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LEAD Podcast#28 - Future of IT Leadership with Marcel de Vries from XebiaIn this episode, Geert and Rene sit down with Marcel de Vries, global managing director and CTO at Xebia, to explore the future of IT leadership. Marcel shares key insights from his many years of experience, drawing parallels between past technological revolutions—like electricity, cars, and cloud computing—and today’s rapid changes, such as generative AI. They discuss the psychological barriers to change within organizations, emphasizing how fear and fixed mindsets hinder innovation and Marcel highlights the importance of shifting from rigid, policy-driven models to trust-based, enabling models. It is a fast paced episode with a lot of insigh...2025-01-1632 min
Tech Leaders IntelMeasuring What Matters: Unlocking Engineering Productivity with AI and MetricsIn this episode of Tech Leaders Intel, we hosted two industry experts to discuss one of the most critical and often debated topics in software engineering: productivity and performance. Our guests are Gary Stevens, Director of Engineering at Trainline, and Viktor Clerc, an engineering leader at Xebia, both offering insights into what it takes to build high-performing engineering teams.Gary shares his experience in balancing team motivation and productivity at Trainline, focusing on customer lifetime value and efficient software delivery. He highlights the complexity of...2024-12-1951 min
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Teams in TechLet Your Team Follow Their Passion! | Hemant Ramnani (Xebia)Squadify is a team productivity accelerator. Teams like Salesforce, Sanofi, and Endo love Squadify because they achieve 10% increase in productivity, 11% growth in team engagement, 13% uplift on performance year over year, and 60% improvement in happiness at work. Visit us at squadify.net to demo and start accelerating your team performance today!Speaker Biohttps://www.linkedin.com/in/hemantramnani/https://xebia.com/2024-09-1726 min
Tech Leaders IntelThe Value of Forgettable Customer ExperiencesAs the use of artificial intelligence expands and finds more use cases, there remains special interest in its applications for customer service. Retailers and service providers are training AI to retrieve important information in a natural, conversational manner, thereby delighting customers through giving them an unforgettable customer experience. And yet there are instances where delighting the customer isn’t the best approach. When it comes to bare necessities like utilities, perhaps the best customer experience is the one that can’t be remembered.That’s what Adam Waite is betting on. As Head of Digital Conversations & AI wit...2024-06-2643 min
Tech Leaders IntelFintech Problem-Solving: Navigating Hypothetical FrontiersThis episode of Tech Leaders Intel sees Nick Goodwin sit down with Paul Staples, ClearBank’s head of Embedded Banking. Paul has quite the story; originally starting out in the oil industry, he stepped into banking as he swung from working the floors at Goldman Sachs, to being a strategist at Deutsche Bank, then JP Morgan and finally establishing building a case for HSBC as a platform business in Embedded Finance before finally stepping fully into the fintech space with Clearbank. As if all of that isn’t enough, he’s a seed investor by night and an avid g...2024-05-2845 min
Tech Leaders IntelFrom Risk to Reward: The Human-Centric Approach to Business Transformation with AppianStephen Marjot understands what needs to happen in order to make business transformations in the BFSI field a success. Yes, the company must be fully committed, and risks must be mitigated, but it is equally important that transformations must help the staff make them happen as much as help families and small businesses thrive. In an increasingly digital world where customer demands are growing, transformations must be based around people internally rather than the other way around. Serving the colleague so they can serve the customer is how an organization ensures its own prosperous, sustainable, transformative outcomes. Join h...2024-04-0556 min
Tech Leaders IntelBridging the Gap: Navigating Legal and Technology Challenges in BusinessFor this episode of "Tech Leaders Intel," host Andreas Giesa interviews Dr. Timm Neu, Team Lead and Product Owner at Volkswagen. Having gained a global outlook on his profession and life, Timm took a long and winding path to get to Volkswagen; he has studied law, worked in India and the US, and even served a stint with the German embassy in Luxembourg! Timm then spent about 10 years in IT law, including as General Cousel of Cleverbridge and Group Legal Cousel at Volkswagen. He eventually transitioned into IT products and international software development steering. Timm shares his general technology leadership...2024-03-2742 min
Tech Leaders IntelScaling Engineering Teams: A Playbook for SuccessThis week on Tech Leaders Intel, our Mark Jacks sits down with Viator’s Head of Data and Revenue Management, Kiran Padavala. Viator is an Experience Marketplace that inspires travelers to plan and book unique experiences. As a part of the TripAdvisor family, they are continuing to scale following impressive trading results and ambitious plans. Kiran is an experienced technology leader, with a developed playbook that focusses on the core pillars, enablers and metrics to enable successful scaling of technology teams on a global level. One thing that’s evident about Kiran from the outset, is that, through hands...2024-03-2040 min
Tech Leaders IntelConnecting The Dots in Problem-Solving and Relationship-BuildingOn the newest episode of Tech Leaders Intel, Lewis Bicknell sits down with Mark O’Brien, a senior platform manager with the Leeds Building Society. At the start of his career Mark didn’t expect to find himself in such a role having earned a degree in mathematics and working in fields such as development and architecture. He took up a service operations role for LBS and changed the way it works, transformed from batch process-oriented to event-driven organization, which helped fine-tune the Society’s web presence and make it more responsive for potential homeowners using technologies such as AI and SRE...2024-03-1430 min
