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The secret to any good relationship is trust. Trust is not just what holds a relationship together, but it's also what propels it forward and allows it to grow in a way that is satisfying to all parties. It's easy to convince ourselves that a company is just a building; that it's simply mechanical. However, a company should be thought of more so as one big relationship because it's made up of people. It's not just a building, it's a business owner, a manager, a team leader, an employee. All of these people come together and form relationships as they work towards a common goal. When you stop thinking about a company as a machine in need of oil and rather as people with relationships in need of trust, that's when things will begin to take off. Scrumban is a combination of Scrum and Kanban, two distinct methods of mixing trust with efficient product-delivery. In today's podcast, we sit down with Agilist, Andrew Stellman and take a closer look at the proper implementation of Scrumban and how it relates to transitioning a company from a culture of control to one of trust.
Andrew Stellman earned a degree in Computer Science from Carnegie-Mellon, but although he started out as a humble software developer, he has since come to develop a generation of Agilists through his work as a product manager, consultant and O'Reilly published author. Some of his literary works include, "Beautiful Teams," "Learning Agile," "Applied Software Project Management," "Head First Agile," "Head First PMP," and "Head First C#". He's worked with both small and large, 80+ person teams and served as the Vice President of Goldman Sachs for five years. We are proud to introduce Andrew Stellman.
To connect with Andrew, visit his website Stellman-Greene.com or find him on LinkedIn and Twitter @AndrewStellman.
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Many of us have grown up to place a high value on expertise. We're paid for our expertise, and we're admired for our expertise and, at times, we might even value ourselves based on our level of expertise. The idea of being an independent lone-wolf type of character is idolized and wished for, when, in reality, there is no real reason for it. If the goal is to accomplish a task or achieve a dream, shouldn't finding the best way to do that hold a higher precedent than being able to do it alone? Although it may seem counter-intuitive, one of the first steps in reaching a goal is truly understanding that in order to do something larger than yourself, you need to have trust in people. There is no way to completely hold knowledge and control over everything, and the sooner you learn to humble yourself and grow with others, the sooner your goals will be reached. In today's podcast, we sit down with Agilist, Jolene Jangles, and deconstruct what it looks like to be a trusting leader. Topics to be discussed include Agile meeting facilitation, levels of listening and a deep-dive into proper coaching techniques.
Attributing most of her success to her belief in people, Jolene Jangles has spent over 20 years working in technology and product development as a business analyst, mentor, coach, facilitator and Agile team leader. While working as a BA back in 2005, many now-traditional Agile practices had not yet evolved, so Jolene was required to figure out how to demonstrate Agility in her own unique way. This stroke of serendipity would later go on to heavily influence her philosophy on what it means to be a good leader, promoting the idea that successful teams tend to come from an environment where unique personal growth and decision-making take priority over traditional technique implementation. Aside from working in the Target system for nine years, transforming groups of sizes between 150 to 300 people, Jolene is also a Brené Brown instructor and the founder of Balanced Agility. We are proud to introduce Jolene Jangles.
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Typically, people think of a product manager as a mini-CEO or that they’re in the middle of customers, technology and business, but the role of a product manager depends on many factors, such as the size of the company and what the product is that they’re helping to produce. Their job isn’t to boss people around, but rather influence them via data-driven communication and empathy. Product managers are storytellers. It is their job to set the team vision, strategy, create backlogs and roadmaps and communicate with many different people within and outside of the company. Product managers must be willing to deal with ambiguity, work cross-functionally, live with influence, communicate, be data-driven and place the customer as their number one priority. Product managers are the connection between all the different parties that come together to solve the customer’s problem. It takes confidence, empathy, and most of all, practice. In this episode, we sit down with product manager, Diego Granados and discuss product management through topics such as core skillsets, influence-based communication, prioritization, challenges and advice.
Our Speaker: Diego Granados
Although he enjoys testing out new Xbox features as a part of his job at Microsoft, Diego Granados doesn’t play games when it comes to product management. Originally from Mexico City, Diego graduated with an MBA from Duke University. He has several years of experience working as a product manager at Cisco and now Microsoft where he primarily works with machine-learning models. We’re proud to introduce Diego Granados.
To connect with Diego, search for him on YouTube under "PM Diego Granados".
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