The Backlog | Inspiring conversations by ADAPTOVATE

The Backlog. In this episode Jian Lee talks with Keita Matsumoto from Our Place. Jian Lee is a consultant with ADAPTOVATE in Melbourne and Keita Matsumoto is the partnership manager for the Colman Foundation's Our Place.

Our Place is based in Melbourne, Australia. Our Place works with one of our most important community resources - our schools - to expand the opportunities open to children and families in highly disadvantaged communities.

They bring together, through local schools, the resources children and families need to thrive - integrating high quality early learning, effective schooling, health and community services, and adult education, training and employment support in ways that meet the needs and help fulfill the aspirations of the community.

Links:

Jian Lee https://www.linkedin.com/in/jian-lee-b40019b2/

Keita Matsumoto https://www.linkedin.com/in/matsumotok/

Our Place https://ourplace.org.au/

Jian Lee, a consultant in ADAPTOVATE Melbourne office, sits down with Jo McConnell - the CEO of GOMO Foundation and the founder of The People Collective.

The People Collective has been formed to support organisations to turn their aspirations into a reality, through and with their people. They take a practical, proven and real world approach to reinventing workplaces. They are experts in people, culture, organisational strategy and design, large scale change and business transactions. The projects can be big or small; their focus is on care for people, simplifying complexity and identifying the key actions required to survive and thrive.

As CEO and Director at the Gomo Foundation, Jo leads a team which is committed to supporting girls in Africa to realise their potential. They do this by providing high school education to girls in Zimbabwe. They are at an exciting stage of growth.

A little while ago as part of ADAPTOVATE's commitment to Pledge 1 Percent, we worked with Jo and GOMO Foundation to set up a virtual agile PMO (Project Management Office) and align the leadership team on priorities for the Foundation. Gomo Foundation provides education opportunities for young women in Africa with potential, so they can drive change in their developing communities.

They are proud to be working towards welcoming 50 young women into education by 2020. One of the challenges they face as a not for profit staffed entirely by volunteers is managing their program virtually so everyone is aligned and is working with the same up to date information. Setting up a virtual agile PMO will help keep the team of volunteers aligned and focussed.

Episode links:

Podcast recommendations -

Revisionist History - Malcom Gladwell

How to Fail with Elizabeth Day

Jo McConnell at LinkedIn

Jian Lee at LinkedIn

Gomo Foundation Website

Pledge 1%

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In this episode of The Backlog by ADAPTOVATE, Kayla Cartwright is in conversation with Veronica Millen. Kayla is a senior consultant with ADAPTOVATE in North America, who has a specific interest and experience in Diveristy and Inclusion in the workplace. Veronica Millen is an executive coach and career coach based in Melbourne Australia. Veronica is an independent consultant that focuses on Human Resources / People & Culture and in particular coaching and D&I.

In this special episode Kayla and Veronica explore what Covid-19 means in the context of Diversity and Inclusion. They discuss the positive and negative outcomes regarding COVID-19's impact on Diversity and Inclusion globally and what may happen next.

Mentioned in the podcast:

Article:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/you-pressing-pause-diversity-inclusion-because-never-got-felicity/?trackingId=yrfQFPCIR%2BqlX80BG3akuw%3D%3D

Article: (not mentioned in podcast, however Veronica recommended this post the conversation)

https://neuroleadership.com/your-brain-at-work/focus-diversity-inclusion-during-crisis?utm_campaign=Your%20Brain%20at%20Work%20-%20Blog&utm_content=127485451&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&hss_channel=lcp-2886924

Harvard implicit associations:

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/australia/takeatest.html

The Privilege Walk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD5f8GuNuGQ

Recommended Podcast : Potential Pyschology by Ellen Jackson

https://www.potential.com.au/podcast

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Brigitte Odgers-Jewell is the principal of ADAPTOVATE's Singapore office. In this episode of the The Backlog, one of our consultants Nate Stickney, sits down in conversation with her.

This episode was recorded in April 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 crisis. Brigitte discusses how her team and her family are adjusting to working remotely.

Brigitte has had varied career including as a scuba instructor and a photographer on a cruiseship. She chats with Nate about her journey that found her in Singapore working for ADAPTOVATE.

Brigitte shares how Agile has changed over the years including the tools that have been used over the years and what her experience is now.

ADAPTOVATE is a global consulting firm specialising in Agile methodology and New Ways of Working.

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Ling Kung is Director of Innovation at Kaiser Permanente. In this episode our Managing Director of our US office, Nate Nelson, sits down with Ling to discuss Innovation in Healthcare.

In mid-2000s when digital health was becoming a thing, Ling was interested in how digital health and technology could help seniors. From there - she ended up leading the vendor strategy work across all demographics, which was the predecersor for Kaiser's digital health strategy.

This episode of The Backlog was recorded in April 2020 during the height of COVID-19.

Ling discusses how Kaiser Permanente as come together as a large organisation and moved extremely quickly during the COVID-19. Things that took 3 months are taking days to initiate.

Tools mentioned:

https://miro.com/

https://airtable.com/

Restaurant in LA: https://www.yelp.com/biz/sweet-rice-gardena

Ling Kung on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ling-kung/

ADAPTOVATE is a global consulting firm specialising in Agile methodology and New Ways of Working.

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