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For Agility's Sake

Amway is on an agile journey, working to improve how it delivers value to YOU. Hear from the practitioners, leaders and everyone involved in making the transformation a reality.

Transformation Business Management Education
Update frequency
every 11 days
Average duration
29 minutes
Episodes
29
Years Active
2019 - 2021
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For Devs: How to See Code Differently

For Devs: How to See Code Differently

In this episode Arlo Belshee, Aaron Coville and Marc Denman discuss how small changes in our coding behaviors can lead to incredible results. Arlo believes we can achieve a bug-free world, Aaron agre…

00:41:21  |   Mon 05 Apr 2021
Drive Better Results with OKRs

Drive Better Results with OKRs

In this episode, Sameera Moinpour, Sr. Director of Strategy Solutions at Workboard, explains how OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) can help drive better results for your team. OKRs are a key componen…

00:36:47  |   Tue 09 Feb 2021
Becoming an Agile Leader - Rituparna Ghosh

Becoming an Agile Leader - Rituparna Ghosh

Rituparna Ghosh, General Manager and head of DevSecOps at Wipro shares her view on Agile Leadership. Ritu will be the first to tell you, she is still on the journey of becoming an Agile and Servant L…

00:37:01  |   Mon 07 Dec 2020
The Evolution of Agile - Hannes Färberböck

The Evolution of Agile - Hannes Färberböck

In this episode Hannes Färberböck shares his rich, 20+ year history of agile and its various methodologies with us. Hannes is the Managing Director of Nagarro's Austrian operations and the had of the…

00:24:30  |   Mon 23 Nov 2020
QA in an Agile World - Chris Mastnak

QA in an Agile World - Chris Mastnak

Hear from Chris Mastnak, "Global Practice Lead - Agile Testing" at Nagarro, on what it means for QA/Testing team members to work in an agile environment. 

According to Chris, life in QA gets easier wi…

00:31:52  |   Mon 09 Nov 2020
Being an Agile Leader - Daniel Eder

Being an Agile Leader - Daniel Eder

Daniel Eder, Enterprise Agile Coach from Nagarro, talks about the role of a leader in an agile organization (and more). 

  • When he realized that traditional development was broken
  • His first organic agile…
00:38:52  |   Wed 21 Oct 2020
Scaling Agile with Portfolios - Lisa Gordon

Scaling Agile with Portfolios - Lisa Gordon

Agile Portfolio Manager Lisa Gordon explains the importance of blatant honesty, difficult tradeoff decisions and maintaining relationships across teams. Lisa has been instrumental in establishing Agi…

00:21:20  |   Mon 10 Aug 2020
Why Agile Fails - Lee Wiesehuegel

Why Agile Fails - Lee Wiesehuegel

Coach Lee tells us "why agile fails" at scale and what needs to be addressed to reduce the chances of it happening to you and your organization. Most of us know that Agile is easy and effective on a …

00:45:48  |   Mon 01 Jun 2020
COVID-19 and Agility - Tom Fox

COVID-19 and Agility - Tom Fox

The world is in a state of significant flux. If there was ever a time when individuals, corporations and society as a whole needed agility, it's now. In this episode Tom Fox, Manager of the Agile Tra…

00:34:48  |   Tue 28 Apr 2020
Agility is a requirement to survive and thrive - Tina Abdoo

Agility is a requirement to survive and thrive - Tina Abdoo

Tina Abdoo, VP at Amway shares how agile is a way to thrive in an ever-changing marketplace.

Why it matters to a leader

  • Your team is happier!
  • Your team is more stable, predictable and autonomous, so you…
00:22:34  |   Mon 13 Apr 2020
Agile isn’t easy; it’s worth it - Gaye Garvelink

Agile isn’t easy; it’s worth it - Gaye Garvelink

Sys. Analyst Gaye Garvelink recounts her experience with agile and how it hasn't been easy, but more than worth it. My favorite quote from this show was "We were working really hard, but we loved eve…

00:31:26  |   Mon 30 Mar 2020
Making Progress Over Making Perfect - Gayle Evans

Making Progress Over Making Perfect - Gayle Evans

Gayle Evans, Digital Experience Delivery Mgr at Amway, explains how an agile transformation is really a transformation of individuals. It does not require us to know everything up front, but it does …

00:34:37  |   Mon 16 Mar 2020
Agile Explained in Simple Terms - Luke Nieuwenhuis

Agile Explained in Simple Terms - Luke Nieuwenhuis

Luke Nieuwenhuis, VP of ABO Incentives at Amway explains how Agile is a way of getting work done. We often overcomplicate it, but it's really about how we get things done as an organization.

WHY IT M…

00:31:47  |   Mon 02 Mar 2020
Product Management in a Complex World - Scott Sehlhorst

Product Management in a Complex World - Scott Sehlhorst

Product Management Coach Scott Sehlhorst goes deep into how an Agile Workflow Model and Product Management can enable a company to thrive in an increasingly complex world.

Our Agile Workflow Model is …

00:46:56  |   Mon 17 Feb 2020
Building resiliency through safeguarding - Llewellyn Falco

Building resiliency through safeguarding - Llewellyn Falco

He's back! Tech Craftsmanship Coach Llewellyn Falco shares stories of his second visit to Amway. Some of the topics he touches on in this episode are:

  • Anti-fragile: a systemic way of implementing thin…
00:35:26  |   Mon 03 Feb 2020
Experience Design & Empathy - Kate Kronemeyer

Experience Design & Empathy - Kate Kronemeyer

Experience Owner Kate Kronemeyer shares her thoughts on agile, empathy and a hyper-focus on the user. "Design is more disciplined than you think."

Other topics we touch on:

  • Building empathy.
  • Design is m…
00:29:40  |   Mon 20 Jan 2020
Lessons from 15 Years of Transformation - Marty Bradley

Lessons from 15 Years of Transformation - Marty Bradley

Marty Bradley, Sr VP at LeadingAgile, says Agile Transformation is NOT about Agile; it's a way of achieving your companies goals. Here are some of the other topics we discussed. 

  • It's not about Agile.…
00:33:53  |   Mon 06 Jan 2020
Leaders: Agile is NOT the Goal - Brian Hart

Leaders: Agile is NOT the Goal - Brian Hart

Brian Hart, VP of ABO & Customer Solutions shares his thoughts on why agility matters, how leader behaviors MUST change, and a first step you can take toward agility - rapid experimentation.

Other top…

00:18:37  |   Mon 16 Dec 2019
Overcoming the Silo Mentality - Francisco Calderon

Overcoming the Silo Mentality - Francisco Calderon

Product Owner for Training & Development, Francisco Calderon explains how Agile can tear down the mentality of "us and them". He highlights the importance of cross-team collaboration and a constant f…

00:27:07  |   Mon 02 Dec 2019
Managing Change is Easier w/Agile - Alyssa Rawsky

Managing Change is Easier w/Agile - Alyssa Rawsky

Scrum Master Alyssa Rawsky shares her agile experience and how her first reaction was "I don't want this." Now, she encourages others with "don't be afraid of change!" Alyssa describes how she and he…

00:20:55  |   Mon 18 Nov 2019
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