Podcast appearances and mentions of ian gill

Alexis Wright is a highly lauded Australian writer and land activist whose works have twice one the prestigious Stella Prize. Her new novel, Praiseworthy (New Directions) has been described as the “the most ambitious and accomplished Australian novel of this century.” In this episode of The Long Table, Upstart & Crow cofounder Ian Gill chats with Wright about her epic new novel.

What is wilderness, what is wildness, and is there a difference between the two? Who gets to decide? Do people belong there? How do Indigenous perspectives aid our appreciation of wilderness? As tourism both celebrates and simultaneously overwhelms or outright ruins some of the most beloved and endangered places on Earth, these questions are more pressing than ever. Who better to discuss them at The Long Table than Phillip and April Vannini, wanderers, ethnographers, and authors of an important new book, In the Name of Wild: One Family, Five Years, Ten Countries, and a New Vision of Wildness (UBC Press). The Vanninis are joined in conversation by seasoned wilderness campaigner Valerie Langer, host Ian Gill, and knowledgeable invited guests for this, the second Long Table podcast brought to you from the Upstart & Crow Literary Arts Studio on Granville Island in Vancouver, Canada.

Ian Gill '16, joins us to share about the formation of FATAL, the Franciscan University Ultimate Frisbee team which won the National Championship in 2015.  After completing his degree, Ian stayed on campus to be an RD and thus has many years of experiences at Franciscan to share!  Can you top his Austrian engagement story?   We dedicate this episode in memory of Neal Albert "Fat Al" Rylatt.

As we start the holiday season, join Maestro Couturiaux, Executive Director Laurie Garvie, and Producer Ross Sivertsen in this episode of "Portraits in Music" as we talk about holiday music and the upcoming holiday program on December 4th with Ian Gill, Music and Artistic Director of the Richardson Community Chorale.

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Michael Short - Stop turning the handle of the sausage machine. Working with social animals!Michael Short, Founder of Culture Works Consulting, uses Executive Coaching with his business experience to support others achieve leadership and cultural change, he is also an extremely experienced Agile Coach and certified GCIndex practitioner.And he knows that the productivity in most companies is simply not good enough! But, instead of looking for silver bullets in ways of working frameworks, managers should really be working with people and teams to harness strengths, passions and energy.When you give people things to do that they want actually want to do, where their energy and passion truly lives, they can become incredibly productive. And this is also the path to the holy grail of business: innovation.We explore the five state model in the GC Index with roles of:Game Changers,Strategists,ImplementorsPolishersand Play Makers.How do they map to performance in different scenarios and phases of a project or work generally?Importantly, Michael helps us understand how psychological safety is not just pop-psychology babble, but really works and is truly necessary to get the very best of teams, out of people.If you are serious about delivering value, engaging with your people, and getting real productivity this is for you. Get the right mix of happy.Write To Michael:michael.short@cultureworksconsulting.comTalk to Michael:Tel: 07711875909cultureworksconsulting.comRead:The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety (Defining the path to Inclusion and Innovation) - Timothy R. ClarkVisit and Interact:cultureworksconsulting.comMore about the GC Index:www.thegcindex.comContact us:agilitybynature.com/contact-us/#coaching #people #leadership Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Samantha Horsman - Infrastructure is Sexy! How to liberate your user community. Putting people first is not just a tired cliche at the Wellcome Trust where we discover putting users first guides the leadership team. Samantha Horsman is the Platform Manager for Wellcome Trust a Not for Profit that is focussed on health, supporting a museum and Library, funding activities into cutting edge healthcare research and a trading floor to name a few. Being able to support facilities, curators scientists and financiers means “90% of my job is a communicator” and everyone is a ViP and special. This has meant liberating technology that enables a diverse user group do their best job with tools that work for them (not just a budget holder's view of the one size fits all enterprise ) ”IT can't happen to people it has to work with people” Sam describes the use of agile in infrastructure (yes agile in infrastructure!) For Sam the user is central to everything they do, what is it the user needs, are we checking back to see if this is right? Samantha presents how modern , responsive IT leadership can work without disguising the challenges in balancing user needs and keep the “Blinky” boxes working safely and cost effectively. The organic v enterprise, the arbitrage between alignment and personal choice, is not a simple one to navigate. The core brief remains: We need to have an environment that anyone can plug into safely. But where are the boundaries? Sam is the refreshing face of enlightened IT leadership where Infrastructure is sexy and IT engineers are computing educators. She brings warmth, energy and pragmatism to her role that is infectious. The question for IT managers now is: are you really enabling your users or are you just another IT says no? Learn more about Wellcome Trust: https://wellcome.org Learn More about Human Experience: https://wellcomecollection.org/?utm_source=wellcome&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=.ac.uk&utm_content=trusthomepage-text-banner (Re-opens 18th may 2021) Plan Like Samantha: https://www.liquidplanner.com (Other planning tools are available)https://agilitybynature.com/contact-us/#infrastructure #planningtools #agile Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Catherine Botting - If you can't manage change, you cannot manage!Go one everyone do some agile.as long as you will align everything and change yourself. More often than not, companies struggle rolling out company wide change and transformations. Including Agile transformations.Catherine Botting Change, innovation and leadership specialist & Lecturer at University of York is fascinated by leadership and what makes for successful change. Her journey started with GE, under the leadership of the legendary and notorious Jack Welch purveyor of the “Boundaryless Organisation”. This proved to be the masterclass in understanding how change comes about and the influence of leaders is crucial in making that happen right.Catherine gives us fabulous insight into what is needed so thateverybody has the capability, the support and the understanding to play their part. She shares her thoughts on shareholders and short-termism and whether people and customers are the better focus for leaders. How to facilitate, manage and communicate change- and keep humanness in your organisation. And do hierarchies really work?We discuss the management obsession with creating structures and process for change without engaging, thinking and being part of the change themselves. Change needs alignment, comprehensive action and that is all encompassing…tinkering at the edges is pointlessCatherine is incredibly passionate about her specialist subject particularly helping young students and graduates become leaders and change managers. Her insights into change what works and what doesn't is forthright and evidenced based on being a practitioner and an Academic. Ignore at your company's peril!Catherine's Current study: Catherine's doctoral research is exploring the change management capabilities of Agile practitioners and consultants in the software development industry. Her aim is to provide new knowledge that will drive forward both effective practice and academic thinking in the implementation of Agile across organisations.Contact Catherine:https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinebotting/A brief into to Jack Welch:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_WelchContact: www.agilitybynature.com#transformation #leadership #management Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

