In this episode of Agile Driven Impact, host Diane and guest Beth Archer, GPC, RSM, a professional who serves as both a part-time Scrum Master and team member, explore the unique dynamics of this dual role. They discuss the advantages, such as enhanced flexibility and a fresh perspective, alongside potential challenges like context-switching and the need for strong time management. A key segment delves into how professionals like Beth utilize AI as a brainstorming partner to overcome hurdles, refine problem-solving, and boost efficiency in the Scrum Master role, offering practical tips about integrating AI as a support.

Evolving your work, accelerating your impact

In this episode of Agile Driven Impact, hosts Erich and Diane focus on how Agile is about achieving outcomes like clear focus, better collaboration, and greater impact, not just adopting practices. They talk about how the true goal is a resilient team delivering real results. The discussion emphasizes both effectiveness and efficiency, detailing five core activities high-performing teams master: visualizing, focusing, interacting, measuring, and improving. The episode offers a practical challenge focusing on the five activities as options for fostering an agile mindset, reinforcing that true agility drives relentless improvement and delivers real outcomes for real people.

Evolving your work, accelerating your impact

In this episode of Agile Driven Impact hosts, Diane and Erich focus on the core Agile value of "Responding to Change over Following a Plan." They address the common fear of altering plans once set, using driving as a metaphor to illustrate how adaptation is the fastest and safest route to impact. The episode will guide listeners on identifying when changes are necessary and how to implement them effectively, concluding with a practical challenge to help them create adaptable plans.

Evolving your work, accelerating your impact

In this episode of Agile Driven Impact, hosts Diane and Erich Leonard bring you back into the "Agile Garage" to discuss the art of getting feedback from your team and your project's stakeholders. They explore the importance of working product over contract negotiation. Learn how to invite candid, meaningful feedback about whatever type of work product your team is creating.

Evolving your work, accelerating your impact

In this episode of Agile Driven Impact, hosts Diane and Erich Leonard bring you back into the "Agile Garage" to discuss the art of getting feedback from your team and your project's stakeholders. They explore the importance of working product over contract negotiation. Learn how to invite candid, meaningful feedback about whatever type of work product your team is creating.

Evolving your work, accelerating your impact

Drawing on their experience from building a race car and their professional careers, hosts Diane and Erich Leonard bring you into the "Agile Garage" for a focused pit stop on team dynamics. They discuss how to determine optimal team size and composition, emphasizing the value of having a diverse range of skills. Learn how to foster structured interactions and healthy debate to build a resilient, high-performing team that can drive a project to success.

Evolving your work, accelerating your impact

In this episode of Agile Driven Impact, hosts Diane and Erich Leonard introduce the agile mindset as the core operating system for change-makers. Moving beyond buzzwords, they use relatable analogies from the racetrack to demystify principles like adapting to change and valuing collaboration over rigid plans. The hosts share how their Formula SAE advisor’s "enabling constraints" taught them to build resilience and trust the process. You'll learn how to adopt a "pit stop" mentality, viewing setbacks not as failures but as crucial feedback. This episode provides the philosophical foundation you need to navigate any project with confidence, empowering you to make smart, real-time adjustments and drive lasting impact.

Evolving your work, accelerating your impact

In Episode 1 of Agile Driven Impact, hosts Diane and Erich Leonard take you back to where it all began: the intense world of college Formula SAE racing. 🏎️ They share their unique origin story, revealing how they developed a powerful, collaborative, and resilient mindset, building a race car under pressure—all without ever hearing the term "agile." This episode sets the stage for the entire series, connecting their firsthand experience of "unlabeled agile" to Diane's success in nonprofit grant writing and capacity building and Erich's decades of work in the transportation industry. Tune in to discover why these core principles are the secret ingredient to turning passion into measurable impact.

Evolving your work, accelerating your impact