Transformation And Culture
A round up of the January meetup for Agile Practitioners London. With 3 great talks from Spotify, Sky and News UK discussing Agile teams, Culture and Transformation.
Events & Resources
Beyond The Early Adopter
The challenge is that you might lose your early adopters as you grow, and this presentation talks about how to continuously delight customers whilst satisfying new market segments in order to achieve growth and how to use OKRs and KPIs to measure progress.
Creating A Lean And Agile Enterprise – Product Development Lifecycle
Recently I was asked to share our experience and learnings with the Global Product Development Lifecycle work we are doing at Pearson at Tesco. This works focuses on bringing the company together to be more innovative at a cultural level and adopt Agile and Lean Startup principles beyond software teams.
Iterative Funding : Global Product Lifecycle
Sharing the story on how the Pearson Global Product Lifecycle embraces iterative funding influenced by Beyond Budgeting, Agile and Lean Startup to develop leading products with the learner at the centre.
Agile Cymru 2015 : Crew Rollup
This is a recap on the 2 days behind the inaugural event of Agilecymru.uk 2015. This was the first of many Agile conferences we hope to see in South Wales, bringing in a wide range of internationally recognised leading speakers.
Innovation Strategy – Global Product Lifecycle
Recently I was luckily enough to be invited to speak about innovation strategies and the Global Product Lifecycle we have developed at Pearson at the […]
Agile Cymru (Wales) -Cardiff 2015
Agile Cymru in association with Adaptagility, is a jam-packed 2 day conference with presentations from leading experts in the agile space. The conference will take place in the heart of Cardiff and the home of the Welsh Arts – the Millennium Centre on July 7 and 8, 2015.
As the first of its kind to grace the capital of Wales, Agile Cymru is all set to inspire and educate those of the Welsh community looking for a more collaborative, flexible and responsive way of working. The event format will consist of interactive and storytelling workshops, giving first-hand advice and techniques to attendees, from industry experts and practitioners.
Agile Conferences
There’s a lot going on within the Lean and Agile communities worldwide in 2014. For those who want to expand their knowledge and get involved […]
Changing A Global Culture – Global Product Lifecycle
Changing a large global enterprise is not to be underestimated. In this talk, Craig Strong shares some insights on some of the work he and some of his team are undertaking at Pearson; a company with over 45,000 employees spread across 70 countries. Using Lean Startup and Agile practices, the global product lifecycle aims to transform the entire organisation to become a true product culture with the learner at the centre.
Gamify The Cardwall – Fellowship Of The Goal
A fundamental Agile principle is ‘Continuous Improvement’, yet many practitioners use a default visual workflow which changes little through the evolution of the product and team. This can become repetitive and ultimately the tool starts to become simple, boring and used for administrative monitoring only. Agile environments often don’t realise the power that visual workflows can have. This workshop takes the audience through different ways to present the card wall, to make stand-ups more fun and interesting. We will look at ways you can alter the card wall to challenge skill silos and encourage more cross-functional behaviours, and present ideas on how to gamify the card wall in order to make it fun and interactive. Using learnings from the theory of constraints, kanban, scrum, team dynamics and system thinking principles we’ll also discuss creative ways to monitor cycle time, understand progress and visualize flow to challenge team patterns, behaviours and bottlenecks.