Tech Leaders IntelBreaking Boundaries: Unconventional Approaches to Data Science LeadershipIn this insightful episode, host Louis Bicknell engages in a thought-provoking conversation with guest Nicholas Bobb, who serves as a trustee of The Data Lab and boasts an extensive background in the financial services industry. Nicholas Bobb's story is particularly compelling as he traces his roots back to the West Indies, detailing his transformative journey to becoming a seasoned data professional in Scotland. Throughout the episode, Nik places a strong emphasis on the critical role of diversity within the realm of data analysis.Key topics discussed in the episode include:Nicholas Bobb's Personal...2024-02-2840 min
Tech Leaders IntelUsing Life Experience to Drive Innovation and Mentor Women in TechWhat makes a leader? Not just an executive title or self-appointed honorific on social media, but someone who can take the breadth of their living and professional experience and channel it into enriching the work of their peers and championing their ideas and efforts to improve their field of expertise.That’s what Carolina Restrepo, a Products, Technology and Innovation Manager at Vanderlande and 2023 Next CIO award-winner, aims to do. Carolina drives innovation and value by emphasizing storytelling as an approach to illustrate the positive changes that technological processes can bring to firms. As someone born in Colombia an...2024-02-2135 min
Tech Leaders IntelFrom Idea to Impact: Lessons in Insurtech InnovationIn a time when insurance providers are pulling coverage due to the increased frequency of events brought on by climate change, more must be done to offer policies that protect people, their homes, and their belongings, as well as ensure that policyholders can get quick initial relief aid in the immediate aftermath of natural disasters.On the newest installment of Tech Leaders’ Intel, Nick Goodwin sits down with Rosina Smith, Chief Product Officer at McKenzie Intelligence Services (MIS). Rosina’s work focuses on event response and closing the knowledge gap in writing premiums for disaster relief and...2024-01-1245 min
Tech Leaders IntelRecognizing Patterns and Connecting The Dots in Risk ManagementThis week on the Tech Leaders Intel podcast, host John Cheng sits down with Daniele Forni, Director of Credit and Lending at HSBC. Daniele is an author and subject matter expert on risk management who creates analytical solutions for a living, but he’s quite the polymath as well. The first few minutes of the conversation reveal that Daniele formed a band that he recorded albums with, moved to China to study Chinese, and earned his MBA in Economics before settling down to work with HSBC, first in regulatory reporting and then in his current area of expertise. He is tr...2023-12-2037 min
Tech Leaders IntelThere’s No Such Thing As Too Safe in Vehicle AutomationIn the latest installment of the Tech Leaders’ Intel podcast James Loveridge sits down with Ben Upcroft, VP of Technology at OXA (formerly known as Oxbotica). Given his background as a researcher, it is clear that Ben is unwaveringly passionate about automation and robotics as he infodumps on the ins and outs of the technology, especially with regards to safety.It follows that OXA’s MetaDriver is a virtual tool that aids a vital step in the safeguarding process, identifying both edge and corner cases in simulated driving scenarios up to thousands of times fast...2023-12-1339 min
Fireside with VoxgigEpisode 136 Patrick Akil, host of Beyond Coding and DevRel at XebiaTwo podcasters go head to head in this episode, as we invite Patrick Akil, host of Beyond Coding to speak with Richard about his personal journey and insights into the art of podcasting. Patrick works in the software development unit at Xebia, and he talks about how their value of knowledge sharing led to their desire to support a podcast. When he heard about it, Patrick jumped at the opportunity.
This episode will be invaluable to anyone thinking of starting that podcast they’ve been thinking about, whether they work within DevRel or not. Patrick runs us through some of hi...2023-11-2434 min
Radio DaTaData Update with Michał Rudko (GetInData) - Data Management, Data Governance, Data Quality, Data Discovery and Observability. How could you and your organization get involved in this topic?What's data management? How does it relate to data governance, data observability, and other similar terms? In this episode, we'll try to lay out what you should know about modern data management and how you and your organization could get involved in this topic.Topics that the podcast includes:What Data Management is? How does it relate to data governance, data observability, and other similar terms?Why do we care about Data Management?What does it take to introduce data management in the organization?How do we get from an AS-IS situation to a desired...2023-11-1222 min
Tech Leaders IntelInsurtech Revolution: The Insurance Industry's High-Tech Survival GuideJoin host Nick Goodwin as he sits down with ITC DIA’s Head of Content Merlin Beyts on the newest Tech Leaders Intel.Merlin is involved in organizing events for ITC DIA, an organization that caters to insurance executives, insurtech investors, associations, brokers, and regulators in the European insurtech industry. He uses content and webinars to promote emerging technologies that get insights from data such as Web3, blockchain, and GenAI. Merlin has his finger on the pulse of burgeoning technologies, leadership moods surrounding them, and the state of the insurance profession, and this week we are fo...2023-11-0841 min
Tech Leaders IntelCreating a Culture of Quality: Leadership Insights on Embracing DiversityWhen we consider attracting the right talent, we always take technical skills as priority.But what makes talent a real deal and how can we nurture a person’s growth, if we don’t give them a chance to begin with?In an era of endlessly listed bullet points of “must haves” and “mandatory skillsets”, we tend to not take into consideration how we should create positions around people, instead of seeking omniscient beings to fill the unnecessary brackets. In our most recent Tech Leaders’ Intel podcast, our colleague, Mark Jacks, converses with Simon Prior, the Hea...2023-10-0537 min
