Aware Exceptional Change Who is Responsible for Cha…

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Kanban, Leadership, Games and more with Mike Burrows 1:02:50

3y ago1:02:50

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In this episode, Mike joined Shahin to talk about Kanban, Leadership, Strategy, Games and non prescriptive Agile and much more Quotes from this session: Leadership is about providing just the right amount of space. Don’t give them so much space that they lose heart, control, or their grip on what they are trying to do. If Agile is something that ha…

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Practical Agile with Ricardo Lee 42:07

3+ y ago42:07

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In this episode, Ricardo joined Shahin to talk about Practical Agile; and indulge in an in-depth conversation on Agile through time from trenches to executives, and much more. Coach please come on in, help us with this. That's the dream scenario. Never hire Agile Coaches that are gonna tell you what they are going to do to make things better. The o…

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Kanban Clinic with Dave White 56:22

3+ y ago56:22

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In this episode, Dave joined Shahin to talk about Kanban; and indulge in an in-depth conversation on Kanban going main stream, Consulting, Kanban vs Others, Training, and much more. The following has been topics of our conversation: Kanban Facts Kanban’s take on Estimation Kanban Spread to Whole Company What really does Kanban do? Misconceptions of…

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Kanban Clinic with Joey Spooner 56:10

4y ago56:10

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In this episode, Joey joined Shahin to talk about Kanban; and indulge in in-depth conversation with select audiences. Kanban as a Method vs a Tool Upstream and Delivery Stream Stealth Kanban KLR - Kanban Week Q&A with JoeyScrum and/vs Kanban in large organizations Kanban in Transformation world Chaos being hidden as Expedie The following books we h…

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All Things Kanban with David Anderson 58:27

4+ y ago58:27

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In this episode, David joined Shahin to talk about all things Kanban; KMM, the new Kanban Guide, and more. Kanban Resources: To learn more about The Kanban Guide, please visit https://resources.kanban.university/kanban-guide/ To learn more about the Kanban Maturity Model please visit https://kmm.plus/en/ Kanban Maturity Model Book Amazon US: https:…

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Open Space with April Jefferson 33:28

4+ y ago33:28

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In this episode, April joined Shahin to talk about Open Space. Topics Penguin Role in Open Space Groundhog Role in Open Space Art of Holding Space Organizational Open Space Mindcamp Books Open Space Technology (Amazon US | Amazon Canada)By Shahin Sheidaei

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Value, Stream, Mapping or All! with Steve Pereira 51:19

5y ago51:19

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In this episode, Steve joined Shahin to talk about Value Stream Mapping. For the first time, we had a live audience recording the episode. Peter, Ali, and Nasima from the audience asked questions from Steve by the end of the show. Topics We conversed about and around the following topics: Value Streams let you see the big picture and your biggest b…

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Agile is Over (Or Not) with Allen Holub 50:52

5y ago50:52

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In this episode, Allen joined Shahin to talk about what truly Agile is in today’s world of Software Development. Topics We conversed about and around the following topics: Agile or Not Agile is nothing more than Better Software Better What is Real Agile Thinking? Reasons to Avoid Agile Fake Agile, Dark Agile (Foe Agile) Trust is the heart of agile …

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Disruption & Learning with Jamie Good 57:49

5y ago57:49

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In this episode, Jamie joined Shahin to talk about the recent disruption all of us are experiencing. We conversed about and around the following topics: Cognitive overload, learning tips, and personal disruptions Disruptions in our professional lives and the following: Instagram Influencers, Lonely Planet, etc. Responding to Change and Agile transf…

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Agile & the Fluency of It Talk With Diana Larsen 57:07

5y ago57:07

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In this Episode, Diana joined Shahin to talk about Agile Fluency and other related topics. We conversed about and around the following topics: Agile Fluency® Model (Resources, Community & Game); and it's reference Language Fluency Group coaching compared to Individual coaching Retrospective Facilitator Gathering & Open Space Technology Continuous L…

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Non Software Agile Talk with Gil Broza 50:35

5+ y ago50:35

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In this Episode, Shahin and Gil talked about recent events, working from home, and Gil's new book of Agile for Non-Software Teams. We conversed about and around the following topics: Agility (small a Agile) Working remotely Designing your Agile Need for Agile in Marketing Agile for Non-Software Teams Lean and Agile Modern Agile We referred to and/o…

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Passion Talk with Bob Galen 48:00

5+ y ago48:00

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In this episode, Shahin and Bob talked about Passion. We conversed about and around the following topics: Passion Work and/v.s. life Mentorship Community (Community-Driven-Change, Shahin and Shawn's talk in Agile 2018) Role models Inside out leadership Inside out passion Agile Ontario ORSC Training, CAL1 Training Leading and Coaching by Example (Mo…

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Agile Alliance Talk with Declan Whelan 25:49

5+ y ago25:49

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In this episode, Shahin and Declan talked about Agile Alliance. Some of the topic covered are as follow: Agile Alliance history Best Job Ever, Agile 2014 (Diana Larsen Dance) Agile Alliance Certification Post Agile XP Conference (and other conferences) Agile India OnAgile Deliver Agile Conference Agile Coach Camp Worldwide Agile Alliance Initiative…

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Fixing Your Scrum with Ryan Ripley 40:05

5+ y ago40:05

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In this episode, Shahin and Ryan talked about the new book by Todd and Ryan's Fixing Your Scrum. Todd and Ryan wrote this book together and published it in Jan 2020. We talked about various topics, and mentioned some people including the following: Topics: Agile For Human Podcast 242 pages of fixing Scrum v.s. 15 pages of Scrum Guide Scrum meetings…

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History behind Lean On Agile 3:22

5+ y ago3:22

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In this short episode, Shahin will be talking about what the Lean On Agile Show is. How it started and what you can expect from it. We referred to the following podcasts: Agile in 3 Minutes by Amitai Meta-Cast by Bob Law of Raspberry Jam and Tea from Viktor and Esther. Bob's keynote at GOAT (Gatineau Ottawa Agile Tour) can be found here. You can al…

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A Practical Guide to Speaking at Conferences, with Johanna Rothman 40:34

5+ y ago40:34

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For the second episode, Shahin had the honor to talk with Johanna on the topic of Speaking at Conferences, tips and tricks on it and how to become a better one. She recently wrote the book "Write a Conference Proposal the Conference Wants and Accepts". We discussed the book as well. If you are thinking of starting your speaking journey, We recommen…

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Agile Certifications 22:19

5+ y ago22:19

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Welcome to Lean on Agile Podcast, a podcast about Agile & Beyound. I'm your host, Shahin. This is our first episode. The topics we are covering in this episode: How to Start in Agile Certifications? What is Certification? What are my thoughts about them? What does it show? From a beginner perspective From a recruiter perspective From a hiring manag…