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Diversifying Equity with Agile for Humanity Feb 08, 2021

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Diversifying Equity with Agile for Humanity Self-defined Soul Craftswoman April Jefferson applies her experience in coaching, crafting experiences, and conference speaking to help "bring up new voices." Jefferson shares her story of striving to increase equity of the Black, indigenous, people of color (BIPOC) community in Agile. One way is the Agile for Humanity group and conference – or, should we say, "unconference." Jefferson is aware that much of how conferences operate create obstacles for diverse voices to participate. She focuses squarely on "how do I unlock others' potential?" Accenture | SolutionsIQ's Ryan Keawekane hosts. Learn more: • https://www.agileforhumanity.org/conference/ • https://www.agileforhumanity.org/future-search/

You Can't Iterate Your Way to Game-Changing Innovation Jan 25, 2021

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Rajesh Nerlikar is chief product advisor at Prodify and the co-author of the book "Build What Matters: Delivering Key Outcomes with Vision-Led Product Management" with Ben Foster. Nerlikar highlights a few of the ten dysfunctions that the co-authors had seen in their experience advising product management teams. The book focuses on the four core tenets of vision-led product management that strikes a balance between "iterate your way to success" and "game-changing innovation."

Accenture | SolutionsIQ's Alalia Lundy hosts.

Resources • "Build What Matters: Delivering Key Outcomes with Vision-Led Product Management" by Rajesh Nerlikar and Ben Foster • Virtual resources: https://www.prodify.group/resources/book/checklist • Users Interviews: https://www.userinterviews.com/

Leadership Agility in the New World of Work | Business Agility Series Jan 11, 2021

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Nick Horney is an organizational psychologist and founder of Agility Consulting. He spent 23 years in Special Operations in the U.S. Navy, before building a career in the agile space. Horney joins us to discuss his ideas and experience in leadership agility and anticipating change, focusing on 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic. He uses the concepts of "After Action Agility" and the "Leadership Agility Profile 360 Assessment" to gauge how well organizations anticipate and respond to change.

"The whole purpose of doing assessments is not just self-discovery: it's what do you do with that? How do you convert that into your own individual development plan?"

Accenture | SolutionsIQ's Chris Murman hosts.

Learn More: • agilityconsulting.com • Leadership Agility Profile 360 Assessment (http://agilityconsulting.com/leadership-agility-profile-360-assessment/#:~:text=The%20Leadership%20Agility%20Profile%E2%84%A2,such%20as%20clients%20or%20customers.)

Building in Accountability Through Coaching Dec 14, 2020

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Alicia McLain is a small-business owner, executive leadership coach, public speaker and co-founder of the Agile Coaching Exchange North America. McLain shares her experience speaking on the topic of "Coaching, the Secret Sauce to a Culture of Accountability." Building on the Agile Coaching Institute's Coaching Competency Model, she shares what coaching is and is not. McLain highlights how an ICF-certified coach builds accountability into the arc of the conversation by asking powerful questions to help the coachee commit to a change.

"I think the best way to understand coaching… is to get coached."

Accenture | SolutionsIQ's Alalia Lundy hosts.

Keep Learning "Coaching, The Secret Sauce To A Culture of Accountability" (recorded talk) International Coach Academy (ICA) https://coachcampus.com

"The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever" by Michael Bungay Stanier https://amzn.to/2JnfIkX

"The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious & Change the Way You Lead Forever" by Michael Bungay Stanier https://amzn.to/2Rdju5n

Interested in becoming a coach? https://agilekata.com/interested-in-becoming-a-coach/

The International Coach Federation (ICF) - https://coachfederation.org/

More Podcasts with Alicia McLain: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/9-things-wildly-successful-agile-coaches-do/id992128516?i=1000493217872

https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/empathy-emotional-intelligence-in-organizational-transformation/id992128516?i=1000415679921

Your Big Agile Adoption Probably Isn't a Transformation Dec 07, 2020

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Michael Spayd is the co-founder of The Collective Edge, which seeks to "transform the transformers." In this episode, Spayd shares some of his thinking behind his new book "Agile Transformation" and reminds us of the difference between organizational transformation and what he calls "a big adoption." Leaders are key to the chances of success: "If you're going to transform [your organization], you're almost certainly the first problem," because "organizations are designed to get the results that they get."

Oh, and we take a tangent to consider the connection between quantum physics, integral theory and meditation.

Accenture | SolutionsIQ's William Rowden hosts.

