Product Agility

Send us a textIn this episode, I had the pleasure of chatting with David Pereira, a seasoned CPO with over 15 years of experience in digital product management. 🚀David is a Product Leader who over the last few years has led product teams to achieve exponential marketplace growth: from 5M € to 45M € revenue per year. Not only this he led product teams to discover solutions to innovate the second hand car market in Brazil, creating a business with a turn over of 200M USD per year.We covered a range of topics, from the importance of trust and psychological safety in software engineering teams to the evolution of roles in agile coaching and how to not ace job interviews. 🤝 David also shared some valuable insights on building team connections and making emotional arguments to communicate your point effectively. 🤔 So sit back, relax, and enjoy this insightful conversation on bridging the gap between agility and product with David Pereira!Good Bits 00:04:08 - "Was coming on this podcast a mistake?"00:15:02 - When is a Product  Defect Not a Product Defect?00:18:28 - Making a Point - Make It Emotionally or Logically?00:23:01 - How Ben Prioritises - Today Things Vs. Tomorrow Things00:28:09 - How Do You Get Your Product To Somewhere No One Else Is?00:33:09 - "This Interview Sucks."00:37:21 - Convincer or Coach?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 Listen & Share On Spotify & iTunes Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0lkwAYJzVSuk5zfJ1vIDZq?si=4c691fb12f124a56 iTunes - https://apple.co/3YvTX8p Want to come on the podcast? Want to be a guest or have a guest request? Let us know here https://bit.ly/49osN80

Send us a textArtem Bykovets - trainer, LeSS coach, leadership and organizational consultantMore than 11 years on the market, worked with teams in the following areas: IT, retail and pricing, gambling, multimedia, hardware, telecom, banks, CRM and others.Founder of Simplesense. and creator of the Simplicity Day conference. Co-organizer of the #AgileWithUkraine initiative.Conducts various trainings, workshops and lectures for companies of various sizes and specializations. Launches and supports companies on the path of organizational & Agile transformation.The talks in ten are back! This time around we are at brilliant Lean Agile London 2023.https://leanagile.london/Fifth in the day 2 queue was...Artem Bykovets, Ukrainian Agile Coach & Org Consultant flew to London to follow up on last year's Key Note with an emotional story of real people working in real teams in Ukraine. The adversity the Ukrainian people are facing is hard to comprehend. Artem did an amazing job at helping us understand their reality and as a bonus shared with us data that shows how well Ukrainian teams are rising to their formidable challenge.Links:+ https://www.abykovets.com/en + https://www.agilewithukraine.com/+ https://www.linkedin.com/in/abykovets+ https://youtube.com/c/ArtemBykovetsHost 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 Listen & Share On Spotify & iTunes Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0lkwAYJzVSuk5zfJ1vIDZq?si=4c691fb12f124a56 iTunes - https://apple.co/3YvTX8p Want to come on the podcast? Want to be a guest or have a guest request? Let us know here https://bit.ly/49osN80

Send us a textPrateek is the  Head of Learning and Development at ProKanban.Org and as an  Independent Agile Consultant, over the past fifteen years  has been working to shape, improve and lead software development teams and products. While his career started as a software developer, I eventually moved into multiple team lead roles where mentoring, identifying and removing impediments, ensuring sustainable project pace and ensuring that the team delivers high-quality products were my main responsibilities. Prateek on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/singhpr13/The talks in ten are back! This time around we are at brilliant Lean Agile London 2023.https://leanagile.london/Fourth in the day 2 queue was... One of the Drunk Agilists, Prateek Singh!  Co-host of the Drunk Agile Podcast with Dan Vacanti  (a pioneer in using Flow Metrics, and his works have been instrumental in the shaping of my TameFlow Approach)Prateek and Dan have an interesting approach to their podcast, they drink and they talk.So are you may have guessed, their closing Keynote at Lean Agile London did not break with tradition!But it is much more than this, they actually ran an incredibly useful game that I feel should be in the tool kit of any Product Agilist...Drunk Agile on YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC758reHaPAeEixmCjWIbsOADrunk Agile on Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/drunk-agile/id1550106773Host 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 Listen & Share On Spotify & iTunes Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0lkwAYJzVSuk5zfJ1vIDZq?si=4c691fb12f124a56 iTunes - https://apple.co/3YvTX8p Want to come on the podcast? Want to be a guest or have a guest request? Let us know here https://bit.ly/49osN80

