eXpander Series: Recent Episodes
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The eXpander Series pulls together speakers and experts from all over the world to share their hard-won lessons-learned, best practices, and tools for getting on top of the major challenges that IT Leaders are facing. Read more https://www.xuviate.com/expander/welcome/
Starring: Teodora Bozheva
Now that we know what the KMM is about, the next question is how to get started! In this last video – this times 7 minutes long – Teodora gives some very practical advice on how to start with and and how to strengthen the application of the KMM.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/86-kanban-maturity-model/
Starring: Teodora Bozheva
What materials on the KMM are available and where can I find them? KMM Version 1.0 is going to be launched in November 2019, but much of the visual material can already be downloaded. In this 5-minute video Teodora gives an overview of what is available, where to find it, what you will get and who will probably like which tool most.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/86-kanban-maturity-model/
Starring: Teodora Bozheva
SDMs, PMs and similar roles probably get the most value out of KMM according to Teodora. How so? Find out in this third 5-minute video in our mini-interview series.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/86-kanban-maturity-model/
Starring: Teodora Bozheva
How, what, when and why? In this second 5-minute video, Teodora gives some insight into how she has seen the KMM used by the beta testers and what the most profound outcomes were.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/86-kanban-maturity-model/
Starring: Teodora Bozheva
All organisations go through similar maturity levels when implementing Kanban. Where are you at? And how can this model help you to make better decisions as to the next steps? In this first of five 5-minute videos, Teodora Bozheva gives a quick overview what the KMM is all about.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/86-kanban-maturity-model/
Starring: Craig Armour.
We in the previous video looked at applying PVM to an external business setting.
Can it also be used internally for projects? In this last 5 minute video Craig is showing that this method lends itself to this as well.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/85-persona-value-mapping/
Starring: Craig Armour.
But how do we practically apply Persona Value Mapping?
In this fourth 5 minute video, Craig shows us how to go about creating an “outside-in” view to mapping and aligning needs of the stakeholders around the business.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/85-persona-value-mapping/
Starring: Craig Armour.
In this third 5 minute video Craig goes into the meat of the matter and (literally) sketches what PVM is all about.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/85-persona-value-mapping/
Starring: Craig Armour.
Those who know him will know that Craig is well known to always ask what the “jobs to be done” are? In this 5 minute video Craig gives an introduction to the 4 forces, and 3 types of needs defined under this framework that was originally created at Harvard Business School.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/85-persona-value-mapping/
Starring: Craig Armour.
What is Persona Value Mapping and why should we care?
Everybody perceives value differently and in this first of five 5 minute videos Craig gives a bit of an overview why it is so important to understand who your stakeholders are and what is valuable to them.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/85-persona-value-mapping/
Starring: Mike Burrows.
Leaders and managers often get a bit of a raw deal in Agile. Does it have to be that way?
The need to clearly & strategically identify, articulate, & stand for outcomes will never grow old. Neither will removing organisational impediments, freeing people to pursue purpose, and developing the next generation of (servant-)leaders
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/84-right-to-left-the-digital-leaders-guide-to-lean-and-agile/
Starring: Mike Burrows.
Left to right or right to left, that is the question… Starting "from the left" with solutions, frameworks, backlogs of work items, etc is a terrible way to explain or experience Agile. Always keep the things "on the right" – needs met and outcomes realised – ahead of all else.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/84-right-to-left-the-digital-leaders-guide-to-lean-and-agile/
Starring: Mike Burrows.
It is quite embarrassing that many Agile rollouts are done in Waterfall fashion… There's good in frameworks, but blindly rolling out a process framework is more a recipe for pain than a guarantee of success, especially when done at scale.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/84-right-to-left-the-digital-leaders-guide-to-lean-and-agile/
Starring: Mike Burrows.
Do you have concerns that flow inside your company is stunted? To Lean's "strategic pursuit of flow" (after Modig & Åhlström), we bring from Agile a safe default assumption, that in knowledge work most failures of flow are rooted in failures of collaboration.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/84-right-to-left-the-digital-leaders-guide-to-lean-and-agile/
Starring: Mike Burrows.
What makes Digital different? Success in digital means integrating delivery, development, and strategy – continuously identifying and addressing impediments to flow, alignment, and anticipation. This is clearly a learning process; a successful digital organisation is a learning organisation.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/84-right-to-left-the-digital-leaders-guide-to-lean-and-agile/
Starring: Judy Rees.
What constitutes a hybrid meeting and why do they tend to be horrible? In this session Judy is exploring this topic and gives some advice on how to overcome the natural barrier that exists and how to make the meeting valuable for all attendees.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/83-remote-meetings-dont-have-to-suck
Starring: Judy Rees.
The single biggest problem of online meetings is probably that it is so easy for people to do other things. This is a challenge you have to overcome. But there are others and Judy is touching on several in this session.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/83-remote-meetings-dont-have-to-suck
Starring: Judy Rees.
Are you a good in-person facilitator, but don’t believe that online meetings you host can come even close? In this session Judy is providing some tricks how to use your facilitator superpowers online and how to get your attendees to contribute to the overall meeting success.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/83-remote-meetings-dont-have-to-suck
Starring: Judy Rees.
In this session Judy is giving some advice on what a great online meeting looks like and how one could measure the quality. If you are successful, people might even stop calling it a meeting altogether…
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/83-remote-meetings-dont-have-to-suck
Starring: Judy Rees.
In this first of five sessions with Judy Rees we are discussing the reason for meetings in general and then we go a bit deeper to look at the differences and similarities between physical and remote meetings. Lastly Judy gives some important directives on how to make a remote meeting significant.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/83-remote-meetings-dont-have-to-suck
Starring: Jason Sichkaryk.
Every company needs to invest in its digital leadership to thrive during the uncertain times that lie ahead. Especially in mid-market companies, there is one role that is perfectly positioned to bridge the gap between technology and business - the IT Leader. And in the past year or two, one tool has emerged as the proverbial "swiss army knife for the IT Leader" - Kanban.
