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Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast: Agile storytelling from the trenches

Vasco Duarte, Agile Coach, Certified Scrum Master, Certified Product Owner
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Every week day, Certified Scrum Master, Agile Coach and business consultant Vasco Duarte interviews Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches from all over the world to get you actionable advice, new tips and tricks, improve your craft as a Scrum Master with daily doses of inspiring conversations with Scrum Masters from the all over the world. Stay tuned for BONUS episodes when we interview Agile gurus and ... more

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BONUS: Why More Code Doesn't Mean Better Software — And Where AI Actually Helps Your SDLC Most teams are adopting AI to write code faster. But what if code generation isn't your bottleneck? Mooly Beeri has spent 25 years diagnosing where software or... more

BONUS: Why a Former Chess Champion Thinks Your Leadership Is Stuck in the Opening Game John Whitt spent 30 years managing billion-dollar construction portfolios in corporate America — sleeping five or six nights a week in hotel beds, traveling the c... more

BONUS: The Communication Tax — Why Your Team Collaborates Too Much and What to Cut First In this BONUS episode, Roman Nikolaev challenges one of the most deeply held beliefs in the agile world: that more collaboration is always better. As Head of Te... more

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Maria Skvortsova: The Yes-Man Product Owner and the Scrum Master Who Became a Proxy for the Proxy In this episode, we refer to User Story Mapping and the MoSCoW prioritization method.

The Great Product Owner: Structure Over Gut Feeling — When a ... more

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Recent Guests

Maria Skvortsova
Scrum Master and Agile Coach (guest on Team Tuesday episode)
Episode: The Team That Gave Up — When Green Reports Mask a Sinking Ship | Maria Skvortsova
Dwarak Rajagopal
VP of AI engineering and research at Snowflake
Snowflake
Episode: BONUS How AI Is Reshaping Software Teams From the Inside With Dwarak Rajagopal
Njegos Ilic
Product Owner
Episode: How a Miro Board Experiment Changed the Way His Team Understood the Big Picture | Njegos Ilic
Christian Thordal
Former Danish Army officer turned Agile coach
Independent Agile coach
Episode: When Applying Scrum By The Book Fails, Understanding Context Before Changing The System | Christian Thordal
Clarke Ching
Author and Agile expert focused on bottlenecks and Theory of Constraints in software
Episode: BONUS Your Developers Got 20x Faster — Now Watch Your Product Managers' Heads Explode With Clarke Ching
Mukhtar Kadiri
Product owner and Agile practitioner
Episode: The Three Qualities That Separate Great Product Owners From Those Who Just Drop Tickets | Mukhtar Kadiri
Peter Merel
Guest, Agile coach and Scrum expert
Episode: Leadership as a Service — Why Scrum Masters Should Work Themselves Out of a Job and How Quality Circles Make Learning Flow | Peter Merel
Alina Thapliyal
Co-host of the People track at Global Agile Summit
Global Agile Summit
Episode: BONUS People Track Preview With Pete Oliver-Krueger and Alina Thapliyal At The Global Agile Summit
Viktor Glinka
organizational consultant and professional Scrum Master
Netherlands-based
Episode: When Passion Becomes the Problem — How Pushing for Agile Change Too Fast Creates Resistance | Viktor Glinka

Host

Vasco Duarte
Host of the series focused on practical agile coaching and Scrum Mastery, featuring guests from around the world.

Reviews

4.7 out of 5 stars from 400 ratings
  • Change leadership beyond the tools

    Vasco’s conversations and insights transcend the tools that delivery agility to the leadership behaviors and practices the at enable sustainable transformation and operational excellence. Great tips for change leaders no matter your discipline or industry.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Katie Anderson - KBJAnderson
    United States3 months ago
  • Good stuff

    Podcast Addict
    4
    Pedro K
    7 months ago
  • Thank you

    I am a product owner working for a leading bank in singapore. I absolutely love some of the conversations that Vasco has with his guests. Amazing learning !

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    sutresrtsx
    Singaporea year ago
  • Need more diverse scrum master experiences

    It would be advantageous to have Scrum Masters with experience across various domains, such as banking, pharmacy, and other sectors where software development is prevalent. This diversity would bring a versatile range of working styles and practices to our software development processes, enhancing our overall effectiveness and adaptability as Scrum Masters.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Agile ruby
    United States2 years ago
  • The podcast feels like a company trying to promote itself instead of being an entertaining and educational resource. Although this is in English the host and many of the guests have a thick accent that takes away from the show. I would skip this one, there are many other better casts out there.

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    JohnGalt
    3 years ago

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Many want more domain diversity among Scrum Masters, including banking and healthcare.
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#87
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Talking Points

Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

If Your People Feel Safe, You Succeed — Measuring What Matters as a Scrum Master | Maria Skvortsova
Q: What does success mean for you as a Scrum Master?
Success means creating a healthy, safe environment where the team can voice concerns without blame, rely on constructive conflict, and continuously improve through honest feedback and better processes rather than vanity metrics.
BONUS How AI Is Reshaping Software Teams From the Inside With Dwarak Rajagopal
Q: What skills become more valuable for teams in an AI era?
Strong fundamentals like systems thinking and judgment, plus a culture of continuous skill updates and automated runbooks, are essential to manage data context and operational aspects at scale.
BONUS How AI Is Reshaping Software Teams From the Inside With Dwarak Rajagopal
Q: How is AI already changing software development as a process for you and your teams?
AI accelerates development but shifts the focus from line-by-line coding to system design, validation, and production reliability, with data context making the difference in real-world usefulness.
When Agile Labels Hide Waterfall Reality — A Scrum Master's Wake-Up Call in SAP Migration | Maria Skvortsova
Q: Tell us a little bit more about yourself and how did you end up becoming a Scrum Master?
Maria discusses her transition from a decade in C++ development to Scrum, the realization that leadership and people-focused work suited her more, and how working in SAP migrations led her to pursue Agile coaching and transformation work.
How a Miro Board Experiment Changed the Way His Team Understood the Big Picture | Njegos Ilic
Q: What was the actual adoption process like for the team?
Njegos describes starting with a feature pick, running the sprint with a new, more visual workflow on Miro, making daily communications more transparent, and focusing on what the team found helpful, with openness to drop the approach if it didn't deliver value.

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A daily-focused show delivering practical, how-to guidance for Scrum Masters and Agile coaches. Episodes center on anti-patterns in Scrum, effective product ownership, team engagement, retrospectives, and scaling agile practices, often featuring real-world case studies and actionable tips. Guests include product owners, agile coaches, and practitioners who share concrete experiences—from improving team communication to aligning product and delivery—and episodes frequently promote ongoing learning through a members-only community. The format is short, crisp, and retirement of voice, aiming to help listeners apply insights directly to their teams and organizations. Notably, the host emphasizes hands-on coaching, practical frameworks, and brid... more

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