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Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast: Agile storytelling from the trenches

Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast: Agile storytelling from the trenches

Vasco Duarte, Agile Coach, Certified Scrum Master, Certified Product Owner · Vasco Duarte

232 episodesEN

Show overview

Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast: Agile storytelling from the trenches launched in 2025 and has put out 232 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 80 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a near-daily cadence.

Episodes typically run ten to twenty minutes — most land between 15 min and 19 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language News show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 108 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Vasco Duarte.

Episodes
232
Running
2025–2026 · 1y
Median length
16 min
Cadence
Near-daily

From the publisher

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 other thought leaders in the business space to bring you the Agile Business perspective you need to succeed as a Scrum Master. Some of the topics we discuss include: Agile Business, Agile Strategy, Retrospectives, Team motivation, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Backlog Refinement, Scaling Scrum, Lean Startup, Test Driven Development (TDD), Behavior Driven Development (BDD), Paper Prototyping, QA in Scrum, the role of agile managers, servant leadership, agile coaching, and more!

Latest Episodes

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The Three Qualities That Separate Great Product Owners From Those Who Just Drop Tickets | Mukhtar Kadiri

May 15, 202612 min

Why Success Means Nothing If the Project Doesn't Move the Business Forward — And How Public Commitments Keep You Honest | Mukhtar Kadiri

May 14, 202616 min

Merging Three Companies Into One Platform — When Founders Can't Let Go and Leaders Won't Decide | Mukhtar Kadiri

May 13, 202618 min

When the Smartest Person on the Team Becomes the Biggest Bottleneck — And Explodes in a Meeting | Mukhtar Kadiri

May 12, 202613 min

The Invisible Stakeholder Who Almost Derailed His First Big Project | Mukhtar Kadiri

May 11, 202614 min

From Desk-Pounding to Harmony — How the Game of Go Transformed a Violent Product Owner, and Why Every Employee Should Think Like an Owner | Peter Merel

May 8, 202618 min

Leadership as a Service — Why Scrum Masters Should Work Themselves Out of a Job and How Quality Circles Make Learning Flow | Peter Merel

May 7, 202614 min

AI Alignment Is the Agile Coach's Next Frontier — Using Throughput Accounting and Pull-Based Transformation to Prove Value | Peter Merel

May 6, 202618 min

When a Hub-and-Spoke Executive Hijacks Your Agile Transformation — And What to Do About It | Peter Merel

May 5, 202616 min

When Telling a Manager "You Don't Have a Role" Backfires — A Lesson in Agile Coaching Humility | Peter Merel

May 4, 202617 min

BONUS Why Your Agile Transformation Keeps Snapping Back — And What Systems Thinking Says About It With Natalia Curusi

May 2, 202637 min

BONUS Agile in Construction Track Preview With Felipe Engineer-Manriquez At The Global Agile Summit

Apr 30, 202620 min

BONUS Agile in Gaming Track Preview With Eagan Rackley At The Global Agile Summit

Apr 29, 202622 min

BONUS People Track Preview With Pete Oliver-Krueger and Alina Thapliyal At The Global Agile Summit

Apr 28, 202627 min

BONUS AI in Organizations Track Preview With Michał Parkoła and Michael Dougherty

Apr 27, 202627 min

The Curious Product Owner and the Disempowered One — How Scrum Masters Can Help POs Find Their Voice | Viktor Glinka

Apr 24, 202617 min

Why Context Is King for Scrum Master Success — Building Capabilities That Drive Business Goals | Viktor Glinka

Apr 23, 202613 min

From Component Teams to Cross-Functional Teams — How to Navigate the Hardest Agile Transformation | Viktor Glinka

Apr 22, 202617 min

When Internal and External Team Members Have Divergent Goals — The Silent Killer of Agile Teams | Viktor Glinka

Apr 21, 202614 min

When Passion Becomes the Problem — How Pushing for Agile Change Too Fast Creates Resistance | Viktor Glinka

Apr 20, 202615 min
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