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Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast: Agile storytelling from the trenches

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

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

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44:26

BONUS Why the Spotify Model Didn't Work (Even at...

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2026/03/16

BONUS: Why the Spotify Model Didn't Work (Even at Spotify) Imagine a company that spends a year building an iPad app—and on launch day the product owner says: "Now it'll be interesting to see IF anyone uses it." In this episode, Marcus Hammarberg and Tore Fjaertoft share why organizations keep installing frameworks like software, why it still doesn't work, and what they've learned from places like Spotify about treating your way of working as a product in itself. When Copying Without

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37:32

BONUS The Human Architect Still Matters—AI-Assisted...

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2026/03/14

BONUS: Why the Human Architect Still Matters—AI-Assisted Coding for Production-Grade Software How do you build mission-critical software with AI without losing control of the architecture? In this episode, Ran Aroussi returns to share his hands-on approach to AI-assisted coding, revealing why he never lets the AI be the architect, how he uses a mental model file to preserve institutional knowledge across sessions, and why the IDE as we know it may be on its way out. Vibe Coding vs AI-Assisted

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16:07

Product Owner Anti-Patterns, From Team Owner to...

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2026/03/13

Junaid Shaikh: Product Owner Anti-Patterns, From Team Owner to Product Owner, And The PO Who Got It Right Junaid opens with a line that cuts straight to the most common PO anti-pattern: "You are the product owner, not the team owner." When he sees a PO slipping into command-and-control mode, he asks them one question: "What is your role?" They say "Product Owner." He says: "Exactly. You own the product, not the team. If you were meant to own the team, we'd call you a project manager." The

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11:31

How Scrum Masters Can Measure Their Own Impact,...

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2026/03/12

Junaid Shaikh: How Scrum Masters Can Measure Their Own Impact, Practical Self-Assessment Metrics Junaid's favorite retrospective format? The vanilla: what went well, what could have gone better, what to do better next. He's tried many formats — the Three L's (liked, learned, lacked), the Three Little Pigs, the sailboat — but the core principle is always the same. His practical advice: stick with a consistent format so the team gets better at the process itself rather than constantly adjusting to

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15:11

Managing Uncertainty As A Scrum Master, How Scrum's...

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2026/03/11

Junaid Shaikh: Managing Uncertainty As A Scrum Master, How Scrum's Rhythm Creates Stability In Unstable Times For this week's coaching conversation, Junaid brings a challenge that resonates well beyond any single team: dealing with uncertainty. He references the World Uncertainty Index report from February 2026, which showed the highest levels of global uncertainty ever recorded — surpassing both the COVID pandemic and the 2008 financial crisis. This uncertainty doesn't stay at the

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15:02

Why Teams Go Through The Motions of Agile Without...

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2026/03/10

Junaid Shaikh: Why Teams Go Through The Motions of Agile Without Being Agile, And What To Do About It Junaid's book recommendation is The Culture Map by Erin Meyer. As a Scrum Master working at companies like Ericsson and ABB — organizations that are a "United Nations" of cultures — understanding cultural tendencies has been essential. But Junaid goes further: you can customize the Culture Map framework even within a team of people from the same country, using the parameters to map different

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14:16

The Eager Scrum Master Trap, Why Proposing Solutions...

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2026/03/09

Junaid Shaikh: The Eager Scrum Master Trap, Why Proposing Solutions Too Early Can Backfire In this episode, Junaid shares a story from his early days as a Scrum Master when enthusiasm got ahead of experience. Fresh from a CSM certification and full of ideas, he walked into teams and started proposing solutions — "No, this is not how you should do it." It felt obvious. It wasn't. The wake-up call came when he proposed working agreements to a team that had been collaborating well for two years

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41:44

BONUS: Leadership Is Contextual With Daniel Harcek

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2026/03/08

In this CTO Series episode, Daniel Harcek shares how leading engineering teams across radically different scales — from a 7-person fintech startup to a 2,000-person cybersecurity company — taught him that leadership isn't one-size-fits-all. We explore how he builds AI-first organizations, drives agile transformations, and why he believes every person in a company should think like a tech person. What Works at 10 People Breaks at 100 "Leadership is contextual, not absolute. What works with 10 people

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18:18

Accountability Requires Ability—Why Powerless Product...