Tech Leaders IntelThe Data Platform Ecosystem: Insights from Shawbrook Bank's Data Platforms DirectorIn a world surrounded by Data, it’s basically impossible to keep track of it all. But even if we live the Data, there’s still much more to learn. Perhaps a “wedding cake” analogy, might pique our curiosity to expand our knowledge. On this week’s Tech Leaders’ Intel podcast, we talk with Shantanu Lodh, a Director of Data Platforms at Shawbrook Bank, which is an award-winning specialist bank, serving real estate professionals, SMEs and consumers with a broad range of lending products and a secure home for their savings. In the early ye...2023-08-0945 min
Tech Leaders IntelThe Heart of Transformation: Anna Peeck's Approach to Product Ops and ChangeIn the virtual world of meetings and remote work, it’s hard to keep the communication and morale at the highest possible level. In the latest episode of #TechLeadersIntel, Daniel Sielaff interviews Anna Peeck, Senior Manager in operational excellence and change at Aviv Group. They delve into the significance of Operational Excellence and Change Management in various IT-led companies. Anna also highlights the role of Product Ops in her activities. Aviv Group, a major real estate holding company in Europe, is currently undergoing a significant transformation due to an active merger. Anna, who initially joined as a...2023-08-0239 min
Tech Leaders IntelBeyond Glass Ceilings: Silke Kanes' Journey to Tech LeadershipDigitalization is a massive benefit for every company, especially now, that the modern standards of remote and hybrid work are all the rage. On this week’s episode of Tech Leaders’ Intel, we speak with Silke Kanes, a Chief Product Officer of Scopevisio AG, a company that was the first German cloud-based ERP, CRM + ECM Suite solution for SME businesses. Silke starts our interview with a little background story of studying and working in the Tech industry in the 80s. She gives us a little overview about her unplanned career changes, becoming the main bread-earner in the...2023-07-2149 min
Tech Leaders IntelFrom Blockchain Dreams to Lloyds License: Unveiling Web3 InsuranceOne thing is always true: It’s extremely hard to become a trailblazer on unknown grounds.But it’s even harder to discover new roads on a few-hundred-years pavement like Insurance.In this week’s Tech Leaders’ Intel, we meet with Ben Davis, Head of Web3 at Superscript, the first UK Insuretech broker licensed by Lloyds that launched its crypto product to the world.Ben is passionate about the Web3, and for those unfamiliar with it, Web3 is a series of open-source and interconnected decentralized applications powered by blockchain computing architecture.Web3 is curre...2023-07-1840 min
Tech Leaders IntelThe Creative Chameleons: Design Thinking in Corporate LandscapesThere are only two things certain in life: death and taxes.And the latter is decidedly easier to tackle.On this week’s episode, we talk with Piotr Tomaszewski, a Design Manager at Taxfix, a German company that created a mobile application that allows its users to either answer a questionnaire to speed up filling forms or connects them with a tax advisor that does it all for you.During the interview, Piotr goes into detail about career changes, leaps of faith he took and how managerial work evolved from what it used to be...2023-07-0653 min
Tech Leaders IntelEmbedded Insurance: Escaping The Innovation TrapWhen we talk about digital transformations, they are not meant to sound like a cure-all that can be applied to stimulate growth. Any firm not willing to do the meticulous work to see that a digital transformation goes to plan properly will find themselves no better off than when they started. In the most recent episode of the Tech Leaders’ Intel podcast, Richard Jackson talks to Nikolaus Sühr, CEO and co-founder of the insurtech firm Kasko, a firm that works with large insurance companies and intermediaries to digitalise their product portfolios.Richard and Nikolaus discuss:Why the...2023-06-2237 min
Tech Leaders IntelAbsolute Transparency: How to Navigate Information SecurityAs tech startups and disruptors seek to provide more niche services to the general public, data security becomes an increasingly bigger concern. It follows that education on security risks and precautions for insurtech firm leadership, solution architects and end-users is absolutely paramount.On the latest installment of the Tech Leaders’ Intel podcast, we speak with Lee Williamson, Chief Information Security Officer at EIP, who has spent years helping colleagues and customers understand security and extolling the virtues of self-education in this area. Once a freelance consultant, Lee signed on full-time with EIP to oversee th...2023-06-1428 min
Tech Leaders IntelHow to invest your resources to increase satisfaction and fulfilment within the companyIncreasing satisfaction within internal and external teams is a never-ending job. But how do you even approach the subject, considering there are just as many opinions as people within the team?In this week’s Tech Leaders’ Intel podcast, we speak with Nuno Veloso, the Head of Engineering at luxury fashion company FARFETCH. Nuno enlightened us on the challenges of being a leader in a rapidly evolving industry where expectations are constantly on the rise. Struggling to understand the viewpoint of all teams, Nuno decided a different approach. While brainstorming with his colleagues, they deci...2023-05-3122 min
AgileCastAgileCast S01E45 - Enterprise Agility: Benefits, Challenges and Opportunities by Kalyan VandanaIn this podcast, Kalyan Vandana (Principal Consultant - Agile Coach, Xebia) takes a deep dive into the realms of Enterprise Agility, examining its definition and significance by using the evolution of the music industry as an example. He also talks about the key benefits, challenges, and interesting opportunities in adopting Enterprise Agility.
