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Product Agility Podcast

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en-gbJuly 17, 2023

The Power of Facilitation: Tools, Tips, and Transformation (with Fabrizio Faraco)

Innovator coach, strategist, trainer, mentor and facilitator - Fabrizio is a certified facilitator in Design Sprint, Design Thinking and LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®.

For 10 years as a global business consultant around Italy and abroad, today he focuses on effective strategies for the success of organizations.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabriziofaraco/

🎧 Join us for our third and final episode with Fabrizio, where we'll share practical tips and tools for facilitating discovery and ideation🎉

🔍 We kick things off by exploring Fabrizio's most prized and special tools and tips for masterful facilitation🛠️

🔮 Then, we delve into the world of LEGO Serious Play and how it can be used as a game technique to build a company's future story🏗️🧱

💼 But that's not all! We also tackle the topic of embracing change in the workplace, discussing the Great Resignation and shifting dynamics🔄

🎧 Tune in now and embark on this transformative journey together!🎧✨

Chapters

2:38 Fabrizio's Prized Tools and Tips for Masterful Facilitation
4:18 Boost Creativity and Options: Unleashing the Power of Pen and Paper!
5:27 Facilitation 101: From 15 Ideas to a Fresh Start - Unconventional Approaches for Better Meetings
7:05 Decoding Meeting Chaos and Ensuring Clarity
9:51 Empowering Teams to Take Charge
12:59 Blast Off: Using Solutions as Rockets to Escape Problems
15:26 Lessons from Design Thinking and Product Community
16:58 LEGO Serious Play: A Trainer's Perspective
18:18 Embracing Change: The Great Resignation and the Battle Star Galactica
21:45 Drawing and 3D Modelling as Retrospective Tools

Host Bio

Ben is a seasoned expert in product agility coaching, unleashing the potential of people and products. With over a decade of experience, his focus now is product-led growth & agility in organisations of all sizes.

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Ben Maynard

Product Agility Podcast

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en-gbJuly 10, 2023

How Questions Uncover Tacit Knowledge (with Fabrizio Faraco)

Innovator coach, strategist, trainer, mentor and facilitator - Fabrizio is a certified facilitator in Design Sprint, Design Thinking and LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®.

For 10 years as a global business consultant around Italy and abroad, today he focuses on effective strategies for the success of organizations.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabriziofaraco/

🎧 Join us for our third and final episode with Fabrizio, where we'll share practical tips and tools for facilitating discovery and ideation. 🎉🎙️

Learn how 3D metaphors and LEGO can enhance recall. 🧠🔍

Explore the role of questions in unlocking productivity and building knowledge. 💡🚀

Empower leaders by unleashing the potential of every voice. 💪🗣️

Discover the key questions for building a meaningful objective and purpose. ✨🎯

Tap into tacit knowledge by unlocking the power of questions and creating connections. 🔑❓

Chapters

3:09 The Art of Crafting Powerful Questions
5:18 From Toy to Game-Changing Innovation: The LEGO Story
7:16 Building New Knowledge: The Power of the Floor Theory
8:46 Empowering Leaders for Organisational Growth
9:31 Amplifying Voices: Empowering Leaders in the Workplace
11:59 Crafting Company Identity: Unleashing Individual Values
15:37 Inspiring Creativity: Questions for Agile Productivity
18:50 Building a Meaningful Objective: Uncovering the Power of Purpose
20:59 Strategic Brilliance: A LEGO Serious Play Event for Success
22:43 Unleashing Potential: Team Building with Real-Time Strategy
24:29 Unexpected Unity: A Strategic Showdown
27:07 Tapping into Tacit Knowledge: The Power of Questions
27:58 Embracing Multiple Perspectives

Host Bio

Ben is a seasoned expert in product agility coaching, unleashing the potential of people and products. With over a decade of experience, his focus now is product-led growth & agility in organisations of all sizes.

Stay up-to-date with us on our social media📱!

Ben Maynard

Product Agility Podcast

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en-gbJuly 06, 2023

Why Product Managers Don't Do The Job They Were Hired For (with David Pereira CEO and Product Coach)

In this episode, I had the pleasure of chatting with David Pereira, a seasoned CPO with over 15 years of experience in digital product management. 🚀

David is a Product Leader who over the last few years has led product teams to achieve exponential marketplace growth: from 5M € to 45M € revenue per year. Not only this he led product teams to discover solutions to innovate the second hand car market in Brazil, creating a business with a turn over of 200M USD per year.

We covered a range of topics, from the importance of trust and psychological safety in software engineering teams to the evolution of roles in agile coaching and how to not ace job interviews. 🤝

David also shared some valuable insights on building team connections and making emotional arguments to communicate your point effectively. 🤔

So sit back, relax, and enjoy this insightful conversation on bridging the gap between agility and product with David Pereira!

