Adam welcomes Aly Orloff, Lead Agile Instructor and Coach at Lockheed Martin to the podcast to talk about all things innovation. They discuss the importance of encouraging a culture of innovation (which includes letting go of your fear of failure) and considering whether a healthy appetite for risk might have changed the fates of companies like Blockbuster or Kodak. Aly also shares her experience implementing SAFe at Lockheed Martin. To close out, she leaves us with three tips to convince others...
Nov 29, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 148
Is your funding rationale the best match for your organization’s MVPs and development value stream? In today’s episode, Joe Vallone, SPCT and SAFe® Fellow, describes the Real Options financial framework and why it’s attractive for funding Lean-Agile development. Read the article Joe mentions in the podcast. Like what you hear? Connect with Joe on LinkedIn. Explore SAFe courses here ....
Nov 28, 2023•3 min
Today’s episode is in French and features Odile Moreau, SAFe Strategic Advisor and SPCT at Scaled Agile. She shares three key areas where organizations can use the eight flow accelerators to constantly improve. Like what you hear? Connect with Odile on LinkedIn. Explore SAFe courses here ....
Nov 14, 2023•4 min
Today, Adam talks to Terry Densmore, principal product manager at Digital.ai, about—you guessed it—artificial intelligence (AI). Terry describes how the company is using AI to improve Agile planning, deployment, and other aspects of business agility—and how that benefits customers. Adam and Terry also dive into the importance of value stream management, using AI to surface data and compare the plan to the truth, and the implications of commitment to simplify the business. Finally, Terry describe...
Nov 08, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 146
Today, Saahil is back to talk about how to go from good to great with your strategic themes. He shares what kind of strategic themes he’s seeing in the field, what’s missing, and tips to make them better to drive success for the entire enterprise. Like what you hear? Connect with Saahil on Linked In. Explore SAFe courses here ....
Nov 07, 2023•4 min
Today’s episode contemplates a unique approach to address system team challenges. Tune in to hear SPCT Saahil Panikar describe the idea of a profit-to-owner for the system team and how it has the potential to generate powerful results. Like what you hear? Connect with Saahil on Linked In . Explore SAFe courses here ....
Oct 31, 2023•3 min
In today’s episode, Adam sits down with Tegan Harbridge from Easy Agile. After getting her expert opinion on how the 2023 SAFe® Summit Nashville holds up from an event design perspective, the two dive into conversation. They discuss the importance of knowing that you can’t be everything to everyone, accepting that not all feedback is created equal, and answering the question of why you’re doing what you’re doing—in SAFe, and in life. Like what you hear? Check out Easy Agile . Explore SAFe course...
Oct 25, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 144
In today’s episode, SPCT Vikas Kapila explains why SAFe is a lot more than a framework—and why you should use it when planning your next vacation. Like what you hear? Connect with Vikas on LinkedIn . Explore SAFe courses here .
Oct 24, 2023•5 min
Ramesh Nori is here to offer insight on his approach to helping others when they ask.
Oct 17, 2023•3 min
Today’s episode finds Adam at the 2023 SAFe® Summit Nashville, where he sits down with David Gipp, an SPCT with Agile Velocity. After bonding over their shared experiences in the athletic retail space, and the value of the energy found there, they discuss the importance of outcome (not output), why the improv principle of “yes, and” is relevant, and how the “COVID pivot” is informing how the Agile community is working today.
Oct 11, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 142
Gez Smith wants to have coffee with you. Actually, he wants to have coffee with 100 of you. Inspired by a colleague who is setting out to have coffee with 100 random people, Gez makes an argument for why doing something similar will help encourage social connection and spark creativity on your next Agile Release Train.
Oct 10, 2023•6 min
How do you foster innovation at an organization? Hazurasingh Siviya, SPCT with Temenos + Agility, is here today to offer three tips on just that—from looking at enhancements to current products and services to being a disruptor and adopting innovation as a mindset. He also highlights the importance of MVPs to drive innovation.
Oct 03, 2023•4 min
Adam sits down with Justin Oke, cofounder of Kendis, to talk all things PI Planning. They dive into what Kendis has to offer, how it evolved from an idea born from a social conversation over a few drinks to what it is today, and where it’s headed next—including the three things that Justin is most excited about. Adam and Justin also reflect on how their time spent in the military and law enforcement has had a lasting impact on their approach to the work they do today.
Sep 27, 2023•46 min•Season 1Ep. 139
How do you foster innovation at an organization? Hazurasingh Siviya, SPCT with Temenos + Agility, is here today to offer three tips on just that—from looking at enhancements to current products and services to being a disruptor and adopting innovation as a mindset. He also highlights the importance of MVPs to drive innovation.