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Xebia is an IT Consultancy and Software Development Company that has been creating digital leaders across the globe since 2001. With offices on every continent, we help the top 250 companies worldwide embrace innovation, adopt the latest technologies, and implement the most successful business...2023-05-2515 min
Tech Leaders IntelImpostor syndrome: A walkthrough to overcome challenges and become a leaderOftentimes we read, hear, and see influential people share their journey of becoming great leaders, nurturing growth, setting an example, and lightning the way for others. What most of them omit is the real challenges life puts in your way, that not everybody has the willingness to do. In other words, nobody can become a great mentor overnight. On this episode of Tech Leaders’ Intel, James Loveridge speaks with Joe Pettersson, a self-described introvert who has broken out of his comfort zone to become the mentor he always wanted to be.Joe, the Chief Technology Officer at...2023-05-2446 min
Tech Leaders IntelScaling Team Management and Culture in a Fast-Growing Tech CompanyConventional thinking goes that the most successful startups, technologies, and business leaders are specialists with years of experience mastering the niches and corners of their field. While that may be the reality, it is crucial not to overlook how a generalist mindset can also fuel success. On the newest edition of Tech Leaders’ Intel, Didier Caroff speaks with Simon Upton to deliver some particularly salient insights about navigating changes in business growth. Didier, who is vice president of engineering at Akeneo, explains how his background in engineering, banking, and project management helped him become a forward-thinking executive in sc...2023-05-0444 min
Tech Leaders IntelInside the Startup Rollercoaster: A Candid Look at a CEO's JourneyYou rarely hear from business leaders about those difficult early decisions that go into building a startup. Hearing from someone who has been there speak about their experiences with radical candour is a breath of fresh air. On the newest episode of Tech Leaders’ Intel, Lunio founder Neil Andrew tells his story from disenchantment with education to distaste for corporate life to founding a successful marketing efficiency platform.With the Great Resignation seeing elevated numbers of people quitting their jobs for a multitude of reasons, Neil’s story gives hope to those trying to strike out...2023-04-2646 min
Tech Leaders IntelUnlocking the Secrets of Consumer DutyThis week on Tech Leaders’ Intel, we’re joined by Dave Tonge, CTO of MoneyHub, a data and payments fintech and a pioneer of open banking. Having been at MoneyHub for nearly 12 years now, Dave is well-placed to share his knowledge on consumer data rights, open finance initiatives, tech leadership and more.With new consumer duty regulations coming into place in July, Dave couldn’t have joined us for a chat at a more important time, as MoneyHub provides solutions for businesses to help them deliver on their customer care responsibilities. With that in mind...2023-04-1938 min
Tech Leaders IntelManaging an effective DevOps teamIn this week’s episode of Tech Leaders’ Intel, we’re very happy to be joined by Primoz Fonda, VP of DevOps at global fintech company SumUp. Originally from Slovenia, Primoz has been in London for the past 11 years, climbing the ranks from system administrator to his current leadership role.We start by discussing the differences between ways of working in Slovenia vs. those in the UK, and Primoz explains why the expectation to be a generalist when he started out actually helped him on his journey to where he is now – not the least because it means he’s ext...2023-04-1328 min
Business NinjasDigital Transformation for Leaders: Navigating the Landscape! | Business Ninjas: WriteForMe & XebiaJoin our resident Business Ninja, John, and Steyn Heskes, Director of Cloud & Data at Xebia, as they delve into the evolution of IT services by transforming and executing at the intersection of Domain and Technology. At Xebia, their mission is to foster digital leaders for their people, clients, partners, and communities. With an eye on the future, they constantly explore new technology frontiers to strategize, leverage and build solutions that deliver sustainable value. From ideation to execution, Xebia paves the way for Software Engineering and Digital Transformation, building bridges between strategy and implementation. Don't miss out on...2023-04-1135 min
Tech Leaders IntelWhen (and when not) to make your teams agile and independentWelcome to Episode 12 of Tech Leaders’ Intel. This week we’re speaking with Paolo Negri, co-founder of Contentful, a headless content management system. Founded in 2013 in Berlin, and now based in San Francisco, the company has grown rapidly and was valued at US$3bn in 2021.Paolo and his co-founder Sascha Konietzke met after an entrepreneur speed-dating event. Their early days involved working in the cheapest room of a shared office space, with an engineer sleeping on an old sofa. As you can imagine, growing from their first investment ($0.5m) to their most recent one ($175m) required learning specific skil...2023-04-0541 minAgileCastAgileCast S01E44 - Agile Adoption Vs Agile TransformationIn this podcast, Venkat Vandrangi (Agile Coach - XACT, Xebia) talks about how Agile adoption based on surface-level tools and jargons is different from long-lasting true Agile transformation. For any organization, it takes a long time to reap the benefits of an Agile transformation as it requires the Agile mindset, values, and principles to be transfused across the organization - from top to bottom. In Venkat's view, just following any ALM tool and running events may look fancy outside, but in reality, it would not yield desired results and outcomes. He clearly explains the differences between these two, with...2023-03-3014 min
Tech Leaders IntelGrowing your company without losing sight of your valuesWelcome to Episode 11 of Tech Leaders’ Intel. This week, we’re chatting with Dennis Teichmann, co-founder of the HR-software company Jacando. In light of their rapid growth in the booming HR-software market, we asked Dennis about:how to identify market demand and when to pivot your product,how your company culture will change with time and growth and what you can do to keep some of that pioneering magicwhen to offshore your IT and what to look out for when you go for it.In the process we learn what...2023-03-2932 min