Learn More: "Agile Transformation" by Michael Spayd - https://www.amazon.com/Coaching-Agile-Enterprise-Organizational-Addison-Wesley/dp/0321885317/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1602615915&sr=8-2

All Quadrants, All Levels (AQAL) - https://integrallife.com/five-elements-aqal/

Systemic constellations – https://www.the-collective-edge.com/systemic-consciousness

Quantum Enigma - https://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Enigma-Physics-Encounters-Consciousness/dp/0199753814/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=quantum+enigma&qid=1602616136&sr=8-1

The Six Disciplines of Agile Marketing | Business Agility Series Nov 29, 2020

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Jim Ewel is one of the earliest advocates for Agile Marketing and is one of the authors of the Agile Marketing Manifesto. His new book "The Six Disciplines of Agile Marketing" provides a framework for applying Agile principles and practices to marketing.

Ewel encourages marketers to initially shift their focus away from a process like Scrum or Kanban, and instead begin their Agile journey by developing alignment with the rest of the organization. He walks us through the other five steps and discusses the importance of metrics that matter.

Accenture | SolutionsIQ's Alalia Lundy hosts.

Learn More: www.agilemarketingmanifesto.org https://businessagility.institute/learn/agile-marketing-metrics/

Value Streams and Human Centered Design Nov 23, 2020

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Corey Post is a Lean-Agile transformation management consultant with 20+ years of leadership experience developing large solutions, new products, and complex systems. Recently he authored two talks for the Agile2020 conference:

· Use Product Value Streams to Rapidly Deliver Customer Value and Create a Learning Machine

· What You Need to Know About Human-Centered Design and Hearing the Voice of the Customer

Since the conference was canceled, we wanted to invite Post to discuss some key points from his talks including value streams and the importance of customer-centric organizations. Accenture | SolutionsIQ's Alalia Lundy hosts

The Agile Amped podcast is the shared voice of the Agile community, driven by compelling stories, passionate people, and innovative ideas. Together, we are advancing the impact of business agility.

Practical Techniques for Change with Esther Derby Nov 16, 2020

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Esther Derby has four decades of experience with organizational change and she's a well-known author and thought leader in the agile space. Derby chats with us about her latest book: "7 Rules for Positive, Productive Change: Micro Shifts, Macro Results" While you'll hear her 7-step guide to problem solving, we particularly dig into her guidance on attending to networks. Accumulating network drama due to widespread layoffs and stress that are affecting our peers is making people less resilient and less supportive of each other. Derby shares her tips for allowing for unstructured conversations and maintenance of our connections in our virtual work environments of today. Accenture | SolutionsIQ's Alalia Lundy hosts.

The Agile Amped podcast is the shared voice of the Agile community, driven by compelling stories, passionate people, and innovative ideas. Together, we are advancing the impact of business agility.

Podcast library: www.agileamped.com

Why Do Efforts to Change Organizations Often Fail? Nov 10, 2020

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Mik Kersten, author of "Projects to Products" and CEO of Tasktop, has seen a reoccurring theme. We go to conferences; we hear about all these fantastic things that can happen when we incorporate lean practices, continuous flow, and feedback. We come back pumped to start changing the way we work because we know it will improve our lives for the better. Then suddenly, the motivation gets drained out of us by all the internal systems in place that effectively prohibit change. Mik has boiled the reasons we face in these situations down to three things: Language differences between business and technology groups Change metrics are non-existent, broken or not relevant between groups Projects are considered cost centers Mik also takes a closer look at the concepts behind his book, including the value of product value streams, persistent teams, and organizing with the intention of reducing the number of dependencies. Accenture | SolutionsIQ's Mirco Hering hosts at the DevOps Enterprise Summit in Las Vegas.

The Agile Amped podcast is the shared voice of the Agile community, driven by compelling stories, passionate people, and innovative ideas. Together, we are advancing the impact of business agility. Podcast library: www.agileamped.com

From Chasing Empty Goals to a Life of Fulfillment Nov 09, 2020

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In a former life, Marc Siles was a senior executive chasing a corporate career – until he had a near burnout experience. Originally from Spain, Siles has been living in Finland for the last 18 years, where he dedicates his passion and energy to enable companies around the globe to accelerate their strategic growth. Siles shares powerful and personal stories about how he identified what matters in his life – his daughter, his family, and his passion for human growth. He offers tips for people who find themselves chasing after what he calls "empty goals" and who are so focused on their professions that they lose touch with their true life vision. "I still focus on business growth, but via human growth… That is the only way to make things sustainable." Do not miss the story he shares about his grandmother's imprisonment in Franco's Spain and how her life's passion was key to her eventual liberation.

Accenture | SolutionsIQ's William Rowden hosts. The Agile Amped podcast is the shared voice of the Agile community, driven by compelling stories, passionate people, and innovative ideas. Together, we are advancing the impact of business agility.

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