Send us a textDr. Klaus Leopold is computer scientist and Kanban pioneer with many years of experience in helping organizations from different industries on their improvement journey with Lean and Kanban. He is author of the bestseller “Rethinking Agile”, “Practical Kanban” (www.practicalkanban.com) and co-author of the book “Kanban Change Leadership”.Klaus was awarded with the Brickell Key Award for “outstanding achievement and leadership” within the Lean Kanban community in San Francisco, 2014. His main interest is establishing lean business agility by improving organizations beyond the team level, especially in large environments from 50 to 5000 people. Klaus speaks regularly at renowned Lean and Kanban conferences worldwide. He publishes his current thoughts on his blog www.LEANability.com and you can follow him on Twitter at @klausleopold. The talks in ten are back! This time around we are at brilliant Lean Agile London 2023.https://leanagile.london/Third up on Day 2 we have...  Drum Roll PleaseThe one and only Klaus Leopold! Co-creator of Flight Levels and Keynote Speak from Lean Agile London 2023!In Klaus's talk he shared insights and tips on how to align work against organisational and other strategic outcomes in a visual and engaging way. Here is his talk blurbMaking Strategy Happen with Flight LevelsDo you feel like your company strategy lives only in PowerPoint presentations? In this talk, I will show how you can align your long-term company vision and goals with daily operational work using a Flight Level 3 system. I will also show how you can map your current strategy tools to SOFI – Flight Level’s strategy interface and how to effectively invest your budget in your strategic portfolio.It doesn’t take that much to make strategy a reality. An effective Flight Level 3 system is a perfect start.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 Listen & Share On Spotify & iTunes Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0lkwAYJzVSuk5zfJ1vIDZq?si=4c691fb12f124a56 iTunes - https://apple.co/3YvTX8p Want to come on the podcast? Want to be a guest or have a guest request? Let us know here https://bit.ly/49osN80

Send us a textThe talks in ten are back! This time around we are at brilliant Lean Agile London 2023.https://leanagile.london/For the 2nd episode of day 2 from the Lean Agile London 2023 conference, we hear about the only talk at the conference that nearly left me in tears...Kubair Shirazee - Peace Through Prosperity https://www.drupal.org/peace-through-prosperityKudos to Jordi Falguera for thrusting my and Kubair together! I am so pleased he did, Kubair is an inspiration with a surprising message for all of us Product Agility, Product and Agile people out there.Here is the talk blurbExploring Agile’s greater promise!In addition to his work with commercial enterprises, Kubair also holds the position of Chief Product Owner at Peace Through Prosperity. This innovative lab has been engaged in a 10+ year experiment in cross pollinating Agile values, principles, and practices from the enterprise to society, to affect societal/planetary transformation.During his interactive talk, Kubair will share his personal experience of implementing Agile principles, values, and practices in conflict-affected communities as part of the Peace Through Prosperity initiative, and share lessons learned in Social Transformation that he has brought back to the Enterprise and how this cross pollination has enabled Kubair and his teams to succeed in both the Enterprise realm and the Societal system all enterprises exist within.Kubair's BioI am an Enterprise Agile Coach, with over 20+ years experience facilitating transformation of people, teams, businesses and communities — in other words, I facilitate people who have a vision for moving past the status quo and explore better ways of working together. Building and nurturing high performance teams has been described as my ‘superpower’.I have taken multiple digital products to market, as well as optimised and scaled teams for my own startups and other organisations. Currently, I coach Agile coaches, Executives, Leaders and Teams, facilitating them improve product, service development and operations.Outside of my professional pursuits, I volunteer in the international development sector, coaching non-technical teams to apply agile principles, values and practices, so that they design and deliver impactful 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 Listen & Share On Spotify & iTunes Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0lkwAYJzVSuk5zfJ1vIDZq?si=4c691fb12f124a56 iTunes - https://apple.co/3YvTX8p Want to come on the podcast? Want to be a guest or have a guest request? Let us know here https://bit.ly/49osN80

