Episodes
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Compelling stories start with an intention â something that needs to be done â and an obstacle â something that needs to be overcome. Agile teams define their work through stories that capture intention and obstacle. The Sprint Review ceremony is where these stories come to life.
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Are your employees captivated by a connection to the purpose of their efforts? Or do they feel more like captives, constrained by a lack of mission and empowerment? Insights from BCGâs survey of 11,500 workers undergoing Agile transformation demonstrate how the principles and practices of Enterprise Agility can create a captivating organization.
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Some say that technology architecture in Agile organizations should be âemergent.â As with all things, the key is balance. We continue our conversation with Harsha Ramalingam, former VP and CIO at Amazon, regarding how independent teams can develop and apply architecture standards while creating just the right amount of chaos.
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A vision seen only by one person canât drive change. Itâs just a hallucination. A vision spreads though diligent, structured, persistent work focused on creating alignment, translating vision to outcomes, and outcomes to the work that achieves them. Some organizations have built a rigorous process around setting and achieving their vision and goals. In this episode, we learn about the practice employed by Salesforce.com from someone who lives it day-to-day.
Guest: Shad Imam, Senior Director, Solutions Engineering, Public Sector at the MuleSoft Division of Salesforce.com
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âI donât have time to change how we work. I have too many meetings!â This is an all-too-common lament from our clients. In this episode, a Chief Technology Officer radically improves his organizationâs performance â and his own happiness â by re-inventing his calendar. Featuring Laurent Alt, Associate Director at BCG, formerly CTO at Lectra and Senior Architect at Dassault-SystĂšmes.
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The founders of the Agile movement sought to express its core ideas in simple terms. Over time, however, the key principles of Agile can become lost in a cloud of off-putting jargon. Alastair Cockburn, co-author of the Agile Manifesto, founded the Heart of Agile â an approach that aims to amplify Agile culture by simplifying it into four imperatives: collaborate, deliver, reflect, and improve. One key learning from Alistairâs long experience: âIf you canât tell your boss bad news, you canât do Agile.â
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Words matter â especially words spoken by leaders. In this episode, weâll relate stories of things senior leaders have said to their organizations that have helped â or hindered â their transformation efforts. We share a powerful, practical technique to help leaders spark effective conversations with their teams.
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The much-anticipated release of the epic video game Cyberpunk 2077 in 2020 was problematic.
Some have characterized this release as a âminimum viable productâ. But is this use of the term accurate, or fair? In this episode, we explore the troubling consequences of treating release targets as reliable plans, and how that applies to all businesses â not just video game publishers.
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Fundamental change can take root rapidly when new ways of working are sown in an organization thatâs already prepared the ground. Payam Djavdan drove ING Bankâs legendary agile transformation and shares the story behind the story. Insights will be reaped even by those who think they already know the tale of ING.
Guest: Payam Djavdan, Partner and Associate Director, BCG Amsterdam
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The path to becoming a successful Product Owner echoes the classical Heroâs Journey â a call to adventure, a crisis that evokes a revelation, and in the end â the hero transformed. Becky Frederick, a BCG partner based in Seattle, tells the tale of taking on the challenging role of Product Owner in a challenging situation.
Guest: Becky Frederick, Partner, Boston Consulting Group
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Effective Agile teams establish and maintain three interrelated mindsets: continuous improvement, product orientation, and outcome focus. We explore how the product and outcome mindsets allow Agile to scale at one of the most complex organizations: Amazon.
Guest: Harsha Ramalingham, former VP and CIO at Amazon.
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Insight, inspiration and new tools for leaders engaged in transformation â all in ten minutes. In this episode: Whatâs Agile Storytime all about? Why are stories and storytelling essential to drive change? And, the tale of how Agile helped establish an âunbroken chain of whyâ throughout an organization, connecting purpose to outcomes and to the work of teams.
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Are you sitting comfortably? Agile Storytime brings new ways of working to life through informative, insightful and inspiring tales. Join David Ritter, BCG partner and director, in stories that will deepen your understanding of Agile, give you new ways to think about and express core Agile principles, and add tools to your toolbox to make your work with your teams and clients even more impactful.
This podcast is from Boston Consulting Group. For more information on Enterprise Agility, visit https://on.bcg.com/agile
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