40. Do You Have Short Talks in Your Toolkit?

Vic is joined by Zach Bonaker (@ZachBonaker) and Larry Lawhead (@LarryLawhead) at the Cape Rey in Carlsbad for a lively morning of Agile and Coffee.

In this episode, our Agile heroes discuss:

• Eight-minute talks
• Why companies lose Scrum focus
• Power of Metaphor
• What have you been reading lately?

Here’s the long list of books that Larry started and Zach and I added to:

• The Toyota Way – by Jeffery Liker
• The Toyota Way to Lean Leadership – by Jeffery Liker, Gary L. Convis
• The Spirit of Kaizen – by Leigh Ann Hirschmann, Bob Mauer
• The Lean Startup – by Eric Ries
• Kanban: The Kanban Guide – by Paul VII
• The Innovator’s Dilemma – by Clayton Christensen
• The Wisdom of Crowds – by James Surowiecki
• Leaders Eat Last – by Simon Sinek
• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team – Patrick Lencioni
• Coaching Agile Teams – Lyssa Adkins
• The Art of Thought – Graham Wallas

Larry has also been viewing a lot of webinars in Scrum Inc’s “Scrum Lab” with his prime membership, but there is also a lot of stuff on their “Scrum Lab Open” (click “Online Learning”).

Reach out to Vic (@AgileCoffee) and use the hashtag #tellAgileCoffee to interact with us on an upcoming episode.

Events:

• Come join us for two days of conversation at the San Diego Agile Open this February 25 & 26. More info online at agileopencalifornia.com/san_diego.html
• Want more? You got it! Four days of focused, team-based learning at the Scrum Coaching Retreat in San Diego from March 13-16. More info online at www.scrumalliance.org/scrum-coaching-retreat-san-diego-2016