● Season 3 · Premiering Fall 2026
The Agile CEO Podcast
Hosted by JJ Sutherland, The Agile CEO explores how Agile thinking is driving transformation across industries, through candid conversations with the leaders making it happen.
About the Show
Candid Conversations. Real Outcomes.
Each episode, JJ Sutherland sits down with leaders navigating transformation at real scale: military services, financial institutions, global enterprises. The focus is always the same. How do you lead through uncertainty, cut through bureaucracy, and deliver measurable outcomes?
Guests like the Secretary of the U.S. Army, the First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy, and Pulitzer winner Charles Duhigg
Actionable strategies for leading through uncertainty and scaling success
New episodes weekly during the season on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube
What Leaders Say on the Show
“We have got to move with urgency defined as months or quarters and no longer years or decades.”
Daniel P. Driscoll
Secretary of the U.S. Army · S2E1
“My job is to be faster than my opponent. At a point, agility itself becomes a war-fighting capability.”
General Sir Gwyn Jenkins
First Sea Lord, Royal Navy · S2E3
“If you have the world’s best strategy and no system to deliver it, it doesn’t really matter.”
Matthew Jacobs
Chief Product Owner, Scrum Inc. · S2E2
Season Two
Conversations with Leaders Transforming How Work Works
Every episode of The Agile CEO is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.
Breaking Calcified Bureaucracy
Inside the launch of one of the most ambitious transformation efforts in U.S. military history, and why urgency is non-negotiable.
Guest: Daniel P. Driscoll, Secretary of the U.S. Army | Episode: S2E1
Listen →Guest: Daniel P. Driscoll, Secretary of the U.S. Army | Episode: S2E1
The Operating Model You Can’t Afford to Ignore
Why so many operating models are failing, and how to start redesigning without disrupting the entire enterprise.
Guest: Matthew Jacobs, Chief Product Owner of Consulting, Scrum Inc. | Episode: S2E2
Listen →Guest: Matthew Jacobs, Chief Product Owner of Consulting, Scrum Inc. | Episode: S2E2
Readiness for a War You Hope to Never Fight
How agility is transforming one of the world's oldest institutions, and why time is the greatest risk any leader faces.
Guest: General Sir Gwyn Jenkins, First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy | Episode: S2E3
Listen →Guest: General Sir Gwyn Jenkins, First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy | Episode: S2E3
Incentives, Rules, and Agility in Complex Systems
What game design, simulation, and systems thinking teach leaders about rules, incentives, and feedback loops.
Guest: Cameron Kunzelman, Mercer University | Episode: S2E4
Listen →Guest: Cameron Kunzelman, Mercer University | Episode: S2E4
AI, Agile, and Lean
How AI, Agile, and Lean intersect to redefine how organizations think, operate, and compete.
Guest: George Champlin-Scharff, Senior Business Agility & Operating Model Consultant, Scrum Inc. | Episode: S2E5
Listen →Guest: George Champlin-Scharff, Senior Business Agility & Operating Model Consultant, Scrum Inc. | Episode: S2E5
Evolution, Not Transformation
What true agility looks like inside a 170-year-old financial institution, and why the best leaders see change as evolution.
Guest: Jenny Wood, Group CIO, Skipton Group | Episode: S2E6
Listen →Guest: Jenny Wood, Group CIO, Skipton Group | Episode: S2E6
Talk Less, Ask More: The Supercommunicator’s Advantage
The science of conversations that build real alignment, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Supercommunicators.
Guest: Charles Duhigg, Pulitzer Prize-winning author | Episode: S2E7
Listen →Guest: Charles Duhigg, Pulitzer Prize-winning author | Episode: S2E7
Coming Fall 2026
Season Three: The Adaptive Enterprise
Eight conversations on leading in the age of AI: continuous change, adaptive organizations, and the human advantage.
Premiering: Fall 2026 | Host: JJ Sutherland
Follow the show →Premiering: Fall 2026 | Host: JJ Sutherland
Meet the host
JJ Sutherland
As the CEO of Scrum Inc. and co-author of Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time, JJ Sutherland has spent his career transforming organizations through Agile principles. Before Scrum Inc., he was an award-winning correspondent and Baghdad Bureau Chief for NPR.
Driven by his belief that Agile is not only alive but evolving, JJ started The Agile CEO to explore how leaders unlock transformative growth by embracing Agile thinking.
Driven by his belief that Agile is not only alive but evolving, JJ started The Agile CEO to explore how leaders unlock transformative growth by embracing Agile thinking.
Season One
Where It Started: Agility in Action
Agile Is Dead · JJ Sutherland, solo · S1E1
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An Agile Genesis · Jeff Johnson, former FBI Assistant Director and CTO · S1E2
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AI: Your New Agile Teammate · Dr. Jeff Sutherland, Scrum Inc. · S1E3
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Lead with Conviction · Brad Freitag, Claris · S1E4
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Take the Risk · Ganesh Jayaram, American Airlines · S1E5
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Results Over Methods · Darrell Rigby, Bain & Company · S1E6
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Design, Test, Scale · Dr. David Levine, Ariadne Labs · S1E7
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Long Live Agile · JJ Sutherland, season finale · S1E8
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Season Three: The Adaptive Enterprise
What it takes to lead through uncertainty: continuous change, adaptive organizations, and the human advantage. Follow the show now and the premiere lands in your feed.