Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast: Agile storytelling from the trenches

Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast: Agile storytelling from the trenches

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...

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Episodes (200)

The Product Owner View of Great Scrum Masters in Agile Teams | Marcin Klimaszewski

Oct 23, 2026

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Product Owner Ownership That Gives Agile Teams Real Direction | Marcin Klimaszewski

Oct 22, 2026

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Product Owner Discovery When Agile Stakeholders Want Delivery First | Marcin Klimaszewski

Oct 21, 2026

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The Product Owner Lesson From Agile Teams That Forget the User | Marcin Klimaszewski

Oct 20, 2026

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When Product Owner Success Creates Blind Spots for Agile Teams | Marcin Klimaszewski

Oct 19, 2026

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Great Product Owners Bring Customer Problems, Not Just Backlog Items | Joseph Osei-Kusi

Oct 16, 2026

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Success for Scrum Masters Is a Team That Improves Without You Driving Every Conversation | Joseph Osei-Kusi

Oct 15, 2026

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Helping Agile Managers Move from Control to Enablement | Joseph Osei-Kusi

Oct 14, 2026

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How Artificial Harmony Silences Agile Teams Before the Real Problems Surface | Joseph Osei-Kusi

Oct 13, 2026

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When the Jira Board Looked Fine but the Agile Team Was Drained | Joseph Osei-Kusi

Oct 12, 2026

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BONUS AI Changes Management, Not Leadership With Mateo Bervejillo

Oct 10, 2026

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Product Owners Who Turn Feedback Into Agile Team Learning | Oluyomi Emmanuel

Oct 9, 2026

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Constructive Independence as a Scrum Master Success Metric | Oluyomi Emmanuel

Oct 8, 2026

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Creating Agile Value Stream Visibility Without More Administration | Oluyomi Emmanuel

Oct 7, 2026

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From My Task to Our Work in Agile Teams | Oluyomi Emmanuel

Oct 6, 2026

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When Agile Team Trust Breaks Before the Scrum Master Acts | Oluyomi Emmanuel

Oct 5, 2026

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BONUS Why AI Needs More Than Silicon Valley Moonshots With Salima Bhimani

Oct 3, 2026

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Product Owners Who Prepare the Ground for Agile Teams | Pankaj Kumar

Oct 2, 2026

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The Scrum Master Success Metric of Team Independence | Pankaj Kumar

Oct 1, 2026

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Using Agile Prioritization to Handle Competing Roles | Pankaj Kumar

Sep 30, 2026

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The Agile Team Split Between Seniors and Juniors | Pankaj Kumar

Sep 29, 2026

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Building Agile Trust One Small Scrum Sprint at a Time | Pankaj Kumar

Sep 28, 2026

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BONUS Why AI Is Agile's Best Use Case With Melissa Reeve

Sep 26, 2026

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BONUS Real-Time Research for Change Leaders Using AI With Ari-Pekka Skarp

Sep 23, 2026

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BONUS From AI Curiosity to Practical Project Tools With William Davis

Sep 22, 2026

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BONUS How Scrum Masters Can Use AI Without Losing the Human in the Loop With Mike Lyons and Greg Pfister

Sep 21, 2026

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BONUS The Hidden Dangers of AI at Work With Ari-Pekka Skarp

Sep 19, 2026

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Product Owners Who Protect Focus and Enable Ownership | Deborah Colombari

Sep 18, 2026

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Stable Agile Teams Make Delivery Predictable | Deborah Colombari

Sep 17, 2026

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Coordinating Global Agile Teams Around One MVP | Deborah Colombari

Sep 16, 2026

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The Agile Team Destroyed by a Toxic Feedback Loop | Deborah Colombari

Sep 15, 2026

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When Agile Principles Became a Fight With the System | Deborah Colombari

Sep 14, 2026

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Product Owners Need the Justified No to Protect Customer Value | Sheik Meeajaun

Sep 11, 2026

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Scrum Master Success Starts With Trust and Ends With Teams Delivering | Sheik Meeajaun

Sep 10, 2026

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Scrum Masters Must Learn by Experimenting When AI Joins the Agile Team | Sheik Meeajaun

Sep 9, 2026

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When Spillover Becomes Normal, Scrum Teams Stop Seeing the Cost | Sheik Meeajaun

Sep 8, 2026

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The Scrum Master Who Let Standups Stay Silent Until the Team Took Ownership | Sheik Meeajaun

Sep 7, 2026

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BONUS Why Software Projects Fail When Everyone Keeps Quiet With Mark Stringer

Sep 5, 2026

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BONUS When the Team Becomes the Operating System for AI With Marko Taipale

Sep 3, 2026

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BONUS How Scrum Masters Turn AI Into a Thinking Partner With Dave Westgarth

Sep 2, 2026

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BONUS How Scrum Masters Can Use AI Without Becoming the Human API With Fred Deichler

Sep 1, 2026

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BONUS How AI Took the Boring Out of Agile Coaching With Michael Dougherty

Aug 31, 2026

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Product Owners Who Create Better Product Conversations in Scrum | Arun Parameswaran

Aug 28, 2026

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Success for Scrum Masters Means Teams Ask Better Questions Without You | Arun Parameswaran

Aug 27, 2026

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Using Scrumban and WIP Limits to Help Agile Teams Find Focus | Arun Parameswaran

Aug 26, 2026

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How Powerful Questions Help Scrum Teams Handle Stakeholder Conflict | Arun Parameswaran

Aug 25, 2026

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The Scrum Master Mistake of Fixing Trust With Process | Arun Parameswaran

Aug 24, 2026

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BONUS When Burnout Looks Like Productivity—The Hidden Risk to Innovation Capacity With Alison Campbell

Aug 22, 2026

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Product Owners Earn Team Loyalty By Showing Up, Learning, And Deciding | Joshua McDonald

Aug 21, 2026

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Scrum Master Success Means People Feel Heard, Respected, And Safe To Speak Up | Joshua McDonald

Aug 20, 2026

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