Good Bits

00:04:08 - "Was coming on this podcast a mistake?"
00:15:02 - When is a Product Defect Not a Product Defect?
00:18:28 - Making a Point - Make It Emotionally or Logically?
00:23:01 - How Ben Prioritises - Today Things Vs. Tomorrow Things
00:28:09 - How Do You Get Your Product To Somewhere No One Else Is?
00:33:09 - "This Interview Sucks."
00:37:21 - Convincer or Coach?

Host Bio

Ben is a seasoned expert in product agility coaching, unleashing the potential of people and products. With over a decade of experience, his focus now is product-led growth & agility in organisations of all sizes.

Stay up-to-date with us on our social media📱!

Ben Maynard

Product Agility Podcast

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en-gbJune 01, 2023

Flight Level 3, Product and Organisational Outcome with Klaus Leopold (Lean Agile London 23)

Dr. Klaus Leopold is computer scientist and Kanban pioneer with many years of experience in helping organizations from different industries on their improvement journey with Lean and Kanban. He is author of the bestseller “Rethinking Agile”, “Practical Kanban” (www.practicalkanban.com) and co-author of the book “Kanban Change Leadership”.

Klaus was awarded with the Brickell Key Award for “outstanding achievement and leadership” within the Lean Kanban community in San Francisco, 2014. His main interest is establishing lean business agility by improving organizations beyond the team level, especially in large environments from 50 to 5000 people. Klaus speaks regularly at renowned Lean and Kanban conferences worldwide. He publishes his current thoughts on his blog www.LEANability.com and you can follow him on Twitter at @klausleopold.

The talks in ten are back! This time around we are at brilliant Lean Agile London 2023.

https://leanagile.london/

Third up on Day 2 we have... Drum Roll Please

The one and only Klaus Leopold! Co-creator of Flight Levels and Keynote Speak from Lean Agile London 2023!

In Klaus's talk he shared insights and tips on how to align work against organisational and other strategic outcomes in a visual and engaging way.

Here is his talk blurb

Making Strategy Happen with Flight Levels

Do you feel like your company strategy lives only in PowerPoint presentations? In this talk, I will show how you can align your long-term company vision and goals with daily operational work using a Flight Level 3 system. I will also show how you can map your current strategy tools to SOFI – Flight Level’s strategy interface and how to effectively invest your budget in your strategic portfolio.

It doesn’t take that much to make strategy a reality. An effective Flight Level 3 system is a perfect start.

Host Bio

Ben is a seasoned expert in product agility coaching, unleashing the potential of people and products. With over a decade of experience, his focus now is product-led growth & agility in organisations of all sizes.

Stay up-to-date with us on our social media📱!

Ben Maynard

Product Agility Podcast

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en-gbMay 23, 2023

50 Shades of Retrospective With Chris Stone (Lean Agile London 23)

The talks in ten are back! This time around we are at brilliant Lean Agile London 2023.

https://leanagile.london/

For the last episode of day 1 from Lean Agile London 2023 we have a man whose reputation preceeds him (in a good way)

Chris Stone - The Virtual Agile Coach

Chris and I have been meaning to record a longer episode for a while so when I saw hi come into the social area of the conference looking for a cup of coffee I took my opportunity and pounced!

What did you talk about?

Well his talk (below) and agile naturism. Sound odd. It was a bit.

Chris's talk synopsis from Agile London 2023

Tired of the same old retrospective format? Struggling to turn insights into actions? Having difficulties creating a safe, inclusive environment where people participate equally?

Join me for an interactive exploration of my top tips, strategies, and hacks for continuous improvement.

In this unique and engaging slideless session, you’ll participate in a “choose your own adventure” experience that will allow you to influence where we focus our time. No standard one way presentation here; this is your talk, focused on your challenges.

We could run this session 50 times together, and each would be different.

You’ll leave this session with practical tools and strategies that you can immediately implement with your teams to drive continuous improvement.

Who is Chris Stone?

As The Virtual Agile Coach, I'm on on a mission to help people to continuously improve each and every day and have fun while they do it.

With over a decade of experience creating high performing teams across a range of industries, from smaller, lean enterprises to some of the worlds largest companies, I'm dedicated to creating environments where people can be their best selves on their best day and be supported on their worst.

I'm the Managing Partner of Virtually Agile, a challenger consultancy, a regular on the conference circuit, podcaster, trainer, blogger and soon to be author, I always seek new ways to share my expertise and inspire others to think creatively about how they can continuously improve.

Host Bio

Ben is a seasoned expert in product agility coaching, unleashing the potential of people and products. With over a decade of experience, his focus now is product-led growth & agility in organisations of all sizes.

Stay up-to-date with us on our social media📱!

Ben Maynard

Product Agility Podcast

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en-gbMay 22, 2023

Breaking Your Mindset & Starting a Status Quo Challenging Product with Jordi Falguera (Lean Agile London 2023)

The talks in ten are back! This time around we are at brilliant Lean Agile London 2023.

https://leanagile.london/

Third we have... Jordi Falguera the Opening Keynote from Lean Agile London 2023!

