Alex Sloley, Agile Coach, sits with Tomasz Wykowski from ProCognita to discuss how Scrum teams can learn the ‘whys’ of Scrum. They examine three pillars and five values, and how these can be applied to enhance events, accountabilities, and artifacts. Analyzing examples from their experience, they check how organizations can avoid ‘Robotic Scrum’, where people follow mechanics, but don’t see any value in doing that.

They discover that understanding of the theory behind Scrum cannot be enforced, as opposed to mandating events or artefacts, and they search for ways managers can help teams develop curiosity to learn and apply empiricism in practice.

To learn more about Alex, visit his website https://alexsloley.com/. You can find his book there as well - The Agile Community https://alexsloley.com/books.

Other resources mentioned during the conversation:

• E. Deming website https://deming.org/
• The Goal book by E. Goldrat https://www.amazon.pl/Goal-Anniversary-Process-Ongoing-Improvement/dp/0884271951

This podcast was recorded during the Regional Scrum Gathering Dhaka 2025 (https://dhakaregional.com/). You can find Alex’s keynote at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeAgtJzM8Zw