Tech Leaders IntelHow to banish knowledge tribalism in growing companiesWelcome to Episode 10 of Tech Leaders’ Intel! This week we’re excited to be joined by Vicky Bukta. She only graduated from the University of Toronto in 2017, but after joining the e-commerce trailblazer, Shopify, her impressive career growth has seen her rapidly rise through the ranks to become the company’s data-engineering team lead.We begin by discussing how she entered the field and joined Shopify, before moving onto the challenges small companies face as the number and complexity of their data sets grow. For Vicky, overcoming these challenges meant teaching the wider company how to handle routine and de...2023-03-2250 min
Tech Leaders IntelMaking your business secure: the importance of damage limitationThis week on Tech Leaders’ Intel we’re speaking to Torbjörn Andersson, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Medius, a private equity backed company that provides cloud-based spend-management solutions. Torbjörn has over 20 years of experience in IT, 12 of which are in information and cloud security.Drawing on Torbjörn’s wealth of experience, we begin by discussing the challenges of moving over from consultancy into the SaaS field, a field that requires a far broader, strategic view of how problems affect the wider company. For Torbjörn, an essential part of his role as CISO is be...2023-03-1637 min
Tech Leaders IntelGrowing a tech business: Why a data-first approach is crucialThis week on Tech Leaders’ Intel, we’re joined by Andrei Nita, former Director of Data and Analytics at ai-driven software company Builder.ai and now Director of Engineering at HyperionDev. Andrei has previously worked for the likes of IBM and Gameloft, and was at Builder.ai. for three years before his recent move.In today’s episode, Andrei begins by talking us through his journey from his roots in development to his move into data, and the ever-growing importance of data as a field in itself. Andrei highlights for us the opportunities it presents, the proble...2023-03-0941 min
Tech Leaders IntelExpanding your engineering team in a fast-growing scale-upFor this episode of Tech Leaders’ Intel, we’re joined by Imran Arshed, CTO and co-founder of Plum Guide, a marketplace peer to peer vacation booking site based out of London. From the first days of coding the system to scaling up swiftly, Imran’s insight is invaluable when it comes to understanding development and hiring processes in a fast-growing business.Whether trying to hire while still writing the bare bones of the code yourself or expanding a team to meet the developing needs of your company, prioritisation is crucial, says Imran. This means lookin...2023-03-0140 minAgileCastAgileCast S01E43 - Improving Team's Agility with Agile Maturity AssessmentsIn this podcast, M P Sujan Kumar (Lead Consultant - XACT, Xebia) talks about Agile Maturity Assessment for Scrum teams. He throws light on what the assessments are all about, their benefits, different approaches to doing them, and how to keep them simple and effective with practical examples. He also talks about the importance of conducting the assessments at regular intervals. The assessments when done in the right manner can be beneficial in improving the team’s agility and can also help in creating a continuous improvement mindset within the team.
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Tech Leaders IntelFostering leadership in a failsafe environmentThis week on Tech Leaders’ Intel, we’re joined by Juan Gutierrez Plaza, the VP of Engineering for Scoro, a work management SaaS platform based in Estonia. Juan has been working in software development for 20 years now, in industries including telecom and banking before turning his focus to SaaS.From implementing a four-day working week, to the advantages of launching and running a tech start-up in Estonia, Juan talks us through best practice and the importance of having the right tools, setting and context to help your business grow.Of course, when it c...2023-02-2246 min
Tech Leaders IntelHow to empower your engineers to be leaders – a CTO explainsIn the fifth episode of Tech Leaders’ Intel, James Loveridge is joined by Ravneet Shah, CTO of Allica Bank, the dedicated bank supporting SMEs. An engineer at heart, Ravneet has been at Allica for three years, and became CTO in January 2022 after initially joining the firm as an integration lead.Today, Ravneet talks us through her journey to becoming a CTO and the challenges she overcame when making the transition. It was exposure to a multitude of different systems early on that helped her grow so quickly, she says, and she tries to...2023-02-1648 min
Radio DaTaData Update with Adrian Dembek, Piotr Menclewicz (GetInData) - Data-driven, data literacy issue, regression-based forecasting model for e-commerce. Two stories on how data-driven approach helped solve different business problemsIf you hear that your company should be data-driven, but you are not sure what does it mean in practice, in this episodes we share two stories of data driven companies. Both of them are the examples of data literate companies from different prospectives. In the fist story you can learn how the big tech company were allowed to detect problem and start solving the right one. The second one, how e-commerce company had prepared more effective promotion and increase revenue.This podcast episode was recorded by Adrian Dembek and Piotr Mencelewicz (GetInData | Part of Xebia)....2023-02-0627 minAgileCastAgileCast S01E42 | Doing Agile Versus Being AgileIn this episode, Snehal talks about the key differences between “Doing Agile” and “ Being Agile” and why it is important to be on the “Being Agile” side. There are many examples and scenarios described by which teams can understand which category they belong to and how they can upgrade their journey to “Being Agile.” She also talks about how Scrum Masters, Coaches, and Leadership can play an important role in the journey towards “Being Agile” and how high-performance teams can sustain their journey.
