Cprime Fast Forward: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to Cprime’s Fast-Forward Podcast. A place where fast-forward thinkers discuss one thing: how to accelerate value to customers. We bring on our expert solution architects, customers and industry leaders as we explore innovative ways to ensure successful digital transformation. By focusing on gaps and bottlenecks through people, process and technology, we show you how to fast-forward delivery through assembling lean, integrated tech stacks that create the agility necessary for business innovation, new revenue streams and competitive advantage.
Today we are looking at a case study on innovative business strategy and highlighting the importance of identifying gaps in the market to find your niche to capitalize on innovation that serves a broad spectrum of end users. Melissa discovered a new way of seeing data and applying it in a new and tangible to make thoughtful decisions when founding Safety Biometirics, how will you do the same in the context of your organization?
"Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations"
In this episode of Cprime Fast Forward, we have the pleasure of speaking with Chris Khadan, the VP of Customer Success & Services at Apptio Targetprocess to talk about a topic near and dear to our hearts: The need for speed and the importance of quick operationalization and time to first value.
We commonly discuss the importance of organizations remaining flexible and retaining the ability to pivot, but it is of critical importance, especially when adopting new technology, that we pay great importance to taking those first strides in a new direction to realize quick value. How can we deliver and adopt software with business outcomes in mind? That question is exactly where we are going to dive in today.
What if leaders could make data-driven decisions to improve morale, productivity, and employee engagement? What if we had access to the next generation of people analytics that could empower every team member and reduce turn over?
Well...we do. And in this episode of Cprime Fast Forward, we chat about the tremendous impact that it can have on the business.
We are joined by Thomas Davies, the founder and CEO of Temporall and Cprime’s very own Alan Furlong, the Head of Cprime Studios to have a discussion truly centered around our people and the competitive advantage offered by making "people data" visible to leaders. Listen to learn why this is data is the key to unlocking innovation and business success.
In this episode of Cprime Fast Forward, we have the pleasure of speaking with Becky Flint, the founder and CEO of Dragonboat to discuss what it takes to scale from managing product to managing portfolio. We explore how to lead product teams to not only move fast, but move forward as one to overcome the "Agile Madness" and focus on aligning goals with actual strategy. Join us as we share stories from the trenches and practical tips and tricks to align, prioritize, plan and achieve product and portfolios at scale .
In this episode of Cprime Fast Forward, we have the pleasure to speak with Mia Doan, the new Global Partner Channels, Alliances, & Ecosystem Leader at Atlassian and Joanne Yo, our Canadian collaborator and Regional Lead at Atlassian. In our discussion, we will uncover the direct tie of how people and tools converge for transparency that supports transformation. We will share tips and stories for creating echo systems and feedback loops for advancement
In this episode of Cprime Fast Forward, we have the pleasure to speak with Edith Gange, the Vice President of Programmatic Success at Broadsign. We will uncover practical tips and techniques to a human and technology centered organizational approach to adapt and remain flexible in the face of massive market changes. Not only will we peel back the layers organizational flexibility, but we will also share how to create a roadmap and template for change for the entire enterprise.
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In this episode of Cprime Fast Forward, we have the pleasure to speak with Christian Teeter, the Digital & Technology Strategic Initiative Leader at General Mills. In our discussion, we will uncover the direct tie of digital transformation success and an effective change management strategy. Speed will always be top of mind, but Christina shares change-driving philosophies for bringing the people along for the ride.
In this episode of Cprime Fast Forward, we double click on organizational value streams and the people, process and technology that enables optimal flow. We have a round table discussion, joined our partners at Tasktop to offer the audience tips and tricks to getting the most value of value streaming initiatives as we also uncover the most common pitfalls and misconceptions of VSM.
In this episode of Cprime Fast Forward, we take a look at the great feat of achieving true Business Agility with Michael McCalla, the President & Founder of the Lean Agile Intelligence Assessment Platform. In this exciting discussion, we will get a broad view of what success looks like, how to align on the WHY and tips and tricks to accelerate outcomes and advance agility initiatives.
