{"podcast":{"title":"Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast: Agile storytelling from the trenches","slug":"scrum-master-toolbox-podcast-agile-storytelling-from-the-trenches-445588","podcast_index_feed_id":445588,"rss_url":"https://scrummastertoolbox.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://www.scrum-master-toolbox.org/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/e/2/5/e/e25edab2a57e22f8/Scrummaster_toolbox_podcast_logo_v1.png","author":"Vasco Duarte","episode_count":200,"summary":"Every week day, Certified Scrum Master, Agile Coach and business consultant Vasco Duarte interviews Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches from all over the world to get you actionable advice, new tips and tricks, improve your craft as a Scrum Master with daily doses of inspiring conversations with Scrum Masters from the all over the world. Stay tuned for BONUS episodes when we interview Agile gurus and other thought leaders in the business space to bring you the Agile Business perspective you need to succeed as a Scrum Master. Some of the topics we discuss include: Agile Business, Agile Strategy, Retrospectives, Team motivation, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Backlog Refinement, Scaling Scrum, Lean Startup, Test Driven Development (TDD), Behavior Driven Development (BDD), Paper Prototyping, QA in Scrum, the role of agile managers, servant leadership, agile coaching, and more!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T20:18:41.285145+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scrum-master-toolbox-podcast-agile-storytelling-from-the-trenches-445588"},"episode":{"title":"From Staying in Your Line to The Connected Product Owner—Two Patterns Every Scrum Master Should Recognize | Gunnar Fischer","slug":"from-staying-in-your-line-to-the-connected-product-owner-two-patterns-every-scrum-master-should-recognize-gunnar-fischer","published_at":"2026-07-03T10:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scrum-master-toolbox-podcast-agile-storytelling-from-the-trenches-445588/from-staying-in-your-line-to-the-connected-product-owner-two-patterns-every-scrum-master-should-recognize-gunnar-fischer","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scrum-master-toolbox-podcast-agile-storytelling-from-the-trenches-445588","url":"https://scrummastertoolbox.libsyn.com/from-staying-in-your-line-to-the-connected-product-ownertwo-patterns-every-scrum-master-should-recognize-gunnar-fischer","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/scrummastertoolbox/20260703_Gunnar_Fischer_F.mp3?dest-id=246429","summary":"Gunnar Fischer: From Staying in Your Line to The Connected Product Owner—Two Patterns Every Scrum Master Should Recognize The Great Product Owner: The Connected PO Who Makes Information Flow 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 Product Owner didn't need to be the smartest person in the room, but everybody knew, okay, this is a really smart guy.\" - Gunnar Fischer The best Product Owner Gunnar ever worked with was what he calls the connected PO . This person had a deep professional network—inside the company and with the customer—and could talk to anyone: a colleague, the client, a brand-new team member they were onboarding. They were socially sharp without being shallow. They could disagree clearly, even harshly, and then turn around and say, \"now let's talk about something else,\" with kindness. When this PO said no, it was a no people respected; when they said yes, it was a yes people trusted, because everyone knew the PO could push back. The praise behind their back matched the praise in the room. They had a private life, too—not married to the job, which made them a more well-rounded human. But the specifically Product Owner skill Gunnar names is this: they could look at the product across different time horizons—what does it need to do in one month, three months, one year—and they kept juggling functionality, contracts, customer situation, and economic reality at the same time. Their technical background helped, but they understood the line: \"It's not my job to be the technically most savvy guy, but I'm willing to share my knowledge with everybody.\" As Gunnar puts it, the difference between a subject matter expert and…","meta_description":"Gunnar Fischer: From Staying in Your Line to The Connected Product Owner—Two Patterns Every Scrum Master Should Recognize The Great Product Owner: The Con…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":851,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/scrum-master-toolbox-podcast-agile-storytelling-from-the-trenches-445588/episodes/from-staying-in-your-line-to-the-connected-product-owner-two-patterns-every-scrum-master-should-recognize-gunnar-fischer/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scrum-master-toolbox-podcast-agile-storytelling-from-the-trenches-445588/from-staying-in-your-line-to-the-connected-product-owner-two-patterns-every-scrum-master-should-recognize-gunnar-fischer.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}