His talk was about breaking your mindset so that you can achieve what you need to achieve.

Tantalisingly he also mentioned a product he has created, norne out of the frustration of UpWork and Fiverr.

Speedy Time Agency a service that you can send a WhatsApp voice note too and get your Fiver-like tasks done for you, but with less stress and energy. Who wouldn't want that!

Of course I had to learn a little more about this, brilliantly he obliged!

Here is his talk blurb

Your mindset is a crucial factor in determining your success in life. To truly achieve extraordinary results, it’s essential to unleash your mindset and push beyond your limits in a real and pragmatic way.

In this talk, we will explore various topics such as the Mindset Redesign Framework (MRF), Bloom’s taxonomy, low vs high order thinking, and pattern recognition to help you develop the right mindset for success. We will also share practical strategies for reducing your cognitive load, including the Ignition time and ITEM (Individual Talent Exploration and Maximization), and discuss how coaching and mentorship can help you achieve your goals.

Through real-life and thought provoking examples you will gain valuable insights and learn how to apply these concepts to your personal and professional life. Join us for this engaging and insightful keynote and unlock the full potential of your mindset in a lean and agile way!

About Jordi Falguera

As a Business Agility Executive Coach and Strategic Advisor, for more than 10 years, I had the opportunity to participate and lead multiple international transformations from big companies in more than 14 countries and very diverse cultures.
These experiences allow me to support directors and executives to align and properly connect their corporate strategy with their execution, contributing to successfully adopting an Agile-Lean mindset in their companies.
I also participate as a speaker and keynote speaker in multiple conferences across Europe, Asia and America.

My biggest passion since the beginning is optimization. That's why I love sharing my knowledge with executives about:
- Learning techniques (effective learning)
- Strate

Host Bio

Ben is a seasoned expert in product agility coaching, unleashing the potential of people and products. With over a decade of experience, his focus now is product-led growth & agility in organisations of all sizes.

Stay up-to-date with us on our social media📱!

Ben Maynard

Product Agility Podcast

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en-gbMay 22, 2023

Product Story Generation & The Product Disposition Canvas - Stuart Young (Lean Agile London 2023)

The talks in ten are back! This time around we are at brilliant Lean Agile London 2023.

https://leanagile.london/

First up we have Stuart Young, I dragged him outside on a rather chilly morning to learn more about his talk

Product Story Generation & The Product Disposition Canvas

Here is the synopsis of his talk at Lean Agile London

Grounded on your perspective of the product and your personal product stance it is useful to plot a path that will lead to product success.

During this talk I will introduce the Product Disposition Canvas, as a useful tool given any product situation.

We will navigate the terrain between strategy to tactics and visionary to execution, unlocking your ability to create stories that bring stakeholders and teams on a compelling journey.

If you are a product passionate individual keen to find powerful ways to engage, inspire, teach and learn whilst discovering your strengths and product blind spots, this is the talk for you.

Stuart's Bio

I’m a Certified Scrum Trainer and Visual Storyteller with a deep-rooted appreciation for methods of Design Thinking and Agile Ways of working. My key driver is to enable individuals, teams and organisations to tell impactful stories. As a result, people can make decisions faster, take action, reduce waste and drive value.

As a Visual Storytelling thought leader and practitioner within the Agile Community and beyond I endorse the use of Visual Storytelling to engage stakeholders, address customer needs, enhance team collaboration and accelerate learning.

Facilitating a suite of Design Thinking, Visual Storytelling and Product Agility workshops I encourage teams to work more visually, creating visually compelling stories that make the intangible tangible, catalysing customer centric creativity, driving product innovation and business success.

I joined Radtac-Cprime in 2015 where I continue to assist organisations with an array of Product Innovation and visualisation services.

Stu on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuart-young-2b683729/

Host Bio

Ben is a seasoned expert in product agility coaching, unleashing the potential of people and products. With over a decade of experience, his focus now is product-led growth & agility in organisations of all sizes.

Stay up-to-date with us on our social media📱!

Ben Maynard

Product Agility Podcast

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en-gbMay 22, 2023

Maximizing Learning Potential: Remote Learning, Brain Function And Multilingual Training with Ali Ezzeddine

When are you learning at your best?

When are you bored?

When you spend all of your time distracted?

Or is it the opposite of all these?

I guess it is the opposite.

In this episode, we go delve into what makes for effective learning environments as we are joined by Ali Ezzeddine, a teacher of teachers that believes that if the content is engaging and attractive, individuals will be motivated to learn.

So if you want people to remember things that you say to them, chances are something in this episode will help you with that.

We explore the crucial conundrum of in-person vs. remote learning, and Ali shares some brilliant book recommendations and choice snippets from them.

