No Nonsense Agile Leadership
Episodes
#0123 - Effective Technical Leadership with Daniel Terhorst North
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we're joined by Daniel Turhurst North, a veteran technical leader and consultant with more than 30 years of experience in software de...
#0122 - How to be a good technical leader with Sander Hoogendoorn
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk to Sander Hoogendoorn about effective technical leadership. Sander explains how rigid processes and micromanagement damage te...
#0121 - Vibe Coding with Brian Feister
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk to Brian Feister about vibe coding. He shares his experience developing a new product using AI and highlights the importance ...
#0120 - AI Assisted development with Nick Consentino
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk to Nick Consentino about AI assisted coding. We examine how AI tools such as Co-pilot and ChatGPT enhance developer productiv...
#0119 - Navigating Organisation Politics with Charles Lambdin
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk to Charles Lambdin about creating meaningful change in organizations. We examine the hidden conflicts that prevent organ...
#0118 - Test Driven Development with Bryan Finster
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk to Bryan Finster about Test Driven Development. We discuss what TDD is and why it's essential for high speed, high quali...
#0117 - Break out of the software factory
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore how to escape the outdated factory model of software development. We discuss traditional bureaucratic software developm...
#0116 - Humanocracy with Michele Zanini
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk to Mikkel Zanini about humanocracy. Mikkel emphasizes the limitations of traditional bureaucratic organizations and explains ...
#0115 - Executive influence with Rich Mironov
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk to Rich Mironov about increasing your influence with executives. We discuss organisational politics and explain how power, st...
#0114 - Surviving organisational politics with John Cutler
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, John Cutler talks about surviving the current tech environment. We discuss how layoffs and blame destroy trust, create fear and con...
#0113 - Donna replaces Shane as co-host
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we announce Shane Gibson's departure and introduce Donna Spencer as our new co-host. Donna describes her experience as a product ...
#0112 - Agile Project Management with Johanna Rothman
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Joanna Rothman about agile project management. We critique fake corporate agile and discus...
#0111 - The crisis in agile with Jurgen Appelo
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Jurgen Appelo about the crisis in the agile community. We explore how the agile job market...
#0110 - The Haier model with William Malek
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with William Malek about the Haier operating model. Haier, a Chinese appliance giant, transitio...
#0109 - High performance organisations with Steve Spear
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Steve Spear, author of a High Velocity Edge, Wiring the Winning Organization and Decoding ...
#0108 - Wiring the Winning Organisation with Gene Kim
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Gene Kim, leader of the Enterprise Technology Leadership Conference and author of the Phoe...
#0107 - The Buurtzorg Model with Arnold Stroobach
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Arnold Stroobach about the Buurtzorg organization, which decentralized its management and ...
#0106 - Transforming to the Product Model with Chris Jones
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Chris Jones from the Silicon Valley Product Group about the product operating model, empha...
#0105 - Mob Programming and Software Teaming with Woody Zuill
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Woody Zuill about mob programming. Woody explains the concept of mob programming where a...
#0104 - The Dojo with Joel Tosi and Dion Stewart
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Joel Tosi and Dion Stewart about Dojo's. Dojo's are a six week immersive learning experie...
#0103 - Product Management with John Cutler.
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they discuss product management with John Cutler, famous for his newsletter The Beautiful Mess. We dive...
#0102 - UX Research with Nick Fine
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they discuss UX research with Dr. Nick Fine. Nick explains what to expect from a UX researcher, how to do...
#0101 - The Vanguard Method with Ibrar Hussain
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they discuss the Vanguard method with Ibbi Hussain, one of the founding architects of this revolutionary ...
#0100 - A retrospective
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our 100th episode. In this episode, we talk about what we've learnt from our guests about agile, product development and leadership. We...
#0099 - Business Agility with Evan Leybourn
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Evan Leybourn from the Business Agility Institute about business agility. We discuss how t...
#0098 - Innovation and disaster with Ron Westrum
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Ron Westrum about how organisational culture drives innovation and disaster. We discuss ge...
#0097 - Unmanaged with Jack Skeels
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Jack Skeels about agile for digital and marketing agencies. Jack advocates for reducing th...
#0096 - OKR's with Adrian Howard
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they discuss objectives and key results with Adrian Howard. Adrian explains how OKR's can be used as a strate...
#0095 - The Heart of Agile - Mike Leber
08 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as discuss business agility and the heart of agile with Mike Leber. We talk about how the heart of agile liber...
#0094 - The state of product management - Jason Knight
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Jason Knight on the state of product management. Jason shares his insights and experiences o...
#0093 - Dysfunction Mapping - Michael Lloyd
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Michael Lloyd about dysfunction mapping. Whether you are new to the agile world or a seasone...
#0092 - Developing digital products in China - Bianca Grizhar
22 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they as they chat with Bianca Grizhar about developing digital products in China. We discuss the cultural d...