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In this episode of Cprime Fast Forward, we get into the timely topic of cybersecurity fundamentals and specifically, how to achieve a healthy security culture. We will provide practical tips and tricks for elevating cybersecurity in an appropriate and scalable way in your organization.
We are joined by Evan Terry, Cprime's VP of Global Operations. Evan is a Data Executive with a demonstrated history of solving complex problems with practical solutions. Skilled in Data and Databases, IT Strategy, Data Management, and Technical Writing.
In this episode of Cprime Fast Forward, we explore how to get quickly from Cloud to Value. We had the opportunity to interview one of Cprime's valued clients to discuss their recent move to the cloud, their journey through an Agile and DevOps transformation, and explore what's on the horizon. The market is transforming at a more rapid pace than ever and organizations are feeling the crunch to accelerate all aspects of their business. Now, more than ever, we see that cloud is the gateway to adaptation and advancement. We explore what this looks like in the real world as Cprime's VP of Enterprise Solutions, Monte Montoya interviews Guillaume Girard, VP, Software Engineering at Croesus.
Joined by Cprime's Enterprise Solutions Practice Lead, Angela Gaffney, we are talking about what it means to be enterprise-minded. Enterprise can mean a lot of different things depending on who you ask. To us, it means being innovative, and fast and building a top-down strategy that will scale with you. Join us as we dig in deep to uncover the right blend of people, process and technology to thing big and run lean with an enterprise mindset that lays the foundation for business speed and growth.
In this episode of Fast Forward, we are having a fun and lively discussion with Patti Pokorchak, Sales Pioneer, about how to accelerate customer learning in sales roles. Agility in the enterprise requires an intentional, strategic partnership with our customers to truly uncover customer centric value. It's all about collaboration, it's all about value, and it's all about listening.
In this interview with featured Tedx speaker, Eve Psalti, Principal Group Program Manager at Microsoft, Azure AI platform/Cognitive Services, we explore the A-B-C's of Artificial Intelligence. We dive into discussion about the past, present, and future of what Artificial Intelligence means to businesses and customers alike today and into the future and seek to understand why leading experts call AI the new wave of technology.
In this episode of Cprime Fast Forward, we are talking all about accelerating outcomes through the alignment of strategy and execution. Businesses are finally starting to make a shift in focus from output to outcomes but still struggle with the ever illusive question of “how”. Buckle up for great discussion and practical advice to do just that.
Our presenters:
EVAN CAMPBELL- Chief Transformation Architect@ Gtmhub
Evan is a senior technology and business executive with demonstrated success in CTO, Founder, and VP roles. His leadership and management consulting expertise includes product innovation, lean and agile product/software development, and organizational transformation. He helps companies realize peak performance and competitive advantage.
ANNE STEINER - VP of Product and Technology @ Cprime In her role, she leads Cprime's consulting practice that guides clients in defining, designing, building, and supporting digital products. Anne and her team help companies of all shapes and sizes transform from traditional, project-thinking to being product-driven organizations that emphasize technical agility and continuous learning.
In this episode, Cprime experts, Steve Adolph and Jesse Pearlman, discuss how the convergence of people, process and technology takes form in Value Stream Management and share practical ways to begin to reorganize business processes, structures and planning around the flow of value. Bringing real world, hands-on and client experience, Steve and Jesse passionately outline the need for mapping the flow of value, the ways many organizations fall down when tackling Value Stream Management, and the best ways to ensure success.
In this episode of Fast Forward, we are joined by two very passionate, dynamic leaders. Cprime’s very own pioneer, founder and CEO, Zubin Irani and Senior Executive Partner @ Gartner, Debra Christmas discuss how effective and empathetic leadership accelerates change in organizations.
Discover how a platform for change can be the foundation for digital transformation success. Because after all, speed to market starts with a motivated and aligned workforce. Together, let's accelerate leadership that sets the stage for change.