Ali also talks about the "Netflix generation" or "YouTube generation" who have more choices and distractions than previous generations and how this means we have to think differently if we want to engage people with what we say or the products we produce.

The Best Bits:
00:03:01 - Ali's Story
00:08:39 - How Ali Found Training From the Back of the Room
00:11:55 - Research Beyond Training From the Back of the Room?
00:13:59 - We are built to learn together (well, some of us)
00:14:58 - Learning is multisensory. Remote training just is not the same
00:19:27 - Learning, Distractions and the Netflix & Youtube Generation
00:22:43 - The Importance Of Learning How To Learn
00:27:56 - Episode Recap

Guest Bio

Ali is a certified educational consultant and Training from the Back of the Room trainer in various educational fields. He is also trilingual in Arabic, French and English and is a lifelong learner.

Ali has spent years researching how we as humans learn and has spent just as long putting it into practice. A dedicated father and all-around lovely human being, Ali's wisdom and gentle demeanour make him easy to learn from.

Host Bio

Ben is a seasoned expert in product agility coaching, unleashing the potential of people and products. With over a decade of experience, his focus now is product-led growth & agility in organisations of all sizes.

Stay up-to-date with us on our social media📱!

Ben Maynard

Product Agility Podcast

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en-gbMay 11, 2023

Reading Hacks: How To Read More Books, Faster with Noel Warnell

Want to read faster?

Want to remember more of what you read?

Would you like to know how some people consume books at 30 times the rate at which people speak?

Would you like some proven reading hacks that will allow you to bust that bulging backlog of books?

Then this episode is just for you!

Ben was joined by Noel Warnell. Noel has spent the time that we could have done researching and blending together proven practices for engaging with books in new, different and extremely effective ways.

The Best Bits (In Our Opinion)

00:05:40 Noel's multiple techniques stolen from other people and blended into one
00:08:48 Is a growth mindset needed for these techniques?
00:10:50 You are not bad at reading, here's why
00:14:00 Making A Decision To Continue Reading A Book Based On Its Visual Presentation
00:17:14 Reading Hack: Skipping To The End
00:20:37 Reading Hack: Quit!
00:26:05 The Evolution Of Confidence In Decision Making
00:30:41 Business Books as Graphic Novels?
00:33:10 Speed Read an Audiobook? Sounds like nonsense...
00:42:30 Can Noel entice you learn direct from the master?
00:43:32 Episode Recap! (Ben goes off script and entertains himself)

Guest Bio

Noel is a creative, energetic and enthusiastic human with over 22 years experience of software product delivery, 11 of them working with leaders and agile teams.

His approach is solution focused, experiment driven and full of passion to help organisations and individuals avoid dysfunction and improve the way they work with agility.

Most of his clients have been in the finance sector, which has provided the opportunity to work with large human systems of multiple teams (60+), be part of significant transformation initiatives (c.800 people) and launch many products delivering high value for both customers and the client. However he has also helped design and launch agile transformations in retail, publishing and beverages companies.

I enjoy creating memorable experiences for companies using a range of techniques including Liberating Structures, Constellations, Clean Language and improv games.

Feel free to contact Noel about:

Agile adoption
Digital transformation
Product development
Workshop creation and facilitation
Leadership coaching
Graphic facilitation

Host Bio

Ben is a seasoned expert in product agility coaching, unleashing the potential of people and products. With over a decade of experience, his focus now is product-led growth & agility in organisations of all sizes.

Stay up-to-date with us on our social media📱!

Ben Maynard

Product Agility Podcast

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en-gbMay 04, 2023

The Likeability Penalty, Habits - Design For How People Learn & Change with Julie Dirksen

This episode took some unexpected turns, turns which will give anyone interested in change at an individual or systemic level food for thought.

You can explain skills to people, but can you ever do this to the extent that the other person will be proficient without practice?

Julie and Ben spoke about how unjust the world can be as Julie shared the details of a study that explains how the Likeability penalty explains why many women have long been paid less.

If you are serious is helping individuals and organisations change for good then this episode has so much for you. Don't believe us, check this out...

Chapters:

00:05:03 Importance Of System-level Feedback & Forming Habits
00:08:54 Inequality in Starting Salaries Due to Gender - Individual Vs. System Perspective.
00:11:24 The Gender Dynamics Of Salary Negotiations
00:15:20 Systemic Understanding For Effective Learning Interventions
00:17:32 Challenges Of Measuring The Effectiveness Of Behavior Change Without Feedback
00:20:32 Anxiety Surrounding Coaching Conversations
00:24:36 The Benefits Of Demonstrations Over Instructions In Learning.
00:28:53 The Limits Of Ai In Replacing Doctors: Strategies For Teaching And Learning
00:32:01 How many examples are enough to help you learn?
00:35:27 Will Ben & Julie Start a career in Stand Up Comedy?
00:41:12 The End and Episode Recap!