The world of Not For Profit organisations is a rich and diverse arena demonstrated when Sam Horsman of The Wellcome Trust; Julian Stanley of the Bounceback Project and Gary Henderson of Millfield School sat down for a chat with Ian Gill and Joanna Spicer-Brown of Agility By Nature.As we approach the end of Lockdown 3 we are all looking forward to days ahead when the work day is not conducted entirely from a laptop at home, Zoom fatigue fades, and maybe we get ot have a holiday somewhere even if it is just at the end of our street. But will it be as simple as the end of one thing and the start of another?Millfield School is an International Boarding School and when the doors re-opened on the 8th although many of the students walked into the school, the many non UK based students, currently unable to return to the school, continued to study remotely. Millfield is therefore moving to a Hybrid model of teaching with some children learning face to face and some still via technology with the teachers needing to deliver successfully through both channels. This perhaps is just the first of the many aspects of education which will move to a new normal in the coming months and years. As Gary discussed, the education eco system contains a lot of different actors, and change does not come easily, but perhaps the lessons we have learned over the last year give us an opportunity to re-imagine what schools are trying to achieve.Although there are many children desperate to be back at school, some children have faired much better in an online environment and it will be interesting to see how the gains experienced by such children be capitalised on in future?But, it is not just school children who will be experiencing this Hybrid model. With recent surveys regularly showing that many, currently remote based, office workers would like to return to a model of some office based work, and some work from anywhere based work, what does this mean to the modern office and company dynamics? Sam lamented the days when during the course of an office based day she would speak with people outside her immediate responsibilities about nothing and everything. Without that banter and discourse office relationships become more formal and benefit less from non official means of communication. How, when you don't see people walking back to their desk after a tough meeting do you know that members of your team could do with a coffee and a de-brief. Julian could also see the day when resentment might occur between people whose role require them to be more office based (whose costs of travel in terms of both time and money will be higher) and those based at home (who see the office people networking without them)Working with offenders and those at risk of offending Julian and the Bounceback Project work to reduce the rate of re-offending. A rate which is heavily influenced by education, skills, employment and a support network. With only 16 prisons in the UK cabled for the use of technology in the cells how do offenders, and society, work towards a successful release with no access to face to face education, training and mentoring and such limited access to the online resources that the rest of us take for granted. Something everyone agreed on is that as we move forward, and hopefully lockdown eases, as a society and organisations we will try different ways of making it work and we won't get it right first time. In the best Agile traditions we will need to fail fast, learn from our mistakes, and make alternate plans.www.agilitybynature.com#nfp #charity #government Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris Foulkes - Regaining the lost art of change and innovation Chris Foulkes is an internationally experienced CIO, CTO and strategist with an award-winning track record in IT innovation and delivery. Chris generously shares his key insights and tools to help companies and their senior teams navigate todays challenges be it Innovation, Digital, Change Programmes and the best use of Offshoring.We explore the dichotomy of those who can run and those who can build. Large, mature Companies have forgotten the art of change after their early days of the entrepreneurial beginnings and have hollowed out the ability to do and develop. They have the skills to scale “the same” but stifle creativity.Chris shows how he helps companies plan and roadmap change effectively and understand the pitfalls most companies fall into - including why embarking on an agile transformation is a bad sign!Chris explains why it is vital to align the vocabulary and the importance of agreeing what good looks like then forming an incremental approach to achieving it.And he outlines the why and how a focus on customer & user experience and UX thinking can transform engagement throughout the business (including the Execs) into a change platform.Is a “bodge” still a great customer focus and learning experience? Don't delay in learning from customers by waiting for your systems to be ‘right'. If there is a will there is a way!Finally we explore good and bad uses of offshoring and what we can learn to adapt to all remote working. Chris recognises the hard work involved in change, but he makes it seem entirely achievable and shows why he is such a motivational leader!Contact Chris:https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisfoulkes/ Reference:https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/digital-transformation-parallel-process-chris-foulkes/?trackingId=ITrFwICIQ7SL6ZZFKOtI8g%3D%3DContact: https://agilitybynature.com/contact-us/#transformation #coaching #agileteams Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paul Stafford - Hot Servers: Modern Infrastructure and Operations Management Infrastructure and operations, is the engine room of digital and technology services. Taken for granted when invisible but can cause unbelievable anguish and expense when it goes wrong.Paul Safford is an Operations veteran , managing complex, global infrastructures for over 20 years. We take a walk through the fundamental changes in the ops environment and service provision (with a few war stories thrown in!) We cover the Operations mindset (nurture the system) and how it is has changed over the decades with the emergence of cross team collaboration. Paul shares his views on hiring the right team and the signals to look out for in a well run Ops department.We discuss budgeting, funding and investment , and the very intimate understanding you can now have of the cost of your estate. And of course we address Security and DR and what should you recover first in your DR plans. Covid of course is discussed and the real drivers and benefits of Cloud adoption and critically Cloud management For anyone who recalls the Big Bang releases over the weekend in the 80's to the “always on, always deploying” systems of today will recognise the depth of experience and professionalism Paul hasContact Paul:https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulstafford/ or quick link www.pstafford.com#infrastructure #hardware #agilitybynaturehttps://agilitybynature.com/contact-us/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philippe Guenet: Understanding Successful Digital Change Journeys - getting on the right Coach.Companies are facing the imperative to change and adapt. Leadership is lonely and leaders need to consider their change partners very carefully before embarking on their digital and organisational transformations.Philippe Guenet is an Executive Coach and Leadership development expert who focuses on the work system organisation, practices, people & leadership development associated with Digital and Agile transformation. His work in many substantial companies gives him a deep well of direct experience to draw from when advising his clients, coupled with his formal coaching training.Philippe explains the differences between coaches and consultants and gives a wonderful and detailed tour of the role of the coach in organisations - from helping teams at the coal face and especially at the exec level.His insight into authentic coaching, agility, and organisational change is thoughtful, well considered and compellingFor Execs thinking about transformation in their organisation, Philippe provides a primer for the key areas, cadence and importantly, the people to consider in the journey to come. A change that starts with you being involved. In the journey into change and uncertainty, Philippe is challenging but ultimately, reassuring too. He is the trustworthy voice by your side, assisting the journey of change through coaching.Contact Philippe:www.henko.co.ukwww.linkedin.com/in/philippeguenet/www.meetup.com/DigitalLeadership/References:Simon Wardley - “recovering consultant” blog.gardeviance.orgThe Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eli Goldrattagilitybynature.com/contact-us/#agility #agile #wardley Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Johanna Rothman - Management is Easy: Myth busting for thoroughly modern managers.Actually, management is not easy and managers are real people trying to do a good job.Fortunately, Johanna Rothman, self confessed Queen of the Career Limiting Conversations, has poured a great deal of direct, practical experience in managing yourself , others and the innovative organisation with three new books:Practical Ways to Manage YourselfPractical Ways to Lead & Serve (Manage) OthersPractical Ways to Lead an Innovative OrganisationJohanna outlines the common principles shared in the books and we discuss some guilty behaviours such as”inflicting help”, whether technical managers can be the manager but also keep their hand in the tech and why we need to “decriminalise” making mistakes.Johanna really helps us to reframe our understanding of management today and to create an innovative organisation that can flourish in today's world. She disects the meaning of servant leader, the costs you really need to think about in making decisions, and the fundamental importance of purpose, value-based integrity and experimentation.Johanna brings solutions to HELP you with the problems we face in modern management. Although she is direct, there is great warmth and wisdom which make this new series irresistible. Johanna Rothman is great: I'm a fan and hope you will be too. Its time to find the sweet spot Contact Johannahttps://www.jrothman.comhttps://twitter.com/johannarothmanhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/johannarothman/References:https://www.jrothman.com/modern-management-made-easy-a-three-volume-set/This is Lean: Resolving the Efficiency Paradox (Niklas Model & Par Ahlstrom)Donald-G-Reinertsen The Principles of Product Development flow and other booksFor further information: https://agilitybynature.com/contact-us/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Allan Kelly - Modern Agile practice: knowing the patterns but breaking the mould.What makes a good Shepherd of Software Design pattern? How does a shepherd react to a Singleton? Why developers need to get to Pattern Conferences (not for the faint hearted but for the keen learner) Alan gives us a quick tour of the links between Pattern and Agile communities which is often overlooked.Author, contributor, developer coach and guide, Allan is well known for sharing his opinions on a wide range of subjects. In today's podcast Allan share his thoughts about Users Stories, why the Backlog is a bottomless pit of rubbish, the joy of feedback in LeanPub, and a fundamental breakdown of digital working. Oh, and are you using OKRs well as test driven management? Allan is that rare practitioner who keeps close to the code, progressive change and the spirit, not rules, of agility. The enthusiasm of his enquiring mind across industry, agile and history, indeed, for all his subject matters is undiminished. A tonic for the new year.https://www.allankellyassociates.co.ukAllans Books Including succeeding with OKRS https://leanpub.com/u/allankellyPatternshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_Patternshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_design_patternhttps://www.amazon.com/s?k=frank+buschmann&i=stripbooks-intl-ship&ref=nb_sb_nossConway's Law (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Conway)Lise Hvatum https://www.allankellyassociates.co.uk/static/presentations/EuroPLoP2005/ConwaysLawFocusGroup.pdfConferenceshttps://agileonthebeach.com#agile #agility #coachingwww.agilitybynature.com Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paul Jackson - Ethical Product management: fit for purpose.Paul Jackson has been at the heart of digital for over 20 years and a startup veteran. In that time, barriers to entry have fallen allowing start ups the opportunity grow and succeed at a speed 20 times faster in a market that is 100 times more competitive .The old idea of, ‘build a great product and the market will come”, is dead. The startup has the opportunity to distribute cheaply. But the market at large , even in the B2B market ,has become accustomed to getting digital for free. Monetising the products is the hard part . Paul outlines what is happening in the market and to build the products that people will pay for. Big tech is increasingly attracting the attention of legislators, media and the public, questioning the role of large digital companies in democracy and how they make money. Product managers have phenomenal compute powerful coupled with powerful proven tools that can be invisibly and imperceptibly alter behaviour at scale.Modern Product Managers are now considering the ethics and social good of propositions even before code is committed to servers. Paul explains the use of the ethical charter at his latest company, Level* where trust and integrity are fundamental to the users of the platform. He provides an overview of alternative practices, Nudges for good, and the mission to meet the desire for more responsible capitalism.In a world where digital is an intimate part of our lives Paul shows there is a lot to be hopeful for.*Level: Level https://getlevel.co.uk is a financial health platform for employers and uses technology to empower all working adults to achieve financial freedom. Its part of a wider movement to support mental health and well-being. Contact Paul Jackson pjj@getlevel.co.ukhttps://twitter.com/pivotserviceshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/pivotservices/References:The Social Dilemma - Netflix.BJ Fogg https://www.bjfogg.comNir Eyal - Hooked#agilitybynature #agility www.agilitybynature.com Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Judy Rees: How to achieve Transforming Conversations (Remotely)2020 was the year that challenged managers and leaders to rethink and relearn how to communicate. And at the heart of that are questions. And it turns out we don't ask enough …in the right way.Judy Rees began her journey understanding the the power of questions as a Reporter and over many years has become deeply interested in our leap to a preferred sense when we make sense of the world and communication.Judy gives wonderful examples of Clean Language, a precision inquiry technique - a way of finding out what's happening inside someone's inner world - using questions they are neutral to any one sense.Judy shows how anyone with the right practice can create safe environments for teams, bring a clearer and sophisticated understanding of people's views from high level strategy down to more close the the ground execution.You do need to practice this stuff to get good at it, and Judy tells us the two best questions to start with: "What kind of X?" and "Is there anything else about X?And then to Zoom and similar technology: how to have powerful connections and meaningful conversations via zoom just a good as the “real world” ? And what is the optimal size of a group to establish high trust conversations. And how to master what is essential in technology rather than having to learn everything instead retain your focus on people. Sometimes the simplest things make the biggest difference. Powerpoint users take note and screen sharers take note.Judy is an incredible communicator and gives wonderful insights everyone can learn. No wonder the World Heath Organisation and UNICEF asked for her help as the pandemic took hold of our world.Contact Judy:Reesmcann.comSign up for the link letter and ‘how to” guidehttps://twitter.com/judyreeshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/judyrees/More of Judy's work with Clean Language:www.Learncleanlanguage.comIn addition, Judy has an enormous body of work on You Tube.References:Wendy Sullivan and Judy Rees: Clean Language: Revealing Metaphors and Opening MindsPierre Neis: What Kind of Agile https://www.slideshare.net/PierreNeis/what-kind-of-agile-is-your-agileRoland Hill case study: http://www.cleanchange.co.uk/cleanlanguage/2009/01/27/analyst's-clean-questions-save-34-million-euro-project/#cleanlanguage #judyrees #agilitybynatureFor further information: https://agilitybynature.com/contact-us/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yuri Malishenko - The Art of Visual Thinking Yuri Malishenko is a highly experienced agile practitioner with a passion for using and teaching visual thinking in the workplace and beyond. Yuri is host of the wonderfully diverse, Visual Thinking podcast, and shares his thoughts on the the power of visualisation, including:Helping teams to collaborate and talk the same languageSuper charge your facilitation skillsTo build trust, empathy and buy in.And all this is available to all - no drawing skills required!Yuri brings together his career as a graphic designer, consultant, coach, project manager and product owner and shares his insights regarding:The need to be customer centric,Why transformation programmes do not succeed (it is not a software upload),The use of frameworks (peak inside the boxes)How to build long term changeAnd deep down, we are “Homosapienscontrolfreakios”Yuri is thoughtful and wears his agile experience lightly, who brings the subject matter alive with is unique perspective.#agility #visualisation #agileideashttps://agilitybynature.com/contact-us/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jose Casal- Ready, Willing and Able.“Knowledge with out practice is useless, practice without knowledge is dangerous.” ConfuciusEver curious, Jose is both student and master of agile and lean and a huge contributor to the lean agile communities. He makes work and change seem wonderfully accessible to everyone from board to team level.He explores the power and versatility of Kanban and gives a very personal insight as to what Flow really means from his perspective. We discuss the power of visualisation to allow people understand work and the way to improve.Peoples ability to create complexity and inter-dependancies, to take unintentional risks and create Ian efficiencies is amazing but Jose's insights and ability to be able to ask the right questions, create the right conditions & help organisations unravel their own problems and work like a purring cat!. And as for scale? Nail it before you scale it (otherwise you merely scale your dysfunctions.)Jose shares his three key tests for change, stripped of the “over cleverness” that the agile industry can sometimes bring. And ultimately he gets to the heart of very human problems. Before you reach for the next maturity test or framework ask: Whats stopping you from doing better? What's keeping you awake at night?https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcasal/Twitter @jose_casal#agility #agile #agilitybynaturehttps://agilitybynature.com/contact-us/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Going the whole Nine Yards - How to Make Distributed teams work......Are you Colocated? Distributed? A dispersed Nebula? Mark Kilby helps us understand the difference and how to work together (apart).Mark started as a software engineer and gracefully immersed himself into the world of agile/ light methods that seemed so crazy they might actually work! He has acquired a deep understanding of both agile and distributed working over the decades, working with some of the very best practitioners in the world.Together with Johana Rothman, he has written the excellent 'From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams: Collaborate to Deliver' the practical and accessible handbook for Managers of, Facilitators to, and Distributed teams themselves.We begin to fully understand the real constraints of Distributed working and how to deal with them, for example using empathy and structuring remote time and practice correctly. Mark's insights on how scrum will not work for distributed teams without the right amount of time overlap is based on working with 100s of teams in this area. Each time the importance of connection and relationship is key to success. And as for tools? They're great but there is always a constraint to deal with.Despite his experience, Mark is never prescriptive. Rather he gives teams and organizations the tools and helps to find their own path: to inspect and adapt.Mark Kilby https://www.markkilby.com (a great resource)Book: (Co-Authored with Johanna Rothman) From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams: Collaborate to Deliverhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/mkilby/Twitter @mkilby - https://twitter.com/mkilbyCompass Activity to grow empathy on distributed teams https://www.markkilby.com/resources/compass-activity/Mark's new book on Open Mindset is forecast to be released …. The second half of next year. Judy Rees - Mark collaborates with Judy who has deep experience in using Clean Language and distributed teamshttps://reesmccann.com/?s=clean+languageDr Karen Lojeski: https://virtualdistance.comThe Power of Virtual Distance: A Guide to Productivity and Happiness in the Age of Remote Work 2nd Edition (her 3rd book, released April 2020 and the most recommended by Mark)Leading the Virtual Workforce: How Great Leaders Transform Organizations in the 21st CenturyUniting the Virtual Workforce: Transforming Leadership and Innovation in the Globally Integrated Enterprise (co-author with Richard Reilly)Ward Cunningham. C2.comKent Beck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Beck#Books#agility #agilitybynature #agilehttps://agilitybynature.com/contact-us/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nova Scotian funeral director turned songwriter Terra Spencer joins us on Episode 557 of Folk Roots Radio for a very engaging conversation about her wonderful wintery themed second album “Chasing Rabbits”, that reflects on many aspects of life - relationships, travel, going away to college, and, above all, the joy of getting to come home again. It’s a great interview – and settling into an album that reflects on the important things in life is just what we need after the year we’ve all experienced. We continue the winter theme throughout the rest of the episode, and feature music from Ian Gill, Colleen Kattau, Reid Jamieson, Stephan Moccio, Kathleen Healy and Grant-Lee Phillips. Enjoy! Check out the full playlist on the website: https://folkrootsradio.com/folk-roots-radio-episode-557-feat-terra-spencer-chasing-rabbits-more-songs-about-winter/ Folk Roots Radio is a labour of love - a full time hobby. If you enjoy this episode, please consider giving us a 'LIKE' and leaving a review/comment on your podcast provider and sharing the episode on social media. We'll love you for it!

