Talks and Workshops
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Upcoming Events
"Why won't they listen to me? Challenges that experts face in sharing their message" - Agile2025
July 29, 2025
Chris will be presenting a new talk at Agile2025, "Why won't they listen to me? Challenges that experts face in sharing their message" as part of the "What if they don’t want my help?" track, live in-person on Tuesday, July 29 at 3:45 pm. This workshop explores what it means to be an expert in a field, and tips on bridging communication gaps experts face when working with novices... and other experts!
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Videos and Downloads From Past Events
Recordings and materials from some of Chris's most popular talks!
"Cooking with the Wrong Ingredients - Why your design choices matter" - ATD25
May 21, 2025
Chris presented his "Cooking with the Wrong Ingredients - Why design choices matter" as part of the Learning Theories and Approaches track of the Association for Talent Development (ATD) ATD25 conference, both live in-person and streaming on Wednesday, May 21 at 8:00 am.
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Agile Uprising - "Scrum Sucks? Kanban Sucks?" with CST Chris Li and PKT Troy Lightfoot
September 23, 2024
In this episode of the Agile Uprising podcast, host and Professional Kanban Trainer Troy Lightfoot sits down with Certified Scrum Trainer Chris Li to discuss the pervasive online sentiment that common agile of ways of working like Scrum and Kanban just suck.
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"Knock Knock - Who's There? - Feedback!" - Effective techniques to ask for and interpret feedback - Agile2024
July 23, 2024
In this workshop, you will experience techniques to help explore the benefits and challenges of different types of feedback, how to reframe the questions to want to ask others, and how to interpret different elements of feedback to better "read between the lines".
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Netflix and ___ - A knockout approach to Decision-Making and Prioritization - Global Scrum Gathering
May 20, 2024
In this workshop, you will get to experience a fun and interactive approach towards prioritization and decision making that can be applied to your personal and professional life.
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Cooking With the Wrong Ingredients - Agile Virtual Summit
June 5, 2023
In this session, you will learn about the different choices instructors, coaches, and facilitators make when building learning experiences, and the impacts of those choices on their attendees and the event overall.
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Talking Agile Advice and Agile 2023
April 16, 2023
Chris Li joins host Chris Murman to discuss the state of conferences today, why they matter, and how #Agile2023 is our favorite of the bunch.
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Agile Mentors Podcast - Is it Time to Go Out on Your Own?
March 22, 2023
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IT In Motion - The Day After the Layoff
March 2023
Chris joins the ScienceLogic team to discuss the current IT industry layoffs, and what to do next - including always carrying yourself with dignity!
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DrunkenPM Radio - Sprint Goals and Sprint Planning
February 13, 2023
In this episode of the podcast, Chris and Dave Prior join up for a conversation about Sprint Goals. While they both agree they are critical, they approach creating them very differently. If you are trying to get your head around when and how to create a Sprint Goal that can work for your team, you'll get plenty of ideas from this conversation.
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Agile is Awesome: Rethinking Agile Ep2
February 5, 2023
Chris joined Troy Lightfoot and the Agile Uprising podcast to talk about the current state of Agile and the growing negativity in the community.
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DrunkenPM Radio - In Defense of Frederick Taylor
January 17, 2023
In this episode Christine Li joins Dave Prior to talk about the work of Scientific Management pioneer (and Philadelphian) Frederick W. Taylor. We explore some lesser-known aspects of his work and how it applies to work today, in both good and bad ways.
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Agile Table Topics
December 2022
Chris Li joins Omar McNeil and CP Richardson in this episode of Agile Table Topics.
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DrunkenPM Radio - An Abundance of Opportunity
September 17, 2022
In this episode of the podcast, Chris Li and Dave Prior talk through some challenges that were sent in by a student of Dave's. As they walk through the issues, they discuss how severe each situation is and how they would each respond to it.
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Agile2022
July 19, 2022
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The Agile Quokka-Cast
March 5, 2022
Chris joined "Agile Quokka" Jeff Davis on his podcast to explore the motivational ways to improve outcomes through better training and coaching experiences!
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Scrum Masters of the Universe Meetup
February 10, 2022
Chris explored attributes of effective teams in "Are we really a Team? What questions to ask."
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Neuroscience of Learning and State of Training
July 7, 2021
Chris joined the Agile Uprising podcast to talk about the neuroscience of learning and how poor training can create a large ripple effect in an organization.
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Agile Leadership Network (ALN)
June 3, 2021
Chris spoke at the June meeting of the ALN DC chapter. He presented "Climbing the Mountain - How effective leaders lift up those around them"
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Scrum Master Summit
May 19, 2021
Chris is proud to have keynoted the Wednesday session at this global event! His talk focused on the connections between interpersonal behaviors on a team and what to watch out for.
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Agile Richmond Meetup
March 18, 2021
Chris presented his new workshop on Scrum anti-patterns, "Woah, We Do That!"
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2020 Scrum Guide Artifacts
January 3, 2021
Chris sat down with Dave Prior to discuss new updates to the 2020 Scrum Guide and its impact on Scrum artifacts.
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Team Basics
July 31, 2020 and September 3, 2020
Many of you attended Chris's "Are we really a Team? What questions to ask" talk at some of the 2020 virtual meetups and conferences. We have created a PDF for you, including key points and questions from the talk. Follow the link below for this FREE download to use with your teams.
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Thanks to the Agile100 team for posting this video of Chris's presentation from the Agile100 July 2020 conference!
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And thanks to the Lean Agile Toronto team for posting this video of Chris's presentation from the September 2020 meetup!
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It's a Full-Time Job: Scrum Master By The Numbers
Many of you have read Chris's Blog Post outlining the work that Scrum Masters take on each and every day. Check out this video of Chris presenting this topic at the Agile Professionals meetup.
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