Watch on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/MfImeEij4XY

In this episode of the Agile and Action Podcast, Bill chats with Bhavneet Chahal, Co-founder and CEO of GoSkills, about how AI is reshaping online learning and development. Bhavneet shares how GoSkills took the bite-sized learning approach seriously way back in 2013 and why it still holds strong today. Instead of hour-long snoozefests, they focus on 3 to 5 minute lessons that come with cheat sheets, quizzes, and exercises. Bhav also explains how their platform integrates AI to help trainers build courses, generate lesson plans, and even make course titles pop. But she’s quick to add that AI should assist, not replace, human quality and insight.

The conversation dives into how AI isn’t a threat to structured learning but actually helps enhance it. While ChatGPT and YouTube are great for quick answers, structured platforms like GoSkills offer guided learning that actually sticks. They’ve rolled out tools like Genie and Ask AI to boost productivity and personalize the learning experience without losing quality. Bhav shares her thoughts on how AI can help not just with content creation but also strategy, marketing, and even spotting hidden opportunities from raw data. Her hot tip for trainers and instructional designers: learn how to use AI to polish and sell your course, not just build it.

What You'll Learn

• Why micro-learning still wins in adult education
• How AI can help you build and market better courses
• The difference between using AI for quick answers vs structured learning
• How GoSkills uses AI to find trends and shape future content
• Tips for trainers to stay competitive using AI tools in course design and promotion

"How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. It’s the same thing with projects." — Luke Pivac

In this episode of the Agile in Action Podcast, Bill Raymond chats with Luke Pivac, co-author of Learn Agile and Scrum in Two Hours.

They talk about why Agile is more about mindset than rigid frameworks, the shift from traditional project management to Agile practices, and how teams adapted to remote work during the pandemic. Luke shares his personal journey into Agile, why Scrum works, and how Agile principles help teams stay resilient, especially in uncertain times.

What you will learn:
✅ Why a strong Agile mindset beats just following a framework

✅ How daily standups and retrospectives can transform a team’s dynamics

✅ The difference between Agile and traditional project management (hint: flexibility wins)

✅ How Agile principles help teams adapt during crises (like COVID-19)

✅ How AI can complement Agile practices (but not replace human creativity and problem-solving)

Luke on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukepivac

Learn Agile and Scrum in 2 Hours: https://www.amazon.com/Learn-Agile-Scrum-Hours-Beginners/dp/0994169345

In this Agile in Action Podcast episode, Professor Adam Boddison, CEO of the Association for Project Management (APM), discusses the evolving role of project professionals in a rapidly changing world. He emphasizes the critical importance of project professionals in delivering societal and organizational change, advocating for their broader recognition beyond technical roles to strategic leadership positions. The conversation touches on the need to redefine success in project management, the challenges posed by global talent shortages, the inclusion of agile methodologies under the project professional umbrella, and the value of stakeholder engagement, continuous learning, and benefit realization. Boddison also makes a case for integrating project management as a core component of leadership training and suggests that roles like Chief Operating Officer may need to evolve into Chief Project or Transformation Officers to better align with today’s change-driven business landscape.

What You Will Learn:

• The strategic role of project professionals: Why project professionals are more than just process experts—they are essential to executing organizational strategy and managing change effectively across sectors.

• The need to redefine project success: How modern project management requires focus on benefits realization and adaptability, rather than strict adherence to initial plans.

• Bridging the project profession and the C-suite: Why project management deserves a seat at the executive table and how roles like COO may need to evolve to reflect a greater emphasis on transformation.

• Building project capability and maturity: The importance of upskilling both intentional and “accidental” project professionals and using lessons learned to inform future projects.

Relevant URLs:

• Association for Project Management (APM): https://www.apm.org.uk

• Agile in Action Podcast: https://agileinaction.com

• Adam Boddison on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamboddison

Today, we are honored to have Captain Jon Haase on the podcast. Captain Jon Haase is a Navy Program Manager at the Navy Expeditionary Missions Program Office (or PMS 408) in NAVSEA and actively promotes AI readiness and innovation within the defense sector.

In this episode, host Bill Raymond and Captain Jon Haase explore integrating AI and Agile methodologies to tackle the unique challenges in highly regulated federal government environments. They share real-world applications, touching on the latest trends in defense robotics and how AI technologies, field testing, and agility improve mission success rates.

🎥 Watch now: https://youtu.be/N9u-dsvOhSU

Are you feeling trapped because your product is not delivering value?

Guest David Pereira shares how to untrap your team by prioritizing customer needs and behaviors over backlog grooming, focusing on adding value.

David and Bill will equip you with practical, actionable tips and strategies. You’ll learn how to measure the value delivered by a product or feature and why having honest conversations with customers is crucial to gaining a deeper understanding of their needs. Untrapping your product teams and creating products that deliver value will become a tangible goal.

In this podcast, you will learn:

✅ How to understand customer needs and behaviors

✅ Strategies for prioritizing features

✅ The importance of incremental change over perfection

🚀 Untrap your product teams to re-focus on value

For this podcast's transcript, to reach David, and much more, visit the Agile in Action website:

https://agileinaction.com