Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast: Agile storytelling from the trenches
Vasco Duarte, Agile Coach, Certified Scrum Master, Certified Product Owner
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Vasco Duarte, Agile Coach, Certified Scrum Master, Certified Product Owner
▶ WebplayerEvery week day, Certified Scrum Master, Agile Coach and business consultant Vasco Duarte interviews Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches from all over the world to get you actionable advice, new tips and tricks, improve your craft as a Scrum Master with daily doses of inspiring conversations with Scrum Masters from the all over the world. Stay tuned for BONUS episodes when we interview Agile gurus and other thought leaders in the business space to bring you the Agile Business perspective you need to succeed as a Scrum Master. Some of the topics we discuss include: Agile Business, Agile Strategy, Retrospectives...
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Oct 2, 2026 · 12:18
Pankaj Kumar: Product Owners Who Prepare the Ground for Agile Teams The Great Product Owner: Proactive Preparation Before the Team Asks Read the full Show Notes and search…
Oct 1, 2026 · 12:30
Pankaj Kumar: The Scrum Master Success Metric of Team Independence Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on…
Sep 30, 2026 · 15:14
Pankaj Kumar: Using Agile Prioritization to Handle Competing Roles Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on…
Sep 29, 2026 · 14:31
Pankaj Kumar: The Agile Team Split Between Seniors and Juniors Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the…
Sep 28, 2026 · 14:01
Pankaj Kumar: Building Agile Trust One Small Scrum Sprint at a Time Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on…
Sep 26, 2026 · 35:47
BONUS: Why AI Is Agile's Best Use Case With Melissa Reeve AI is often framed as a technology rollout, but Melissa Reeve makes a different case: organizations that already know…
Sep 23, 2026 · 35:53
BONUS: Real-Time Research for Change Leaders Using AI AI is changing how Scrum Masters, Agile coaches, and change leaders make sense of organizations. In this BONUS episode,…
Sep 22, 2026 · 41:35
BONUS: From AI Curiosity to Practical Project Tools With William Davis AI becomes useful when it moves from generic answers into the daily work of solving real problems. In this…
Sep 21, 2026 · 44:03
BONUS: How Scrum Masters Can Use AI Without Losing the Human in the Loop AI makes it easier than ever to build software, prototypes, courses, and coaching tools. In this BONUS…
Sep 19, 2026 · 44:37
BONUS: The Hidden Dangers of AI at Work With Ari-Pekka Skarp AI is usually sold as a productivity tool, but Ari-Pekka Skarp argues that the real story is what it does to the…
Sep 18, 2026 · 11:16
Deborah Colombari: Product Owners Who Protect Focus and Enable Ownership In this episode, we refer to INVEST criteria and Behavior Driven Development . The Great Product Owner:…
Sep 17, 2026 · 15:05
Deborah Colombari: Stable Agile Teams Make Delivery Predictable Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the…
Sep 16, 2026 · 16:51
Deborah Colombari: Coordinating Global Agile Teams Around One MVP Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the…
Sep 15, 2026 · 16:23
Deborah Colombari: The Agile Team Destroyed by a Toxic Feedback Loop Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on…
Sep 14, 2026 · 18:12
Deborah Colombari: When Agile Principles Became a Fight With the System Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly…
Sep 11, 2026 · 14:38
Sheik Meeajaun: Product Owners Need the Justified No to Protect Customer Value In this episode, we refer to Vasco's Product Owner episodes , where Product Owners share their own…
Sep 10, 2026 · 14:37
Sheik Meeajaun: Scrum Master Success Starts With Trust and Ends With Teams Delivering Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and…
Sep 9, 2026 · 16:20
Sheik Meeajaun: Scrum Masters Must Learn by Experimenting When AI Joins the Agile Team Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and…
Sep 8, 2026 · 14:51
Sheik Meeajaun: When Spillover Becomes Normal, Scrum Teams Stop Seeing the Cost Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum…
Sep 7, 2026 · 16:30
Sheik Meeajaun: The Scrum Master Who Let Standups Stay Silent Until the Team Took Ownership Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile…
Sep 5, 2026 · 36:56
BONUS: Why Software Projects Fail When Everyone Keeps Quiet Software projects rarely fail because no one noticed the problem. More often, people see the missing database, the…
