🎙️ Join "What is Innovation?" this week with Anton Skornyakov, a Certified Scrum Trainer and Managing Director of Agile.Coach. Explore how innovation can serve as a systemic solution to complex problems across industries. Anton delves into the layers of innovation, problem-solving, and how 'Agile' methodologies can transform government and business challenges. Discover the impact of storytelling and the perfect solution-situation fit, along with insights from Dave Snowden's Cynefin framework. How can 'Agile' drive revolutionary problem-solving?

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Anton is a Certified Scrum Trainer with Scrum Alliance and the managing director of Agile.Coach based in Berlin, Germany. Anton's particular interest lies in advancing agile practices outside of product development environments, for example, in non-profit or public organizations or projects related to process improvement. Anton's book "The Art of Slicing Work" is a real-world, low-jargon guide that will teach you the main skill of a successful manager in the 21st century – the ability to master unpredictability.

More about our guest:

• Anton Skornyakov
• Company: Agile.Coach
• Book: The Art of Slicing Work

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Episode Guide:

0:00 - Intro

0:48 - What is Innovation?

1:49 - Defining "new" in innovation

3:11 - Layers to Innovation

5:24 - Innovation, problem-solving, and innovation in various industries

7:46 - Problem-focus vs Solution-focus

10:56 - Story-telling in solutions

12:44 - Importance of solution-situation fit

14:36 - Innovation hurdles in governments

15:38 - Foundation of innovation

17:43 - 'Agile' in governments

19:56 - Dave Snowden's Cynefin framework

23:55 - Advice to Innovators
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