Xuviate together with Kanbanize hosted a series of four Lean Coffee style webinars on Kanban-related topics and for this third episode our topic was "How to Transform IT Into a Strategic Business Partner" and we were privileged to host Jason Sichkaryk, IT Director at Rosenau Transport Ltd in Edmonton, Canada. Jason over the past few years has had an exhilarating journey from technical resource to strategic IT Leader and in this session answered questions of the audience and shared many tips, tricks, insights and also several dead-ends he came across.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/82-transform-it-into-a-strategic-business-partner/
Starring: Bettina Horvath.
Abstract: Bettina helps us to understand that selling is a human trait and not something to be afraid of or negative about. There are a few basic rules to become better at selling our ideas to others. With many IT Leaders being introverts, Bettina shows that this might actually be an advantage and gives many helpful hints and one special trick!
Read more/watch video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/80-sell-yourself-the-importance-for-any-it-leader-to-be-able-to-sell-themselves-inside-the-organisation/
Starring: Dimitar Karaivanov.
Abstract: It is called "the Swiss army knife for IT Leaders" for a reason. Not only is Kanban applicable for teams or portfolios, but it is as relevant for getting your personal productivity in order. So says Dimitar who shares with us his tips, tricks, experiences and his core understanding of Kanban.
Read more/watch video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/79-kanban-for-personal-productivity/
Starring: Dimitar Karaivanov.
Abstract: Kanban as a method can be applied to any process and used by any business function and at any business level. While addressing questions from a webinar audience, Dimitar shares highly applicable strategies for the IT Leader to implement and promote Kanban through the organisation.
Read more/watch video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/kanban-for-it-leaders-in-mid-sized-businesses/
Starring: Paul Galland.
Abstract: Governance is often seen as a bad thing and a big hurdle, especially if you are working in a mid-market organisation. Paul provides some insight from his many years of experience on this topic. He especially goes quite into detail on the difference between soft and hard governance and how every organisation does have a huge amount of soft governance in place, whether you realise it or not. He does also warn against throwing out the baby with the bathwater when the need for some more hard governance has come.
Read more/watch video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/77-governance-is-your-friend/
Starring: Craig Armour.
Abstract: IT Leaders are increasingly and often expected to create IT Strategies that add real business value. Craig and Mathias first discuss several theoretical models, but quickly dive deeper and look at concrete steps that IT and other leaders can take to determine the needs of their own organisation and how to go about implementing them.
Read more/watch video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/76-the-value-divide-aligning-technology-to-business-needs/
Starring: John Dobbin.
Abstract: ‘Agility’ has become a buzzword. Based on the success witnessed in digital teams, many companies are now striving to make their entire organisations ‘agile’. Every major management consultancy is pushing it. John discusses the core concepts that underpin business agility and why nothing less than a paradigm shift is needed to break the shackles of 100 years of industrial-era management thinking.
Read more/watch video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/75-business-agility-does-not-equal-agile-software-delivery-on-steroids/
Starring: Debbie Baird.
Abstract: Debbie has had quite a different career journey than probably a majority of IT Managers, but this has put her into a position to maybe look at the role a bit more objectively and help her identify what is needed today and into the future and how this role can be a major change agent in many organisations. Rather start with your peers - the heads of other business teams - and make them excited about the possibilities that technology can bring to their departments.
Read more/watch video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/74-a-new-breed-of-it-manager-embracing-change/
Starring: Judy Rees and Steve McCann.
Abstract: Remote working has some great features. People get to avoid nightmare commutes and work from places that suit them, with a diverse bunch of skilled colleagues from all over the world. Organisations can access a wider pool of talent and cut office costs. BUT, they're often boring and ineffective. That leads to poor communication, misunderstandings, conflicts and broken work relationships. You'll learn here some simple tweaks that can turn remote meetings you attend into compelling, creative conversations.
Read more/watch video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/73-how-to-fix-remote-works-most-troublesome-bug-ghastly-online-meetings/
Starring: Dr. Klaus Leopold.
Abstract: "Do not start by making teams agile – this will save your nerves and lots of money!" We delve a bit deeper into this statement and Klaus introduces his model of three Flight Levels. He also specifically look at (mid-market) companies who are only starting out on their journey, how to approach such a situation and which flight level you should be initially focusing on to prevent heading down a dead end, to begin with.
Read more/watch video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/72-rethinking-agile/
Starring: Brennen McLean and Rashid Golchin.
Abstract: Small and mid-sized businesses often don't know where to start when tackling business process optimisation and automation. We deliberate on how to get started with mapping out, optimising and automating business processes. All this needs a breakdown of silo thinking within the business, but also the inclusion of specialist knowledge that no business of that size can be expected to have in-house or easily develop. The discussion therefore naturally flows to the topic on how to engage with external consultants on a short and longer-term basis to optimise the outcomes whilst keeping expenses in check.
Read more/watch video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/71-how-non-it-clients-respond-to-visual-workflow-tools/
Starring: Philippe Guenet.
Abstract: When people think about digital transformations, the first elements that come to mind are new technologies and the adoption of Agile ways-of-working. When questioning later why change is struggling, most will mention People and Leadership. Many opinions then get expressed making it very confusing. Philippe clears it up Digital Leadership and how we can help to shape it. The discussion leads to the topic of how to build the intelligence and the autonomy of teams, how this challenges traditional leadership. Also touched is Classics like Kaizen and what to make of them in complex volatile environments.
Read more/watch video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/70-the-leadership-side-of-digital-change/
Starring: Gerard Chiva.
Abstract: After 15 years of the famous Agile Manifesto, very few companies have been able to really benefit from Agile. As a result, many managers and executives do not even want to hear about Agile anymore. Gerard touches on the few basic things you need to do in order to achieve a strategic breakthrough, everything else is just patches or pretending to be. He specifically elaborates on the traps of Agile and how to succeed by applying fundamental principles of Lean Thinking.
