Being Agile, Doing Scrum: The Best Agile and Scrum Podcasts
This is another in a series of posts aimed at helping Scrum Masters coach “team members in self-management and cross-functionality []including [l]eading, training, and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption.”
With a simple cut and paste, Scrum Masters can share this post weekly or once per sprint, concurrently adding some frivolity with several fun facts and content.
Note: Some posts come with an intro to provide background and additional information/tips, followed by the ‘cut/paste’ content that can be shared with the team.
Note: There are lots of fun facts and content. Feel free to pick and choose what to include/omit.
Check back next week for another post, and more content to share!
[For an index of all Being Agile, Doing Scrum posts click here.]
Background:
We highlighted the importance getting the team to teach themselves in last weeks post Being Agile, Doing Scrum: An Agile Library, and this post continues that message.
The number of people listening to, and monetizing Podcasts continues to increase, as reported by Statista:
Podcast content covers every imaginable topic, and of course that includes Agile and Scrum. This brief post introduces your team to the best of those podcasts.
Bonus Tip: How about starting your own podcast? It has never been easier, and is a great way to learn from and give back to the Agile community.
Cut/Paste:
Whether you listen from the beach, as your drive, or as you work, podcasts are a great way to keep informed, learn and grow.
Here is a list of the top ten Agile and Scrum podcasts on Spotify, and all of them are free!
The Agile For Agilists Podcast
If you are aware of others please share them!
Inspirational Quote:
“For the best return on your money, pour your purse into your head.” — Benjamin Franklin
Fascinating Facts:
Brand logos with hidden messages (you will never look at them the same again!):
Designer Lindon Leader shaped the negative space between the “E” and “x” into the shape of an arrow suggesting “getting from point A to point B reliably, with speed and precision.”
The arrow swoops from “a” to “z” to highlight that the company sells everything from A to Z. It also looks like a smile symbolizing ease and happiness, something the company wants customers to associate with shopping on Amazon.
In 1945 Baskin Robbins launched their ice cream store with 31 flavors of ice cream. Despite subsequently creating thousands of different flavors, their logo still highlights the number “31.”
Honorable mentions:
Cisco — The company was founded in San Francisco (hence “Cisco”), and the light blue lines that float above the company’s name in the logo are based on the shape of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Hershey Kisses — There’s a hidden kiss in the gap between the “K” and the “I.” If you can’t see it, tilt your head to the left.
Tostitos — The dot over the “i” in the company’s name is a bowl of salsa, and above that is a tortilla chip. But it doesn’t stop there; the “t’s” that surround the “i” look like two people enjoying salsa and chips .
Word of the Day:
Veridical — Truthful coinciding with reality.
Example: “After a vivid dream, you might wonder what was veridical and what was the product of your sleeping brain.”
National Day Calendar: July 14th
Bastille Day
Pandemonium Day
National Macaroni and Cheese Day
National Motorcycle Day
National Nude Day
Shark Awareness Day
It is also:
Unlucky Month for Weddings
National Grilling Month
Born On This Day:
William Hanna: American animator (Tom and Jerry, Scooby Doo) and founder of studio Hanna-Barbera, born in Melrose, New Mexico. (1910)
Woody Guthrie: American folk singer-songwriter (This Land Is Your Land) and peace activist, born in Okemah, Oklahoma. (1912)
Gerald Ford: 38th US President (R: 1974–77) and 41st US Vice President (R: 1973–74), born in Omaha, Nebraska. (1913)
Jane Lynch: American actress (Best In Show; Glee; Two and a Half Men; Criminal Minds), singer, and comedian, born in Evergreen Park, Illinois. (1960)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge: English actress, writer and director (Fleabag), born in London, England. (1985)
Conor McGregor: Irish mixed martial artist (third multi-divisional champion in UFC history — Featherweight, Lightweight), born in Dublin, Ireland. (1988)
On This Day In History:
Bastille Day: The French Revolution begins with the storming of the Bastille Prison in Paris (now celebrated as France’s national day). (1789)
Mary Todd Lincoln: The United States Congress grants Mary Todd Lincoln a life pension in the amount of $3,000 a year. (1870)
Robert Goddard: American engineer Robert Goddard is granted the first patent for liquid-fueled rocket design. (1914)
George Washington Carver: First US national monument dedicated to a black American, to preserve the boyhood home of agricultural scientist and inventor George Washington Carver in Newton County, Missouri. (1953)
Hank Aaron: Brave Hank Aaron hits his 500th HR off SF Giant Mike McCormick. (1968)
Easy Rider: Directed by Dennis Hopper, starring himself, Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson, is released. (1969)
Billy Martin: Becomes first American League manager ejected by umpire from two games in one day. (1974)
Democratic Convention: Nominates former Georgia governor Jimmy Carter for president and US Senator Walter Mondale, from Minnesota, for vice president. (1976)
Oliver North: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North concludes 6 days of Congressional testimony. (1987)
Rookie of the Year Award: Renamed to honor Jackie Robinson. (1987)
When Harry Met Sally: Released starring Billy Crystal, and Meg Ryan. (1989)
Open Source: 386BSD is released by Lynne Jolitz and William Jolitz, starting the open source operating system revolution. Linus Torvalds release “Linux” soon afterwards. (1992)
Go Set A Watchman: Harper Lee’s second novel “Go Set A Watchman”, an early 1957 version of “To Kill A Mocking Bird” goes on sale in 70 countries. (2015)