Agile insights for product owners, teams and Executives.....Mike Robinson has been part of the Agile community since the very early days, and has the scars and stories to prove it! In this conversation he talks about his first experiences with prototyping and “maintaining a system into existence”. Mike's origin story tells how a highly self-organised group - collaborating deeply, forecasting usefully, building continuously - unraveled entirely once the customer was ‘in the room'.Our conversation moves on to talk about how industry data can set expectations around productivity, and what it takes to get into the ‘impossible zone' of ultra-high productivity. We go on to talk about the subtleties of estimates v forecasts, and how the return of the feasibility study in c-level plans can allow teams space to plan confidently.Finally, the product owner's dilemma is laid bare in a world where value for customers is not the same as return for stakeholders. Mike zeroes in on the challenge facing product owners, and takes issue with the often-seen “proxy for the customer” viewpoint - only the customer can speak for the customer!While ‘never knowingly short of an opinion', Mike can always access the research to back his up. Controversial but entirely engaging.Contact Mike: mike.robinson@agilitybynature.comReferences: Capers Jones,…Applied Software Measurement Global Analysis of Productivity and QualityHenry Gantt - Organising for workMarty Cagan - https://svpg.comRoman Pichler - Agile Product Management with ScrumEd Yourdon - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_YourdonMichael Jackson - Structured Programming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_structured_programmingChris Gane and Trish Sarson - Structured Systems Analysis: Tools and TechniquesDana Larsen - Liftoff: Launching Agile Teams & Projects#product #agileteams #leadershiphttps://agilitybynature.com/contact-us/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mike Burrows - Wholehearted, Agile Renaissance ManEsteemed consultant, facilitator, trainer, founder of Agendashift and author, Mike Burrows, has built his reputation on years of senior, global IT executive leadership followed by expert consultancy and training. His books are “go to” for anyone interest in change agile, and Kanban.2020 has prompted a substantial revision, rewrite even, of his 2018 classic community handbook Agendashift, reflecting the change over just 2-3 years even before the pandemic. Change and transformation and the practice of it, has changed dramatically and Mike is an expert navigator. Mike explains the right to left thinking necessary to bring about deep change in organisations.In addition to Mike's reputation for demonstrating the power of Kanban, he has great command across all the frameworks and illustrates the usefulness of scrum in delivery (including Govt.) But there is a caveat: Mike is extremely clear about what he believes scrum is and what it is not. Moreover how the wrong practices across the business world are killing agile. New practitioners please tune in at 8.00 in particular!Impossible to summarise here, Mike effortlessly moves from team and delivery right up to strategy and culture, full of calm, well informed insight and expertise. His website https://www.agendashift.com curates a huge body of work - a gateway to tools, frameworks and thinking. If you are considering the outcomes you want to achieve this is a great resource. Later on we have a simple entry into the world of clean language that could change the way you ask questions.There are times we wonder how far we have come. Mike brings enormous enthusiasm to achieving sustained business agility that is authentic and humane. He explains how to bring about accountable learning. How different communities are now working together digging deep to find new foundations. Revisiting core work such as servant leadership and making it engaging and accessible. Mike is not the expert telling you what's wrong with the organisation, but rather helping the organisation working out how to do it for itself. Essentially, If you are hearing about right to left and outcomes and wondering how to help your organisation, to be whole hearted, this is a great place to start.Turn your reports upside down and get out of your comfort zone!Agendashift revised is forecast to arrive early in 2021.The fourth book ....?https://www.agendashift.com Agendashift on SlackLinkedIn group: AgendashiftTwitter: @agendashiftBlog: blog.agendashift.comMike's Books:Right to Left: The digital leader's guide to Lean and Agile (2019)Agendashift: Outcome-oriented change and continuous transformation (2018)Kanban from the Inside: Understand the Kanban Method, connect it to what you already know, introduce it with impact (2014)References:Robert Keegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey - An Everyone Culture: Becoming a Deliberately Developmental OrganizationStafford Beer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_Beer#agile #agility #leadershiphttps://agilitybynature.com/contact-us/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