Read more/watch video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/69-lean-management-operational-excellence-as-a-business-strategy/
Starring: Nico Fourie.
Abstract: For IT Leader Nico Fourie "the second most successful employee is a computer". Mentioning what lead to it and how his team is building on this success, he explains how this way of looking at the process did make it visible and understandable for his business leadership. This naturally resulted in discussing Nico's nearly 18 months as part of a Mastermind Group and how it has helped him in his business. We also delved a bit deeper into his Mastermind Group experience in general.
Read more/watch video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/68-measurements-masterminds/
Starring: Annette Vendelbo.
Abstract: Achieving higher organizational agility is high on many businesses’ wish list. Understandably so, as there is plenty of evidence that agile organizations perform better and are more efficient than businesses that are not.
But how do you get beyond the agile hype to robust agile transformations? How do you make it clear that agile comes with a price? How do you make managers understand that agile is not just a ‘team thing’?
Annette talks about the dark side of agile and the dos and don’ts in agile transformations.
Read more/watch video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/67-the-dark-side-of-agile/
Starring: Branden Patience.
Abstract: IT Leader Branden looks back on his nearly 3 years of Mastermind Group attendance. What did he initially sign up for and did he get it? He gives examples as to how he as a person and the group as a whole has grown over time.
After outgrowing his first group in 2016, and he switched to another group. Branden explains how this helped him to take another big step forward. He reflects on how the focus areas of the respective groups were and are different depending on the maturity and focus of the members and how important the proper allocation into the correct group is.
Read more/watch video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/66-my-mastermind-group-coaching-journey/
Starring: Alex Novkov.
Warning: This episode is rich in graphics, and we advise you to rather watch the video (link at the bottom).
Abstract: The Kanban Maturity Model is a fantastic resource for leaders that want to achieve business agility, deliver on customer expectations, and achieve predictable economic outcomes. The 7 levels of the model contain a total number of 132 evolving sub-practices regarding visualization, limiting work in progress, managing flow, making policies explicit, establishing feedback loops and achieving continuous improvement.
Here we will encounter many of them in practice through an hour-long journey through maturity levels 1 to 4. For this purpose, we're going to use Kanbanize, a lean management platform supporting mature end-to-end Kanban implementation.
[Please note that this is the second of a two-session mini-series. In Episode 64 Teodora Bozheva and David J. Anderson, the authors of the Kanban Maturity Model give an introduction to the model and how it can help mid-size organizations become more adaptive and competitive.]
Read more/watch video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/65-the-kanban-maturity-model-advancing-from-level-1-to-4-with-kanbanize/
Starring: Teodora Bozheva and David Anderson.
Abstract: David Anderson has coined the seven levels of organizational maturity and here, together with Theodora Bozheva they discuss how it can help mid-size organizations become more adaptive and competitive. That is, how organizations evolve through them and what benefits and business outcomes they gain at each level. At the end of the session, you will have a basic understanding of the KMM, how to start with it, and where to find more information about it.
[This is the first of a two-session mini-series. In the next Episode, Alex Novkov from Kanbanize will address the topic from a technological point of view and will show us how to practically implement the Kanban Maturity Model.]
Read more/watch video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/64-the-kanban-maturity-model-and-how-it-can-help-mid-size-organizations-become-more-adaptive-and-competitive/
Starring: Mark Calvert.
Abstract: IT Leader Mark Calvert is relating many of the milestones, big and small wins, but also pitfalls that he had to navigate in the past two years since starting a drive to centrally coordinate all improvement projects in their company.
What started as an initiative driven by him as part of the operational management team has over time become a semi-dedicated project management role with regular meetings with all stakeholders.
More recently they also got into the position to have the capacity to kick off the first continuous improvement drive.
Read more/watch video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/63-implementing-project-portfolio-management-and-continuous-improvement/
Starring: Claudio Perrone.
Abstract: We want to be faster. We need to learn faster. Tools and technology can help, but only to a point. We know it’s a battle of mindsets. But most of us are so busy firefighting, that it’s hard to see how we can grow and leverage the human potential of the people we lead and serve. Companies who try some of those big, planned, top-down, and loud transformation initiatives, quickly discover how organisational inertia can violently fight back. Most “successful” examples took years of blood and sweat. Plus, they usually required sustained sponsorship... which you may not have. Let’s face it: Nobody likes to be a change recipient. We want to be players, not pawns.
Claudio introduces us to his favourite stealth tactic to quietly hack into the prevailing culture and terraform organisations. Do you want to bring “light” to your team/organisation? Start from the shadows!
Read more/watch video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/62-lets-chat-about-popcornflow-stealth-how-to-fight-organisational-inertia-from-the-shadows/
Starring: John Fisher.
Abstract: John asks: "What does it really mean to Run IT as a Business? It is something that many CIO’s have thought about and it is a whole new way to look at the IT function. In most cases, IT operates as a cost center or a shared service, not as a profit center. Running IT as a business is not really about IT being a profit center; it is about IT running as if it was a business. IT departments have customers like any business, but do you have a marketing plan, do you have a product development organization, how aligned are you with the business you serve?
We explore the topic of running IT as a business and running IT as part of the greater business outcome of the entire organisation. But we quickly also realised that this very much starts with the mindset of the IT Leader. "Keeping the lights on" is seen as "table stakes" and the real value can only be unlocked if the IT Leader stops seeing themselves as a technical person and starts thinking, talking and acting like a leader and business manager who also knows technology.
Read more/watch video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/61-running-it-as-a-business/
Starring: Hendré Claassen.
Abstract: Hendré gives some background as to what triggered Fruitways to add Business Analysts – first to the IT team and later into the different business units. He does touch on the prerequisites and gives recommendations on how to start and evolve this service to the business by interrogating his own journey. Mathias and Hendré furthermore discuss what the role of a Business Analyst comprises of and how the ideal candidate for this role looks like. They also touch on how to select the tools for the service, with the specific eye on the constraints of any midmarket company.
More info: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/60-the-impact-of-adding-business-analysts-to-the-it-team/
Starring: Richard Doucet.
