“Without consistency and standards none of this works. With too much consistency nothing changes. You have to steer and constantly sense and course-correct.”
Mark Richards

Mark Richards and Niko Kaintantzis join Stephan Neck in this episode with Agile Portfolio Operations from Lean Portfol...

"If you can start talking to audit, you can find solutions that they will help you reach that nobody else would have thought about"

Mark Richards

In Episode 19, hosted by Stephan Neck, Nikolaos Kaintantzis, Ali Hajou, and Mark Richards, the focus is on Lean Portfolio Management (LPM), sp...

“As an SPC on the Portfolio Level: The first time just be an assistant, not the head coach. Learn about how companies work, how they speak, how they behave.”

Nikolaos Kaintantzis

Hosts Nikolaos Kaintantzis, Stephan Neck, and Mark Richards take a deep dive into Lean Portfolio Management (L...

“Design for easy repairability, especially in complex systems that must evolve over time.”

Ali Hajou

In this episode, the SPCs Unleashed team tackles the complex dimension of continually evolving live systems, with a particular focus on large, cyber-physical systems. Mark Richards, Ali Ha...

"Experiment like a scientist, not a mad scientist"

Mark Richards

Have you ever pondered, "How can a lean approach work wonders for massive systems?" That’s exactly where we dive into this episode of SPCs Unleashed. Hosted by Swiss SPCTs Stephan and Niko, Dutch SPCT Ali, and Aussie SAFE Fe...

“It's a wonderful toolbox, but you don't have to stand up a large solution to start using the toolbox.”

Mark Richards

In this engaging episode of SPCs Unleashed, hosts Nikolaos Kaintantzis, Mark Richards, Stephan Neck, and Ali Hajou dive deep into the complexities of enterprise solution ...

“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 competency.

We start by sharing our passion...

“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 Example, Mark, Stephan, and Nik...

"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 Lean-Agile Lea...

“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 People and Agile Teams from the Organizational Agili...

“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

Stephan Neck and Niko Kaintantzis j...

“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 organizations.

Niko ...