The Everyday Agile Podcast

James Pels - Chief elephant spotter at proven ea and founder a co-organiser of lean-agile Manchester. James has over 20 years of experience helping organisations across various sectors identify and address the things that hold them back. Most people are often aware of these things but don't want to speak about them, hence the elephant spotter tag. He aims to improve organisational performance by using lean, agile, and digital methods and tools to identify and address the root causes of complex and challenging problems. Jame's Socials https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamespels/ https://provenea.com/ Episode Chapters: 00:00 Welcome and Introductions 00:17 James' Professional Background 01:48 LinkedIn Post on Project Management Failures 03:14 Challenges in Project Management 05:51 James' Career Journey 14:42 Advice for Aspiring Contractors 18:18 Understanding Agile and Agility 23:43 Defining Psychological Safety 25:08 Common Pitfalls in Agile Adoption 26:47 Changing Perspectives on Agile 28:46 Balancing Agile in Traditional Environments 32:46 Inspiration and Daily Routines 34:55 Lean Agile Manchester Meetup 42:42 Upcoming Events and Training Opportunities 47:13 Final Thoughts

Off the back of two guests needing to drop out, an emergency request for questions went out. This video answers those questions. Thank you for sending them in. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:49 Question 1: Transition from Armed Forces to Agile 02:10 Question 2: Pathways for Agile Development 03:33 Question 3: The Agile Job Market 05:11 Question 4: Controversial Agile Beliefs 06:28 Question 5: Modernizing Agile Principles 07:36 Question 6: Essential Scrum Events 08:30 Question 7: IR35 and Agile Practitioners 09:46 Question 8: Supporting Veterans in Agile 11:00 Question 9: Quantum Leap as a Scrum Master 11:42 Question 10: Challenges in Product Delivery Consultancy 13:33 Question 11: Agile vs. Waterfall for Clients 14:52 Question 12: Agile in Complex Manufacturing 16:49 Conclusion

With over 15 years of Agile and Waterfall delivery experience, Tom is a specialist in helping organisations work effectively to maximise the ROI their teams deliver most recently head of delivery at the consultancy Aiimi Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 01:19 Military Experience and Transition to Civilian Life 02:23 Career Path and Agile Methodology 04:43 Insights on Scrum and Organizational Challenges 08:10 Role and Responsibilities of a Head of Delivery 14:40 Creating Healthy Team Dynamics 17:59 The Importance of Metrics in Team Performance 23:40 Challenges in Measuring Performance 26:00 The Pitfalls of Project Management 26:44 Choosing the Right Metrics 29:39 Introducing a New Venture 34:21 The Entrepreneurial Journey 39:32 Reflections and Future Plans Tom's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomwhittam/ Make Team's Faster https://maketeamsfaster.com/

With over 10 years of experience in high performing teams, Elle is a director at an agile consulting firm and Delivery Lead at a Fintech Start-Up funded by the N Brown Group, a leading digital fashion retailer. Chapters: 00:00 Introductions 01:42 Ironman 07:03 Cycling Across the Himalayas 12:49 Transition to Agile Consulting 25:42 Balancing Emotions and Professionalism 28:27 Navigating ADHD in the Workplace 33:25 Core Values and Agile Practices 35:49 Challenges of Hierarchy in Agile Transformation 41:16 Personal Growth and Overcoming Anxiety 51:33 Reflections and Future Directions Elle's Socials https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellehaigh/ Elle's Fundraising Page https://companygiving.unrefugees.org.uk/fundraisers/elisehaigh

Patrick Blain is a Digital transformation and agile delivery specialist, and you love finding the most effective and efficient ways to bring value. This ranges from driving enterprise-level agile & digital transformations to setting individual teams up for success and enabling them to do their best work.