Sep 3, 2026 · 38:56
BONUS: When the Team Becomes the Operating System for AI — Marko Taipale on the Twin Project at Solita Most teams trying to "use AI" end up with fast individuals and a slower…
Sep 2, 2026 · 33:14
BONUS: How Scrum Masters Turn AI Into a Thinking Partner, Not a Magic Answer Box Everybody talks about AI in theory. In this BONUS episode, Dave Westgarth talks about it in…
Sep 1, 2026 · 38:53
BONUS: How Scrum Masters Can Use AI Without Becoming the Human API AI is already changing the practical, everyday work of Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches. In this BONUS episode,…
Aug 31, 2026 · 31:34
BONUS: How AI Took the Boring Out of Agile Coaching—Where Scrum Masters Should Actually Start, With Michael Dougherty Today we speak with Michael Dougherty — "Agile Mike" — about…
Aug 28, 2026 · 17:24
Arun Parameswaran: Product Owners Who Create Better Product Conversations in Scrum In this episode, we refer to Arun's AI prompt library for Scrum Masters and project managers .…
Aug 27, 2026 · 16:01
Arun Parameswaran: Success for Scrum Masters Means Teams Ask Better Questions Without You Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile…
Aug 26, 2026 · 13:37
Arun Parameswaran: Using Scrumban and WIP Limits to Help Agile Teams Find Focus Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum…
Aug 25, 2026 · 17:41
Arun Parameswaran: How Powerful Questions Help Scrum Teams Handle Stakeholder Conflict Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and…
Aug 24, 2026 · 14:54
Arun Parameswaran: The Scrum Master Mistake of Fixing Trust With Process Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly…
Aug 22, 2026 · 30:39
BONUS: When Burnout Looks Like Productivity—The Hidden Risk to Your Team's Innovation Capacity In this BONUS episode, Alison Campbell shares the research that reframes burnout as…
Aug 21, 2026 · 10:56
Joshua McDonald: Product Owners Earn Team Loyalty By Showing Up, Learning, And Deciding The Great Product Owner: Vulnerable Enough To Learn The Technical Details Read the full…
Aug 20, 2026 · 12:25
Joshua McDonald: Scrum Master Success Means People Feel Heard, Respected, And Safe To Speak Up Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on…
Aug 19, 2026 · 14:53
Joshua McDonald: Using Cycle Time As A Storyteller, Not A Scorecard In Agile Retrospectives Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile…
Aug 18, 2026 · 15:16
Joshua McDonald: The Distributed Agile Team That Hid Problems Behind Follow-Up Stories Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and…
Aug 17, 2026 · 12:02
Joshua McDonald: When Your Agile Enthusiasm Creates Resistance, Start With Trust Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum…
Aug 14, 2026 · 12:27
Wasim Osman: The Agile Product Owner Who Runs Two Quarters Ahead of the Team Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum…
Aug 13, 2026 · 14:22
Wasim Osman: The Scrum Master as a Router, Redefining Success Through Efficient Communication Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on…
Aug 12, 2026 · 19:36
Wasim Osman: How Agile Teams Can Start Adopting AI in Software Development Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum…
Aug 11, 2026 · 16:34
Wasim Osman: When a Scrum Team's Silence Becomes a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum…
Aug 10, 2026 · 15:59
Wasim Osman: From Finance to Scrum Master, a Deliberate Career Pivot Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on…
Aug 7, 2026 · 10:46
Havva Sevay: From "Scrum Master Is the Secretary" to True Co-Leadership Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly…
Aug 6, 2026 · 12:58
Havva Sevay: Success Is Feedback, Not Metrics—And the Power of Standing in Someone Else's Shoes Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on…
Aug 5, 2026 · 16:29
Havva Sevay: AI vs. Real People—Helping Teams Avoid Information Overload Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly…
Aug 4, 2026 · 15:17
Havva Sevay: The Car Configuration Team That Spiraled Into Silence—and the Workshop That Saved It Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on…
Aug 3, 2026 · 14:03
Havva Sevay: When Doing Your Best Isn't Enough—The Scrum Master Lesson That Changed Everything Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on…
Jul 31, 2026 · 13:43
Danil Chernyshev: The MIA Product Owner vs. The One Who Owned the Outcome Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum…
Jul 30, 2026 · 13:09
