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This episode explores the evolution of Scrum through the lens of the Give Thanks for Scrum event with insights from its founder, Daniel Mezick.

For 17 years, the Give Thanks for Scrum (GTFS) event in Boston has reflected the evolution of Scrum itself, from early education and experience reports to scaling, business agility, and now AI integration. In this episode, Dave West sits down with GTFS founder and Managing Director of Improving Agility, Daniel Mezick to explore how the event began, sparked by bringing Jeff Sutherland and Ken Schwaber together during Thanksgiving week in Boston, and how its themes have evolved alongside the A...

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Host: Dave West

Guest: Daniel Mezick

Topics covered

• Scrum
• business agility
• AI integration
• event history
• evolution of Scrum

Keywords

• Scrum
• Give Thanks for Scrum
• business agility
• AI
• event history
• Daniel Mezick
• Dave West

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Organizations: Scrum.org

Places: Boston

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