See an opportunity, take an opportunity! Wonderfully positive, Ceri is a behavioural coach who is an expert in evolving and tuning the dynamics of high performing teams. Bringing productivity to teams with “rockstars” and using agility wisely is a forte. Her advice on how to avoid pushing change on people and working with executives to create the right buy-in across teams and the organisation makes change seem very achievable.Her earlier career as a teacher, and her role of mother, brings a real empathy for learning, thinking and discovery proved to be a perfect grounding for scrum mastering. Again it is how to “pull” learning not enforced systems. Ceri discusses how the powerful forces of social inclusion and need for “success and looking good” drive anti patterns to successful change programmes that grow organisations. And we compare the behaviours of entrepreneurs and managers, and how to be confident, manage risk and fear.Then to the organisation as a whole : culture, purpose and values and the importance of meeting your personal Why? And how to use scaling frameworks wisely and again, the right engagement where people are heard. (Or seen via Zoom in the lockdown)Ceri continually returns to the fundamental need for human connection, regardless of lockdown, to create successful teams and organisations. Soft skills? Maybe. Vital skills? DefinitelyContact Ceri :https://www.linkedin.com/in/ceri-newton-sargunar-agile-behavioural-coach-2b81b91a/Twitter: @HotCupOfTeaPlshttps://agilitybynature.com/contact-us/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Liz Keogh: How to start Making Sense & Salt Marshes …with examples. Blogger, Coach, Speaker, Liz is well known for her enthusiasm for moving the Lean & Agile movement onwards.Starting the first 3 years of her career on a project that never finished its first release, her view of the world rapidly changed joining Thoughtworks where code was with client within 4 weeks. She joined them as Behaviour-Driven Development was emerging and Liz gives an expert breakdown of what BDD is, the value it brings to the business and how to practice it well. And then on to Cynefin which Liz describes as a framework for making sense of the world, particularly in different situations, depending on how certain or uncertain the outcome is (and their relation to cause and effect.) Complexity and uncertainty are ever more part of the world and Liz artfully leads us through ways to engage and manage it. If you do not know much about Cynefin, including discussing risk with senior executives, this a golden introduction. Our tour continues with a discussion of Wardley Maps mapping maturity and their use with Cynefin but sadly we didn't have time to deal with a shallow dive into chaos: https://lizkeogh.com/2015/03/09/the-shallow-dive-into-chaos/ There is no silver bullet but Liz is the enemy of inertia, the navigator of uncertainty and generous with her explanations and references to both. A good example to us all.References:Liz Keogh Blog: https://lizkeogh.comTwitter: @lunivoreEscape Velocity: Free Your Company's Future from the Pull of the Past - Geoffery A MooreSimon Wardley (Wardley Mapping) https://twitter.com/swardleyThe Aglie Fluency Model Diana Larsen and James Shawhttps://www.agilefluency.org/assets/downloads/agile-fluency-project-ebook-rtw-1.pdf David Snowden, Cynefin Framework: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7oz366X0-8#agile #waysofworking #agilemethodshttps://agilitybynature.com/contact-us/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen Cresswell - mild mannered rebel anarchist.How does Brazilian jujitsu help understand Agile and Pair Programming?Are mainframes for real programmers?Is Pairing a Health and Safety issue?Are points proper estimates?Super experienced, Stephen Cresswell, is Deputy VP of Engineering TES Global and has been at the cutting edge of modern software development for years. He reflects on his slightly painful metamorphosis from traditional integrator to the XP practices he has mastered over the last decade and more. Stephen describes the power of TDD but also how one's ego needs to be managed when confronting something new, alien and seemingly wrong.His crash course in learning agile development in a creche of “rebels” on one of Network Rail's most successful projects is rooted in quality and delivery. From there he has trained companies such as Apple, coached Banks, managed teams and Co-Founded one of the UK's leading Software Consultancies.Stephen explains the practical judgements needed to balance and defend quality with real world challenges and time constraints. His insights into TDD, Refactoring and Pairing are simple but powerful.Always learning, Stephen then was seduced to take a role with Fred George and discover the world of Programmer Anarchy which threw everything back into the melting pot. Find out what made a daily commute of 2.5 hours each way worth that experience. Hint: real conversations make real value.Finally, Stephen gives us a tour of the art of estimating in the real world.Stephen's a real professional and gives us a genuine inside look at the world of the developer, full of warmth, honesty and learning.Stephen”s popular Yada link:github.com/acuminous/yaddaAnd if you feel like shouting out to Ron...www.linkedin.com/in/ronballard/?o…inalSubdomain=ukPeople referred to by Stephen:A little bit of Fred George www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CpZUA9hiosShout-outs to Ron Ballard www.linkedin.com/in/ronballard/?o…inalSubdomain=uk & Paul Beckford www.linkedin.com/in/paulbeckford/Ian can be reached at Ian.gill@agilitybynature.com#agilitybynature Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Hosking - Goals, Strategy, and Business Agility: Here to call it out!Practitioner and trainer, Matt Hosking has genuinely broad, cross industry and sector experience, forming a deep understanding of what it is to achieve business agility. His experimentation started in the 90's and contributed to his simple definition of agile today which anyone can understand: Make tomorrow better than yesterday. Stripping all the jargon away Matt gets to the heart of agile, making it accessible and relevant for everyone.Matt underscores the importance of leadership and modern management technique to enable change and deal with organisational inertia. He makes the case for a major update to the management practices inherited from the 90s and earlier but also identifies that Agile has not always spoken well to the senior management teams about business agility. Fortunately, Matt's curiosity for product, business strategy and organisational agility means he is well placed to comment and help.And Matt will be exactly the coach to step forward to call out what is missing from your change agenda and your strategy. Matt goes through the ingredients necessary to bring great leadership and change to the organisation. And as for change, people genuinely like change, but only if it is handled right.Finally, Matt talks about the benefits of Product over Project and how it is becoming the norm and in fact is the goto sate for future companies.On Matt's reading List beyond David Marquet generally, is:Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions,2008 book by Dan ArielyThe Goal, 1984, is a management-oriented novel by Eliyahu M. Goldratt,Honourable mention to The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, 2007 book by author and former options trader Nassim Nicholas Taleb.Contact Matt:@MattAgileCoachlinkedin.com/in/matthosking74#agile #agilecaoch #agilementorhttps://agilitybynature.com/contact-us/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Neighla Cain - Trust me, I'm a trainer. Coach, Tech Trainer, Writer, Broadcaster, Neighla is an irrepressible people person and change agent, who learnt her trade in the early days of mobile handset sales and promotion. The resilience, discipline and genuine warmth evident then, comes together to help form bespoke training across all technology, custom apps, and platforms - always focussed on users and customers with various levels of tech skillsNeighla dissects the two types of training: impart knowledge and facilitation, where the latter requires a great deal of skill. She discusses the use of NLP in both training and sales, and other ways to read the room. Focussed engagement is the fundamental key. And for employers, how do know you are getting good ROI?Finally, Neighla makes the case for the importance of Change Managers in the business.Neighla's book :The House: Is the house you live in really your home?The house is a metaphor for the UK. It looks at the relationship between those born in the house compared to those coming to live in the house from elsewhere. It follows the journey of a curious character named Shereen who is on a quest to understand the mindset of many people and establishments we come across daily. It is a call to action to be open minded about the different things we have been taught. The House also suggests we don't have to follow the structure and norms society expects and to not be afraid to go our own way.Neighla is a great example of the power of doing!https://tulsans.co.uk/shop/the-house-paperback-book/https://www.amazon.co.uk/House-Neighla-Cain-ebook/dp/B07XZKV3YWHow to get hold of Neighla for training (esp Microsoft 365) helpyourselfbooks@live.co.uk & https://www.linkedin.com/in/neighlacain/ #training #coaching #mentoringhttps://agilitybynature.com/contact-us/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’re pleased to bring you a great interview with another artist who is new to our radar on Episode 542 of Folk Roots Radio. Shaye Zadravec from Calgary Alberta, who has been creating quite a buzz for her ability to interpret other people’s songs, joins us to chat about her brilliant first full length album "Now & Then" which features fabulous covers of songs by Jesse Winchester, Ian Tyson, Lynn Miles & more. As always, we also take a look at more of the latest new releases, and this time around we hear from Piper & Carson, Ian Gill, Bill Bourne, Jeremy Gignoux and Joe Nolan. It's a great episode. We hope you'll take a listen. Check out the full playlist on the website: https://folkrootsradio.com/folk-roots-radio-episode-542-feat-shaye-zadravec-now-and-then-more-new-releases/