Danil Chernyshev: Success Is Synergy—When the Team and the Product Both Win Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum…
Jul 29, 2026 · 17:48
Danil Chernyshev: Coaching the Outsider In—Helping a Distrustful Team Through Transformation Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on…
Jul 28, 2026 · 14:41
Danil Chernyshev: Why Teams Always Adapt—And How Bad Rules Push Them Into Zombie Scrum Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and…
Jul 27, 2026 · 12:45
Danil Chernyshev: Forged in the Fire—Why the Scrum Master Role Tests Even Experienced Leaders Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on…
Jul 24, 2026 · 14:34
Alf Dobbert-Baums: The Too-Technical PO and the One Who Was Willing to Experiment In this episode, we refer to Shift: From Product to People and the value of keeping the…
Jul 23, 2026 · 13:57
Alf Dobbert-Baums: Success Is When the Team Gets Closer to the User Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on…
Jul 22, 2026 · 17:33
Alf Dobbert-Baums: When Management Writes a Book — AI, Strict Process, and the Missing Court System Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library…
Jul 21, 2026 · 17:26
Alf Dobbert-Baums: The Team That Decided Sprint Goals Were Optional Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on…
Jul 20, 2026 · 16:34
Alf Dobbert-Baums: The Two-Country Scrum Team and the Rapport That Never Showed Up Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and…
Jul 17, 2026 · 15:19
Mirco Gerling: The Hydra Product Owner and the PO Who Made Trust Possible Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum…
Jul 16, 2026 · 15:49
Mirco Gerling: The Silence Test — How to Know Your Team Doesn't Need You Anymore Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum…
Jul 15, 2026 · 20:31
Mirco Gerling: Two Teams, One Sprint Cadence — The Hidden Cost of Synchronization Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum…
Jul 14, 2026 · 17:43
Mirco Gerling: The Supermarket Team That Self-Destructed Trying to Help Everyone Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum…
Jul 13, 2026 · 14:51
Mirco Gerling: When the Scrum Guide Isn't the Rulebook — A Scrum Master's First Conflict with Management Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio…
Jul 10, 2026 · 14:34
Aliu Adewale: The Over-Communicator vs. The Over-Ambitious—Two Patterns Every Scrum Master Should Recognize Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio…
Jul 9, 2026 · 14:27
Aliu Adewale: Success Is Living the Five Scrum Values—And Asking the Team If You Are Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and…
Jul 8, 2026 · 14:25
Aliu Adewale: When Everything Is a "Must-Have," Nothing Is—Prioritization for Real-World Teams Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on…
Jul 7, 2026 · 17:03
Aliu Adewale: The Counterintuitive Fix—How Collapsing the Jira Board Sparked Collaboration Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile…
Jul 6, 2026 · 16:37
Aliu Adewale: The New Scrum Master Trap—Being In Everyone's Business to Look Busy Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum…
Jul 3, 2026 · 14:11
Gunnar Fischer: From Staying in Your Line to The Connected Product Owner—Two Patterns Every Scrum Master Should Recognize The Great Product Owner: The Connected PO Who Makes…
Jul 2, 2026 · 18:36
Gunnar Fischer: Healthy Flow of Value in a Healthy Work Environment—The Ecosystem Definition of Success Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio…
Jul 1, 2026 · 19:09
Gunnar Fischer: Three Transformations at Once—How to Build Momentum When Everyone Is Exhausted Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on…
Jun 30, 2026 · 18:50
Gunnar Fischer: The Anti-Pattern Bingo Team—When Success Is a Zero-Sum Game Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum…
Jun 29, 2026 · 14:48
Gunnar Fischer: Accepting Not Being Accepted—The People-Pleasing Trap That Broke a Scrum Master Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on…
Jun 26, 2026 · 14:39
Olaitan Fashanu: The PO Who Doesn't Care vs the PO Who Always Has the Answer Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum…
Jun 25, 2026 · 15:20
Olaitan Fashanu: I Love Data—Why Success for a Scrum Master Means Doing the Hard Measurement Work Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on…
Jun 24, 2026 · 17:19
Olaitan Fashanu: Three Teams, Three Backlogs, One Feature—Can You Make Them See Each Other? Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile…
Jun 23, 2026 · 15:18
Olaitan Fashanu: When the New PO Stops Refining—and the Team Starts Self-Destructing Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and…
