Agile Driven Impact

Hosts Diane & Erich Leonard discuss Agile "plays" for changemakers. Learn how to steer your mission, build resilience, and drive meaningful impact.

Agile Driven Impact is a business podcast hosted by Diane & Erich Leonard, with 16 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Diane & Erich Leonard hosts Agile Driven Impact, a business show with 16 episodes published.

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  Episode #17

  Co-Pilot with Jessica Crowley - See It to Believe It: Making Work Visible with Relative Sizing and Yesterday's Weather

  Aug 20, 202636 minS2

  In this Co-pilot episode of Agile Driven Impact, hosts Diane and Erich are joined by Dr. Jessica Crowley, Co-Founder of Agileon and Registered Scrum Trainer, to explore why making work visible isn't just a best practice — it's the prerequisite for everything else. Jessica brings firsthand experience from large-scale transformations, including a rail industry client who discovered they had five times more open projects than their actual capacity. The problem wasn't effort. The work was simply invisible. Whether you're running a grant-funded program or leading an enterprise transformation, this episode gives you a practical starting point. Evolving your work, accelerating your impact

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  Episode #16

  Co-Pilot with JJ Sutherland - More Than a List: Using the Product Backlog to Drive Long-Term Impact

  Aug 6, 202631 minS2

  Most teams treat the product backlog like a to-do list. JJ Sutherland, CEO of Scrum Inc. and co-author of Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time, says it should be so much more. In this episode, JJ joins hosts Diane and Erich to break down how teams can use the backlog to set, own, and stay aligned to long-term priority goals — and how to make those goals visible to everyone, from your daily check-in to your board of directors. Whether you're leading a software team, a nonprofit program, or a community initiative, you'll walk away with practical tools to turn your backlog into a strategic engine for lasting impact. Evolving your work, accelerating your impact

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  Episode #15

  Pit Stop - How to Avoid Relying on Heroic Efforts to Achieve Your Goals

  Jul 23, 20269 minS2

  In this Pit Stop episode of Agile Driven Impact, hosts Diane and Erich break down why heroic efforts are a symptom of a planning problem, not a sign of team strength — and share three practical ways teams can minimize them, from sustainable capacity planning and limiting work in progress, to eliminating reliance on a single team member. A heroic effort happens when a team has to do extraordinary, unsustainable work to hit a deadline — the all-nighter, the weekend sprint, the one person who always saves the day. In the moment it feels like dedication. Over time, it's a fast track to burnout. If your team regularly scrambles to the finish line, this episode is for you. Evolving your work, accelerating your impact

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  Episode #14

  Co-pilot with Bethany Planton - Measuring What Matters: Team Happiness, Stress, and Well-Being

  Jul 9, 202636 minS2

  In this episode of Agile Driven Impact, we explore the vital connection between team well-being and performance. Joining us is Bethany M. Planton, Founder and CEO of bmpconsulting, a certified Grant Professional, and a Registered Scrum Master and Product Owner. Bethany shares her unique perspective on why team happiness is a leading indicator of success rather than a "soft metric." We dive into the relationship between team happiness and stress, discussing how leaders can move beyond traditional surveys to use well-being data as a serious performance management strategy. Bethany also offers practical, lightweight approaches to measure team health, foster psychological safety, and turn data into meaningful action to prevent burnout and improve team dynamics in mission-driven environments. GPA Publications: Burnout in the Grants Profession: An Initial Analysis BIGGER than Burnout: Strategies for Winning the Silent Battle Healthy Grant Professionals in the Real World BMP Consulting Evolving your work, accelerating your impact

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  Episode #13

  The Garage - Team Working Agreements: Greater Than the Sum of the Parts

  Jun 30, 202624 minS2

  In this Season 2 premiere of Agile Driven Impact, hosts Diane and Erich open up The Garage to tune up the engine of any great initiative: the team itself. They dive into how uncovering and celebrating the unique, individual skills of your team members transforms a group of people into a high-performance unit. Learn how to capture these distinct strengths directly inside a Team Working Agreement to build a system greater than the sum of its parts. This episode is proudly sponsored by Agile in Nonprofits. Visit www.agileinnonprofits.com to grab their free toolkits, download team templates, and subscribe to their free weekly email packed with actionable agile tips. Evolving your work, accelerating your impact

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