#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,258 Live - 10X Long Game (2-4-1 10X Tuesdays) - Today's topics: (1) It's been a month since we did a 10X show and the funny thing is the last time we also covered the new #67DayChallenge program. The longer and longer I do this the more I believe it is a game changer. Applying it to yourself and your team. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum 5am Mester Scrum L...
Apr 22, 2025•13 min•Ep. 1360
#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,257 Live - Simply Metric Monday and They do Work (Metric Monday) - Today's topics: (1) Just a simple message to restart our Mondays with a Metric Monday show on how they do work and some core ones for Scrum teams. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum 5am Mester Scrum Lightning Talk 1,257 went live on Youtube, LinkedIn and Facebook Metric Monday 4/21/2023 fr...
Apr 22, 2025•13 min•Ep. 1359
#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,256 Live - Scrum Master Continuous Learning (4R Thursdays) - Today's topics: (1) Talking the Scrum Master and even Agile Coach role today and what we do to challenge others to grow and learn but don't do it ourselves. We should be challenging ourselves 1st and a great way is Reading 10 pages a day from a growth or tech book. I give away my Change Vol 20 book (in PDF form) to my connections as a nice little start to such a challenge. Please like and subscribe and ...
Apr 10, 2025•15 min•Ep. 1358
#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,255 Live - HR & Learning Culture How can HR Facilitate (We Team & HR Wednesdays) - Today's topics: (1) In Reading John Maxwell's book "High Road Leadership" as a part on my 10 pages a day challenge (#67daychallenge), there was a line In becoming a part of a learning culture we need to build “an environment that values learning invites people to acknowledge what they don't know test ideas challenge assumptions and make mistakes” This is something HR can he...
Apr 09, 2025•13 min•Ep. 1357
#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,254 Live - Seasonal Change Fun Team Walk abouts and Fortune Cookies (Fun Friday) - Today's topics: (1) Its that time of year again when Spring arrives in the North or Fall in the South. Take the opportunity to have your team venture out take pictures and share with the team. This works from home or in the office and (2) it's Fortune Cookie Friday Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on...
Apr 04, 2025•10 min•Ep. 1356
#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,253 Live - Using a Baseball Lineup Strategy in Sprint Planning (4R Thursdays) - Today's topics: (1) Just don't through together a Sprint Plan with random items, why not try thinking about it as a Baseball Manager does when they create a batting line up. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum 5am Mester Scrum Lightning Talk 1,253 went live on Youtube, LinkedIn...
Apr 03, 2025•15 min•Ep. 1355
#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,252 Live - Baseball Season is Here Again and Fortune Cookies (Fun Friday) - Today's topics: (1) Baseball home openers all around the US and I wanted to do a little baseball retro different than before and (2) it's Fortune Cookie Friday Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum 5am Mester Scrum Lightning Talk 1,252 went live on Youtube, LinkedIn and Facebook Fun ...
Mar 28, 2025•15 min•Ep. 1354
#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,251 Live - Sprint Review and Retro Should NOT hold the same time slot (4R Thursdays) - Today's topics: (1) Many organizations try to save time by condensing or combining meetings. I highly recommend that Sprint Review and Retros be held in the same time slot. It never works out well. So lets discuss it. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum 5am Mester Scrum ...
Mar 28, 2025•12 min•Ep. 1353
#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,250 Live - Scrum The Mastermind of Agile (We Team & HR Wednesdays) - Today's topics: (1) Tonight 3/26/2025 I'm giving a Lightning Talk on Scrum The Mastermind of Agile. Its an intro on turning your team into a mastermind to not only get incremental change but leaps in productivity and thought solutions. I'm working on a ebook to go along with the presentation and my plan is to provide it for free to our newsletter subscribers. It is almost done and just needs...
Mar 27, 2025•9 min•Ep. 1352
#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,249 Live - Coach Yourself 1st (2-4-1 10X Tuesdays) - Today's topics: (1) We launched the #67DayChallenge program as many might know and some are just hearing about it. We have not done a 5amMesterScrum show in a while but it is time. The girl scout cookies have left my office and I have been working since January on coaching myself and I wanted to do an little intro as to why this is important to servant leaders, scrum masters and agile coaches. Please like and s...
