Agile Driven Impact
Hosts Diane & Erich Leonard discuss Agile "plays" for changemakers. Learn how to steer your mission, build resilience, and drive meaningful impact.
Episodes
11 episodes
Pit Stop - Adapting for Success: Fix Your Daily Check-in
In this crucial Pit Stop episode of Agile Driven Impact, hosts Diane and Erich tackle a universal problem: the daily check-in (or stand-up) that always runs past its 15-minute time limit. They reveal why this meeting becomes a momentum killer a...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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7:46
Pit Stop - Creating Focus: Short-term Goals
In this episode of Agile Driven Impact, hosts Diane and Erich tackle the critical skill of setting short-term goals. They share why relying on year-long plans is inefficient and introduce the power of the "Time-Boxed Focus"—a fixed period dedic...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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6:29
The Scrap Yard - Anti-Patterns - Guaranteed Project Failure
In this episode of Agile Driven Impact, hosts Erich and Diane dive into the "anti-patterns" that when present in a team practically guarantee a slow, ineffective, and demoralizing team environment. The discussion of the “anti-patterns” is meant...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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18:35
Co-pilot - Life as a Part-time Scrum Master
In this episode of Agile Driven Impact, host Diane and guest Beth Archer, GPC, RSM, a professional who serves as both a part-time Scrum Master and team member, explore the unique dynamics of this dual role. They discuss the advantages, such as ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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32:45
The Garage - More than Language and Labels - The Core of Successful Agile Teams
In this episode of Agile Driven Impact, hosts Erich and Diane focus on how Agile is about achieving outcomes like clear focus, better collaboration, and greater impact, not just adopting practices. They talk about how the true goal is a resilie...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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32:57
The Garage - Responding to Change - Hairpin Turn or Dogleg Straightaway
In this episode of Agile Driven Impact hosts, Diane and Erich focus on the core Agile value of "Responding to Change over Following a Plan." They address the common fear of altering plans once set, using driving as a metaphor to illustrate how ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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18:19
The Garage - Feedback, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
In this episode of Agile Driven Impact, hosts Diane and Erich Leonard bring you back into the "Agile Garage" to discuss the art of getting feedback from your team and your project's stakeholders. They explore the importance of working product o...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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21:17
The Garage - Stakeholders, Customers, and Community Members, Oh My!
In this episode of Agile Driven Impact, hosts Diane and Erich Leonard bring you back into the "Agile Garage" to discuss the art of getting feedback from your team and your project's stakeholders. They explore the importance of working product o...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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18:34
The Garage - Building Your Team for Impact
Drawing on their experience from building a race car and their professional careers, hosts Diane and Erich Leonard bring you into the "Agile Garage" for a focused pit stop on team dynamics. They discuss how to determine optimal team size and co...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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23:30
The Garage - Your Dashboard for Change - The Agile Mindset
In this episode of Agile Driven Impact, hosts Diane and Erich Leonard introduce the agile mindset as the core operating system for change-makers. Moving beyond buzzwords, they use relatable analogies from the racetrack to demystify principles l...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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20:35
Getting Started – The Race to Impact
In Episode 1 of Agile Driven Impact, hosts Diane and Erich Leonard take you back to where it all began: the intense world of college Formula SAE racing. 🏎️ They share their unique origin story, revealing how they developed a powerful, collabora...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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16:13