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Xebia is an IT Consultancy and Software Development Company that has been creating digital leaders acro...2023-01-1921 min
HFS PODCASTSPhil Fersht Talks with Xebia’s Global CEO, Anand SahayOn this special Fireside Chat, HFS CEO & Chief Analyst Phil Fersht talks with Anand Sahay, Global CEO at Xebia about the digital business journey and global expansion of Xebia.
Phil and Anand cover a range of topics, including:
The tech skills shortage.
What is the role of gig work in IT?
The emerging needs for cyber skills, data skills, etc. also, the impact of attrition in the large IT services firms and whether this helps to emerge - firms like Xebia?
What about Xebia's global expansion and the demand spike we are seeing in the US...2023-01-0216 minAgileCastAgileCast S01E41 - Can Technical Agility be a Pathway for Business Agility?In this episode, Vivek Ganesan (Agile/DevOps Consultant) and Sanjit Bhattacharya (Agile Coach, Xebia) converse on the topic “Can Technical Agility be a pathway for Business Agility?" In this era of rapid digitization, the case for delivering business value faster and time-to-market is increasingly becoming important. What are the challenges in adopting software engineering/technical practices that help teams and organizations to accelerate their journey toward business agility? How can these technical practices be scaled for large organizations? How can technical agility be a driver in building innovation and high-performance culture within teams? These are some of the questions di...2022-12-2041 min
Tech Leaders IntelWhat makes a good tech leader and how do you get there?Welcome to Episode 4 of Tech Leaders’ Intel! This week we’re chatting to David Maidment, an experienced start-up CTO and Head of Engineering, with a great track record of spearheading digital transformation. Today, he talks to us about his unconventional route into his role, which began in a humble shoe shop. After touching on routes into technology, we turn to the journey from programming to management, the importance of making your team self-sufficient while giving them the right amount of support and being an effective salesperson for your trade.What stands out is the need to be a...2022-12-1948 min
Tech Leaders IntelCommunicating culture: how to get the best out of your IT teamIn the third episode of Tech Leaders’ Intel we’re joined by Eoin Fleming, CIO of Carne Group. Eoin has around 25 years of experience in both general IT and security, predominantly in regulated industries. He’s here today to share his knowledge on an extremely important topic: ensuring your IT team is in tune with your company culture.Working in the financial sector, Eoin acknowledges that there is one thing non-IT firms are often missing – an innate knowledge of the purpose of IT. This means a particular challenge that IT teams have is getting senior management to under...2022-12-0650 minAgileCastAgileCast S01E40 - Improving Scrum Team Communication by Vidyadhar PIn this episode, Vidyadhar talks about the vital aspect of Scrum Team communication and how it can be improved. Various real-time examples and scenarios that can help teams understand this topic better and thereby achieve significantly better outcomes have been presented. The underlying Agile principles and Scrum values that can help teams build trust and enable successful execution are also discussed.
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Xebia is an IT Consultancy and Software Development Company that has been creating digital leaders across the globe since 2001. With offices on every continent, we help the top 250 companies worldwide embrace innovation, adopt the...2022-11-3016 min
Tech Leaders IntelWant to introduce a four-day week in your tech team? This is what you should knowWhile the pandemic introduced businesses to the ‘hybrid’ model of working - with some time in the office and the rest in the home office, it’s clear that the post-pandemic development of this is the four-day working week. And no, that doesn’t mean working longer hours for four days to get a Friday off, but rather working four days as usual and taking a well-earned break on the fifth day.But does such a set-up really work? And how will you ensure business continuity following such a model? These are the questions we’re asking Graham Haythornth...2022-11-0844 min
Tech Leaders IntelGuiding your tech team through growth – the importance of communication with David IvesIt’s clear – we’ve seen some pretty major changes across almost every single profession in the last two years, and the global shift from office-based to remote working has put two key words at the forefront of every manager’s mind: autonomy and trust. In the very first episode of Tech Leaders Intel James Loveridge, speaks to David Ives, about managing relationships and nurturing talent in a growing company. The key to building trust? For David, it all boils down to communication.With over 20 years in the field of software engineering, in companies of all sizes ac...2022-10-3148 minAgileCastAgileCast S01E39 - Inhale Scrum & SAFe…Exhale Business Agility & Product QualityIn this episode, Ravindranath Savali talks about achieving business agility and customer delight by using Scrum & SAFe. In addition to focusing on key highlights and roles of Scrum and SAFe, Ravindranath also shares examples of Agile transformations done using SAFe framework which resulted in enhanced employee engagement, faster time to market, and improvements in quality & productivity.