#0091 - Mobius Loop - Gabrielle Benefield
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they as they chat with Gabrielle Benefield, the inventor of the Mobius loop, an outcome focused delivery fram...
#0090 - Maarten Dalmjin - Sprint Goals
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson as he chats with Maarten Dalmijn about Sprint Goals. We discuss how sprint goals should act as a primary mission for a sprint, ar...
#0089 - Joe Justice - Tesla and SpaceX
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Joe Justice about how Tesla and Space X have developed a new operating model based on self-org...
#0087 - Stephen Bungay - The Art of Action
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Stephen Bungay about the art of action. What can managers learn about leading in uncertain con...
#0086 - Jose Corella - Empowering teams to take initiative
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Jose Corella about how leadership principles from the US air force can be applied in civilian ...
#0085 - Jen Pahlka - Recoding America
21 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Jennifer Pahlka about her new book, Recoding America. Why government is failing in the digital...
#0084 - Jeff Patton - Product thinking and user story mapping
09 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Jeff Patton about product thinking and user story mapping. Jeff emphasises that product thinki...
#0083 - Ryan Lysne - Amazons product development process
23 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Ryan Lysne a product director at Amazon in charge of the Amazon app, the content creator econo...
#0082 - Peter Lam - Fixing agile transformations
12 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Peter Lam, a management consultant specialising in fixing agile transformations. We delve into...
#0081 - Jem ’Jelly’ D’jalel - Can you be an agile project manager
26 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they discuss agile project management with certified scrum trainer, Jem Jelly (Jem D'jalel). We ask whether a...
#0080 - Jim Highsmith - From the Wild West to Agile and Beyond
13 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Jim Highsmith, one of the authors of the agile manifesto. We discuss the history of software d...
#0079 - Pawel Huryn - Modern Product Management
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Pawel Huryn about product management. What it is, and isn't? How to motivate teams and what ma...
#0078 - Stefan Wolpers - Scrum Anti Patterns
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Stefan Wolpers about scrum anti-patterns. We discussed common Anti-patterns such as a scrum ma...
#0077 - Brendan Marsh - What really happened at Spotify
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Brendan Marsh about what it was like to work at Spotify. How Spotify's agile ways of working a...
#0076 - Roman Pichler - fundamentals of product management
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they discuss the fundamentals of product management with Roman Pichler, author of agile product management wi...
#0075 - Brett Maytom and Michael Kusters - The agile brand has been destroyed by con men and clowns
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss the sad state of the agile industry with Michael Kusters and Brett Maytom. We talk about how the agile brand has been d...
#0074 - Howard Podeswa - bring back business analysis
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they talk with Howard Podeswa about agile business analysis. What do business analysts do? What's its value? ...
#0073 - Jonathan Crossland - How to make better decisions with Ammerse
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they talk with veteran developer, Jonathan Crossland about Ammerse, a value based decision making guide for p...
#0072 - Rich Mironov – the problem with sales led development
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they talk with Rich Mironov about the problem with sales led development. It’s easy for B2B enterprise comp...
#0071 - Donna Spencer - UX Design in empowered product teams
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they talk with Donna Spencer from Maker X about user experience design in empowered product teams. We discuss...
#0070 - Al Shalloway - Pattern Libraries for knowledge work
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they talk with Al Shalloway about Amplio and the movement back to pattern libraries to improve knowledge work...
#0069 - Jim Benson - Kanban and the Collaboration Equation
22 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they talk with Jim Benson, author of personal Kanban, about his new book, the collaboration equation. Jim des...
#0068 - agile innovation
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat about their experience with start ups and scale-ups venture capitalists and corporate innovation. W...
#0067 - Eric Lopez - mission command
08 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they discuss mission command with Eric Lopez, a management consultant, CEO and retired US Army Colonel who co...
#0066 - Teresa Torres - continuous discovery.
31 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Teresa Torres, a product coach, speaker, and author of continuous discovery habits. She e...
#0065 - Dan Olsen - the lean product development playbook
17 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Dan Olson, author of the lean product development playbook. A practical guide to building...
#0064 - Anabela Cesario - ProductOps
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Anabela Cesário VP of product ops at OutSystems, a low code development platform. Anabel...
#0063 - Jonathan Hall - implementing continuous delivery
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Jonathan Hall about implementing Continuous Delivery. CI/CD requires a level of test auto...
#0062 - Jeff Gothelf - lean ux and sense and respond
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Jeff Gothelf about Lean UX and Sense and Respond. Lean UX explains how to do UX design an...
#0061 - Adam Thomas - product survival metrics
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Adam Thomas about Product Survival Metrics. Empower the product team to make decisions qu...
#0060 - Christian Crumlish - the intersection between UX design and product management
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Christian Crumlish about the intersection between UX Design and Product Management. The r...
#0059 - Willem-Jan Ageling - agile project management and leadership
29 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Willem-Jan Ageling about agile project management and leadership. A good leader focuses o...
#058 - Bryan Finster - continuous delivery
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Bryan Finster about Continuous Delivery and SAFe. Continuous delivery improves quality, p...