Gordon Cullum - Big Mission, Big Impact: How to be a modern (Technical) Leader.NHS, Deputy Digital Lead of Strategic Trace Seasoned Architect and CTO (Mastek) steps though his career starting with his first big gig working on the London Eye. The wheel only stops once a year for maintenance and it restarts whether you're ready or not. People used to big IT projects will nod their heads sagely listening to this baptism of fire. And even non-tech people will love the sheer scale of challenges. And the measure of success? A seamless release, not even noticed by the publicGordon has endless anecdotes about his projects including the NHS Spine and he reflects on the the changing technology landscape over the last 20 years. Gordon shares his thoughts about balancing big changes with incremental approaches and building adaptive systems. An accomplished technology professional, who has impacted many UK institutions and still delights in the new but never loses connection with people. His thoughts on leading teams and people, setting vision and guardrails, are as honest a “how to” as you will find.It was difficult to leave as CTO of Mastek but the new mission to support the drive to have great “Trace” in the UK to deal with Covid and the future and national health issues was irresistible. He explains the role as he sees it. I'm on board and hope you are too!#architecture #engineering #technical leaderhttps://agilitybynature.com/contact-us/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aanu Gopald: A thoroughly modern role model From Lagos to Texas via London, richly qualified Executive Agile Coach and Practitioner is an inspirational role model who already seems to have packed in two lifetimes of experience and achievements!In London, Aanu fell in love with Agile, her “boyfriend for life.” She learnt the basics by a mix of self learning and just doing it - refreshing approach rich with success and failures. Since then, Aanu has invested a good deal of time to expand her skills to the point she is nominated as a finalist for Board Membership of the Scrum Alliance. Hear what she has learned over time and what she would advise her younger self about the coaching mindset. If you are a hiring executive her advice here is invaluable in terms of what to look for in your coaching staff.And to Africa. Aanu explains the generous nature and drive to learn of Africans and the emergence of Digital across the continent. She is a passionate and engaging advocate for Africa and outlines what needs to be done to capitalise on the incredible talents there. Agility is an important element to unlock that potential, fight corruption, innovate and manage risk. Her energy, advice and tangible support also extends to Women in Africa. She pulls no punches in what needs to be done to help young women and female graduates, describing the real help she gives to advance education there. The challenge is formidable, but Aanu is very formidable too.You can help with the mission. It is a great story to hear.More about Aanu:Organization: http://africaagility.org/Personal: www.aanugopald.comScrum Alliance: https://www.scrumalliance.org/community/profile/agopaldLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aanugopald/Contact aanu@aanugopald.com#agile #agileafrica #womeninafricahttps://agilitybynature.com/contact-us/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk about scaling, building trust remotely, and the size of your network and why it matters, Plus why the heck are all these Lawyers becoming coaches and oddness of Dan North (who isn't btw!) & Liz Keogh.The link to Erin's remote working suggestion is here: https://www.sococo.com#agile #coaching #producthttps://agilitybynature.com/contact-us/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our expert Business Analysts, Vicky Hilton and Ben Newman discuss the role of the BA in Agile Teams.The Agile Business Analyst is much discussed but not always well defined in agile projects, where some say the role is not needed at all. Ben and Vicki beg to differ and unpack the valuable, critical skills, they bring to the team and the enterprise .What are the key skills of a BA and how does Agile change the way you work, where the focus is no longer on producing an excellent document but part of team to create working software. The output is no longer the specification but the outcome .Vicki and Ben share their thoughts on:- Working with teams and incremental delivery- Working with Product Owners - where they overlap and compliment each other- Time to do the job Properly- Independence and Clarity of Thought- Being comfortable with ambiguity and failing fast.- Facilitation skills- BDD and other tools Real world insight from two experienced BAs that will have resonate with both experienced practitioners and those new to agile teams.#agile #businessanalyst #productownerhttps://agilitybynature.com/contact-us/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Head of Engineering at So Energy, Cyrille is a real digital native with an extensive career in mobile engineering, developing products that help people manage and change their lives for the better. Cyrille has a deep expertise in the use and management of secure digital identities - and he outlines the challenges and benefits of mobile development. His passion for a frictionless, paperless world is infectious!Cyrille explains how he builds teams to develop great products - passion, skill and comms are all part of the mix. And exactly how do you scale up a proper, digital startup, do this agile thing and manage innovation? Cyrille has real life experience of how to handle these questions and so much more, delivered with confidence and verve.And from mobile to green energy. The mission of So Energy is to provide renewal energy, at a good price, with an excellent customer service. Cyrille makes a seductive case that they genuinely want to engage with customers and how turning on the light doesn't have to cost the earth. His review of the energy world and us as consumers is direct and fascinating.Cyrille sets the bar high, is refreshingly honest and a wonderful teacher. Be prepared to be taken out of your comfort zone!#energy #smartenergy #engineeringhttps://agilitybynature.com/contact-us/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

