KnolShare with Dr. Dave

 Dr. Estella Chavous

Hello, this is Dr. Dave and you are listening to the KnolShare with Dr. Dave podcast, hosted on GrokShare.com.  KnolShare with Dr. Dave is also on iTunes and Google Play.  You are listening to episode #8 with Dr. Estella Chavous, a practitioner and expert in mindfulness.  Mindfulness continues to play a significant role in my daily life.  As I begin my day and before entering into the distractions of each day, I begin with prayer and mindfulness to ensure that I remain present in the Now.

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Dr. Estella Chavous co-authored the book “Let Meditation Mend You” with her daughter Jacinta.  You can purchase a copy on Amazon.com.  Connect with Dr. Chavous on twitter @strategicladies.

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 Jill Freeman Stack

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This is episode #7 with Jill Stack of JillStackPR, a Costa Mesa, California company that enables established and startup businesses, and non-profits to tell their stories to local and national media.  If you are not using public relations (PR) to remain in the media’s eye, then you are missing an opportunity to tell your full story.

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Contact Jill Stack PR on twitter @JillStackPR

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This interview was created and conducted by Dr. Dave Cornelius.

 

Dr. Hadar Ziv – Researcher and Lecturer in Informatics at the School of ICS at UC Irvine

This is Dr. Dave and you are listening to the KnolShare with Dr. Dave podcast, hosted on GrokShare.com.  KnolShare with Dr. Dave is also on iTunes and Google Play.  This is episode #6 with Dr. Hadar Ziv, a professor at the University of California Irvine, School of Information and Computer Science.

I visited the school’s website and discovered that I did not know much about informatics. I reached out and invited my friend Dr. Hadar Ziv from UCI’s Department of Informatics to tell us more about the subject and the value to the next generation of technology professionals.

Duration: 32 minutes

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This interview gave me a few nostalgic moments and I went back in time to my undergraduate days when I studied computer science at Carroll University in Wisconsin.  I recall the efforts of the professors to make the course information relevant to the work world.  I see the same effort by Dr. Hadar Ziv and his associates at UCI working to make the learning experience relevant to each student so they may succeed with a future employer.

Thank you for listening today.

Learn more about the Informatics program by visiting the UCI website ics.uci.edu.

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Ken May @YAMNEK

This is Episode #5 and the discussion today focus on system test, a critical deliverable that verify when quality is built in.  System test is a test activity that validates the integration and co-existence of multiple systems in one or many environments to meet specific customer requirements.  Our guest is Ken May, the leader of a system test group for the Wonderware industrial automation software.

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This interview was created and conducted by Dr. Dave Cornelius.

 Pankaj Swami

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This is Episode #4 and the discussion today focus on  Delivering Industrial Automation Software with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and Enterprise Adoption with Pankaj Swami.  Pankaj is an agile leader and SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) at a global software company.

Duration: 17:43

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SAFe has become the de facto standard for agile at scale that supports enterprise adoption of agility as a business practice.  The SAFe framework offers familiar terms that bridge the gap for organizations adopting lean and agile paradigm for product or service delivery.  Business leaders and teams are familiar with organization definitions of portfolio, program, and team, which make it easier to embrace SAFe.  None the less, the adoption of SAFe requires a culture shift in the enterprise because all stakeholders involved with developing and delivering a product or service must be present.  The goal of end-to-end alignment demands leadership engagement.

I am currently a practicing SAFe SPC and work with Pankaj Swami for the past year on a major software initiative.  My commentary is based on practical experiences of success and the need for improvements in some areas.  Agile transformations are not easy because people are expected to shift behaviors and work toward common goals.  The biggest hurdle is often due to resistance to change from the status quo.  However, buy-in at the executive level tend to sway the attitudes of many resisters and pave the road to an easier agile transformation.

Thank you for listening today.

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