Abstract: Richard Doucet talks about the five years he is now at Armour Transport. When he arrived, he found a team in disarray and without much pride in their work.
Throughout our discussion he shared quite a few nuggets about some key initiatives and milestones that helped him to build a well-performing IT department, a team that understands that their eventual purpose is to keep the trucks moving.
It was not always plain sailing, but one can hear the pride when he shares how business leaders are these days praising the work and attitude of the team.
Read more/watch video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/59-5-years-from-chaos-to-control/
Starring: Emile van den Berg.
Abstract: Being more than 15 years in the IT industry, Emile has been around the block several times.
He shares some of his background and we discussed the differences between having been at several ICT service providers and now being part of an internal IT team, between having worked for corporates vs now in a mid-market organisation and between having spent most of his time in and around cities to now work in a rural setting.
We also delved a bit into his own focus change from being a technician to now leading a team and how he had and constantly has to change his mindset.
And lastly, we touched a bit on the future and how the three GWK IT leaders are approaching the next steps for IT to enable the business to thrive.
Read more/watch video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/58-from-technician-to-it-infrastructure-manager-and-beyond/
Starring: Mila, Dani & Deni from Flow-e.
Abstract: “I am too busy to clean up my inbox and reach the inbox-zero state.” But being busy is what drives us to success, right? And, of course, it is naïve to think that the amount emails we receive every day will drop in number. To resolve the email problem of the busy professional, we need to apply a different approach to the way we visualize our inbox.
The team shows you how to apply the right email principles and methods to create and preserve a continuous flow toward a clean email inbox.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/57-taming-your-inbox-let-it-flow-the-kanban-way/
Starring: Mathias Tölken & Mark Geschke.
Abstract: In this closing Q&A session of the successful 2018 Summit for IT Leaders, the hosts give an overview of their vision for the community of IT Leaders.
What ensued was a lively discussion about the needs of IT Leaders and people in general for supporting communities and what the attendees see as potential next steps for this community of IT Leaders.
Read more/watch video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/the-power-of-community/
Starring: Paul Galland.
Abstract: Paul swiftly introduces the Evolution of Information Management and opens the floor for questions from the audience of IT Leaders. A discussion followed from the following:
Should you move your data to the cloud? What is the motivation behind it? Is it financially viable? Is all data valuable? Should we not leverage the data and make it more accessible? What's a good practical way to determine when to archive data? How do we know that data is not ever going to be used? How do we implement master data management? What is the best, a tool or defining a data management strategy?
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/lets-chat-about-the-evolution-of-information-management-with-paul-galland/
Starring: Jochen Köcher.
Abstract: Listen to what other IT leaders asked Jochen about this topic. The discussion focused more on the basics of GDPR and what IT's role in the entire discussion/implementation is.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/lets-chat-about-gdpr-with-jochen-kocher/
Starring: Mike Sisco.
Abstract: Mike used the following guiding questions to talk about the modern IT organisation. A lively informal discussion followed with some questions from attendees at the 2018 Summit for IT Leaders:
- How can IT break out of the purely technical narrative?
- What is the role of the IT Leader in strategic business discussions?
- Who are the people in the C-Suite that the IT Leader should partner with and whom should IT report to?
- Is communication really that important? And if yes, what type of communication?
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/lets-chat-about-the-modern-it-organisation-with-mike-sisco/
Starring: Bettina Horvath.
Abstract: Bettina used the following guiding questions to talk about Personal Development. A discussion then followed with some questions from attendees at the 2018 Summit for IT Leaders:
- Why is personal development important?
- What makes you tick? Who do you want to be in future? What kind of person is this? And what do you need to do to become this person?
- How can we "future proof" ourselves and our career in the light of the looming technological upheaval?
- How do you approach this and what are the options?
- What is "applied improv" and how can it help with personal and team development?
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/lets-chat-about-personal-development-with-bettina-horvath/
Starring: Tom Hendricksen.
Abstract: Tom used the following guiding questions to talk about IT Career options. A lively discussion followed with some questions from attendees at the 2018 Summit for IT Leaders:
- Which courses and education options are "in" and what applies to me?
- What is a "T-shaped" individual and why should you be one?
- What is the effect of technology on the future labour market and what does that mean for my career?
- Is networking important and if yes, then with whom?
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/lets-chat-about-your-it-career-with-tom-henricksen/
Starring: Yasen (Jason) Spasov.
Abstract: In this sponsored session of the Summit for IT Leaders, Jason talks about Kanbanize is a Kanban Software for Lean Management that helps you visualize your work and instantly see project status.
Boosted with an arsenal of Business Rules and Premium Analytics, teams can track dependencies, make their workflow more predictable and deliver much faster.
Kanbanize gives the toolkit to manage the constant flow of planned and unplanned requests so teams can communicate conflicts and manage throughput more effectively.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/lean-it-operations-with-kanbanize/
Starring: Johan Pretorius.
Abstract: IT Leader Johan Pretorius shares his experience on the topic of Digital Transformation with delegates during the 2018 Summit for IT Leaders of his experience on the topic of Digital Transformation. Using the following guiding questions, a lively discussion followed:
- Is IT-led Digital Transformation possible and/or desirable?
- How would one approach it and what are the prerequisites?
- Who else in the business needs to be involved?
- Are there any tips, tricks, and tools that help along the journey?
- What worked for you?
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/lets-chat-about-digital-transformation-with-johan-pretorius/
Starring: Dimitar Karaivanov.
Abstract: Dimitar shares his expertise in Advanced Kanban, establishing Digital Transformation, with delegates during the 2018 Summit for IT Leaders. Using the following guiding questions, a lively discussion followed:
- What is a Lean Transformation Roadmap?
- How do you start?
- How do you advance and sustain the results?
- Which are the most common mistakes and are there established good practices?
Would you like more information about the Lean Transformation Roadmap? (See also the following article. There's a great infographic that you can refer to as well.)