Mar 26, 2025•9 min•Ep. 1351
#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,248 Live - a Taboo subject Team Bonuses Why not meet with HR (We Team & HR Wednesdays) - Today's topics: (1) I'm going to say it why not associate some form of bonus to some of the team metrics that companies track to. Why not work with HR to develop some incentives at the team level and individual level? Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum 5am Mester ...
Jan 15, 2025•14 min•Ep. 1350
#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,247 Live - Spend Money on Growth Opportunities and not just Entertainment (2-4-1 10X Tuesdays) - Today's topics: (1) Last week I was listening to the Alex Hormozi podcast and he asked, where are you spending your money? Is it on education and growth opportunities or is it on stuff that does not help you reach your goals. For me spending money on a hoagie does not help me get into shape neither does spending it on a gaming subscription. It would be better to spend...
Jan 14, 2025•12 min•Ep. 1349
#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,246 Live - Have Some Guts and Adjust Scope (4R Thursdays) - Today's topics: (1) Vasco Duarte from Scrum Master toolbox posted on X how estimates don't help us meet schedules or cost. I replied basically that only adjusting scope does, but program, managers, project managers and leaders are scared to do so. Adjust scope is my secret to success. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sh...
Jan 09, 2025•16 min•Ep. 1348
#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,245 Live - Be More Than a Q as a Coach or Scum Master (2-4-1 10X Tuesdays) - Today's topics: (1) I was reading Bob Galen's newsletter the other day and he talked about agile coaches being more than powerful questions. I would add also now is a time to up your technical or business domain expertise to actively help your teams as well. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mes...
Jan 07, 2025•11 min•Ep. 1347
#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,244 Live - Predicting Future Bonus by Monitoring Metrics (Metric Monday) - Today's topics: (1) I got lucky Sunday and got cheap tickets to a NFL football game. Saw some records not be broken and saw some metric levels achieved where they made an extra $500K. Why scrum masters and coaches should be looking down the road as well as current sprint. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on ...
Jan 06, 2025•15 min•Ep. 1346
#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,243 Live - Wow Holiday is over so lets talk Next Fun Vacation and Fortune Cookies (Fun Friday) - Today's topics: (1) This is a fun activity to do for team building where we share our next fun vacation idea and what are we looking forward to. This can be done as a Team and I truly recommended that we do it as an individual as well and (2) it's Fortune Cookie Friday Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Gr...
Jan 03, 2025•17 min•Ep. 1345
#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,242 Live - New Years Resolution Retro - Erase Bad and Write New Habits (4R Thursdays) - Today's topics: (1) I saw a New Years resolution activity briefly while scanning TV the other day. One person was I think out in public having people write down bad habits in 2024 and then write down good habits in 2025. I thought it an interesting retro for the new year. This can be done individually or with a team as a retrospective. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMe...
Jan 02, 2025•16 min•Ep. 1344
#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,241 Live - 10X in New Year through Mastermind, Coaching and People (2-4-1 10X Tuesdays) - Today's topics: (1) The New Year is tomorrow and I wanted to share some of the things I'm doing in the New Year to 10X my year. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum 5am Mester Scrum Lightning Talk 1,241 went live on Youtube, LinkedIn and Facebook 2-4-1 10X Tuesday 12/31/20...
Dec 31, 2024•11 min•Ep. 1343
#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,240 Live - Retro Meets Planning when the Team Gets over Eager (4R Thursdays) - Today's topics: (1) I don't care what anyone says, a team will every so often get influenced by a manager or leader or themselves to over commit. The tough job of the coach is to share the data and ask: "what did you change to allow you to think you can produce more in this next sprint?" Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing G...
Dec 19, 2024•13 min•Ep. 1342
#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,239 Live - End of the Year Spying on the Team and How they Handle Time Off (We Team & HR Wednesdays) - Today's topics: (1) Well it is that time of year, hurry up and take some vacation time before they expire. Observe how your team handles it and make plans for the new year. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum 5am Mester Scrum Show 1,239 went live on Y...
