Ep. 49 | START FROM SCRATCH: Getting Into Scrum and Agile from a Non-Tech Background with Michelle Pauk (Part 1)

The Agile Coach Podcast

In this latest episode of the Agile Coach, Vivek Khattri welcomes Michelle Pauk, the Director for Agile Coaching and Kaizen Facilitation at Pfizer. Michelle will be sharing her unlikely entry to the world of tech and her personal experience from her humble beginnings in Agile and Scrum, to the mindset shift of anticipating risks, to the struggles of being a new Scrum Master.

HIGHLIGHTS

• The start of Michelle's tech career
• Getting into Agile and Scrum
• Mindset shift of anticipation
• Struggles of being a new Scrum Master
• Coaching new Scrum Masters

QUOTES

Michelle: “We are drawn to the things that we need to learn, or we teach the things we need to learn. I think that is absolutely true.”

Michelle: “I guess the mindset shift for me was realizing like, as a project venue manager, I genuinely felt bad that I didn't anticipate that these things would happen.”

Michelle: “One of the things that I try to make space for people I'm mentoring or coaching to think about that reflects on that conversation, but also encouraging them to do some of that reflection work themselves.”

Michelle: “I would just say, you know, the learning process is very messy. Learning happens in the mess. And if you can be comfortable with that, like, you can know everything there is to know about agile, so is it really about you? This is about the team.”

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• LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-pauk-82a88316/

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