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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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15:49

The Silence Test — How to Know Your Team Doesn't Need...

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2026/07/16

Mirco Gerling: The Silence Test — How to Know Your Team Doesn't Need You Anymore 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. "Don't talk too much. And only talk if it's necessary." - Mirco Gerling For Mirco, success as a Scrum Master starts with a simple rule he had to fight for: don't try to be someone else. Early in his career, when people kept

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20:31

Two Teams, One Sprint Cadence — The Hidden Cost of...

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2026/07/15

Mirco Gerling: Two Teams, One Sprint Cadence — The Hidden Cost of Synchronization 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 teams need to understand the advantage of the synchronization — but will they?" - Mirco Gerling Two of Mirco's teams just got merged into one — and the brand-new, fused team is now part of a 10+ team organization trying to

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17:43

The Supermarket Team That Self-Destructed Trying to...

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2026/07/14

Mirco Gerling: The Supermarket Team That Self-Destructed Trying to Help Everyone 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. "They tried to help, and finally, it... it self-destructed the team." - Mirco Gerling The team was the supermarket of the organization. Cloud systems, versioning, developer machines, hardware — if another team needed

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14:51

When the Scrum Guide Isn't the Rulebook — A Scrum...

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2026/07/13

Mirco Gerling: When the Scrum Guide Isn't the Rulebook — A Scrum Master's First Conflict with Management 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 had to learn that the organization didn't know the Scrum Guide very exactly." - Mirco Gerling In his first Scrum Master role — running hybrid as both developer and Scrum Master — Mirco walked in

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14:34

The Over-Communicator vs. The Over-Ambitious—Two...

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2026/07/10

Aliu Adewale: The Over-Communicator vs. The Over-Ambitious—Two Patterns Every Scrum Master Should Recognize 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: The Over-Communicator Who Negotiated Every Scope Change Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master

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14:27

Success Is Living the Five Scrum Values—And Asking...

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2026/07/09

Aliu Adewale: Success Is Living the Five Scrum Values—And Asking the Team If You Are 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. "Trust is the foundation of empowerment. When you trust your team, they will deliver beyond your expectation." - Aliu Adewale For Aliu, success as a Scrum Master is concrete: the team is living the five Scrum

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14:25

When Everything Is a "Must-Have," Nothing...

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2026/07/08

Aliu Adewale: When Everything Is a "Must-Have," Nothing Is—Prioritization for Real-World Teams 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. "Every yes to something unimportant is a no to what matters." - Aliu Adewale Aliu's current challenge isn't from his day job—it's from a volunteer project for his local Parent-Teacher Association. The group wants to

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17:03

The Counterintuitive Fix—How Collapsing the Jira...

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2026/07/07

Aliu Adewale: The Counterintuitive Fix—How Collapsing the Jira Board Sparked Collaboration 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. "Collaboration is the foundation of a successful Scrum team." - Aliu Adewale Aliu walked into a team where the daily standup was theater. Developers delivered their tickets and forgot about them. QA picked up "their"

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16:37

The New Scrum Master Trap—Being In Everyone's...

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2026/07/06

Aliu Adewale: The New Scrum Master Trap—Being In Everyone's Business to Look Busy 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. "Sometimes the best architecture and design comes from a self-organizing team." - Aliu Adewale When Aliu first became a Scrum Master, he wanted to be everywhere. New to the role, new to the organization, with a new team relying

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14:11

From Staying in Your Line to The Connected Product...

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2026/07/03

Gunnar Fischer: From Staying in Your Line to The Connected Product Owner—Two Patterns Every Scrum Master Should Recognize The Great Product Owner: The Connected PO Who Makes Information Flow 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. "This Product Owner didn't need to be the smartest person in the room, but everybody knew, okay, this is a really smart

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18:36

Healthy Flow of Value in a Healthy Work...

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2026/07/02

Gunnar Fischer: Healthy Flow of Value in a Healthy Work Environment—The Ecosystem Definition of Success 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. "A successful Scrum Master is healthy flow of value in a healthy work environment." - Gunnar Fischer Gunnar's definition of success comes in one phrase that hides a lot of work: healthy flow of value in a

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19:09

Three Transformations at Once—How to Build Momentum...

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2026/07/01

Gunnar Fischer: Three Transformations at Once—How to Build Momentum When Everyone Is Exhausted 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. "You're not only writing for the leadership—you're always writing for the gallery." - Gunnar Fischer Gunnar brought a juicy challenge to Wednesday: his company is running three transformations in parallel, at three

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18:50

The Anti-Pattern Bingo Team—When Success Is a...

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2026/06/30

Gunnar Fischer: The Anti-Pattern Bingo Team—When Success Is a Zero-Sum Game 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. "This was neither Scrum, nor a team. It was more like the anti-pattern bingo team." - Gunnar Fischer When Gunnar took his first job abroad, he walked straight into what he calls the "anti-pattern bingo team"—a supposed Scrum team that

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14:48

Accepting Not Being Accepted—The People-Pleasing Trap...

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2026/06/29

Gunnar Fischer: Accepting Not Being Accepted—The People-Pleasing Trap That Broke a Scrum Master 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 accepted not being accepted, and that was a big failure." - Gunnar Fischer Gunnar's biggest failure wasn't a single bad decision—it was an attitude he carried into work for far too long. As an Agile coach and

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14:39

The PO Who Doesn't Care vs the PO Who Always Has the...

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2026/06/26

Olaitan Fashanu: The PO Who Doesn't Care vs the PO Who Always Has the Answer 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 a recurring theme in past podcast episodes—the proxy product owner who can't make decisions because they're not theirs to make. The Great Product Owner: Always Available, Always Decisive, Always Has the

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15:20

I Love Data—Why Success for a Scrum Master Means...

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2026/06/25

Olaitan Fashanu: I Love Data—Why Success for a Scrum Master Means Doing the Hard Measurement Work 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. "You don't get better by not trying to be better." - Vasco Duarte (channeling Olaitan's own discipline) For Olaitan, success as a Scrum Master comes down to two things—team effectiveness and team health—and he

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17:19

Three Teams, Three Backlogs, One Feature—Can You Make...

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2026/06/24

Olaitan Fashanu: Three Teams, Three Backlogs, One Feature—Can You Make Them See Each Other? 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. "How do we ensure that these teams actually work together to show the same data?" - Olaitan Fashanu Olaitan brings a problem most Scrum Masters in scaled environments will recognize. Three teams. Three separate

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15:18

When the New PO Stops Refining—and the Team Starts...

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2026/06/23

Olaitan Fashanu: When the New PO Stops Refining—and the Team Starts Self-Destructing 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. "If we're actually doing the job of refining this ticket properly, then we will not be creating this tension in the team." - Olaitan Fashanu The team was working well. They had a strong PO who came to refinement with the

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13:43

The Scrum Master Who Tried to Force His Way In—and...

Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast: Agile storytelling from... ·

2026/06/22

Olaitan Fashanu: The Scrum Master Who Tried to Force His Way In—and Got Schooled 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. "When you want to make things work, you need to find a way to carry people along. Lead, not by forcing your way on the team, because you're working with smart people, you're working with professionals." - Olaitan Fashanu When

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12:48

Output Owners vs Activators — Two Product Owners Who...

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2026/06/19

Aimé Flemm: Output Owners vs Activators — Two Product Owners Who Defined Aimé's Career 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, Aimé reflects on two Product Owners — one who showed him what greatness looks like, and one who taught him the cost of structural malpractice. The contrast is structural as much as personal. The Great Product

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