Sep 26, 2023•5 min
What do quotes from Spiderman, Adam Grant, and Steve Jobs have to do with SAFe? Find out in this engaging conversation with Adam and Anand Murthy Raj, SAFe Fellow, SPCT, and Managing Director at Gladwell Academy – Asia. They discuss what they’ve learned over the course of their careers—both inside and outside of SAFe. And they highlight the importance of being relentlessly curious, seeking discomfort, and remembering to enjoy the space between point A and point B.
Sep 20, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 137
Eren Özdemir is here to offer a few quick tips and things to keep in mind when working with an external client on a SAFe® transformation.
Sep 19, 2023•3 min
In this episode, Adam sits down with Gez Smith to talk about his specialty: applying SAFe in highly regulated environments, specifically banks. They discuss the unique challenges of matching SAFe with a regulatory framework and how at the end of the day, SAFe is all about people and relationships. The two also share some lessons learned the hard way during SAFe workshops in other countries—and why that kind of learning has been some of the best.
Sep 13, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 135
There are few things worse than getting to the end of a project and realizing that things just aren’t working the way you anticipated. That’s where SAFe® Principle 5 comes in. Hear from Natalia Kuzmina, Head of Agile Practices at S&P Global, about how using a system demo is a better way to evaluate a project.
Sep 12, 2023•3 min
In today’s episode, Adam takes a step back from SAFe to explore something a little different with Brent Hurley from Agility Health, one of the leading Agile team management platforms. After hearing a little bit about Brent’s background, the two take a deep-dive into all things Agility Health, including the history of the company, and how the tool helps companies build, assess, and grow Agile teams.
Sep 06, 2023•25 min•Season 1Ep. 133
In today’s episode, Mauricio Gambini, enterprise Agile coach from Enterprise Agility, offers his eight suggestions to start coaching on a well-established ART to help facilitate continued growth and improvement....
Sep 05, 2023•4 min
In today’s episode, Adam sits down with Markus Vogg, SPCT and global head of business agility at Capgemini Invent, and Em Sperring, SPC and business agility senior consultant, to discuss their Agile journeys. You’ll hear about their experience in bringing Agile to traditionally non-Agile spaces, like HR and accounting, and how that experience informs their approach to any Agile transformation—big or small. They also discuss the joys of working with intercontinental teams and share some advice th...
Aug 30, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 131
It’s no secret that the SAFe implementation roadmap encourages a variety of training throughout the journey, but have you ever considered bringing along a co-trainer? Sarah Blaesing is here today to make a case for why a co-trainer just makes sense.
Aug 29, 2023•3 min
What does high performance military training have to do with Lean portfolio management? Find out in today’s episode when Adam sits down again with Eduardo Alvim, senior trainer/consultant and SPCT. The two catch up since their last meeting and discuss portfolios, some trends they’re seeing, and how value, especially when it comes to things like PI planning, is more than just making money.
Aug 23, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 129
How do you get numerous stakeholders with different priorities and limited budgets to agree what to fund and how? Hint: the answer involves everyone in one room and some Monopoly money. In today’s episode, Vanessa Martens, Agile coach and SPCT candidate with Cprime, shares her experience and key observations leading a participatory budgeting event with an insurance company in Africa.
Aug 22, 2023•6 min
In this episode, Adam hands the reins over to Alexis Williams and Christian Kelly of Atlassian to lead a discussion with Florian Lukitsch from Deutsche Telekom. The company is five years into its Agile transformation and, according to Florian, the transformation never truly ends — there will always be opportunities to adapt. The trio also discusses the importance of communication, experimentation, and OKRs, and how looking at an Agile transformation as a culture change instead of simply a projec...
Aug 16, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 127
What can simultaneously hold an organization back and move it forward in an Agile transformation? And what do dark jeans have to do with it? In this episode, Vanessa Martens, Agile coach and SPCT candidate with Cprime shares her experience and advice around helping an organization shift from a control-based environment to a collaborative one.
Aug 15, 2023•6 min
In today’s episode, SPCT Niko Kaintantzis shares three key elements to becoming a great coach. He also talks about what coaches need to stay productive, make a difference, remove obstacles, and explore their passion.
Aug 08, 2023•5 min
Having the right people in the room at the right time to have the right conversations can make all the difference. In today’s episode, Adam talks with Glenn Smith, SPCT and transformation consultant, about his experience running a successful enterprise transformation. Glenn shares lessons learned, recounts some big wins, and reveals his top three tips for someone looking to start their own successful, large-scale transformation.
Aug 02, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 125
Can you be a good coach even if you aren’t familiar with the subject? Actually, yes. In this episode, SPCT Niko Kaintantzis shares four key elements to becoming a great coach. And he explains how to react when the person you’re coaching has no idea what you’re talking about.
Aug 01, 2023•5 min
What exactly are PI objectives and iteration goals for? Communication from teams to the business about what the teams will do in a PI? Not entirely. In this episode, SPCT Saahil Panikar explains how the answer to the value of PI objectives and iteration goals lies in multiple elements—a feedback loop with two parts, speaking the same language, and the what, the who, and the why.
Jul 25, 2023•6 min