Georgina Hughes develops team leaders everyone loves and works hard to: 🛠️ Create professional process implementations that work for individuals, teams, and management. 🛡️ Support product developers and protect them from micro-management. 🧑‍🏫 Coach and mentor at all levels to produce a shared understanding of the how and why of product development. 00:00 Pre Record 00:42 Introduction 01:29 The importance of boundaries 04:30 Self-diagnosing neurodivergence 09:05 The journey into Coaching 22:00 Going from freelance into perm work 25:30 The first 90 days 27:00 Where do organisations go wrong with agility? 31:39 The motivation behind sharing knowledge 34:29 Helpful things outside of the Agile bubble 39:41 The freelance itch 43:25 Living the Agile Manifesto and Linkedin 52:27 Where can people get in touch? 53:47 Is there a question I should have asked but haven't? 54:49 Is the Agile Manifesto still relevant? 59:20 Closing comments Georgina's socials Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/agilegeorge/ Substack: https://georginahughes.substack.com/

Holly Donohue is a Fractional CPO, Product coach and speaker. Holly helps companies do things a little differently to drive commercial success. Perhaps you don’t yet need a full-time CPO, but could really do with the experience of one. You might need help establishing a new product function into the business. Or maybe you already have a product and engineering function and want to get it working better than ever. With over a decade of experience leading change in product & tech teams and nearly 20 years in tech, tackling these problems is what Holly loves the most. 00:00 - Pre-record 01:18 - Introduction 02:42 - What did this post mean? 06:10 - The journey into freelancing 10:15 - A day in the life of a fractional CPO 15:35 - Accountability as a Product Manager 20:45 - How do you start building trust? 25:30 - Are there any good Product maturity models? 31:40 - The best team structure you have seen 34:10 - Thoughts on OKRs 38:05 - Getting involved in public speaking and the product scene 42:20 - Freelancing lessons and advice 47:20 Where to get in touch with Holly 47:30 What question should have been asked but wasn't 51:00 Thank you Holly's Socials 👇 https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollydonohue/ https://www.productrebel.co.uk/

If you're a job seeker, this episode is for you. Colin Frontczak is an associate director at Synaxia Group, a technology recruitment firm of very experienced recruiters with decades of experience in filling strategic roles in the Technology industry. His Personal expertise is filling positions in Product and engineering roles, which reflects his strengths in understanding how businesses work. 00:00 Pre Record 02:12 Intro 04:41 The impact of IR35 and Contractor day rates 10:46 Advice for contractors seeking work 14:31 Mistakes people make when working with recruiters 18:49 Linkedin easy - apply statistic 21:48 Red flags that recruiters look for 29:12 The Agile community 36:09 The Manchester product scene 42:46 Advice for companies working with recruiters 46:24 Outro Colin's Linkedin 👇 https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinfrontczak/ Synaxia Group👇 https://synaxiagroup.com/

Laura is the Head of Client Delivery at Opencast. Alongside her client and Opencast work, Laura is studying Sociology to enable greater consideration of the impact society has on service users.  Connect with Laura https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauralord/ Affiliate links: These do not impact your purchase but send a few pennies our way.  Gear:  Microphones https://amzn.to/3Stkweo Camera https://amzn.to/3Mw5gcP Podcast Planner https://amzn.to/3QtI93E

For over 25 years, Kevin John has been delivering digital projects, products and services. Big names like Microsoft, Google, Accenture, and McKinsey jump out alongside the years spent with BP's transformation programme as "Head of Digital, Platform & Tools". Connect with Kevin John https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinjohngallagher/ https://ptpm.studio/#section-service Chapters 00:00 - 00:34 Coming up 00:34 - 01:24 Introduction 01:24 - 03:58 Who is Kevin? 03:58 - 09:52 Kevin's time at BP and the challenges that come with working there 09:52 - 13:30 What does Agile mean to you? 13:30 - 17:50 The problem that Agile was trying to solve 17:50 - 23:45 What challenges do you see in organisations, and what are the reasons? 23:45 - 26:42 What is Agile SOS? 26:42 - 30:50 How did Project Manager of the year happen? 30:50 - 41:29 The Agile community doesn't help itself 41:29 - 44:00 Best practices or repeatable patterns of excellence 44:00 - 46:25 What have you changed your mind about recently? 46:35 -47:50 Where can people get in touch? 47:50 - Outro Affiliate links: These do not impact your purchase but send a few pennies our way. Gear: Microphones https://amzn.to/3Stkweo Camera https://amzn.to/3Mw5gcP Podcast Planner https://amzn.to/3QtI93E