Guest Bio

Julie is an independent consultant and instructional designer with over 15 years of experience creating highly interactive e-learning experiences for clients from Fortune 500 companies and technology startups.

She has a degree in Instructional Systems Technology and a whole lot of background in things like UX design, game-based learning, and behaviour change.

Julie has also been an adjunct faculty member in the Visualization Department at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, where I created and taught courses in project management, instructional design, and cognitive psychology.

Julie likes learning :-)

Julies website - https://usablelearning.com/ - https://usablelearning.com/
Courses https://designbetterlearning.com/ - https://designbetterlearning.com/

Host Bio

Ben is a seasoned expert in product agility coaching, unleashing the potential of people and products. With over a decade of experience, his focus now is product-led growth & agility in organisations of all sizes.

Stay up-to-date with us on our social media📱!

Ben Maynard

Product Agility Podcast

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en-gbApril 27, 2023

The Gap Between Learning And Application: Why We Fail At Change with Julie Dirksen

How important is context and experience in learning and teaching?

Why do people with no prior knowledge or experience in a subject struggle to apply new information?

Do we care what people learn when we bestow information to them or what they are able to do with it when we are not present?

Ben was terrifically excited to have one of his heroes, Julie Dirksen, join him for a wide-ranging conversation on learning, behavioural and organisational change.

They explored the challenges of creating effective training programs that lead to lasting behaviour change, including the criticality of practice and repetition.

This episode offers invaluable insights into effective learning design that goes beyond the classroom to create lasting and meaningful change.

Chapters

00:01:39 Why Ben is so excited about this episode and why you should be too!
00:02:33 Who is Julie Dirksen?
00:04:55 Who is the audience for Julie's book "Design For How People Learn"?
00:08:04 Care about what people learn from you? Don't!
00:09:00 The Pitfalls Of Unconscious Action
00:12:32 Importance Of Novelty In Training Learning And Attention
00:15:53 The Phenomenon Of Hyperbolic Or Temporal Discounting: Why We Value Immediate Rewards More Than Future Ones
00:19:00 Immediate Rewards Increase Motivation For Behavior Change
00:25:39 Knowledge Gaps Are Only a Small Part of the Change Equation
00:27:3 Why is it hard for novices to acquire knowledge
00:31:10 What is the difference between a skill and knowledge?
00:33:55 The Importance Of Habits In Developing Skills
00:37:34 Why Team Self Management so often fails
00:42:30 The key ingredient to turn learning into CHANGE
00:43:25 Using Triggers To Change Habits
00:49:23 The End and the Recap

Guest Bio

Julie is an independent consultant and instructional designer with over 15 years of experience creating highly interactive e-learning experiences for clients from Fortune 500 companies and technology startups.

She has a degree in Instructional Systems Technology and a whole lot of background in things like UX design, game-based learning, and behaviour change.

Julie has also been an adjunct faculty member in the Visualization Department at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, where I created and taught courses in project management, instr

Host Bio

Ben is a seasoned expert in product agility coaching, unleashing the potential of people and products. With over a decade of experience, his focus now is product-led growth & agility in organisations of all sizes.

Stay up-to-date with us on our social media📱!

Ben Maynard

Product Agility Podcast

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en-gbApril 20, 2023

Unpacking Training From the Back of the Room And Instructional Design: Insights with JP Bayley

Training from the Back of the Room has made huge waves in the world of adult education. Its guidance and techniques, rooted in Brain Science, have enabled educators to improve their game significantly.

It was an honour to be joined by JP Bayley, who is 1 of 2 people who can deliver the Trainer Certification course for Training from the Back of the Room!

This episode gives valuable insights into designing effective training sessions that engage learners and accelerate learning through an in-depth exploration of

The importance of getting people talking during remote sessions and how TBR makes this achievable
How the 4C's map unlocks the ability for designing instructional design for accelerated learning and retention.
JP Bayley explains how to describe Training From the Back of the Room to your Grandma.
Connections activities are explained (they are awesome), and their importance is emphasized throughout any training session.

Chapters:

00:02:17 Introduction to JP Bayley
00:06:55 Training from the Back of the Room: What enticed JP into the community?
00:10:01 Low-Fi Social Networks - A Great technique, except when used unskillfully
00:12:50 The Importance Of Content Relevant Icebreakers
00:17:20 How to describe Training From The Back Of The Room to your Grandma
00:19:51 The Importance Of Building A Safe Space for any group event
00:23:47 Smaller Class Sizes Are Better For Virtual Learning
00:26:21 Benefits Of Smaller Virtual Class Sizes For Better Engagement
00:25:36 Spaced Learning and Ideal Class Sizes
00:27:31 Design Training for How People Learn

JP Bayley Bio
JP Bayley is a business agility coach and trainer. As a Professional Scrum Trainer (PST), Professional Kanban Trainer (PKT), Flight Levels Guide (FLG) and a Certified Trainer for Training from the BACK of the Room! He offers training courses, workshops, and coaching.