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2026/03/06

Nigel Baker: Accountability Requires Ability—Why Powerless Product Owners Are Sacrificial Lambs Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. In this episode, we refer to the importance of product ownership and empowerment in Scrum teams. The Great Product Owner: The Empirical PO Who Navigated Like a Slalom Skier "He had an idea of the outcomes he

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11:08

Why Scrum Masters Should Be Measured on Outcomes,...

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2026/03/05

Nigel Baker: Why Scrum Masters Should Be Measured on Outcomes, Impacts, and Team Happiness Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "No customer's going to come to you and say, do you know why I bought your product? Your remarkable compliance with your internal development process. What they're interested in is outcomes and impacts." - Nigel Baker

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18:32

The "Death of Agile" and Why It's Really the Death of...

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2026/03/04

Nigel Baker: The "Death of Agile" and Why It's Really the Death of Empowerment That Should Frighten Us Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "It's not so much the death of Agile that's killing me, or death of Scrum. It's the death of things like empowerment, the death of things like empiricism. Those are the things that frighten me in work." - Nigel

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16:35

When Teams Slowly Decay by Anointing a Hidden...

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2026/03/03

Nigel Baker: When Teams Slowly Decay by Anointing a Hidden Dictator Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "The world won't end with a bang, but with a whimper. My great fear is not teams exploding like a bomb—that shows they care. The big thing for me is teams that decay slowly." - Nigel Baker Nigel shares a pattern he has witnessed repeatedly:

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16:35

The Scrum Master Mistake of Copy-Pasting Success...

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2026/03/02

Nigel Baker: The Scrum Master Mistake of Copy-Pasting Success Instead of Recreating the Journey Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "I was trying to recreate the results of our team, not recreate the journey. And that is what killed me to begin with." - Nigel Baker Nigel fell into Scrum Mastery almost by accident. Working at British Telecom in

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15:15

The Explicit and Implicit Layers of Unclear Decision...

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2026/02/27

Lai-Ling Su: The Explicit and Implicit Layers of Unclear Decision Rights Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. The Great Product Owner: Building Impactful Relationships That Get Things Done "What made her great was the fact that she focused not just on her technical prowess, but on the people, politics, and the performance side of product. And she

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13:47

What Scrum Masters Must Do More of in 2026—Think Like...

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2026/02/26

Lai-Ling Su: What Scrum Masters Must Do More of in 2026—Think Like a Business Owner Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "Success is so contextual. And I think the definitions and measurements of success also change over time. So, only you can definitively say what success is at any given time and how to appropriately measure it for your situation."

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13:17

When Leadership Changes—Supporting Teams Through the...

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2026/02/25

Lai-Ling Su: When Leadership Changes—Supporting Teams Through the Uncertainty Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "We have a once in a generational or once in a lifetime type of opportunity to fundamentally work with these leaders to shift the workplace environments and the workplace dynamics in the way that we've been trying to craft in the world

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16:54

Why the Us-Versus-Them Mentality Is the Fastest Path...

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2026/02/24

Lai-Ling Su: Why the Us-Versus-Them Mentality Is the Fastest Path to Team Self-Destruction Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "The quickest way to self-destruction is to have an us-versus-them mentality. Because it permeates into every behavior, every action or inaction, and it impacts every single outcome as a result of it." - Lai-Ling Su

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18:35

The Product and Service Story That Every Scrum Master...

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2026/02/23

Lai-Ling Su: The Product and Service Story That Every Scrum Master Needs to Hear Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "It was kind of at that moment that I realized, like, community was about providing people with the opportunities that they otherwise wouldn't have had. And whilst you could technically execute your product or service well, the

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35:01

BONUS From Combat Pilot to Scrum Master - How...

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2026/02/21

BONUS: From Combat Pilot to Scrum Master - How Military Leadership Transforms Agile Teams In this bonus episode, we explore a fascinating career transition with Nate Amidon, a former Air Force combat pilot who now helps software teams embed military-grade leadership principles into their Agile practices. Nate shares how the high-stakes discipline of aviation translates directly into building high-performing development teams, and why veterans make exceptional Scrum Masters. The

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33:07

BONUS From Individual AI Wins to Team-Wide...

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2026/02/20

BONUS: From Individual AI Wins to Team-Wide Transformation What happens when the leaders we trust to guide transformation become the bottleneck slowing it down? In this episode, Monica Marquez—with 25+ years in people transformation at Goldman Sachs, Google, and beyond—reveals why the old equation of effort equals success is breaking down, and what leaders must unlearn to thrive in the age of AI. The Leadership Crisis Nobody Trained You For "No one ever really teaches you what it really

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