In this short episode you can listen to Phil Crowle talk about his experience leading teams through creating alignment and engagement. Phil recalls the ambivalence he has seen in teams where there is no real emotion or connection to the work they are doing and shares his thoughts on how to avoid this.
Phil also talks about the importance of the right mindset and behaviours at all levels to avoid transparency being weaponised.
We also talk about the value of learning and how this needs to be acknowledged and rewarded, not just outcomes in line with objectives. Appreciation for learning sustains a Continuous Improvement culture.
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Lean Agile Product Development | Project4 Learning Lab
30th May 2022
Why it’s ok not to know what you think you should
- By : Keith Howells
- Business Agility, Lean Agile Product Development
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13th August 2021
Bitesize Learning: How do you know you have had a good day?
- By : Angeline Thorne
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6th August 2021
Bitesize Learning: Data Driven Product Development
- By : Keith Howells
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15th July 2021
Bitesize Learning: Failing Fast versus Right First Time
Listen to Ian Ritchey, former Group Chief Engineer at Rolls-Royce talk about differences in approach of aligning around dates versus risk retirement in product development and how this perhaps needs to change.
- By : Angeline Thorne
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3rd November 2020
Adventures in Leading a Large-Scale Agile Transformation: Part 2 Learnings & Reflections
In Part I, we described our journey in Leading an Agile transformation for a complex hardware product development program in a highly regulated industry within a large multinational company. We didn’t consciously set out to implement ‘Agile’ or lead an Agile transformation. We didn’t have a masterplan describing how we were going to deploy Agile.
- By : Angeline Thorne
- Business Agility, Lean Agile Product Development
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3rd November 2020
Adventures in leading a large-scale Agile transformation: Part 1
Leading a large-scale Agile transformation is hard. It requires relentless focus and discipline to create an environment that empowers teams to deliver innovation at pace. There are thousands of publications describing how this should be done in theory, yet not so many on how to translate that theory into practice. The majority of those that
- By : Angeline Thorne
- Business Agility, Lean Agile Product Development
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29th October 2020
Data Driven Product Development
In this episode we talk with Graham Hopkins and Apurva Sinha about their experiences in Product Development and the critical role that data plays in the delivery of excellent products and programmes. They explain the importance of enabling collaboration and trust across the whole value chain and how the application of purposeful data management practices can deliver higher quality products, more quickly and at lower costs.
Graham is a renowned expert in Product Development and the design of complex products. He was formerly the Group Safety, Technical & Quality Director at Network Rail and Executive Vice-President of Component Engineering at Rolls-Royce plc. Apurva is an expert in Innovation Management, Data Operations, Systems Engineering and Robust Design. He is currently a Director at Cognizant, having previously worked as a Chief Technology Officer in Hitachi Vantara and Head of Innovation and Information Management at Network Rail.
- By : Angeline Thorne
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25th June 2020
Authorised Anarchy
In this episode we talk with Peter Hill about creating the conditions necessary to stimulate innovation in teams or organisations by challenging the status quo. In doing so we conclude that a little bit of authorised anarchy can unlock significant potential and might even be fun sometimes.
Peter has a track record of delivering disruptional innovation, driven by a curiosity about the way things work. Despite his vast experience Peter says “I still make mistakes – but new mistakes.”
- By : Keith Howells
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22nd June 2020
Failing Fast versus Right First Time
Ian Ritchey is a former Group Chief Engineer at Rolls-Royce and is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. In this episode Ian shares his insights relating to leading New Product Development programmes from his long and distinguished career. In a broad-ranging discussion we explore the importance of context when considering topics such as Failing Fast vs Right First Time, Agile vs Waterfall programme management and the importance of retiring risk as early as possible in a programme.
- By : Keith Howells
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