From BP to BNP Dean has built a career in Business transformation and shares his insights and experience on what works to be a successful agent of change.Dean explains how to win hearts and minds of people from the C Suite and across the business, Silo busting, managing change resistance and reducing the amount of induced schizophrenia! Also, why the Annual report is the secret weapon in change.Great fun to make and full of good thingsBooks recommended by Dean:* Crossing the chasm by Geoffrey A Moore.* What you do is who you are (How to create your business culture by Ben Horowitz* The hard thing about hard things by Ben Horowitz* Corporate Finance For Dummies by Steven Collings* The Innovators Dilemma by Clayton Christensen#transformation #governance #changehttps://agilitybynature.com/contact-us/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's conversation is with the fabulous Shelby Wilson. As we talk about her journey from Product Owner to Scrum Master we cover Certification, Coaching, Governance and keeping Change energy with Data and Sponsorship. Oh, still found time for remote facilitation, playing with Lego and name-dropping mentors!#coaching #mentoring #governancehttps://agilitybynature.com/contact-us/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’re going all about the music again on Episode 538 of Folk Roots Radio as we hold back the interviews to bring you more great new releases, and this time around we throw some excellent new political songs into the mix. Join us for new music from Big Little Lions, James Lee Baker, Ian Gill, Shaye Zadravec, Westward The Light, Robert Cray Band, Si Kahn, Spook Handy, Richard Garvey, Raye Zaragoza, Melanie Brulée, IsabelFryszberg, Andrea Nixon, Joe Nolan, Dirk Powell, Midnight Shine and Kari Lynn Hewitt (with Roger Hewett). Check out the full playlist on the website: https://folkrootsradio.com/folk-roots-radio-episode-538-were-all-about-the-music-this-too-shall-pass-edition/

