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Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 210! \xa0\xa0\nThe Software Process and Measurement Cast 210 features my interview today with Gil Broza we discussed his new book \u201cThe Human Side of Agile: How to Help Your\xa0Team Deliver.\u201d\nBuy \u201c\u201d\nGil Broza helps organizations, teams and individuals implement high-performance Agile principles and practices that work for them. His coaching and training\xa0clients \u2013 over 1,300 professionals in 40 companies \u2013 have delighted their customers, shipped working software on time, increased their productivity and\xa0decimated their software defects. Beyond teaching, Gil helps people overcome limiting habits, fears of change, blind spots and outdated beliefs, and reach\xa0higher levels of performance, confidence and accomplishment.\nGil is the author of \u201cT\u201d.\nIn the last seven years, Gil has worked with organizations of every size and industry; he has conducted readiness assessments, skills trainings, project\xa0kick-offs, large-scale transitions, on-going process coaching, retrospectives, and process fix-ups and tune-ups. Prior to becoming a consultant, Gil was an\xa0R&D manager, team leader and developer for 12 years, successfully applying Agile methods since 2001. He remains proficient in Java, C# and C++ and has co-authored an interactive eLearning course on microtesting and test-driven development.\nGil has an M.Sc. in Computational Linguistics and a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Mathematics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. He is a\xa0certified NLP Master Practitioner and has studied organizational behaviour and development extensively. He has written several practical papers for the\xa0Cutter IT Journal, other trade magazines, and for conferences, winning the Best Practical Paper award at XP/Agile Universe 2004. Gil co-produced the Agile\xa0Coaching stage for the \u201cAgile 2010\u201d and \u201cAgile 2009\u201d conferences.\nGil lives in Toronto, Canada.\nContact Data:The Firm: http://www.3pvantage.com/index.htmThe Book: http://thehumansideofagile.com/The Twitter: https://twitter.com/gilbroza\nShameless Ad for my book!\xa0\n co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing.\xa0We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or\xa0your team."\nNOW AVAILABLE IN CHINESE!\xa0\n?\n\nContact information for the Software Process and Measurement CastEmail: \xa0spamcastinfo@gmail.comVoicemail: \xa0+1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: \xa0http://bit.ly/16fBWV\nUpcoming Conferecnes\nConference season is coming. \xa0I will be speaking at the following conferences and look forward to meeting up with all SPaMCAST listeners and contributors.\nTesTrek, November 5 - 8 in Torontohttp://www.qaitestrek.org/2012Toronto/\nOne more thing! \xa0Help support the SPaMCAST by reviewing and rating the Software Process and Measurement Cast on ITunes! \xa0It helps people find the cast.\xa0\nNext:The Software Process and Measurement Cast 209 will feature an essaywho's working title is Instant Gratification and Pain Deferred (yes I know I keep\xa0promising but . . .).