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Josephine McGrail#12 Fuel, Flavour & FULL Surrender introducing Nancy EvbuomwanSend us a textIn this episode I sit down with my awesome friend Nancy EvbuomwanFounder & creator of Flavour and fuel, tech genius, motorcycle rider, and all around gorgeous being inside out. Listening to her super personal, empowering story about how she turned and continues to turn ANYTHING in life into a lesson, into medicine and potency left me speechless and very, very grateful to know that world has someone like her inspiring others to TRUST & SURRENDER even when all feels dark and without hope. Grab your blanket and your tea and p...2025-01-141h 44
Product Ops PodcastS3 E6: Nancy Evbuomwan (Agile Coach)On the sixth episode of Season 3 "Listening to our Customers" - we’ll be listening to Nancy Evbuomwan. Nancy is an experienced Agile Coach who has worked at fast growing startups such as Zoopla, Hopin and Infogrid. She also runs her own podcast called Better, Faster, Happier which explores how to create better products, happier teams and faster processes. Listen in for some unique insights into product challenges from an Agile Coach who is passionate about empowering product teams at scale-ups!
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Innovate. Thrive. Other.9 | Let's talk about ... what it really takes to grow and scale a businessHave you ever wondered how to scale or grow your business? We're bombarded with blueprints and '10 steps' to £10k months or 6-figure incomes. Most of time, these methods are not sustainable or as profitable as they first seem.
In this episode we explore what it really takes to grow and scale a business sustainably. It might surprise you!
Join me as I explore this topic with Nancy Evbuomwan, a brilliantly smart and passionate business strategist, founder of Unikable and diversity and inclusion speaker.
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Better, Faster, HappierLeadership and the power of anticipationI had the honour of speaking to the power houses Lois and Carmen from Rebels at Work.Tune in to listen to our conversation, with the following highlights:🔍Anticipation: Having the time to think about what will be on the road ahead.🔍Killing assumptions along the way will lead to better collaboration🔍What % of your processes do you need to change to keep up with the changing environment.Had a light bulb moment on how we can improve the podcast or want to appear on the show as a gues...2020-03-3000 min
So, What's Next?Leadership and the power of anticipationI had the honour of speaking to the power houses Lois and Carmen from Rebels at Work.Tune in to listen to our conversation, with the following highlights:🔍Anticipation: Having the time to think about what will be on the road ahead.🔍Killing assumptions along the way will lead to better collaboration🔍What % of your processes do you need to change to keep up with the changing environment.Had a light bulb moment on how we can improve the podcast or want to appear on the show as a gues...2020-03-3023 minSo, What's Next?The pursuit of better faster happier organisations with Claire DonaldI had the honour to speak to the VP of Engineering at MOO Claire Donald on the subject creating better, faster and happier organizations. Claire doesn't know this but she is a badass and one of my favourite women to talk to about this subject.Tune in to listen to our conversation, with the following highlights:🔍 The role of leadership as a facilitator, motivator and extraction of talent not acommander.🙏 Moving away from a big bi annual pulse survey to monthly incremental pulse checks.🎁 Product and Commercia...2019-11-2330 minBetter, Faster, HappierThe pursuit of better faster happier organisations with Claire DonaldI had the honour to speak to the VP of Engineering at MOO Claire Donald on the subject creating better, faster and happier organizations. Claire doesn't know this but she is a badass and one of my favourite women to talk to about this subject.Tune in to listen to our conversation, with the following highlights:🔍 The role of leadership as a facilitator, motivator and extraction of talent not acommander.🙏 Moving away from a big bi annual pulse survey to monthly incremental pulse checks.🎁 Product and Commercia...2019-11-2300 minBetter, Faster, HappierThe impact of getting closer to the customer.I had the honour to speak to Agile coach Bharti Rupani on the subject creating better, faster and happier organizations.Tune in to listen to our conversation, with the following highlights:🔍 Go into detail with practical advice on how to bring the customer closer to teams.🙏 We have policies in the workplace that come from a place of a mistrust which doesn't allow us to do better.🎁 Lack of clarity around what we're trying to achieve in teams stops us from delivering better products/projects.Had a lig...2019-10-0600 minSo, What's Next?The impact of getting closer to the customer.I had the honour to speak to Agile coach Bharti Rupani on the subject creating better, faster and happier organizations.Tune in to listen to our conversation, with the following highlights:🔍 Go into detail with practical advice on how to bring the customer closer to teams.🙏 We have policies in the workplace that come from a place of a mistrust which doesn't allow us to do better.