SPCs Unleashed E6 Reprise: Leadership in Change - From one stable state to the next May 31, 2024

“Show up. Keep up. Shut up.”

(Change agent’s creed, borrowed from golf pro caddy creed)

Stephan Neck


 

Mark Richards, Ali Hajou, and Niko Kaintantzis join Stephan Neck in this ‘reprise’ episode with Leading Change from the Lean-Agile Leadership...

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SPCs Unleashed E5 Reprise: Authentic Leadership - Inspiring Future Leaders Through Coaching and Example May 17, 2024

“the drummer sets the beat and the rhythm that the band shines against… a good leader sets the beat, and they create the backdrop against which great performances happen from their people.”

Mark Richards


 

In this enlightening podcast episode about Leading by...

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SPCs Unleashed E4 Reprise: The severe impact of Lean and Agile Leadership on the success, effectiveness, and motivation of your Agile Teams May 16, 2024

"When joining, the all-blacks gave you a book with all jerseys of the team across all times, with blank pages at the end for you to fill in"

Stephan Neck


 

In this episode of SPCs Unleashed, the hosts Stephan Neck, Niko Kaintantzis, Ali Hajou, and Mark Richards delve into the...

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SPCs Unleashed E3 Reprise: Deliver Great Products with Giants, Legends and GOAT teams May 15, 2024

“If you don’t have great teams, you’ll never have great ARTs”

Mark Richards


 

Mark Richards, Ali Hajou, and Niko Kaintantzis join Stephan Neck in the second ‘reprise’ episode after the initial reprise of SPC’s Unleashed with Lean Thinking...

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SPCs Unleashed E2 Reprise: You need Agile Business People to achieve Business Agility Apr 30, 2024

“I think a good SPC has to be a coach, too … You have to use the language of the people who have to become agile because agile isn’t the goal. It’s using the agile things to become faster, to become better, to have better user feedback”

Niko Kaintantzis


 

In this episode, we turn our attention to...

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Coffee Club E7: Building Community and Sharing Anticipation for the Berlin SAFe Summit Apr 28, 2024

"I love the people; I love my community.  But it’s hearing new problems and understanding where they fit in the landscape of how people are trying to advance agility in their company.  For me, that’s always the best part of the summit!"

Eric Willeke


 

The Berlin...

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SPCs Unleashed E14: Exploring DevOps Frontiers - Stories of Collaboration and Resilience Apr 25, 2024

“Not having good DevOps is a lot more expensive than having DevOps”

Mark Richards


 

In this enlightening podcast episode, Niko takes the reins as the host, guiding Ali, Stephan, and Mark through a rich discussion on the essence of DevOps and its implications for modern...

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Shaping Portfolio Agility E6 - Generating portfolio insights that lead to effective interventions Apr 22, 2024

"In most cases, the portfolio itself is under a fog of war. You can't actually see what's going on unless you take your telescope and really zoom in on an area"

Eric Willeke


 

This episode concludes the initial six-part arc laying the foundations of lean portfolio management. The first...

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Coffee Club E6: BDD, Joy, and Helping People with Problems rather than Inflicting Practices Apr 18, 2024

“What’s the moment when you can help people understand the cause of some pain they’re in and offer them something that’s going to help with the pain?”

Mark Richards


 

 Rebecca’s back from Disneyworld!  Mark’s discussion with two of...

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SPCs Unleashed E13: Learn fast by Developing on Cadence and Releasing on Demand Apr 15, 2024

“Can you integrate, and do you do that very frequently on a cadence?  Yes, then that generates learning, and so forth, and so forth!  Und so weiter, und so weiter!”

Ali Hajou


 

Why is it important to Develop on Cadence and Release on Demand?  How fast can...

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Shaping Portfolio Agility E5 - Healthy Portfolio Patterns Apr 15, 2024

"It's common for people to say they have a platform strategy that doesn't necessarily resemble a platform strategy so much as a center of dependency hell"

Mark Richards


 

In Episode 3, we explored the influence of Moore's Zone to Win model on understanding the portfolio ecosystem....

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