#057 - Scott Baldwin - product management
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Scott Baldwin from Productboard. We need to shift our focus from features shipped to valu...
#056 - Chris Butler - agile product management
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Chris Butler about agile Product Management at Microsoft, Facebook and Google. Three core...
#055 - Matthew Skelton - team topologies
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Matthew Skelton about Team topologies. Siloed bureaucracies are too slow and inefficient ...
#0054 - Sandy Mamoli - building great teams
24 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Sandy Mamoli about building great teams. Why do some teams perform well and others perfor...
#053 - Simon Wardley - Wardley Maps
17 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Simon Wardley about Wardley maps. Wardely maps are a discussion tool that surfaces assump...
#052 - assessing agile capability
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation about assessing the agile capability of individuals, teams and partners. A lot of people and c...
#051 - Tony Ulwick - outcome-driven innovation
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation about Outcome-Driven Innovation with Tony Ulwick. Most products fail in the market because the...
#050 - Debbie Levitt - ux design
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation about UX design with Debbie Levitt. UX Design is research based information architecture and i...
#049 - Tom Gilb - software metrics
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation about Software Metrics with Tom Gilb. Tom Gilb inspired the authors of the Agile manifesto wit...
#048 - Todd Lankford - agile anti patterns
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation about agile anti patterns with Todd Lankford. Patterns are common solutions to common problems...
#047 - Erik de Bos - agile as a paradigm shift
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation about Agile as a paradigm shift with Erik de Bos. Most organisations are slow moving bureaucra...
#046 - Team skills vs roles
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation about effective agile product teams. Business people and technical people work together daily ...
#045 - Staffan Noetberg - agile and flow
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Staffan Noteberg about Agile and Flow. Agile is about adapting to unexpected change. Coac...
#044 - Mary and Tom Poppendieck - lean software development
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Mary and Tom Poppendieck about Lean and Software Development. Organizations have queues b...
#043 - Bruce Taylor - working with offshore teams
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Bruce Taylor about working with offshore teams in developing countries. Why do people s...
#042 - Kyle Griffin - uncertainty, complexity and change
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Kyle Griffin about uncertainty, complexity and change. Our requirements are probably wron...
#041 - Raj Nagappan - agile 2
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson for a conversation with Raj Nagappan on using Agile 2 to create awesome products. The early Agile movement was a...
#040 - Scott Sievwright - becoming a better leader
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson for a powerful conversation with Scott Seivwright on becoming a better leader. Leading the Agile 20 Reflect conf...
#039 - Michael Kusters - defending SAFe
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson for a debate with Michael Kusters about the pros and cons of SAFe. The Scaled “Agile” Framework for enterpri...
#038 - Dave Farley - continuous delivery
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Dave Farley on Continuous Delivery. Working in a way so that our software is always in a ...
#037 - Lisa Crispin - holistic testing
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Lisa Crispin on Holistic Testing. Build quality in. Continuous testing for continuous del...
#036 - Esther Derby - agile coaching
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Esther Derby on Agile Coaching, Agile Leadership, Culture and Continuous Improvement. Mak...
#035 - Bas Vodde - LeSS
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Bas Vodde on LeSS. LeSS is true Scrum at Scale not just at the team level. LeSS applies t...
#034 - Jurgen Appelo - designing an agile organisation
15 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Jurgen Appelo on how to design an organisation to support self management, continuous inn...
#033 - Marty Cagan - empowered product teams
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Marty Cagan on Empowered Product Teams. Do discovery and delivery in one team. Discover p...
#032 - Jason Yip - Agile @ Spotify
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Jason Yip about Spotify. The Spotify approach works for Spotify, but it might not work fo...
#031 - David Pereira - product leaders
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with David Pereira about Product Leaders. Successful Product Leaders don't write requirements;...
#030 - Alidad Hamidi - systems thinking
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Alidad Hamidi about Systems Thinking. Systems Thinking is about understanding that the wh...
#029 - Steve Tendon - Tameflow and the theory of constraints
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Steve Tendon about Tameflow and the theory of constraints. If you can find the constraint...
#028 - Daniel Mezick - open leadership
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Daniel Mezick about open leadership. What motivates people and how to get great results i...
#027 - Scott Middleton - agile is dead McKinsey killed it
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Scott Middleton about his article Agile is dead. McKinsey killed it. The Agile PMO. Agile...
#026 - Tobias-Mayer - self organisation and servant leadership
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Tobias Mayer about self organization and servant leadership. Everyone can be a leader. Ta...
#025 - Maarten Dalmijn - product owner vs product manager
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Maarten Dalmjin on Product Owners vs Product Managers. What are they, what's the differen...
#024 - Alex Stokes - Organisation transformation
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Alex Stokes on Agile Transformation. Why do organisations do agile transformations? If ag...
#023 - SAFe and Scaling with Al Shalloway
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Al Shalloway about the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and scaling. We...