He also co-organizes Lean Agile London (LALDN) and the virtual Lean Agile Global (LAG) and has delivered talks at conferences in USA, UK, and Ireland.

Charities Supported by Lean Agile London in 2022

UNITERS (United Volunteers) - https://uniters.org.pl/en/
Medical Aid Now - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/medicalnow

Useful Links

Lean Agile London - https://leanagile.london/
JP Bayley on Lin

Host Bio

Ben is a seasoned expert in product agility coaching, unleashing the potential of people and products. With over a decade of experience, his focus now is product-led growth & agility in organisations of all sizes.

Stay up-to-date with us on our social media📱!

Ben Maynard

Product Agility Podcast

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en-gbApril 06, 2023

The Missing Piece In Agile Development: Product Management Techniques (with Fred Fowler, author)

Fred Fowler is the former mayor of Sunnyvale, Ca and an internationally recognized expert on the Scrum Framework. He is certified with a Doctor of Scrum, Professional Scrum Master Level III, and has published two books on Amazon. He also hosts two Advanced Scrum Case Study podcasts, runs a Silicon Valley Professional Scrum meetup group of 2000 members, and recently started a similar group based in Shanghai.

Ben & Fred discuss the importance of measuring value in product development and how it can help Product People make rational decisions about where to invest.

Things get interesting when exploring what does value mean, Fred says $ return, Ben parries with an example of a new product that's goal is reaching future parity with its competition to explain how each step taken towards that goal may not necessarily have a dollar return on it.

Key Moments:

00:03:59 Measuring The Value Of A Product: It's All About What Someone Will Pay For It
00:06:50 Is Margin important to Value?
00:10:40 Importance Of Iterative Development And Customer Feedback In Scrum
00:13:00 Confusion Between Business Analysts And Product Owners Leads To Lack Of Strategic Planning.
00:15:40 The Cost Of Overspending In Business: A Common Occurrence In Banking And Beyond.
00:18:32 Measuring Value For Rational Decision-Making In Big Corporations
00:23:22 Programmers: Great At Coding, Not So Great At Talking To Customers
00:26:02 Miscommunication With Offshore Programmers Leads To Wrong Code: A Cautionary Tale
00:29:01 The Importance Of Focusing On Needs In Product Backlog
00:32:32 Unwrapping The Onion: Using Technical Expertise To Deliver Solutions
00:34:38 Product Owner Prioritization And Agile
00:38:00 The Importance Of Product Backlog Refinement And Its Role In A Product Led Approach
00:39:39 Maximizing Value: The Importance Of Delegating Refinement Work
00:42:06 The Value Of Completing A Task
00:44:40 Episode Recap

Silicon Valley Scrum (including Links to Fred's books) - https://www.siliconvalleyscrum.com/

Host Bio

Ben is a seasoned expert in product agility coaching, unleashing the potential of people and products. With over a decade of experience, his focus now is product-led growth & agility in organisations of all sizes.

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Ben Maynard

Product Agility Podcast

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en-gbMarch 23, 2023

Value Measurement In Product Development & Scrum (with Fred Fowler, Author)

Fred Fowler is the former mayor of Sunnyvale, Ca and an internationally recognized expert on the Scrum Framework. He is certified with a Doctor of Scrum, Professional Scrum Master Level III, and has published two books on Amazon. He also hosts two Advanced Scrum Case Study podcasts, runs a Silicon Valley Professional Scrum meetup group of 2000 members, and recently started a similar group based in Shanghai.

The importance of focusing on producing results that turn into dollars and cents rather than just being busy
Testing a thought about how similar should every organisation's approach to calculating value be.
The challenges of pointing out mistakes and assigning blame in disastrous situations
How people tend to become defensive when they are told they have been doing something wrong and try to shift the blame onto others.

Here are the Highlights

00:05:04 Measuring Productivity, Not Busyness
00:09:11 Blame Game: The Challenge Of Addressing Mistakes In A Defensive Environment
00:10:13 Being Selective With Gigs: Saying No To Some And Regretting Others
00:14:21 Excitement For A Worthwhile Cause
00:16:56 The True Purpose Of Scrum: Creating Valuable Products
00:22:09 Scrum: Making Decisions Based On Measured Results
00:23:38 The Importance Of Goals In Scrum
00:25:48 Should each organisation's value calculation be the same?
00:28:23 Episode Recap

Guest Bio
Fred Fowler is the former mayor of Sunnyvale, Ca and an internationally recognized expert on the Scrum Framework. He is certified with a Doctor of Scrum, Professional Scrum Master Level III, and has published two books on Amazon. He also hosts two Advanced Scrum Case Study podcasts, runs a Silicon Valley Professional Scrum meetup group of 2000 members, and recently started a similar group based in Shanghai.