Send us a textThe talks in ten are back! This time around we are at brilliant Lean Agile London 2023.https://leanagile.london/For the first episode of day 2 from Lean Agile London 2023 we have a legend from the agile world...Gabrielle Benefield - Founder of Mobius Navigator - a decision-making navigator and outcome acceleratorGabrielle told me about her innovative and definitely different closing keynote for Day 1 of Lean Agile London before we dived into a conversations on the problems with frameworks and learning.Make sure you listen to the end to hear Gabrielle's brilliant final words.The Amazing Mid-Conference Interactive Chaotic 45-Minute Stand Up-Agile Dynamic Quiz Show Happy Hour!Pub quiz meets trivial pursuitJoin us for an exciting end-of-day session with a twist! The Amazing Interactive Chaotic 45-Minute Stand Up-Agile Dynamic Quiz Show Happy Hour is not your typical session. Our roving network of quizmasters will challenge you with questions and games that will test your knowledge of agile and your athletic ability (think geeks meet games). You’ll have a chance to network with fellow attendees, have a laugh, and have a blast while doing it.So, bring your A-game and let’s dive into this Amazing Mid-Conference Interactive Chaotic 45-Minute Stand Up-Agile Dynamic Quiz Show Happy Hour!Gabrielle BioGabrielle Benefield is an author, speaker and advisor specialising in Agile and Lean product strategy and innovation. She is the founder of Evolve Beyond, a global consultancy headquartered in London working with diverse industries including finance, telecommunications, energy and gaming. Gabrielle is the founder of Mobius Outcome Delivery (mobiusloop.com), a navigator to align strategy to delivery using measurable outcomes, and flexiblecontracts.com, a Lean Agile contract model. Previous to Evolve Beyond, Gabrielle was a successful executive in Silicon Valley, leading major Product, design, and technology divisions. She used Agile and Lean methods to take a startup to successful Initial Public Offering, then led one of the largest Agile enterprise transformations at Yahoo! scaling up to 250+ teams in the US, India, Europe, and Asia. Gabrielle founded the Scrum Foundation in 2Host 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 Listen & Share On Spotify & iTunes Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0lkwAYJzVSuk5zfJ1vIDZq?si=4c691fb12f124a56 iTunes - https://apple.co/3YvTX8p Want to come on the podcast? Want to be a guest or have a guest request? Let us know here https://bit.ly/49osN80

Send us a textThe talks in ten are back! This time around we are at brilliant Lean Agile London 2023.https://leanagile.london/For the last episode of day 1 from Lean Agile London 2023 we have a man whose reputation preceeds him (in a good way)Chris Stone - The Virtual Agile CoachChris and I have been meaning to record a longer episode for a while so when I saw hi come into the social area of the conference looking for a cup of coffee I took my opportunity and pounced!What did you talk about?Well his talk (below) and agile naturism. Sound odd. It was a bit.Chris's talk synopsis from Agile London 2023Tired of the same old retrospective format? Struggling to turn insights into actions? Having difficulties creating a safe, inclusive environment where people participate equally?Join me for an interactive exploration of my top tips, strategies, and hacks for continuous improvement.In this unique and engaging slideless session, you’ll participate in a “choose your own adventure” experience that will allow you to influence where we focus our time. No standard one way presentation here; this is your talk, focused on your challenges.We could run this session 50 times together, and each would be different.You’ll leave this session with practical tools and strategies that you can immediately implement with your teams to drive continuous improvement.Who is Chris Stone?As The Virtual Agile Coach, I'm on on a mission to help people to continuously improve each and every day and have fun while they do it. With over a decade of experience creating high performing teams across a range of industries, from smaller, lean enterprises to some of the worlds largest companies, I'm dedicated to creating environments where people can be their best selves on their best day and be supported on their worst. I'm the Managing Partner of Virtually Agile, a challenger consultancy, a regular on the conference circuit, podcaster, trainer, blogger and soon to be author, I always seek new ways to share my expertise and inspire others to think creatively about how they can continuously improve.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 Listen & Share On Spotify & iTunes Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0lkwAYJzVSuk5zfJ1vIDZq?si=4c691fb12f124a56 iTunes - https://apple.co/3YvTX8p Want to come on the podcast? Want to be a guest or have a guest request? Let us know here https://bit.ly/49osN80

Send us a text The talks in ten are back! This time around we are at brilliant Lean Agile London 2023.https://leanagile.london/Third we have... Jordi Falguera the Opening Keynote from Lean Agile London 2023!His talk was about breaking your mindset so that you can achieve what you need to achieve. Tantalisingly he also mentioned a product he has created, norne out of the frustration of UpWork and Fiverr.Speedy Time Agency a service that you can send a WhatsApp voice note too and get your Fiver-like tasks done for you, but with less stress and energy. Who wouldn't want that! Of course I had to learn a little more about this, brilliantly he obliged!Here is his talk blurbYour mindset is a crucial factor in determining your success in life. To truly achieve extraordinary results, it’s essential to unleash your mindset and push beyond your limits in a real and pragmatic way.In this talk, we will explore various topics such as the Mindset Redesign Framework (MRF), Bloom’s taxonomy, low vs high order thinking, and pattern recognition to help you develop the right mindset for success. We will also share practical strategies for reducing your cognitive load, including the Ignition time and ITEM (Individual Talent Exploration and Maximization), and discuss how coaching and mentorship can help you achieve your goals.Through real-life and thought provoking examples you will gain valuable insights and learn how to apply these concepts to your personal and professional life. Join us for this engaging and insightful keynote and unlock the full potential of your mindset in a lean and agile way!About Jordi FalgueraAs a Business Agility Executive Coach and Strategic Advisor, for more than 10 years, I had the opportunity to participate and lead multiple international transformations from big companies in more than 14 countries and very diverse cultures.These experiences allow me to support directors and executives to align and properly connect their corporate strategy with their execution, contributing to successfully adopting an Agile-Lean mindset in their companies.I also participate as a speaker and keynote speaker in multiple conferences across Europe, Asia and America.My biggest passion since the beginning is optimization. That'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 Listen & Share On Spotify & iTunes Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0lkwAYJzVSuk5zfJ1vIDZq?si=4c691fb12f124a56 iTunes - https://apple.co/3YvTX8p Want to come on the podcast? Want to be a guest or have a guest request? Let us know here https://bit.ly/49osN80

