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  • Will AI Save Agile?

    Will AI Save Agile?
    Dec 11 2025
    I figured it was about time I addressed this one. You can’t breathe without taking in some serious AI hype right now. How much is fluff and smoke, and how much is real? AND…how will this apply to Agile? Will AI Save Agile? Great question. I have a few gut-level reactions to this. First, I think there’s a gold-rush feel to what’s going on right now. With any new technology, especially the monumental ones, there’s always speculation that this ‘changes the game forever’. But that can’t always be true. On the one hand, AI has a lot of issues. But its early stages. I think the biggest threat is the unbridled greed that goes with mass adoption. Who’s regulating the copyrights of the material AI is trained on? Who makes sure that AI doesn’t recommend or do dangerous or immoral things? But the big question I have is “why would you want so much stuff created by robots?” I can’t articulate why, but I know I don’t want to read a book or watch a play written and mounted by robots. And hey, if LLM’s need our inventions to grow, learn and innovate, what happens when we no longer create ‘things’? AI’s Role in Agility As of this writing, so much of the conversation is about using AI to take the rote tasks out of a Scrum Master’s day…preparing reports or briefs, summarizing retrospectives, and writing user stories. But there’s also discussion that maybe AI can replace Scrum Masters and Coaches. That’s a little scary for those of us who hold or want to occupy these roles in the future. So maybe someday AI can plan our sprints, produce empirical estimates, and even hold coaching conversations. But Will AI Save Agile? That supposes that the solution to all of our current Agile pains have a known solution. After all, we can’t code or teach things that we have no certain knowledge of. And until we do, it would impossible for AI to magically fix what’s wrong with Agile in 2026. That’s still very much a human concern. Stay tuned – I’ll be exporing more about AI’s role in the future of Agile in some upcoming episodes as I learn more… **THE ALL NEW FORGE LIGHTNING** 12 Weeks to elite leadership! https://learning.fusechamber.com/forge-lightning **CREATE A PROFITABLE BUSINESS FROM YOUR AGILE SKILLS WITH FORGE GENESIS** Everything you need to ideate, validate, market, and sell to enterprise OR consumers. https://learning.fusechamber.com/the-forge-genesis **JOIN MY BETA COMMUNITY FOR AGILE ENTREPRENEURS AND INTRAPRENEURS** The latest wave in professional Agile careers. Get the support you need to Forge Your Freedom! Join for FREE here: https://learning.fusechamber.com/offers/Sa3udEgz **CHECK OUT ALL MY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES HERE:** https://learning.fusechamber.com **ELEVATE YOUR PROFESSIONAL STORYTELLING – Now Live!** The most coveted communications skill – now at your fingertips! https://learning.fusechamber.com/storytelling **JOIN THE FORGE*** New cohorts for Fall 2025! Email for more information: contact@badassagile.com **BREAK FREE OF CORPORATE AGILE!!*** Download my FREE Guide and learn how to shift from roles and process and use your agile skills in new and exciting ways! https://learning.fusechamber.com/future-of-agile-signup We’re also on YouTube! Follow the podcast, enjoy some panel/guest commentary, and get some quick tips and guidance from me: https://www.youtube.com/c/BadassAgile ****** Follow The LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/badass-agile ****** Our mission is to create an elite tribe of leaders who focus on who they need to become in order to lead and inspire, and to be the best agile podcast and resource for effective mindset and leadership game. Contact us (contact@badassagile.com) for elite-level performance and agile coaching, speaking engagements, team-level and executive mindset/agile training, and licensing options for modern, high-impact, bite-sized learning and educational content. If you liked this episode, you should check out: Episode 240 – Why Big Agile Fails Non-Conformity is the Key To Your Agile Future Episode 151 – What’s Next?
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  • Badass Leadership – Emotional Control

    Badass Leadership – Emotional Control
    Nov 24 2025
    Emotional control and resilience have become essential qualities for badass leadership—especially during times of political, economic, and social instability. You can't wait for the world to figure all this out. You're going to have to lead by going first.
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    8 m
  • The Agile Job Market – Reclaim Your Power

    The Agile Job Market – Reclaim Your Power
    Nov 6 2025
    What’s Up With The Agile Job Market?

    Open To Work. I see new contestants every day. The Agile Job Market is broken, and its not coming back.

    There is no Agile 2.0. This isn’t a drill. No one is coming to save you.

    Sure, you can pivot careers. Go back to project management, or rebrand yourself as a Product Manager. Here’s the good news. If you love this work because of the people you help, and the way Agility makes work better, you will always be in demand. Your future is secure. The bad news is…you’re going to have to go chase it.

    The Agile Job Market Isn’t Coming To You

    If there’s a brand new job title for us, I don’t know what it is. That means it’ll be years before employers, HR departments and recruiters know either. You have two choices. You can either accept what’s being handed to you (diminished opportunities and pay, or compromised titles and responsibilities) OR you can start creating your own opportunities.

