{"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":"The Curious Product Owner and the Disempowered One — How Scrum Masters Can Help POs Find Their Voice | Viktor Glinka","slug":"the-curious-product-owner-and-the-disempowered-one-how-scrum-masters-can-help-pos-find-their-voice-viktor-glinka","published_at":"2026-04-24T10:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scrum-master-toolbox-podcast-agile-storytelling-from-the-trenches-445588/the-curious-product-owner-and-the-disempowered-one-how-scrum-masters-can-help-pos-find-their-voice-viktor-glinka","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scrum-master-toolbox-podcast-agile-storytelling-from-the-trenches-445588","url":"https://scrummastertoolbox.libsyn.com/the-curious-product-owner-and-the-disempowered-one-how-scrum-masters-can-help-pos-find-their-voice-viktor-glinka","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/scrummastertoolbox/20260424_Viktor_Glinka_F.mp3?dest-id=246429","summary":"Viktor Glinka: The Curious Product Owner and the Disempowered One — How Scrum Masters Can Help POs Find Their Voice In this episode, we refer to product owner anti-patterns and product owner interviews on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast . The Great Product Owner: The Curious Negotiator Who Uses Data and Passion 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 . \"Great product owners are always asking: what if? How can we do it differently? How can we simplify?\" - Viktor Glinka Viktor describes great product owners as fundamentally curious people who constantly look for simpler, better ways to do things. But curiosity alone isn't enough — they're also skilled negotiators who navigate conversations with teams, stakeholders, and customers. In scaled setups, their work shifts from clarification to prioritization, and they delegate effectively. Viktor highlights their visualization skills with a concrete example: one product owner showed stakeholders a work composition chart revealing that more than 50% of the team's work was technical debt, making it impossible to deliver new features. That single visualization changed the conversation. Great product owners are also systems thinkers who understand dynamics and root causes, avoiding local optimization. Viktor adds something rarely discussed in frameworks: mindfulness. Product owners face constant pressure, and the ability to make peace with decisions — to move forward without regret — is critical. They also share their passion and vulnerability with development teams, telling them personally why they want to build something. It's the emotional complement to data-driven negotiation. 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