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/lets-chat-about-advanced-lean-or-kanban-with-dimitar-karaivanov/
Starring: Craig Armour.
Abstract: Craig shares his expertise on Agile with delegates during the 2018 Summit for IT Leaders. Listen to what other IT leaders asked Craig about this topic.
Do these insights also apply to you?
- Is here may be an answer to a question you always wanted to ask but did not yet have the chance to?
- Do you need an explanation of some Agile concepts?
- Is Agile only feasible for software development or also in IT operations?
- Not sure if / how Agile applies for your mid-market IT team?
- Where and how should you start?
- Is it okay to fail?
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/lets-chat-about-agile/
Starring: Mark Geschke.
Abstract: The IT Leader Growth Summit contains great insights and solutions to overcome particular challenges and help you grow. Unfortunately, however, there is a good chance that you will only hear and see what agrees with your own beliefs of IT leadership in mid-sized businesses. In many instances, these beliefs help you to filter important information from not so important information, but occasionally they also limit your opportunity to open ourselves up for new ideas that could unlock huge growth. Mark highlights the 10 most limiting beliefs he has observed while working with IT leaders from mid-sized businesses. Doesn’t matter if you are in a tactical, operational or strategic IT leadership role, even if there is one limiting belief you will challenge as a result of this, the time spent watching this 30-minute presentation will have been worth your while. Warning: It is not easy to identify and change a limiting belief!
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/opening-keynote/
Starring: Brian Pinnock.
Abstract: Email is the number-one business application used by companies. It’s also the number-one vector used to execute cyber attacks. A defense-only security strategy alone is not designed to protect against the level and volume of advanced attacks.
Brian discusses how continuing to invest in disparate technologies and focus on a defense-only security strategy will lead to consequences like intellectual property loss, unplanned downtime, decreased productivity and increased vulnerabilities.
The only way for organisations to get ahead of cyber criminals and holistically protect their business is to adopt a new approach to email security. Organisations need to embrace Cyber Resilience for Email by ensuring they have security before, continuity during and are able to recover after an attack.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/cyber-resilience-for-email/
Starring: Jean-Pierre Brits.
Abstract: Digital transformation is probably the number one topic in business at the moment. The customer is a the center of it all. They are informed, enabled and empowered. And since we live in a globally connected economy they and come with demands and expectations fueled by your global competitors. An analogy can be drawn between a Rubik's cube, your organization, its products and service offerings and digital transformation itself.
The key points of this analogy are:
- Consists of connected elements.
- Elements are connected in a value chain.
- The value chain can be viewed from different perspectives.
- Elements are continuously shuffled within the value chain towards completion.
In this session Jean-Pierre will cover:
- Why it is all about the customer.
- How to initiate our digital transformation journey.
- Why a business model is important.
- Why it is important to take an MVP approach.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/simplified-approach-towards-getting-you-to-digitally-transform/
Starring: Jacopo Romei.
Abstract: We are used to relying on contracts as recovery devices, made up to protect us when things go wrong: “read, this is what we said”, or “read, this is what we expect from you!”.
This is definitely not enough. Knowledge work needs a way on a deeper level of collaboration which happens despite usual contracts rather than thanks to those.
We don’t know anything better than a positional negotiation style: they say 1000, we say 500 and we hope to meet somewhere around 750, losing energy, time, money(!) and, ultimately, the will to do our best.
If there are healthy negotiation principles, what happens if we take them to the extreme, by learning the purest lesson from every past project? Is there any chance to put better contracts in place, meant to help us develop and deliver more value together? Jacopo calls this chance “Extreme Contracts” and he is not afraid to tell what happened when he tried them out.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/extreme-contracts/
Starring: Ray Leslie.
Abstract: When Ray started his current position, IT was seen as a necessary evil. In the past months, there has been a dramatic shift. Ray will take us along on his journey from being tactical to an operational IT Leader and beyond.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/taking-it-from-a-mere-support-function-to-a-critical-business-capability/
Speaker: Nico Fourie.
Abstract: Nico shares with us his personal journey at BDO South Africa over the past decade and how the business slowly changed from a relatively small regional auditor to a nationwide auditing firm with international ties. He relates what that meant to the IT Department and the steps it took to get IT into the position of trusted partner to the business.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/building-a-progressive-it-function-in-a-growing-auditing-organisation/
Starring: Moerieda Mackay.
Abstract: Moerieda helps us explore Design Thinking as a process for complex problem solving and innovation. We will define what design and design thinking is, how it brings value and how to get going with it in organisation in a very simplistic manner.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/design-thinking/
Starring: Charles Araujo.
Abstract: How do you have an impact in your career, within your organization — in your life — at a time in which machines are seemingly running everything? The post-industrial ‘Digital Era’ is fundamentally changing everything we know about how the world works.
A new generation of smart machines, powered by artificial intelligence and algorithms are changing how we work and live. The simple, pre-ordained pathways of the Industrial Age are no longer available to us.
We must chart a new course for ourselves and our organizations to find purpose and profit in a very different world. But the answer is not as simple as just becoming more technology savvy or merely changing the way we work.
In a future in which we will automate anything we can reduce to an algorithm, you must embrace the very qualities that make us human and rediscover three surprising skills that will unleash the creativity, imagination, and empathy that machines do not possess.
In fact, the secret to your success and fulfillment — and the success of any team or organization you lead — will not be in merely becoming more ‘digital,’ but in embracing your humanness to find your digital purpose in the new human age.
(Additional info: this is the first time he is talking publicly about his upcoming book - the title and abstract are verbatim his working title and abstract for the book at current. The three words in bold are the factors that in his mind define our humanness and that he focused on in his talk)
Read more/watch video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/the-new-human-age/
Starring: Doug Batchelor.
Abstract: “In Microsoft we are our own biggest customer. This is extremely important as we deploy all our new innovations and technologies to our own 220 000 users worldwide before taking it to the market. The digital transformation of Microsoft is taking place while we continue to deliver significant value to our shareholders. This experience puts us in a unique position to guide and advise our customers as they embark on their digital transformation journeys.”
