# The Over-Communicator vs. The Over-Ambitious—Two Patterns Every Scrum Master Should Recognize | Aliu Adewale

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Published: 2026-07-10T10:05:00+00:00
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## Resource

Aliu Adewale: The Over-Communicator vs. The Over-Ambitious—Two Patterns Every Scrum Master Should Recognize Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes . The Great Product Owner: The Over-Communicator Who Negotiated Every Scope Change Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes . "This is a guy who over-communicates everything." - Aliu Adewale The best Product Owner Aliu ever worked with did something simple that almost no PO does. Before each refinement, he'd pull up the Jira board, record himself walking through every user story, explaining acceptance criteria, talking through the end goal one ticket at a time—and post the video to the team a day or two ahead. This was before Loom existed. The result: refinement felt less like discovery and more like "walking it back" —the team arrived already prepared, with real questions, ready to engage. He still attended every refinement and never missed a comment in Jira. But the second skill Aliu names matters even more: negotiation. This PO never let scope creep into a sprint mid-stride without consulting the team first. "If we add these two requests from leadership, what's the impact? Do we need to take something out?" And if the team said no, he didn't force it. He went back to leadership and named the consequence: "If we add this, here's what happens. Are you okay with that?" Over-communication and negotiation—two skills that protect the team and the product at the same time. Self-reflection Question: When was the last time your PO asked the team's permissi…

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