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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

Noels Website - https://www.noelwarnell.uk/
Breaking Tsundoku (The Reading Course You Need) - 5 week cohort - https://www.tickettailor.com/events/noelwarnell/678819#
Noel on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/noelwarnell/ 

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

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/benmaynard-sheev/

🐦 https://x.com/BenWMaynard

💻 https://sheev.co.uk/ 

Product Agility Podcast 

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/company/productagilitypod/ 

💻 https://productagilitypod.co.uk/

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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/

Emma Weber
https://transferoflearning.com/about-us/emma-we - https://transferoflearning.com/about-us/emma-we

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

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/benmaynard-sheev/

🐦 https://x.com/BenWMaynard

💻 https://sheev.co.uk/ 

Product Agility Podcast 

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/company/productagilitypod/ 

💻 https://productagilitypod.co.uk/

🖇️ https://linktr.ee/productagility

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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, instructional design, and cognitive psychology.

Julie likes learning :-)

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

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/benmaynard-sheev/

🐦 https://x.com/BenWMaynard

💻 https://sheev.co.uk/ 

Product Agility Podcast 

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/company/productagilitypod/ 

💻 https://productagilitypod.co.uk/

🖇️ https://linktr.ee/productagility

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In this episode, Ben and his guest JP Bayley answer these questions and delve into the power of using metaphors and storytelling in training.

💥How do we get full engagement from the first minute of a workshop or training session?

💥Will having coaching skills make you a better trainer?

💥 Is having the humility to admit you do not know something, step back and admit this something you should do as a trainer or facilitator?

If you want critical tips and insights in into effective facilitation and training techniques, listen on!

Key Moments

• 00:02:40 The History of Training from the Back of the Room!
• 00:04:22 How to help Introverts and Extroverts in a Workshop or Training setting
• 00:05:26 The Difference Between Introversion And Shyness/Social Anxiety
• 00:10:14 Images Trump Words - Can Images be more than we can see with our eyes?00:12:44 Tips For Effective Teaching: Flexibility In Approach & Style
• 00:17:30 The Power of Connecting People When Learning
• 00:18:45 Will having coaching skills make you a better trainer?
• 00:19:24 The Importance Of Confidence And Humility In Handling Mistakes
• 00:22:28 Book Recommendations - What to Learn About How People Learn 
• 00:28:04 Episode Recap

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.

Useful Links

• Lean Agile London - https://leanagile.london/
• JP Bayley on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jpbayley/
• Actineo Consulting - https://actineo.xyz/
• Brain Rules, John Medina -https://brainrules.net/
• Powerful Teaching - https://www.powerfulteaching.org/
• Understanding How We Learn, A Visual Guide - https://www.learningscientists.org/uhwl
• Feedback Driven Meta Cognition - https://www.retrievalpractice.org/feedback

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

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/benmaynard-sheev/

🐦 https://x.com/BenWMaynard

💻 https://sheev.co.uk/ 

Product Agility Podcast 

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/company/productagilitypod/ 

💻 https://productagilitypod.co.uk/

🖇️ https://linktr.ee/productagility

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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 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jpbayley/
• Actineo Consulting - https://actineo.xyz/
• Impromptu Networking - https://www.liberatingstructures.com/2-impromptu-networking/
• The State of Virtual Training 2022 - https://www.cindyhuggett.com/blog/2022sovt/

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

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/benmaynard-sheev/

🐦 https://x.com/BenWMaynard

💻 https://sheev.co.uk/ 

Product Agility Podcast 

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/company/productagilitypod/ 

💻 https://productagilitypod.co.uk/

🖇️ https://linktr.ee/productagility

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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.

In this episode

We emphasize that Product Owners should be cautious of developers trying to create a million-dollar solution for a $10,000 problem. 

We share personal anecdotes about our experiences creating solutions for organisations and how having clear priorities and a common Definition of Done is important if you use Scrum.

We also enjoyed providing examples of successful and unsuccessful projects, highlighting the importance of having the right team.

Overall, this episode provides valuable insights into problem-solving in business and how to approach it effectively. This ain't your normal "agile" podcast. This is Product Agility.

Chapters:

• 00:04:10 The Controversial Issue of Scaling Product Creation
• 00:06:14 The FBI's Project Sentinel - A Scrum Success Story
• 00:08:08 Healthcare.gov - Saved by Silicon Valley Agilists
• 00:08:59 Reasons For Scaling Up: Getting Results Quickly
• 00:12:19 Another valid, good reason why people would want to scale their Product Creation Efforts
• 00:14:41 The Importance Of A Common Definition Of Done
• 00:16:29 A proven technique to get people to consider their decisions to have multiple Product Backlogs
• 00:18:01 The Consequence Of Separating Technical And Business Decisions In A Company
• 00:22:00 The Best Podcast Fred has ever been on?
• 00:24:30 Who is the special guest in the next episode and episode recap

Key Takeaways:

🥡 The importance of finding the right solution for a problem, rather than overspending on a solution that is too big.
🥡Overspending on solutions, including the failed launch of healthcare.gov and how they can be turned around.
🥡Reasons why scaling might be the thing you have to do, even if we know it can cause pain
🥡The criticality of Technical Excellence in Product Creation


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

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/benmaynard-sheev/

🐦 https://x.com/BenWMaynard

💻 https://sheev.co.uk/ 

Product Agility Podcast 

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/company/productagilitypod/ 

💻 https://productagilitypod.co.uk/

🖇️ https://linktr.ee/productagility

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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.  

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

Ben Maynard

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/benmaynard-sheev/

🐦 https://x.com/BenWMaynard

💻 https://sheev.co.uk/ 

Product Agility Podcast 

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/company/productagilitypod/ 

💻 https://productagilitypod.co.uk/

🖇️ https://linktr.ee/productagility

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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

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/benmaynard-sheev/

🐦 https://x.com/BenWMaynard

💻 https://sheev.co.uk/ 

Product Agility Podcast 

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/company/productagilitypod/ 

💻 https://productagilitypod.co.uk/

🖇️ https://linktr.ee/productagility

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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

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/benmaynard-sheev/

🐦 https://x.com/BenWMaynard

💻 https://sheev.co.uk/ 

Product Agility Podcast 

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/company/productagilitypod/ 

💻 https://productagilitypod.co.uk/

🖇️ https://linktr.ee/productagility

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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.  

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