Doug shares some of his experiences from a technology and a IT Leadership perspective.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/how-microsoft-deploys-and-uses-their-own-technologies/
Starring: Peter Reid.
Abstract: The most common question an AI expert can get today is “will the machines take over?”. While this is usually a bit tongue-in-cheek, the fact remains that AI is having an immediate and pervasive impact on everyone’s lives, from simplifying our image searches to dramatically changing the jobs landscape in certain industries. Peter explores the impact of AI on our future, from the next six months to when the machines do actually take over.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/so-when-will-the-machines-take-over/
Speaker: Jason Sichkaryk.
Abstract: Jason Sichkaryk shares his journey over the past years and how he managed to get all the more buy-in from the business for his vision for the organisation.
It was definitely not all plain-sailing and the transformation is ongoing, but Jason learned many important lessons along the way and shares them in this session to give others a head-start and some encouragement.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/dx-from-the-bottom-up/
Starring: Gaby Schwarz.
Abstract: Why is it, that still only one-third of IT employees are women? Why do we still think, that women can not pursue jobs in technology, specifically when it comes to management positions? And why should we seek for more female technologists at all?
The way into the digital business transformations more than ever forces us to create a resilient workforce, populated with people with different perspectives. IT leaders need to ensure to create their teams with more diversity in order to make them sustainable.
Gaby is looking forward to sharing with you her insights into diversity in IT, based on her experiences as an employee at HPE, as well as a consultant for several customers in IT industries.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/diversity-is-good-for-business/
Starring: Desmond Torr & Jodrico Jansen van Vuuren.
Abstract: With the rise of cybercrime at the moment, we cannot sit back and fall victims to these criminals any longer.
The two IT guys discuss cybersecurity and a set of techniques we can employ to protect our systems availability, integrity and data secrecy against the wide range of threats inherited when connecting to the internet.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/cybersecurity-the-best-defense-is-a-good-offense/
Starring: Susanne Hellweg.
Abstract: Agile work, especially SCRUM emphasizes building co-located teams.
But the reality of a lot of companies is different. Remote Teamwork has become more of the norm and a lot of teams work in some form distributed.
Susanne looks at some practical steps you can undertake and tips you can use to set up or develop your remote teams. Distribution can work very well, but different factors have to be taken into consideration when working remote.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/practical-advice-on-setting-up-and-developing-remote-agile-teams/
Starring: Bettina Horvath.
Abstract: IT development is fast moving away from being in a facilitator role that simply supports an organisation to achieve their goals.
Today IT has to drive change and growth in companies. IT-leaders are more and more asked to sit at the strategic table and help move the company forward.
Thus they need to move out of a managerial role and into a leadership role.
They are tasked with finding high-quality people and keeping them and help develop the company’s vision. Bettina discusses how to go about developing their own leadership skills.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/developing-the-leader-in-it-leader/
Starring: Mike Burrows.
Abstract: Nearly two decades into the 21st century and with nearly as much time passed since the Agile Manifesto was written, what have we learned about change?
Which is better: “top-down”, with the challenge of overcoming resistance to change, or “bottom up”, perhaps never gathering momentum?
Is it indeed a dichotomy, or can we find a third way for organizational transformation that is simultaneously respectful, ambitious, and sustainable? We’ll explore a synthesis of ideas and techniques old and new, identifying along the way some widely-held beliefs that are now well past their sell-by date.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/managing-change-in-the-21st-century/
Starring: Matt Philip.
Abstract: In today’s digital-service economy, IT organizations need not only the ability to change but to change in the right direction.
That is, they need to be able to sense and respond to feedback in order to continuously recognize and measure gaps in their understanding of the customer’s view of their fitness for purpose.
Though the standard agile feedback loops -- product demo, team retrospective, and automated tests — provide valuable awareness of health and fitness, many teams and their stakeholders struggle to find a reliable way to understand an important area of feedback, including their level of agility: the fitness of their service delivery.
Matt introduces the service-delivery review as the forum for this feedback. The context will be for software-delivery teams but the lessons will be applicable for any team, group or department that provides a service.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/the-service-delivery-review-the-missing-agile-feedback/
Starring: Panel of IT Leaders.
Abstract: It is relatively easy to map out a career progression for a technical resource. It is a different kettle of fish to do the same for an IT Leader in a mid-sized organisation. The panel will discuss the following points:
- Is an MBA the only option to make the jump into the management suite?
- What about formal short-courses, online learning or just-in-time internet research?
- Should you get yourself a mentor or coach?
- Does peer-coaching provide lasting value?
- Or is maybe job-hopping to break through a glass ceiling a viable alternative?
- How should I plan and map out my next steps?
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/how-do-i-get-to-the-next-level-in-my-career/
Starring: Armin Wieland.
Abstract: Digital Transformation has been a trending topic over the last few years.
Many organizations have jumped to take advantage of the opportunity, but many have failed to make a real impact and have subsequently de-tuned or even totally abandoned their Digital Transformations efforts.
But quite a few have shown tremendous success that makes news headlines, make great case studies and will make shareholders smile.
Armin has lead the Digital Transformation Program at a mid-sized Group of Companies and will share insights on what went well, roadblocks on the way and will give advice to Digital change Leaders in organizations if he could start all over again.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/my-dx-journey/
Starring: Karl Scotland.
Abstract: Strategy deployment is a style of organisational improvement that engages the entire workforce in figuring out how the business can survive and thrive.
Karl will introduce strategy deployment using a framework called the X-Matrix - an A3 format that concisely visualises the alignment of aspirations, strategies, tactics, and evidence on a single sheet of paper.
With this approach, a transformation can be viewed as a form of catchball, a lean process where ideas are passed around an organisation as teams collaborate to experiment and discover solutions.
In this way, solutions emerge from the people closest to the problem, rather than being defined and imposed by management.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/strategy-deployment-with-the-x-matrix/
Starring: Rika Myburg.