Today we talked to Achilles ChatzianastassiouFrom being a software developer, scrum master, MBA who's curiosity led him to agile coaching in some of the largest, complicated organisations around. Achilles talks about the importance of sponsorship to allow experimentation but also consistency and the use of a blueprint to underpin transformation. We talk about how to achieve buy in and manage conflict and the need for cultural sensitivity in multinational teams. Oh and how does an optimist deal with Compliance, Regulation and CABs.- Achilles' Book Recommendations include:- On Change Management by John Kotter- The Corporate Culture Survival Guide by Edgar H. Schein- Influence: The Psychology or Persuasion Robert B Cialdini- Parkinson's Law and Other Studies in Administration by Cyril Northcote Parkisnon- The Peter Principle by Lawrence J. Peter & Raymond Hull#Culture #transformation #compliance #Changehttps://agilitybynature.com/contact-us/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paul Moffat - it's about people, winning hearts and minds.You could be a dentist, you could be an accountant, or get coding and and up as an experienced transformation manager. HMRC, Borders, Home Office … Paul explains the attraction to Govt IT and his passion for agility and making a difference. We reminisce about the early GDS days and the part it has played in the unique challenges Govt faces while trying to understand customers/users/citizens. The impact of Covid 19 is huge of course, but the Service Design Standards still apply throughout.And is the Public sector really that different from large Private Sector - perhaps even have things to learn from Govt?Paul pulls no punches when talking about “scaling agile” and shares his views on a very popular framework. He's not playing at Agile here!Finally, we think about home and work going forward and the changes still to go through. Whatever, Paul will still be to steer the way.#Safe #GDS #Transformation #Scalingagilehttps://agilitybynature.com/contact-us/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Avijit Dasgupta: Product Owner & Technology Head - Digital Identity & Payment @CompuLynx Ltd.Africa's exciting future. CTO, Product Manager, Developer, Team Builder, Coach and world traveller, Avijit charts his journey from India, Germany and now to Kenya. Avijit has a very strong grasp of the right mindset for product development (especially start ups and mobile solutions, digital banking and payment solutions) and working with teams in Kenya, Uganda and India. Avijit reflects on the impact of Covid on work and family.Avijit is wonderfully engaging and charming, bringing alive the excitement of Development, Agile, and Digital in Africa. Pack your bags - it is happening there!As with all the ABN podcasts its warts and all. The dog (Darcie) barking in the background and the dropped Zoom connection on the first question remain in all their glory!#Digital Transformation #Digital Africa #Product Developmenthttps://agilitybynature.com/contact-us/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Graham Padgham- Business Architecture and and the dynamics of maximising ValueGraham is elegant, eloquent and deeply experienced, working with IT and exploiting it to solve customer problems and adding value. We touch on Digital in the retail space drawing on 18 years of experience in www.specsavers.co.uk (which is much more than retail itself covering logistics, health care and support to name a few.)Graham concisely outlines the roles of different Architects whether Solution, Technical and Enterprise. Business Architects look at the business as a whole (including but not solely IT) and maps business capabilities across:PeopleProcessTechnologyAnd DataAnd examining how they support the strategic objectives of the company.This fundamentally allows businesses to respond to change holistically and ensure strategy at the top is connected to execution across the company. Graham explores the use of agile and how businesses can and should focus on the delivery of value.This is not just a high level, slow analysis of the business but an ongoing, ruthless focus on value streams and delivering maximum value however fast your market changes. Graham is a master of joining up these very complex relationships and moving from the “as is” to what could and should be and relaying it in a very simple, achievable way.The books referred to by Graham are:- Great Transition: Using the Seven Disciplines of Enterprise Engineering by James Martin- Jackson structured programming (JSP) is a method for structured programming developed by British software consultant Michael A. Jackson and described in his 1975 book Principles of Program Design- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. CoveyGraham's email is graham.padgham@gmail.comHello to James Yoxall linkedin.com/in/james-yoxall-67859a and Rob Smith.linkedin.com/in/robsmith4#transformation #architecture #itprogrammeshttps://agilitybynature.com/contact-us/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Helen Lisowski - Lending her belief in you and growing pains Helen is a wonderful speaker and a sucker for the intriguing challenge. Her successful and varied career, “lending her belief in people”, means she has built deep expertise in nurturing teams and company performance. Helen's sweet spot is the scale up businesses of between 50-250 people and how to step round the pitfalls that can be “quite painful”We cover four key areas for the the business:Culture - getting it right, making it explicit (and make it findable!)Recruitment - how to find and win great people that engage with the business Retention - preserving all that wonderful expertise (replacing people is even more expensive)Results - at the end of the day, you are a business with purpose and we can hold each other accountable. We discuss different types of founders and how they can set the right tone and culture for growing fledgling business, and also the fundamentals of good management which is lightweight and really is the very best investment you can make.Regardless of the size of your company, this is chockfull of insights to give every manager pause for thought and the time to raise your hand and make it right.#agility #waysofworking #coachinghttps://agilitybynature.com/contact-us/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Louisa Mensah - so you want to be a scrum master?Fellow night owl, Louisa Mensah, earned her stripes in IT support roles and is now a well established scrum master/coach. Her experience includes large telecoms and Banks and provides real insights into the day to day role of a Scrum MasterSo we unpack what it means to be a ‘servant/leader”, how to take a step back and use the power of observations. Louisa creates safe spaces and tells how you need to be brave. No surprise she is happy to take on challenges and and accepts nothing less than the best for her team. We talk about the relationship with (often over stretched) Product Owners and how to maximise value. Tango dancing comes to mind at the beginning …Louisa explains how she helps an organisation deal with all this agile change, in a way people across the business can understand and work with. It's not disruption for disruption's sake and agile buzz words get shown the door. We discuss scaling, managing dependencies and working on the right things: what are we trying to achieve? Louisa has been there and willingly shares her views.Plain speaking, Louisa is passionate about people, very engaging and is pretty frank. And you know good things will get done.Mamma is in the house. There might be trouble.#agility #scrummaster #agilehttps://agilitybynature.com/contact-us/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Ayerst - Dealing with Legacy Architecture: Be strategically aligned and evolve it!Agility isn't always about being lovely and the Architecture start with isn't necessarily the one you end with. The organisation will get its needs met somehow so IT needs to learn to be good at delivery.Development, Architecture and Programme Manager and expert talks to us about alignment with product and strategy, delivering features whilst managing tech debt and revising the architecture.Ref:Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Michael FeatherThe Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr#devops #agility #agilehttps://agilitybynature.com/contact-us/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