Send us a text The talks in ten are back! This time around we are at brilliant Lean Agile London 2023.https://leanagile.london/The second guest is Haroon Khalil,  his talk on FLOWmingos shared a fantastic metaphor for how to help an organisation, tech or product,  find out what matters to them and use lightweight metrics to help them get there more effectively What do Flamingos have to do with flow metrics?Are you curious about the minimum viable light-weight metrics that can help teams and organizations focus on? ︎ delivery of valuable bets︎ managing the arrival and departure rates of their work︎ creating less overwhelm in the system of work and reduce burnout︎ Improving the time it takes to get things done︎ better visualise where your blockers exist and how to help systematically manage and resolve them in an effective way︎ Metaphors and dancing with Data and making meaningful insights to help us move to ‘better”: I’ll give you a clue, I’ll be sharing the metaphor of Flamigos.Why join this talk?WHAT?Would you like to know more about why Flamingos can help us better understand the key concepts around Flow. Learn tips and tricks on how we can experiment and to invite people to improve the flow of value in our organizations.SO WHAT?With extensive experiments with over 500 global teams, Haroon will share a Flow navigation guide for how to get started and how to take your TransFLOWmation to the next level.NOW WHAT?We have flow charts that help us identify how we are flowing, now what do we do? How do we co-create the spaces to socialise flow with managers and leaders? Haroon Khalil - A Selection of his Best BitsLean-Agile Practitioner | Coaching | Mentoring | Flow | Enterprise Agility | Product Leadership | Visual Facilitator | C-Suite & Board Member Consultancy⭐ Key Conferences & Talks ⭐🏈 March 2022 - Speaker at Egypt's first ever Regional Scrum Gathering (RSG). Facilitated a session on 'Unearthing Agile Leaner-ship'. 🌍 January 2022 - Panel member at the Global Agnostic Agile conference. The session focused on Leadership and Business Agility, hosted by Arie Van Bennekum (Agile Manifesto Co-author).🏈 September 2021 - Speaker at Pakistan's first ever Regional Scrum Gathering (RSG), '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 Listen & Share On Spotify & iTunes Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0lkwAYJzVSuk5zfJ1vIDZq?si=4c691fb12f124a56 iTunes - https://apple.co/3YvTX8p Want to come on the podcast? Want to be a guest or have a guest request? Let us know here https://bit.ly/49osN80

Send us a textThe talks in ten are back! This time around we are at brilliant Lean Agile London 2023.https://leanagile.london/First up we have Stuart Young, I dragged him outside on a rather chilly morning to learn more about his talk Product Story Generation & The Product Disposition CanvasHere is the synopsis of his talk at Lean Agile LondonGrounded on your perspective of the product and your personal product stance it is useful to plot a path that will lead to product success.During this talk I will introduce the Product Disposition Canvas, as a useful tool given any product situation.We will navigate the terrain between strategy to tactics and visionary to execution, unlocking your ability to create stories that bring stakeholders and teams on a compelling journey.If you are a product passionate individual keen to find powerful ways to engage, inspire, teach and learn whilst discovering your strengths and product blind spots, this is the talk for you.Stuart's Bio I’m a Certified Scrum Trainer and Visual Storyteller with a deep-rooted appreciation for methods of Design Thinking and Agile Ways of working. My key driver is to enable individuals, teams and organisations to tell impactful stories. As a result, people can make decisions faster, take action, reduce waste and drive value. As a Visual Storytelling thought leader and practitioner within the Agile Community and beyond I endorse the use of Visual Storytelling to engage stakeholders, address customer needs, enhance team collaboration and accelerate learning.Facilitating a suite of Design Thinking, Visual Storytelling and Product Agility workshops I encourage teams to work more visually, creating visually compelling stories that make the intangible tangible, catalysing customer centric creativity, driving product innovation and business success.I joined Radtac-Cprime in 2015 where I continue to assist organisations with an array of Product Innovation and visualisation services.Stu on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuart-young-2b683729/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 Listen & Share On Spotify & iTunes Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0lkwAYJzVSuk5zfJ1vIDZq?si=4c691fb12f124a56 iTunes - https://apple.co/3YvTX8p Want to come on the podcast? Want to be a guest or have a guest request? Let us know here https://bit.ly/49osN80