Abstract: Rika started her IT career in 1995 at one of South Africa's major banks.
There she spent 15+ years in various IT leadership positions and in 2014 took up her current position as Head of IT at GWK, a mid-market Agricultural business.
Rika shares with us her experience of the difference between enterprise and mid-market and what unique challenges await IT Leaders in the latter sector.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/it-leadership-in-a-mid-market-organisation/
Starring: Emile van den Berg, Jason Sichkaryk and Richard Doucet
Abstract: A panel of IT Leaders addresses the issue of underperforming stuff with the following guiding questions:
- How do we handle a team member who does not pull their weight?
- Is it all about training, developing and accommodating the person?
- Or is there a time when it would be better to part ways?
- And how would we go about it either way?
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/how-to-deal-with-underperforming-it-staff/
Starring: Branden Patience, Ingo Hallbauer & Ralph Hendricks.
Abstract: Sometimes a key member of the team leaves, sometimes they are "just" off sick for an extended period. A panel of IT Leaders discusses coping strategies around the loss of a critical staff member:
How do you deal with this situation?
The short and long-term strategies will usually be different. How?
And what if the business decides not to replace this member of staff? What does this mean for you and the team?
Read more/watch the video
Starring: A panel of performant IT Leaders.
Abstract: A subset of the IT Leaders representing one of the Xuviate IT Leader Mastermind Groups, who meet every 2 weeks for 2h in a Mastermind session, weigh in with their experiences.
All members of this group are IT Leaders in mid-market companies. They are here t0 share their top tips, tricks and tools that made a difference for them and their teams.
For this recording, we deviated a bit from our usual session program and picked their brain to get some tips and tricks on the topic.
This is a topic that every IT Leader would know and we have regularly got hotseats that discuss it or a derivative.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/increasing-it-team-performance/
Starring: Adam Shapiro.
Abstract: Adam discusses the need and benefits of process automation by addressing the following guiding questions:
- Do I need a system?
- What are the benefits?
- Where do I start?
This session will give some insight into our experience in the field of process automation.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/why-should-i-automate-our-business-processes-and-where-do-i-start/
Starring: A panel of IT Leaders.
Abstract: A subset of the IT Leaders representing one of the Xuviate IT Leader Mastermind Groups, who meet every 2 weeks for 2h in a Mastermind session, weigh in with their experiences.
They share their top tips, tricks and coping strategies that made a difference for them and their teams.
All members of this group are IT Leaders in mid-market companies.
For this recording, we deviated a bit from our usual session program and picked their brain to get some tips and tricks on the topic.
This is a topic that every IT Leader would know and we have regularly got hotseats that discuss it or a derivative.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/help-i-am-too-busy/
Starring: A panel of practitioners
Abstract: To be exact, these are a few members of the Xuviate DXP Mastermind Group, where DXP stands for Digital Transformation Practitioner.
They are a global group of just under 20 Practitioners from 9 countries, 4 continents and 15 time zones who meet every 2 weeks for 2h in a Mastermind session.
All members of this group do have 15+ years experience.
Some of them have been consultants for most of their career, but the majority have previously worked "on the other side of the fence" - mainly in IT departments incorporates and mid-sized organisations.
We did deviate a bit from the usual session program and Mathias picked their brain to get some tips and tricks on how to best engage with consultants.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/how-best-to-engage-with-consultants/
Starring: Mike Sisco.
Abstract: There are three main reasons why an IT organization fails, and each of these issues can do major damage to your career. Learn what the three threats to IT success are and put in simple preventive measures to improve the success of any IT organization.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/attack-the-triple-threat-to-it-success/
Starring: Judy Rees.
Abstract: IT leaders need to deliver the right solutions, quickly, in order to be seen as credible partners within their organisations. And to do that, they need to ask the right questions, in the right way.
With the right questions, you gain greater clarity, reducing misunderstandings and conflicts. You become more proficient at managing and influencing relationships with key stakeholders.
This leads to higher quality projects, faster development cycles, and more satisfied customers, employees and partners.
But how, specifically, do you ask the right questions?
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/how-to-ask-the-right-questions/
Starring: Karyn Greenstreet.
Abstract: The latest must-have key to success: Mastermind Groups.
The popularity of mastermind groups and peer coaching is growing as people just like you are finding the success they want through sharing best practices with your peers.
Whatever your concern – leadership, managing a team, career development, strategic decision-making, or mindset – a mastermind group can support your growth in your personal and professional life.
Why go alone when you can have your peers support you?
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/the-power-of-mastermind-groups/
Starring: A panel of women in IT.
Abstract: Four Panelists, all women who have worked in or with IT for 15+ years, share their experiences of often being the only female team members and how the situation changed over time, by company size and as they climbed the ranks.
Is it really just about equality or can we embrace our differences? And what are these female traits?
And lastly we discussed how women can support other women throughout their career.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/women-in-it-leadership/
Starring: Martijn Aslander.
Abstract: Martijn talks about his passion: the impact of the Network- and Information Age on the nearby future of work and organisations.
A lot of people talk about the 4th Industrial Revolution, but to him, this so-called revolution has NOTHING to do with industries.
The rapid evolvement of interconnected people, ideas and information lead to a fundamentally different way of approaching and solving problems worldwide.
A lot of businesses (and governments) exist, because of friction in markets that can be capitalised.
And the dynamics of the market game itself are changing. This is all being caused by technology.
Most of the boards that Martijn speaks to tend to think that tech is part of IT. But it is the other way around - IT is in actual fact part of tech.
And the typical modern organisation is not very good at addressing or dealing with this issue. Martijn elaborates on this in his talk.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/the-4th-industrial-revolution-has-nothing-to-do-with-industry/
Starring: Tim Dixon.
Abstract: Tim, having served as learning and innovation consultant for 25+yrs, shares three case studies grounded in theories of organizational transformation to outline IT Leaders’ role as culture change-agent to support a SME’s execution of digitization strategy for business growth.
