
What we’re about
For all those engaged in Agile practices, seeking to deepen their understanding of new ways to show up for work, to coach, train, facilitate and engage in the art of making, Agile Conversations offers opportunities to talk with authors, innovators, activists—and above all, one another. Unlike most Agile meetup groups which focus on uni-directional speaker events, this one offers the opportunity to engage in multi-directional dialog, collectively moving towards a meaningful transformation of our workplaces.
Some of the events here are free, others are not. Please read the full description before joining an event.
— Tobias Mayer, http://tobiasmayer.uk
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- #TrueScrumMaster 2Link visible for attendees
Hosted and facilitated by Tobias Mayer, and held on the first Thursday of February, March, May, June, July and September 2025, this series of six ninety-minute conversations will help you understand the radically different nature of Scrum, and the role of the scrum master in keeping transitioning organisations on the true path towards a new way of working—and thinking. Each session has a different theme, which will be revealed a week or so ahead of the session. Watch this space.
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#TrueScrumMaster 2: (subject to be announced)
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Recommended reading (or listening) in between sessions:
Scrum Notes
The People's Scrum
LinkedIn Posts—
A spirited scrum master is Feste, the court jester in Twelfth Night, speaking truth to power. She is an Old Testament prophet, leading the people back to their true path, and she is Jiminy Cricket in Pinocchio, sitting on the shoulder of the organisation, its whispering conscience. Historically, there has been no role in an organisation quite like this one.
— from Scrum Note 41, 2017 - Feast of FacilitatorsLink visible for attendees
This is a paid session that runs across three days, 10am-2pm UK time.
Register here: Feast of FacilitatorsFeaturing workshops by Caitlin Walker, Noel Warnell, Myriam Hadness and Steve Chapman, This festival offers new and aspiring facilitators the opportunity to learn from their more seasoned peers in a structured, formal environment, and for all facilitators to exchange ideas and experiences with one another in an open space forum, so that the discipline as a whole can propagate and thrive in the digital world, waking us up to our full potential.
Inspired by the medieval festival, Feast of Fools, and paying homage to the same, our festival celebrates the potential of facilitators to challenge the status quo, and to turn the ordinary world (of work) upside down, leading organisational change and personal awakening from a position of no power.
Read the full description and register here: Feast of Facilitators
- #TrueScrumMaster 3Link visible for attendees
Hosted and facilitated by Tobias Mayer, and held on the first Thursday of February, March, May, June, July and September 2025, this series of six ninety-minute conversations will help you understand the radically different nature of Scrum, and the role of the scrum master in keeping transitioning organisations on the true path towards a new way of working—and thinking. Each session has a different theme, which will be revealed a week or so ahead of the session. Watch this space.
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#TrueScrumMaster 3: (subject to be announced)
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Recommended reading (or listening) in between sessions:
Scrum Notes
The People's Scrum
LinkedIn Posts—
A spirited scrum master is Feste, the court jester in Twelfth Night, speaking truth to power. She is an Old Testament prophet, leading the people back to their true path, and she is Jiminy Cricket in Pinocchio, sitting on the shoulder of the organisation, its whispering conscience. Historically, there has been no role in an organisation quite like this one.
— from Scrum Note 41, 2017 - #TrueScrumMaster 4Link visible for attendees
Hosted and facilitated by Tobias Mayer, and held on the first Thursday of February, March, May, June, July and September 2025, this series of six ninety-minute conversations will help you understand the radically different nature of Scrum, and the role of the scrum master in keeping transitioning organisations on the true path towards a new way of working—and thinking. Each session has a different theme, which will be revealed a week or so ahead of the session. Watch this space.
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#TrueScrumMaster 4: (subject to be announced)
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Recommended reading (or listening) in between sessions:
Scrum Notes
The People's Scrum
LinkedIn Posts—
A spirited scrum master is Feste, the court jester in Twelfth Night, speaking truth to power. She is an Old Testament prophet, leading the people back to their true path, and she is Jiminy Cricket in Pinocchio, sitting on the shoulder of the organisation, its whispering conscience. Historically, there has been no role in an organisation quite like this one.
— from Scrum Note 41, 2017