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Xebia is an IT Consultancy and Software Development Company that has been creating digital leaders across the globe since 2001. With offices on every continent, we help the top 250 companies worldwide embrace innovation, adopt the latest technologies, and implement th...2022-10-0320 min
De Product Owner Podcast#36 Van backlog secretaris naar échte owner | Robbin Schuurman | Xebia academyDeze aflevering hebben we Robbin Schuurman te gast, head of product van de Xebia Academy en een van de grootste agile experts die we kennen. Zo is hij is een van de 400 mensen wereldwijd met een PSPO-3 certificaat. Robbin schreef samen met Willem Vermaak, onze gast in de succesvolle aflevering 10, het boek “50 Tinten Nee”. In onze ogen nog steeds een essentieel boek voor elke product owner.
Robbin is al ruim 6 jaar professional scrum trainer van scrum.org en gaf in die tijd honderden trainingen. Vandaag de dag zijn dat met name Professional product management trainingen, trajecten van meer...2022-09-0737 minAgileCastAgileCast S01E38 - Succeeding soon with Disciplined Agile - a Product Owner view by Apeksha ShrivastavaIn this episode, Apeksha introduces Disciplined Agile from a Product Owner’s perspective, especially considering the various challenges the teams face. She also provides insights on how the Disciplined Agile approach can be used to solve common issues in Agile transformation. Failing fast is good, but it is always better to have success early.
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Xebia is a Global IT Consulting, Services & Product company, specializing in Agile Consulting & Transformation, Continuous Delivery & DevOps, Full Stack Agile Software Development (Java, .NET, Scala, GoLang, Angular, Node, ReactJS, RoR, etc.), Big Data/Data Science, Mobile (React Native, Flutter, Xamarin, Nativ...2022-09-0519 minAgileCastAgileCast S01E37 - Digital Transformation in Large Organizations by Vipul ChandraThis episode is a viewpoint on the modern-day phenomenon of Digital Transformation that often gets mixed up with Agile Transformation. It focuses on the struggles of large legacy organizations in dealing with the issues. In this podcast, Vipul brings his three decades of experience in handling large back-end systems and managing extensive digital transformation programs, to leave the audience with some thoughts and suggested approaches.
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Xebia is a Global IT Consulting, Services & Product company, specializing in Agile Consulting & Transformation, Continuous Delivery & DevOps, Full Stack Agile Software Development (Java, .NET, Scala, GoLang, Angular, Node, ReactJS, RoR...2022-08-1719 min
AgileCastAgileCast S01E36 - Psychological Safety and Team Dynamics by Rajesh GhoshIn this episode, Rajesh Ghosh talks about psychological safety, its various stages, and how it helps in team dynamics and increases team effectiveness. He also explores why creating a workplace environment that promotes psychological safety is essential for high-performing teams.
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Xebia is a Global IT Consulting, Services & Product company, specializing in Agile Consulting & Transformation, Continuous Delivery & DevOps, Full Stack Agile Software Development (Java, .NET, Scala, GoLang, Angular, Node, ReactJS, RoR, etc.), Big Data/Data Science, Mobile (React Native, Flutter, Xamarin, Native apps), CloudConsulting, RPA, AI/ML and Remote Application Support. We have our offices...2022-06-1316 minAgileCastAgileCast S01E35 - Mental Models and Agility by Anil KadakolIn this episode, Anil talks about the basics of mental models, deep dives into a few mental models, and looks at various ways to apply them in the context of different situations involving Agile teams and organizations.
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Xebia is a Global IT Consulting, Services & Product company, specializing in Agile Consulting & Transformation, Continuous Delivery & DevOps, Full Stack Agile Software Development (Java, .NET, Scala, GoLang, Angular, Node, ReactJS, RoR, etc.), Big Data/Data Science, Mobile (React Native, Flutter, Xamarin, Native apps), CloudConsulting, RPA, AI/ML and Remote Application Support. We have our offices spread across the g...2022-05-0614 min
Minding My Business - The CEO Story with Ramesh Menon & Hrishi KAnand Sahay, Co-Founder & CEO, Xebia Global ServicesDiving into Infotech in this episode. Hrishi K is fascinated that Anand has been a software programmer, client engagement manager, business development professional and now head of global IT operations and navigated through all those roles effortlessly. Ramesh wants the lowdown from Sahay on DevOps as a software engineering culture and practice & the role of Xebia in establishing it in its true form!2022-03-2935 minAgileCastAgileCast S01E34 - My Experiments with Scrum Values by Sanjit BhattacharyaIn this podcast episode, Sanjit Bhattacharya talks about his real-time experiences with Scrum Values across teams and situations. The benefits of imbibing scrum values are manifold. If we consider the Scrum Team as a body, then the Scrum Values form the soul. However, we don’t see much being discussed on this topic, in the way it should be. This gap is addressed in this podcast, which provides many insights on this interesting and valuable topic.
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Xebia is a Global IT Consulting, Services & Product company, specializing in Agile Consulting & Transformation, Continuous Delivery & DevOps, Full St...2022-03-2117 minDe Product Owner Podcast#10 De Skills van een Product Owner | Willem Vermaak | Xebia academyDeze aflevering spreken we met Willem Vermaak, ooit begon hij zijn carrière op de Koninklijke militaire academie om vervolgens in dienst te treden bij de landmacht, maar na een paar jaar wisselde hij van koers. Hij werd producer en product manager bij Spil games, ging aan de slag als Scrum master bij Team51 en de Persgroep en werd Agile Coach bij Prowareness. Ondertussen is Willem directeur operations bij misschien wel de grootste scrum trainer van Nederland, de Xebia academy en is hij al bijna 5 jaar gecertificeerd trainer van Scrum.org.
