SPaMCAST 586 - Great Big Agile and The Agile Performance Holarchy, An Interview with Jeff Dalton

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The SPaMCAST 586 features our interview with Jeff Dalton. We talked about his book</span> <a href="https://amzn.to/2Suwunh"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Great Big Agile</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">and the Agile Performance Holarchy. One of the topics we explored in this podcast is the relationship between being a professional musician and a software developer. Jeff brings his wisdom and humor to the podcast again to help listeners learn from high-performance agile organizations!</span></p> <p><strong>Note:</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">At 23:50 ish in this Podcast Jeff and I begin an exchange on the difference between the attributes needed to be an agile leader and those needed to climb the corporate ladder. The discussion is a profound truth that rarely is discussed or is suppressed. I would like to hear your thoughts!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jeff last visited the podcast on</span> <a href="https://bit.ly/2xmWkit"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">SPaMCAST 512</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jeff Dalton is Chief Evangelist at</span> <a href="http://agilecxo.org/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">AgileCxO.org</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, a Research and Development organization that studies agile leadership. He is a technology executive with over 30 years of experience as a CTO, CIO, VP of Product Development, and for that past fifteen years has been CEO of Broadsword and AgileCxO. He is an executive agile coach, agile assessor, and instructor, a regular conference speaker, and author of both "The Agile Performance Holarchy: An Operating System for Agile Leaders" and "The Guide to Scrum and CMMI: Improving Agile Performance with CMMI." In his spare time, Jeff is an instrument-rated pilot and plays bass in a jazz band. He has degrees in music and computer science. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img class= "aligncenter size-medium wp-image