Silicon Valley Scrum (including Links to Fred's books) - https://www.siliconvalleyscrum.com/

Host Bio

Ben is a seasoned expert in product agility coaching, unleashing the potential of people and products. With over a decade of experience, his focus now is product-led growth & agility in organisations of all sizes.

Stay up-to-date with us on our social media📱!

Ben Maynard

Product Agility Podcast

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en-gbMarch 16, 2023

The Potential Of The Kanban Maturity Model: Balance, Adaptability And Customer Satisfaction (with Teodora Bozheva)

Teodora Bozheva, creator of the Kanban Maturity Model (a brilliant tool for teaching people what customer centric really means) coaches, agile and product alike), where we have been exploring the organizational maturity levels in the model. Is this the 3rd episode of 3, We spoke about pre-empting customer expectations, flow metrics and how to create a superior business.

00:02:12 What it is level three "Fit for Purpose", in the Kanban Maturity Model?
00:04:20 Level three is about flow metrics and balancing capacity and demand. What else doe's it bring to the party?
00:05:46 Is the goal of maturing in the Kanban Maturity Model to be able to react to changes in the market? Or pre-empt them to achieve their business outcomes and organizational agility?
00:06:36 What tools does the Kanban Maturity Model offer to help organisations anticipate their customer or market needs and become a more mature business?
00:08:16 Is removing waste always a powerful tool? Perhaps not...
00:09:39 Is the evolution and improvement of processes something that is recommended for the later levels of maturity in the Kanban Maturity Model?
00:11:04 Are the higher levels reserved for only a few organisations?
00:12:10 Where and how can people learn more about the Kanban Maturity Model?
00:15:13 Recap on the conversation with Teodora Bozheva

Guest Bio

Teodora (https://bit.ly/TeoBzaLD) is the co-creator of the Kanban Maturity Model (the other person being David J. Anderson) a model that helps organisations that want to take an evolutionary approach to improve their culture & management so that they can adapt quickly to customer needs.

Kanban Maturity Model -https://bit.ly/kmmmLM

Berry Academy - https://bit.ly/berrypcs

Kanban University - https://bit.ly/KbnUnilm

Host Bio

Ben is a seasoned expert in product agility coaching, unleashing the potential of people and products. With over a decade of experience, his focus now is product-led growth & agility in organisations of all sizes.

Stay up-to-date with us on our social media📱!

Ben Maynard

Product Agility Podcast

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en-gbMarch 09, 2023

Unlocking Success: Exploring The Kanban Maturity Model And Collaboration In Product Development (with Teodora Bozheva)

Teodora Bozheva, creator of the Kanban Maturity Model (a brilliant tool for teaching people what customer centric really means) coaches, agile and product alike) Teodora has a proven track record in helping organizations achieve improved levels of adaptability and delivery of products that customers love.

In this 2nd episode, Teodora and Ben delve deep into the early levels of maturity in the Kanban maturity model, explore what it takes to become more customer aligned and many of the vital factors that go into becoming a successful Product Company.

The Highlights

00:02:02 In the Kanban Maturity Model, what does Level 0 look like?
00:04:43 In the Kanban Maturity Model what happens at Level 1?
00:06:28 When in the Kanban Maturity Model do teams become customer driven?
00:09:00 The Problem with Copy and Paste Scrum
00:10:21 How can Copy & Paste Scrum help with Product Management?
00:13:45 Has Teodora witnessed changes in the types of people that are recruited when a company becomes more customer-centric?
00:15:35 How to de-risk recruitment during change

Guest Bio

Teodora (https://bit.ly/TeoBzaLD) is the co-creator of the Kanban Maturity Model (the other person being David J. Anderson,) a model that helps organisations that want to take an evolutionary approach to improve their culture &management so that they can adapt quickly to customer needs.

Host Bio

Ben is a seasoned expert in product agility coaching, unleashing the potential of people and products. With over a decade of experience, his focus now is product-led growth & agility in organisations of all sizes.

Stay up-to-date with us on our social media📱!

Ben Maynard

Product Agility Podcast

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en-gbMarch 02, 2023

Product Agility with the Kanban Maturity Model with Teodora Bozheva

Teodora Bozheva, creator of the Kanban Maturity Model (a brilliant tool for teaching people what customer centric really means) coaches, agile and product alike). Teodora loves helping companies improve. I loved having her on the show!

Teodora has a proven track record in helping organizations achieve improved levels of adaptability and delivery of products that customers love.

In this 1st episode, Teodora shares all about the model and its positive impact on organizations. I recommend getting a pen and paper ready, as Teofora will share some golden insights!