It is amazing how fast you can churn out code if you do not know what you are doingHolding up a mirror to agile practices, Chris has been in the trenches for 30 years and still coding with passion. From Spectrums and Specifications to R&D in BT and evolving to incremental delivery, whilst learning what not to do with XP, Chris has an opinion based on deep experience.Chris defends the use of user stories - always find the human. And Chris still thinks Coders are not close enough to the customer yet and why it matters. Chris explains what a great Product Owner does and reflects on the mystery of UX practice and how they react with Developers. Chris challenges the view that XP practices are both strong and mainstream, that we still need to get greater exposure to “what good looks like” and outlines how training helps practitioners. He discusses professional standards for developers and the defence of quality and why compromise costs.Architects may want to review their job description.Chris' book recommendations:Books are: Software Engineering, Somerville (note: haven't read the current edition, which mentions "agile"), GOOS by Freeman & Pryce, and Test Driven Development by Example by BeckI should also throw in an honourable mention for XP Explained (also by Beck), since it pulled some threads togetherJust realised the McConnell book I meant was “Rapid Development”, not “Code Complete”, but hey ho...they're both good

Yes, things have changed in our city and our world since I talked with Ian Gill. He’s on a mission to make Richardson a singing city. And even though their spring performance has been postponed until we navigate through this crisis, we believe that Richardson will be a singing city. We need music, art, and faith now more than ever. We hope this interview will encourage you and remind you that there is still beauty. You just have to listen. We’d love to hear from you during this challenging time, especially if there’s a way we can help or encourage you. Links Richardson Community Chorale: Website (https://www.rcchorale.org/) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/richardsoncommunitychorale/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/rcchorale/) Support this podcast

Cerys Matthews sy'n cyflwyno sesiwn Amddiffyn o raglen Ian Gill (03/12/1989). Cerys Matthews introduces Amddiffyn and their 1989 Radio Cymru session.

Cerys Matthews sy'n cyflwyno sesiwn Celt o raglen Ian Gill (1989). Cerys Matthews introduces Celt and their 1989 Radio Cymru session.

Ian Gill is the author of No News Is Bad News, an experienced journalist, and catalyst for boundary-breaking media.   According to Gill, legacy media have completely missed the boat when it comes to public discourse. Instead of dwelling on new technology and hedge-fund backed expansion as a panacea, Gill believes we need to rethink the role of storytelling, engagement, and crafting 'public service journalism' as the antidote to clickbait and fake news.  Check out our lively conversation on issues that are more important than ever in our post-Trumpian reality. 

Ian and Face2Face host David Peck talk about “intelligent collaboration,” the state of journalism round the globe, “hopeful narratives,” and how we need to mobilize hopeful knowledge. You can purchase the book here: No New is Bad News and learn ore bout Ian and Discourse media here. Synopsis Postmedia cuts have continued, with dozens of journalists being laid off - 3,000 in total in the company and 10,000 in the industry as a whole. While Canada’s media industry has been in dire straits for a while, the Trump victory south of the border has put a spotlight on why media is so important for democracy. The public’s interest in the media industry - and effects such losses can have on democracy – at a town hall, provincial and international level - has never been more keen. The Public Policy Forum released their exhaustive study of the decline of traditional media, Shattered Glass, offering comment on current business models, under-development of digital technology and the rise of fake news. Biography Ian Gill is Discourse Media’s president. He is a columnist with The Tyee and the author of four books, including No News Is Bad News: Canada’s Media Collapse — And What Comes Next. Ian has worked at the Vancouver Sun as senior reporter and editor and with CBC as a radio columnist and award-winning documentary reporter. He is a former fellow of Journalistes en Europe and served for several years on the board of Canada’s Centre for Investigative Journalism. In 1994, Ian founded Ecotrust Canada, a Vancouver-based non-profit working in coastal communities. Ian has worked extensively with philanthropic foundations and non-profits in Canada, the U.S. and his native Australia. In 2015, Ian was a senior fellow with the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation. ---------- For more information about my podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit my site here. With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. Image Credit: Ian Gill – The Tyee See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on News 101, News Co-director Andrew Seal interviewed BC Green MLA candidate Janet Fraser. News reporter Rohit Joseph interviewed AMS President Ava Nasiri to find out more about UBC’s plans for a new Bird Coop and stadiums. News 101 reporter Maham Kamal’s reported on the rally against Islamophobia. News 101 reporter Rohit Joseph interviewed Ian Gill, president of Discourse Media, and finally Alex Norman’s weekly financial news report.

There's no stopping the downward spiral of the news media. So what happens next, and how can we get there quicker? Writer, filmmaker, and social entrepreneur Ian Gill is the author of No News is Bad News: Canada's Media Collapse―and What Comes Next. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Ian Gill joins the program today to talk about his book All That We Say is Ours. The subtitle of the book: Guujaaw and the Reawakening of the Haida Nation. Haida Gwaii, also known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, is Canada’s Galapagos, a West Coast archipelago famous for its wild beauty. It is also the ancient homeland of the Haida nation. In the 1970s, after decades of rapacious logging, the Haida joined forces with environmentalists in a high-profile struggle to save the islands. The battle found powerful expression through Giindajin Haawasti Guujaaw, the visionary artist, drummer and orator who would later become president of the Council of the Haida Nation.