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Pragmatism in Practice

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Jan 17, 2020 • 33min

Creating a Product Organization Within Your Business

Companies no longer want to build just anything; they want to anticipate and respond to what their customers find delightful and exciting. Mike Varona, Principal Product Strategist at ThoughtWorks, discusses what it takes to create a product organization within your business, to provide the best experience for your customers. If you are a leader wondering how to best support and nurture an internal product discipline, this is the podcast for you.  
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Dec 13, 2019 • 17min

The Collaboration Blind Spot

Digital leaders understand the central role that cross-group collaboration plays in innovation and solving challenging problems. Yet most of us agree that collaboration isn’t easy. Harvard University researcher and Harvard Business School executive coach, Lisa Kwan, breaks down why this is the case. If you lead teams or organizations and want to hear about the common collaboration blind spots and barriers and how to overcome them, this is the podcast for you.
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Nov 22, 2019 • 31min

Creating an Online to Offline Mindset

Creating a seamless Online to Offline customer experience is a key differentiator in today’s market. Nigel Dalton, Chief Inventor at REA Group, a global, online real estate company shares how organizations can shift their mindsets and learn from the Chinese Online to Offline experience. If you are a digital leader, wanting to leverage your data to delight your customers, this is the podcast for you.
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Nov 8, 2019 • 20min

Small Changes, Big Effects

In modern work, no one operates alone. Tasks are too complex, knowledge is too specialized and fragmented. We need to work together – to collaborate – to drive the outcomes we want to achieve. Slack’s James Sherrett explores how small tactical changes can affect the collaboration culture of teams and how that culture drives the business results of our organization. If you are a digital leader wanting to influence cultural change in your organization, this is the podcast for you.
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Oct 25, 2019 • 24min

Unlocking the power of Customer Experience Data

Interest in data and what can be done with it has hit an all-time high, and organizations are rushing to capture more and more of it. In this episode, Christoph Windheuser, Global Lead of Intelligent Empowerment at ThoughtWorks, interviews Questback CTO, Radu Immenroth to explore how Questback built the infrastructure needed to manage and use their vast amount of customer data. If you are a business or tech leader wanting to understand how to make the most of your valuable data assets, this is the podcast for you.
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Oct 11, 2019 • 28min

Edge: Value-Driven Digital Transformation

Opportunity is moving faster and more unpredictably than ever before. As a result, organizations are facing a widening gap between fleeting opportunity and their ability to capture it. Authors, Jim Highsmith, Linda Luu and David Robinson share how they have evolved the live implementation of EDGE; the practical model they use to eliminate organizational friction. If you are a business or tech leader, seeking practical approaches to closing the gap between capabilities and opportunity, this is the podcast for you.
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Sep 26, 2019 • 22min

Digital Fluency: Becoming a Modern Digital Business

The pressure is on to transform your organization into one that is capable of responding to the increasing pace of change in today’s world. Gary O’Brien, Principal Consultant and Organizational Designer at ThoughtWorks, talks about the challenges of digital transformation, and what it takes to become a modern digital business. If you are a business or tech leader, seeking practical approaches to tackle your transformation issues head-on, this is the podcast for you. 
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Sep 12, 2019 • 16min

Building Products with Purpose

Natalie Hollier, Global Head of Product Innovation at ThoughtWorks, explores building products with purpose and what we can do as individuals and organizations to build more responsible businesses as a force for good for the world. If you are a business or tech leader who understands that solving societal and environmental challenges is key to connecting with your employees and customers, this is the podcast for you. 
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Aug 29, 2019 • 24min

Learning to Unlearn: Changing the Behaviours That Hold You Back

Many of us are guilty of clinging to once-useful mindsets and behaviors, that were effective in the past, but no longer serve us in today’s rapidly evolving world. Executive coach, Barry O’Reilly shares how leaders can unlearn their outdated behaviors to take the next step forward for more effective leadership. If you are a business or tech leader, seeking practical approaches to evolving your organization into modern digital businesses, this is the podcast for you.
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Aug 22, 2019 • 17min

Harnessing Uncertainty to Survive Disruption

The digital revolution is changing the way we live and work, and organizations must pivot their business models to adapt, whilst maintaining their core offering. Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist, Leonard Brody explores the necessity of creating your own internal intelligence division to survive disruption. If you are a business or tech leader, looking to future-proof your business, this is the podcast for you.

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