Data illustrates the impact of initiatives involving diverse stakeholders beyond the IT leader, ensuring change-leadership learning programs supported technology-based transformation.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/driving-culture-change-to-support-execution-of-digitization-strategy/
Starring: Philipp Kellner.
Abstract: Real-life lessons learned from an experienced change manager and notorious “everything should be faster” thinker.
Philipp will let you have a short look at the easy part of a fast IT production setup and more importantly on “everything but IT” - like finance, procurement, nearshoring, outsourcing, HR, resource management, security, hierarchies, politics, managing management, communication and most importantly empowering employees.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/be-faster-case-study-and-lessons-learned/
Starring: Tom Henricksen.
Abstract: Leading teams of technology professionals takes a mix of leadership and technical understanding.
Tom will step you through the process of how you can take your technology position and become a leader in your field.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/technoleaders-steps-to-enhance-your-technical-leadership/
Starring: Riaan Strydom.
Abstract: People judge you on what they know about you.
This is a threat, but can also be used as a great opportunity to remodel the image of you, the IT Leader, as well as your team.
In this Case Study, Riaan tells us why the phrase "Perception is Reality" did profoundly change his outlook on life and what it prompted him to do.
He further delves into the power of formal and informal communication and the importance of sticking to your commitments.
Along the way, he shares his learning points and gives tips to anybody who would want to copy some of his successes.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/perception-is-reality/
Starring: Monica Georgieff.
Abstract: If you are an IT manager or CIO that has heard the word 'Kanban' thrown around your professional circuit and want to learn more - this is for you!
The common misconception is that Kanban is merely a task board that helps you visualize your work.
Kanban happens to be much more than that and the way to exploit its potential is to apply it in full!
The Kanban method encompasses the principles of the Lean methodology, aspects of Agile and six core practices that help teams achieve their efficiency goals.
Monica covers the history of the method, the first steps to applying it as well as the benefits and challenges you can expect as a new Kanban practitioner.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/intro-to-kanban/
Starring: Paul Galland.
Abstract: Paul explains how IT departments can help change mindsets in mid-sized businesses: Forget the hype about big data, business intelligence, data lakes, and predictive analytics.
Building a successful business is more about being smart about one's business rather than searching for answers in the data.
This is more true for middle-sized businesses than those at the larger end of town. Learn why its important to refocus your efforts from business intelligence solutions to a set of intelligent business solutions.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/replacing-business-intelligence-with-intelligent-business/
Starring: Philippe Guenet.
Abstract: If you are an IT leader in a mid-sized business, chances are good that you are scratching your head about all the Lean/Agile jargon that is floating around, yet you want to make progress on the Digital Agenda.
You know there is a huge opportunity for improving efficiencies in your IT department and organising for digital innovation, but where do you start?
A must-see session for IT leaders who are just starting with their digital change project and are moving towards a Lean-Agile operating model as well as for more advanced IT leaders who want to brush up on generic concepts.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/busting-the-agile-jargon/
Starring: Craig Armour.
Abstract: What is the one thing that’s holding your business back? It’s probably not what you think it is…
There is one simple metric which defines the speed at which your organisation can move – The speed at which you can make a decision.
And behind each decision lies the information you need to support it.
Bringing information closer to the people who need it will help them to make faster decisions, and accelerate the speed of your business.
Even small improvements to the way information flows through your organisation can bring significant improvements in productivity.
Craig shows us the principles and tools you need to kick start that journey.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/bringing-information-closer-for-an-accelerated-business/
Starring: Stephan Meyer.
Abstract: "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." George Bernard Shaw
You want to create innovation?
Then you must be unreasonable!
But how can you do that?
Or in academic terms: What mindset is needed for generating innovations?
It seems as though we are usually too reasonable to be innovative.
How can you cure that?
Let Stephan Meyer present to you five mindsets of successful "unreasonable" people.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/innovative-mindset/
Starring: Claudio Perrone.
Abstract: Improvement without change is impossible. Yet, most people think about change as big, slow and scary.
But what if you could make it infinitely small and learn to evolve fast, almost as fast as some of the most adaptive microorganisms on earth?
Enter PopcornFlow – an anti-fragile philosophy, principles and actionable techniques to help you fight personal and organizational inertia, introduce fast change and make better decisions under uncertainty through the design and execution of a continuous stream of small, traceable and safe-to-fail experiments.
Don’t get too comfortable with your own cozy routines and mental cages. For a new revolution is now on your doorstep.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/popcornflow-if-change-is-hard-make-it-continuous/
Starring: Johan Pretorius.
Abstract: Johan recounts how they literally overnight transformed an IT team with low morale into an impressive service delivery unit!
The title sounds like magic, but Johan explains exactly how anyone can achieve such outcomes by using decidedly low-tech tools and some easy concepts.
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/double-throughput-by-implementing-kanban/
Starring: Dimitar Karaivanov.
Abstract: Is Portfolio Kanban applicable on team level and what are the KPIs and measurements one can and should apply?
Dimitar, CEO at Kanbanize, is interviewed by Mathias Tölken and gives us an insight into his pet topic of Portfolio Kanban.
During the session, he answers the following important questions:
- How does Portfolio Kanban differ from personal or team Kanban?
- How is Portfolio Kanban applicable on the team level?
- What metrics or KPIs are important?
- How do we bridge the gap between strategy and execution?
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/portfolio-kanban/
Starring: Andrew Smith.
Abstract: Andrew explains how there are 7 layers to data security ... and that knowing how to approach each of them is critical to ensuring the security of any organisation!
- Are some less important than others?
- Which ones should one focus on first?
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/cyber-threats/
Starring: A panel of three Subject Matter Experts and three IT Managers.
Abstract: We get an introduction to the topic from several very different angles (think people/culture, process/policies, and technology).
In the subsequent discussion, we consider what it takes to start off on a journey towards compliance and how to get your company into a "defensible position".
Read more/watch the video: https://www.xuviate.com/expander/episodes/gdpr-popi-where-do-i-start/