🎁 Lack of clarity around what we're trying to achieve in teams stops us from delivering better products/projects.Had a lig...2019-10-0625 minBetter, Faster, HappierWe need to talk - the influence of radical candor in teamsPersonal trainer turned Agile Coach, Ben Clayton shares his view on what it takes to create a better, faster and happier teams within organisations.His unique experience as a personal trainer really enables him to have what I would call radical condor conversations with teams and leaders.We explore principles of personal training and how we can learn a thing or two from that when it comes to making teams and organisations better, faster and happier. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2019-09-2700 minSo, What's Next?We need to talk - the influence of radical candor in teamsPersonal trainer turned Agile Coach, Ben Clayton shares his view on what it takes to create a better, faster and happier teams within organisations.His unique experience as a personal trainer really enables him to have what I would call radical condor conversations with teams and leaders.We explore principles of personal training and how we can learn a thing or two from that when it comes to making teams and organisations better, faster and happier. For information regarding your data privacy, visit Acast.com/privacy2019-09-2731 minSo, What's Next?Management is not a reward its an artI had the honour to speak to Nikita Ingratta an experienced Product Manager and fellow Agile Coach on the subject creating better, faster and happier organizations.Tune in to listen to our conversation, with the following highlights:🔍 Management should not be a reward for work as it takes away the importance of getting the right people into the role.🙏 The importance behind trust in teams and organisations, especially when it comes to stakeholders.Had a light bulb moment on how we can improve the podcast or wan...2019-09-1427 minBetter, Faster, HappierManagement is not a reward its an artI had the honour to speak to Nikita Ingratta an experienced Product Manager and fellow Agile Coach on the subject creating better, faster and happier organizations.Tune in to listen to our conversation, with the following highlights:🔍 Management should not be a reward for work as it takes away the importance of getting the right people into the role.🙏 The importance behind trust in teams and organisations, especially when it comes to stakeholders.Had a light bulb moment on how we can improve the podcast or wan...2019-09-1400 minBetter, Faster, HappierCustomising a better, faster and happier workplaceI had the honour to speak to Shar and Frank from Plural Futures lab on the subject creating better, faster and happier organizations.Tune in to listen to our conversation, with the following highlights:🔍 The challenge is to find a balance between efficiency and effectiveness.🎁 We often work based on assumptions, what happens when we get the customer in the room and get them to define what better, faster and happier means and look like.🙏 What happens when a team is able to understand the uniqueness and strengths that each indi...2019-09-0300 minSo, What's Next?Customising a better, faster and happier workplaceI had the honour to speak to Shar and Frank from Plural Futures lab on the subject creating better, faster and happier organizations.Tune in to listen to our conversation, with the following highlights:🔍 The challenge is to find a balance between efficiency and effectiveness.🎁 We often work based on assumptions, what happens when we get the customer in the room and get them to define what better, faster and happier means and look like.🙏 What happens when a team is able to understand the uniqueness and strengths that each indi...2019-09-0326 minBetter, Faster, HappierThe impact of culture and leadership on organisational developmentIn this episode we have an awesome chat with Gidion from Organize Agile, who are based in The Netherlands and New York. We explore what happens when we adopt agile or other tools such as OKRs without a clear sense of what culture we want to build. Moreover we also explored the idea of a leadership team working like a scrum team, imagine the mayhem and awesomeness that would come out of it. Then we also dive into the impact broken relationships have on organisation culture.You may also want to know that Organize Agile are...2019-08-1500 minSo, What's Next?The impact of culture and leadership on organisational developmentIn this episode we have an awesome chat with Gidion from Organize Agile, who are based in The Netherlands and New York. We explore what happens when we adopt agile or other tools such as OKRs without a clear sense of what culture we want to build. Moreover we also explored the idea of a leadership team working like a scrum team, imagine the mayhem and awesomeness that would come out of it. Then we also dive into the impact broken relationships have on organisation culture.You may also want to know that Organize Agile are...2019-08-1526 min
