Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast

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 2002—before most people had even heard of Scrum—his team adopted it not to speed up, but to add rigor to an already fast-moving tactical unit full of "pirates" who could get stuff done but needed guardrails. His first Scrum Master, Geoff Watts, got promoted and moved on, leaving a vacancy. Nigel was the third person asked—and the first to say yes. He loved the role, but his earliest mistake became his most enduring lesson.  On his very first daily Scrum, Nigel brought a big leather book and wrote down what every