    Find out more in this episode!

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    New cohorts for Fall 2025! Email for more information:

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  • Foundation BTS: Agile Principles for Business Success

    Foundation BTS: Agile Principles for Business Success
    Oct 3 2025
    Join me for an exclusive talk with entrepreneur Paul LePage of Foundation BTS. Paul shares how his entrepreneurial life unfolded from a burning desire to serve (and a few failures along the way)...
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    36 m
  • The 6 Agile Principles We Abuse

    The 6 Agile Principles We Abuse
    Aug 4 2025
    How Important are The Agile Principles? To me, the 12 Agile Principles are everything you need to build and guide your practice. Rather than memorizing a ton of frameworks, rules and regulations, the Agile Principles allow us to hold in memory a few simple, yet elegant, virtues that can be adapted to any industry, client or context. It’s easy to recite the twelve Agile principles, but living them is a whole different story, and we aren’t always honest about the ways we fall short. This episode focuses on which of the original Agile principles we tend to violate most often: We like to tell ourselves we’re chasing value—but a lot of what we build comes out of habit, orders, or assumptions, not a clear understanding of what our customers or business really need. We reflect on how often our teams lose sight of value, just following a checklist or building for the sake of building. It’s easier to focus on looking busy than to ensure we’re actually moving the needle for the people we’re supposed to serve.We have a tendency to overcomplicate things. We think we’re sophisticated, but mostly, we layer on extra steps, plans, and artifacts to delay real delivery. Simplicity takes guts, and it exposes us to feedback—something many of us quietly shy away from. Our retrospectives and solution workshops often balloon into Excel nightmares, prioritizing spreadsheet gymnastics over real action.We talk as well about our collective discomfort with saying “no”—a crucial principle of focusing on “work not done.” Too often, we say yes by default and take on more work than we should, fearing the consequences of pushing back on business or leadership. The end result? People are stretched thin and real value gets lost in the noise.Working software—or “finished stuff”—is also on the chopping block. We admit that we usually measure progress by the wrong indicators: meetings attended, hours booked, and busyness, rather than what’s actually delivered.And let’s not forget the supposed collaboration with “the business.” Despite Agile’s emphasis on constant feedback and in-person communication, genuine dialogues with stakeholders are rare. Schedules are packed, and direct conversations get traded for emails that are read too late (if at all). Honestly, a lot of us treat Agile principles like slogans, not lived virtues. We tend to avoid the riskiest, but most effective, aspects, and fill the gaps with invented “principles” that are easier to check off. This episode is a nudge for all of us to look inward and challenge the ways we’re cutting corners or playing it safe, instead of truly leading our teams and adding value. You Might Also Like The Following Episodes: Episode 43 – Revisiting the 12 Agile Principles We Failed Agile **CHECK OUT ALL MY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES HERE:** https://learning.fusechamber.com **ELEVATE YOUR PROFESSIONAL STORYTELLING – Now Live!** The most coveted communications skill – now at your fingertips! https://learning.fusechamber.com/storytelling **JOIN THE FORGE*** New cohorts for Fall 2025! Email for more information: contact@badassagile.com **BREAK FREE OF CORPORATE AGILE!!*** Download my FREE Guide and learn how to shift from roles and process and use your agile skills in new and exciting ways! https://learning.fusechamber.com/future-of-agile-signup We’re also on YouTube! Follow the podcast, enjoy some panel/guest commentary, and get some quick tips and guidance from me: https://www.youtube.com/c/BadassAgile ****** Follow The LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/badass-agile ****** Our mission is to create an elite tribe of leaders who focus on who they need to become in order to lead and inspire, and to be the best agile podcast and resource for effective mindset and leadership game. Contact us (contact@badassagile.com) for elite-level performance and agile coaching, speaking engagements, team-level and executive mindset/agile training, and licensing options for modern, high-impact, bite-sized learning and educational content.
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    14 m
  • Agile Coaching – More Is Not Better

    Agile Coaching – More Is Not Better
    Jul 28 2025
    It's a very human tendency to assume that if something is good, more is better. The real truth is that too much of anything - even a good thing - creates overwhelm, complexity and confusion. And we definitely don't need more of THAT in our practice....
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    11 m
  • Sameness Strikes Again

    Sameness Strikes Again
    Jul 21 2025
    Shouldn't Agile rest on a spirit of rebellion? A better way? If so, we shouldn't be craving templates - instructions on how to do things in a set way. If we all follow the pattern, there's no room for original solutions. And there's no real value in sameness...
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    13 m
  • Wasting Your Gift on Big Corporate Agile

    Wasting Your Gift on Big Corporate Agile
    Jul 14 2025
    Corporate Agile has caused true agility to become stagnant and undervalued in large organizations, losing its impact. What's with our loyalty to big companies these days anyway? We should look ahead to applying Agile in fresh settings, where we can discover new value, opportunity, and meaning in our craft.
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    12 m