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  • Liberating Structures are easy-to-learn, easy-to-facilitate techniques that build real engagement and involvement in groups of any size. We’ve been using them for a while now. One thing we’ve learned is that coming up with good ‘invitations’ is 90% of the work. In this episode we share some of the lessons we’ve learned and are still learning.

    This episode is based on this blogpost. In the episode, we also mention this document with helpful starting stems for your invitations. We also have many examples available of strings (and invitations) we've used with the Dutch LS User Group.

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    The music for episodes 91 and onward was written and produced for us by Basanite. The music for episodes 1-90 was acquired through Yummy Sounds. Post-production by Jasper Huiskamp.

  • What if Scrum doesn't fit? If you work as a Scrum Master or Agile Coach, you have probably run into teams where Scrum just doesn’t take off. The various Scrum Events feel like a chore, motivation is low and people complain about Scrum.

    One of the downsides of the popularity of the Scrum Framework is that organizations, teams, consultants, and coaches sometimes try to force Scrum onto problems it isn’t designed for. And the resulting tension is often experienced by the teams, making their perceived “resistance” very understandable.

    In this episode of our podcast, we explore indicators of "bad fit". We also explore how "coherence" is central to the Scrum Framework. Without it, Scrum can easily feel artificial and forced. Even when that coherence isn't there now, that doesn't mean it shouldn't be there. In fact, you may find that creating more coherence makes your team many times more effective. Or you may conclude that it isn't feasible, and Scrum isn't going to fit.

    This episode is based on this blog-post:
    https://bit.ly/whenscrumdoesntfit

    Become a patron to support and participate in our work:
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    Follow us on Medium:
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    Support the show

    Support the show, our research, and community offerings via Patreon:
    https://patreon.com/liberators

    We're building Columinity to help teams improve continuously based on scientific insights:
    https://columinity.com

    Check out our webshop for tons of powerful exercises and workshops to run with your team(s):
    https://shop.theliberators.com

    The music for episodes 91 and onward was written and produced for us by Basanite. The music for episodes 1-90 was acquired through Yummy Sounds. Post-production by Jasper Huiskamp.

  • Does your Scrum Team use Sprint Goals? If not, why? Perhaps your team finds it hard to identify a goal for the Sprint out of the patchwork of items on the Sprint Backlog? Or perhaps your Product Owner doesn’t know how to balance the requests from many different groups of stakeholders?

    In this episode, we bust one of the most persistent myths in Scrum; the notion that Sprint Goals are optional in Scrum. That they are nice-to-have, but hardly ever practically possible. We will show that the reverse is true. It is very hard, maybe even impossible, to do Scrum well when you don’t have Sprint Goals.

    This episode is based on this blog-post (where you can find the other things we reference):
    http://bit.ly/2kZhh0V

    Donate to support our work
    https://bit.ly/supportheliberators

    Follow us on Medium:
    https://medium.com/the-liberators

    Support the show

    Support the show, our research, and community offerings via Patreon:
    https://patreon.com/liberators

    We're building Columinity to help teams improve continuously based on scientific insights:
    https://columinity.com

    Check out our webshop for tons of powerful exercises and workshops to run with your team(s):
    https://shop.theliberators.com

    The music for episodes 91 and onward was written and produced for us by Basanite. The music for episodes 1-90 was acquired through Yummy Sounds. Post-production by Jasper Huiskamp.

  • Last year, we brought together 30 Scrum Masters to talk about what made their success possible. We used a string of Liberating Structures to include everyone's voice. In this episode we share the 5 most important contributors that the group identified. How are you investing in those contributors yourself?

    We offer many strings to explore similar questions with your team, your meetup or your community of Scrum Masters.

    This episode is based on this blog-post:
    http://bit.ly/tl-scrummastersuccess

    Become a patron to support and participate in our work:
    https://www.patreon.com/liberators

    Support the show

    Support the show, our research, and community offerings via Patreon:
    https://patreon.com/liberators

    We're building Columinity to help teams improve continuously based on scientific insights:
    https://columinity.com

    Check out our webshop for tons of powerful exercises and workshops to run with your team(s):
    https://shop.theliberators.com

    The music for episodes 91 and onward was written and produced for us by Basanite. The music for episodes 1-90 was acquired through Yummy Sounds. Post-production by Jasper Huiskamp.