So, What's Next?From managing the burnout burn down to the science behind micro managingIn this episode, we discuss with Dr Aneika Simmons and her husband, Anjuan Simmons, are public speakers who operate at the intersection of business and technology. They share their thoughts about how managing stress can help organisations achieve better business outcomes, deliver faster value to customers, and create a happier workforceHere's the link that covers the topic of their talk at The Lead Developer conference in New York back in April https://anjuansimmons.com/talks/managing-the-burnout-burndown/here's a direct link to a video of us giving the talk: https://youtu.be...2019-06-0335 min
Better, Faster, HappierFrom managing the burnout burn down to the science behind micro managingIn this episode, we discuss with Dr Aneika Simmons and her husband, Anjuan Simmons, are public speakers who operate at the intersection of business and technology. They share their thoughts about how managing stress can help organisations achieve better business outcomes, deliver faster value to customers, and create a happier workforceHere's the link that covers the topic of their talk at The Lead Developer conference in New York back in April https://anjuansimmons.com/talks/managing-the-burnout-burndown/here's a direct link to a video of us giving the talk: https://youtu.be...2019-06-0300 minSo, What's Next?Embedding Continuous ImprovementIn this episode, we discuss with Chris Lacinak, the founder and president from AVP. We explore the topic of continuous improvement and the shadow of perfectionism. In particular, Chris does a great job in providing examples of how AVP is trying to embed continuous improvement and balance of happiness into their DNA.Find out more about AVP here: https://www.weareavp.com For information regarding your data privacy, visit Acast.com/privacy2019-05-2728 minBetter, Faster, HappierEmbedding Continuous ImprovementIn this episode, we discuss with Chris Lacinak, the founder and president from AVP. We explore the topic of continuous improvement and the shadow of perfectionism. In particular, Chris does a great job in providing examples of how AVP is trying to embed continuous improvement and balance of happiness into their DNA.Find out more about AVP here: https://www.weareavp.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2019-05-2700 minSo, What's Next?We Make the Rule BookIn this episode, we discuss with FatFree Media's founder and Director Kate Rostance. Kate shares her thoughts on monitoring your business health both from a financial and mental health perspective. We talk about a wide range of topics from saying no to projects that don't bring value to not needing to abide by the same rules as big businesses. Kate does a great job at reminding us that we make the rule book when it comes to better, faster and happier. Find out more about Fat-Free Media here: https://www.fatfreemedia.co.uk/2019-04-1326 minBetter, Faster, HappierWe Make the Rule BookIn this episode, we discuss with FatFree Media's founder and Director Kate Rostance. Kate shares her thoughts on monitoring your business health both from a financial and mental health perspective. We talk about a wide range of topics from saying no to projects that don't bring value to not needing to abide by the same rules as big businesses. Kate does a great job at reminding us that we make the rule book when it comes to better, faster and happier. Find out more about Fat-Free Media here: https://www.fatfreemedia.co.uk/2019-04-1300 minBetter, Faster, HappierAuthentic Innovation is What CountsIn this episode, we discuss with Happify's science advisor and Head of Behavioural Science at Vervoe Orin Davis. Orin shares his thoughts on what it takes for organizations and startups to create a better, faster and happier organizational environment. We cover a wide range of topic from working smarter to psychological safety and authentic innovation. Personally I learned a lot from Orin and hopefully, you will get value from this episode as well. Find out more about Orin via his website: http://qllab.org/pi/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and...2019-03-2600 minSo, What's Next?Authentic Innovation is What CountsIn this episode, we discuss with Happify's science advisor and Head of Behavioural Science at Vervoe Orin Davis. Orin shares his thoughts on what it takes for organizations and startups to create a better, faster and happier organizational environment. We cover a wide range of topic from working smarter to psychological safety and authentic innovation. Personally I learned a lot from Orin and hopefully, you will get value from this episode as well. Find out more about Orin via his website: http://qllab.org/pi/ For information regarding your data privacy, visit Acast...2019-03-2634 minBetter, Faster, HappierTeaserSubscribe now the better, faster and happier Podcast with Nancy Evbuomwan, which is all about bouncing ideas and exploring what founders, leaders, and business owners are doing to create an environment that is better, faster and happier within their organizations See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2019-01-2400 minSo, What's Next?TeaserSubscribe now the better, faster and happier Podcast with Nancy Evbuomwan, which is all about bouncing ideas and exploring what founders, leaders, and business owners are doing to create an environment that is better, faster and happier within their organizations For information regarding your data privacy, visit Acast.com/privacy2019-01-2400 min