Dec 18, 2024•12 min•Ep. 1341
#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,238 Live - Bah Hum Bug Fun Share a Holiday Nick Knack or something from you House (Fun Friday) - Today's topics: (1) So many times there are those in a company that can be anti-fun well I say ignore them with a fun activity of share a Holiday decoration past, current or future or something from around the house and (2) it's Fortune Cookie Friday Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on ...
Dec 14, 2024•11 min•Ep. 1340
#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,237 Live - Prep Work for Reviews, Events and other meetings (4R Thursdays) - Today's topics: (1) Preparing for reviews, events and meetings involves a little prep work, but you would be amazed how many don't. Simple agendas, simple reads is all that is needed, so the people we communicate have a chance to not be surprised and formulate questions. Ones that don't I wonder if it is to cover their own lack of preparedness? Please like and subscribe and share 5amMest...
Dec 12, 2024•12 min•Ep. 1339
#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,236 Live - New Hire On boarding includes Documentation Updates (We Team & HR Wednesdays) - Today's topics: (1) New Hires should help update existing documentation and even create documentation that may not have existed. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum 5am Mester Scrum Show 1,236 went live on Youtube, LinkedIn and Facebook We Team & HR Wednesday...
Dec 11, 2024•13 min•Ep. 1338
#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,235 Live - Is Definition of Done (DoD) met once the work is in Production? I would argue No! (4R Thursdays) - Today's topics: (1) Every Team's Definition of Done can be slightly different and many teams argue once in production DoD is met. I would argue there might be more to the story. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum 5am Mester Scrum Lightning Talk 1,...
Dec 05, 2024•16 min•Ep. 1337
#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,234 Live - Organizations Rise and Fall, Are you Ready (2-4-1 10X Tuesdays) - Today's topics: (1) I keep seeing this ad on Youtube saying "Prices Rise and Fall" and all I did was thinks and so do organizations, projects and businesses. My challenge are you ready and the end of the year is a perfect time to prepare. Or at least better late than never. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are doing Great Please Keep on ...
Dec 03, 2024•15 min•Ep. 1336
#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,233 Live - The Great Debate, Adjust points while in the Sprint some say NEVER! and I say why not? (Metric Monday) - Today's topics: (1) The Great Debate on adjusting points during a sprint or once they are given. Is our goal to be better estimators or create more communication? Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum 5am Mester Scrum Lightning Talk 1,233 went ...
Dec 02, 2024•16 min•Ep. 1335
#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,232 Live - Go Workout and Prepare for Future Fun (Fun Friday) - Today's topics: (1) Today my coach wife gave me the nudge to workout on my day off and I was listening to Mastering Agility podcast where they mentioned those rich folks finding time to go to the gym and (2) it's Fortune Cookie Friday Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum 5am Mester Scrum Lightn...
Nov 29, 2024•5 min•Ep. 1334
#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,231 Live - Establish Team time for working and communicating - stronger as team vs. individual (We Team & HR Wednesdays) - Today's topics: (1) Reading Dan Martell's book buy back your time and I was thinking about applying it to a team. By the way the stuff for individuals, leaders or future CEOs is pretty good. Applying it as individuals on a team might be difficult, however, applying it as a team on whole might work. Please like and subscribe and share 5amM...
Nov 27, 2024•15 min•Ep. 1333
#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,230 Live - 10X by Sharing and Interacting with Others TV (2-4-1 10X Tuesdays) - Today's topics: (1) 10X your future response time by sharing with others by joining a group or mastermind or by teaching, coaching or mentoring. Someone the other day asked why I mentor entrepreneurs as it is not for the money. To be honest I learn and get energized from the people I mentor or meet with in a mastermind. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send m...
Nov 26, 2024•14 min•Ep. 1332
#5amMesterScrum Lightning Talk 1,229 Live - Scrum Masters use Daily Scrum as a Tool in your Coaching toolbox (4R Thursdays) - Today's topics: (1) Continuing on from yesterday's show on Daily Scrum but this time from the Scrum Master Role point of view. And how we can use the daily scrum when we coach people. Please like and subscribe and share 5amMesterScrum. Please send me your topics. You are are doing Great Please Keep on Sharing. 5am Mester Scrum 5am Mester Scrum Lightning Talk 1,229 went li...
Nov 21, 2024•9 min•Ep. 1331