The Highlights

00:02:31 Who is Teodora Bozheva?
00:05:51 A concise and brilliant explanation of Kanban
00:07:05 What is the Kanban Maturity Model (KMM)?
00:10:55 What are the higher levels of maturity in the KMM?
00:12:08 Is the KMM for a part of or a whole organisation?
00:14:57 Why maturity (as per the KMM) differs in organisations, and what can be done to make this work
00:18:59 What is the accelerant for maturity in an organisation that appears in nearly all levels of the KMM
00:19:59 A short and insightful anecdote on applying the KMM

Guest Bio

Teodora (https://bit.ly/TeoBzaLD) is the co-creator of the Kanban Maturity Model (the other person being David J. Anderson,) a model that helps organisations that want to take an evolutionary approach to improve their culture &management so that they can adapt quickly to customer needs.

Host Bio

Ben is a seasoned expert in product agility coaching, unleashing the potential of people and products. With over a decade of experience, his focus now is product-led growth & agility in organisations of all sizes.

Stay up-to-date with us on our social media📱!

Ben Maynard

Product Agility Podcast

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Product Agility

en-gbFebruary 23, 2023

Cracking the Code of Remote & Multi-Learning: Evgeniy Labunskiy & Denis Salnikov of Panda Docs

Evgeniy and Denis are both Heads of Agile Practice at PandaDoc. They joined Ben to share their top tips for making remote working and learning really work.

What themes did we explore?

The cost of remote working vs co-location
Effective, remote, Feature teams
How a teams geographic location can affect the part of the product they work on

Here are some of the highlights

00:01:24 - PandaDoc moved from complete co-location to complete remote working. What were the challenges and the journey
00:04:02 - What does "Multi-learning" mean in an agile environment?
00:06:06 - How has this agile power couple at PandaDocs bridged the remote working gap to make multi-learning easier
00:08:39 - What is the increased cost of collaboration and conversation when working remotely?
00:09:54 - The reason why working remotely can work? When we see our solo task as valuable more than teamwork
00:11:32 - The secret sauce to make remote work
00:13:14 - Tips for successful Feature Team Self-Design Workshops
00:14:44 - What is more critical in Feature Team Self-Design? Technical or Business domain knowledge?
00:15:40 - Are PandaDoc Feature Teams happier working remotely?
00:17:30 - What does Evengiy believe is an effective strategy for remote teamwork?
00:19:26 - Should your teams' geographic location influence the areas of the product they work on?

Guest Bios

Denis Salnikov is a certified Scrum Master, Kanban Coach & Agile Coach who has been consulting, coaching, mentoring, and teaching cross-functional development teams, management, and organisations since 2014.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsalnikov23/

Evgeniy Labunski has over a decade of experience in Agile within Product Development, Enterprise & Startups. He is a strategic thinker, a skilled resolver of conflict and lives and breaths flexibility and adaptability.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/labunskiy/

Host Bio

Ben is a seasoned expert in product agility coaching, unleashing the potential of people and products. With over a decade of experience, his focus now is product-led growth & agility in organisations of all sizes.

Stay up-to-date with us on our social media📱!

Ben Maynard

Product Agility Podcast

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Product Agility

en-gbFebruary 09, 2023

PandaDocs Agile Power Duo On Features and 5x Growth: Evgeniy Labunskiy & Denis Salnikov

Evgeniy and Denis are both Heads of Agile Practice at PandaDoc. They joined Ben to share trials faced during the Global pandemic and when growing to five times their original size (whilst still getting their product to market). They also share how they started with Large Scale Scrum, LeSS, to achieve their dreams of Feature Teams.

The big questions for me were

Why did they embrace Feature teams (teams who can deliver all features end-to-end)?
How do they get the whole organisation behind the idea of a whole organisational change?
What problems have they encountered, and what are they doing now to overcome them?

Here are some of the highlights

00:04:05 - Who or What is Panda Doc?
00:05:22 - What was the starting point for the journey of the Large Scale Scrum (LeSS) & Feature Teams?
00:10:32 - Did they choose LeSS & Feature Teams, or did they choose them?
00:12:14 - Starting a LeSS Adoption with or without formal LeSS Training?
00:14:13 - The negative side effect of not getting Certified LeSS Training for their adoption
00:15:21 - How growth dilutes an organisation's purpose when using Feature Teams
00:18:22 - Then Denis joined...
00:22:16 - Top-Down and Bottom-Up Adoption
00:23:49 - How 5 x Growth can affect an outstanding engineering culture
00:27:00 - What effect did the Covid Pandemic & the war in Ukraine have on PandaDoc

Guest Bios

Denis Salnikov is a certified Scrum Master, Kanban Coach & Agile Coach who has been consulting, coaching, mentoring, and teaching cross-functional development teams, management, and organisations since 2014.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsalnikov23/

Evgeniy Labunski has over a decade of experience in Agile within Product Development, Enterprise & Startups. He is a strategic thinker, a skilled resolver of conflict and lives and breaths flexibility and adaptability.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/labunskiy/

Host Bio

Ben is a seasoned expert in product agility coaching, unleashing the potential of people and products. With over a decade of experience, his focus now is product-led growth & agility in organisations of all sizes.

Stay up-to-date with us on our social media📱!

Ben Maynard

Product Agility Podcast