Jun 22, 2026 · 13:43
Olaitan Fashanu: The Scrum Master Who Tried to Force His Way In—and Got Schooled Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum…
Jun 19, 2026 · 12:48
Aimé Flemm: Output Owners vs Activators — Two Product Owners Who Defined Aimé's Career Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and…
Jun 18, 2026 · 17:27
Aimé Flemm: When The Team Tells You You're Doing Too Much — That's The Success Signal Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and…
Jun 17, 2026 · 15:10
Aimé Flemm: Renting The Change vs Owning It — Why LeSS Transformations Get Reversed Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and…
Jun 16, 2026 · 20:24
Aimé Flemm: Culture Follows Structure — Why Some Teams Self-Destruct By Design Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum…
Jun 15, 2026 · 13:56
Aimé Flemm: Why Solo Scrum Masters Get Fired — The Coalition Of The Willing Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum…
Jun 12, 2026 · 30:42
BONUS: Why Your Organization Is Still a Factory — And What an Octopus Can Teach You About Transformation Phil Le-Brun and Dr. Jana Werner both work inside Amazon, advising…
Jun 10, 2026 · 40:00
BONUS: Why More Code Doesn't Mean Better Software — And Where AI Actually Helps Your SDLC Most teams are adopting AI to write code faster. But what if code generation isn't your…
Jun 9, 2026 · 31:13
BONUS: Why a Former Chess Champion Thinks Your Leadership Is Stuck in the Opening Game John Whitt spent 30 years managing billion-dollar construction portfolios in corporate…
Jun 8, 2026 · 30:29
BONUS: The Communication Tax — Why Your Team Collaborates Too Much and What to Cut First In this BONUS episode, Roman Nikolaev challenges one of the most deeply held beliefs in…
Jun 5, 2026 · 15:34
Maria Skvortsova: The Yes-Man Product Owner and the Scrum Master Who Became a Proxy for the Proxy In this episode, we refer to User Story Mapping and the MoSCoW prioritization…
Jun 4, 2026 · 16:06
Maria Skvortsova: If Your People Feel Safe, You Succeed — Measuring What Matters as a Scrum Master Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library…
Jun 3, 2026 · 18:56
Maria Skvortsova: Breaking the Factory Mindset — When a 17-Person Scrum Team Treats Development Like an Assembly Line Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's…
Jun 2, 2026 · 15:14
Maria Skvortsova: The Team That Gave Up — When Green Reports Mask a Sinking Ship Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum…
Jun 1, 2026 · 14:26
Maria Skvortsova: When Agile Labels Hide Waterfall Reality — A Scrum Master's Wake-Up Call in SAP Migration Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio…
May 30, 2026 · 36:20
BONUS: How AI Is Reshaping Software Teams From the Inside — Lessons From Google, Meta, and Snowflake In this episode, Dwarak Rajagopal — VP of AI Engineering and Research at…
May 29, 2026 · 13:29
Njegos Ilic: The "Painting by Numbers" Scrum Master vs. The Quiet Leader Who Made the Team Self-Sufficient In this episode, we refer to the concepts of Scrum Master as…
May 28, 2026 · 14:15
Njegos Ilic: Why Measuring Your Product Bets Is the Key to Product Owner Success Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum…
May 27, 2026 · 11:23
Njegos Ilic: How a Miro Board Experiment Changed the Way His Team Understood the Big Picture Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on…
May 26, 2026 · 15:01
Njegos Ilic: Why the Product Trio Breaks the Hand-Off Mentality That Kills Team Engagement Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile…
May 25, 2026 · 14:41
Njegos Ilic: Why Saying Yes to Every Stakeholder Request Is the Fastest Way to Fail as a Product Owner Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio…
May 22, 2026 · 11:02
Christian Thordal: The Jazz Duo Effect and The Absent PO — Two Sides of Agile Product Ownership The Great Product Owner: Clarity, Accountability, and a Partnership That Fills in…
May 21, 2026 · 13:18
Christian Thordal: Structure Creates Freedom, How an Agile Coach Measures Success by Becoming Less Needed Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio…
May 20, 2026 · 16:17
Christian Thordal: Managing Cross-Team Dependencies in Scaled Agile, From Planning to Real-Time Coordination Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio…
May 19, 2026 · 13:04
Christian Thordal: How "Fake Kanban" Fooled the Metrics, And What This Agile Coach Did to Fix It Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on…
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