Product Agility Exposing the Secrets of Unstoppable Agile Success!: Ahmad Fahmy, Certified LeSS Trainer
For this episode, I was hyped to welcome the legendary Ahmad Fahmy, one of the world's first Large Scale Scrum trainers and someone I got to know through his groundbreaking work on Team Self Design.
Ahmad specializes in large-scale product development & organizational design. He has helped multiple investment banks and product companies successfully transition to lean and agile ways of working. With over 20 years of banking technology experience, his financial product knowledge and technology background makes him well-suited to help organizations transform. He is also the author of numerous scaling patterns including, team self-design, Gemba sprint and Behavior stories. His experience and empathy have made him a sought-after consultant, trainer, and speaker on organizational design and change.
Topics Discussed:
- What is your elevator pitch for LeSS?
- Did you choose LeSS or did LeSS choose you?
- What’s the one thing, above all others, you love about LeSS?
- What was your favourite LeSS adoption?
- If you could change one thing about LeSS what would it be?
- What is something in the agile world that should have been more popular?
- Following on from this, what is going to be the next big thing?
Scrum PLoP®
Scrum PLoP® is an initiative mentioned during our conversation. You can check out the patterns here or support them by purchasing their book.
Tom Gilb
Tom Glib is an author and systems engineer who has got a very interesting on-demand course covering Value Outcomes with a one-day free pass.
Ahmad’s Case Studies & Experience Reports
You can check out his case study from the Antarctica Investment Bank or his classic piece on
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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