Daarnaast is Willem bekend als een v...2022-03-0934 min
Subscriptions: Scaled - Online subscription services, Subscription business, SaaS subscriptionsWorking for a Global IT Consultancy Company with Kenny Baas-Schwegler and João Rosa, XebiaIn this week’s episode of Subscriptions Scaled, we sit down with Kenny Baas-Schwegler, Strategic Software Delivery Consultant at Xebia, and João Rosa, Interim CTO for Hire and Principal Consultant of the same company.Xebia is a worldwide, innovative IT consultancy company, operating globally. Xebia has offices in the United States, India, the Netherlands, Belgium, and many more countries.The brand designs digital customer experiences and products. The team builds new IT and data infrastructures, introduces modern processes, and challenges teams to collaborate differently. In the episode, we learn all about Xebia and...2022-01-3147 minAgileCastAgileCast S01E33 - How to Achieve Enterprise Agility by Flt. Lt. M Sridhar ChakravarthiIn this episode, Flt. Lt. M Sridhar Chakravarthi talks about how enterprise Agility can't be achieved by simply implementing technical models and frameworks to improve the delivery processes. It needs other foundational processes called Mental Agility, Social Agility, Outcomes Agility, and Structural Agility which would synergize the organization and bring agility to every function. The podcast describes these agilities in detail for an improved understanding of the inter-relationship amongst them.
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Xebia is a Global IT Consulting, Services & Product company, specializing in Agile Consulting & Transformation, Continuous Delivery & DevOps, Full Stack Agile Software Development (Java, .NET...2022-01-2825 minAgileCastAgileCast S01E32 - Simplicity - The Art of Maximizing the Amount of Work Not DoneIn this Podcast, Sujan Kumar talks about his experiences with the Agile principle Simplicity–the art of maximizing the amount of work not done. Learn why it essentially is not only an interesting Agile principle, but also an important principle that every Agile practitioner should master.
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Xebia is a Global IT Consulting, Services & Product company, specializing in Agile Consulting & Transformation, Continuous Delivery & DevOps, Full Stack Agile Software Development (Java, .NET, Scala, GoLang, Angular, Node, ReactJS, RoR, etc.), Big Data/Data Science, Mobile (React Native, Flutter, Xamarin, Native apps), CloudConsulting, RPA, AI/ML and Remote Ap...2021-12-3111 minAgileCastAgileCast S01E31 - Transitioning into a PO role midway by Madhu JacobStarting in any new role is a daunting task but imagine having to hit the road running when joining a new team midway and the pressure is on to keep the wheels moving. Where do you start? How do you get on top of your priorities? Come join me, Madhu Jacob, as I share my experience of transitioning into the Product Owner role midway and my takeaways from these experiences.
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Xebia is a Global IT Consulting, Services & Product company, specializing in Agile Consulting & Transformation, Continuous Delivery & DevOps, Full Stack Agile Software Development (Java, .NET, Sca...2021-12-0116 minAgileCastAgileCast S01E30 - Breath the way you want to Breath - Implementing EmpiricismIn general, we don't focus consciously on how the breathing happens thereby resulting in improper breathing habits and not maintaining the best health. Similarly, if Scrum teams do not focus on being Transparent, or do not follow the Inspect and Adapt principle, these may highly impact the business deliverables. This podcast provides many ideas on how Empiricism is implemented within the Scrum teams.
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Xebia is a Global IT Consulting, Services & Product company, specializing in Agile Consulting & Transformation, Continuous Delivery & DevOps, Full Stack Agile Software Development (Java, .NET, Scala, GoLang, Angular, Node, ReactJS, RoR, etc.), Big...2021-11-0120 minAgileCastAgileCast S01E29 - Host Leadership by Sridhar Rao DiagalaAs a Leader, do you Step forward or step back? Thy key question for leaders: Both of these moves, and combining them into a dance, are at the heart of Host Leadership. Are you going to step forward to make something happen, or step back and allow others space and time to respond and make their own contributions? Host Leadership is a natural way to take a leading position, in a manner that draws in others. This builds engagement, leading to performance and results. This helps in when to Step Forward and When to step back. About Sridhar Rao D...2021-10-0819 minAgileCastAgileCast S01E28 - Road to 5K MMR by Navendu GaurA journey from a Business Analyst role to the Product Owner role is explained in the given context with reference to an analogy of MMORPG (Massive Multi-Player Online Role-Playing Game) E-Sport Gaming World.
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Xebia is a Global IT Consulting, Services & Product company, specializing in Agile Consulting & Transformation, Continuous Delivery & DevOps, Full Stack Agile Software Development (Java, .NET, Scala, GoLang, Angular, Node, ReactJS, RoR, etc.), Big Data/Data Science, Mobile (React Native, Flutter, Xamarin, Native apps), CloudConsulting, RPA, AI/ML and Remote Application Support. We have our offices spread across the globe in the Netherlands (H...2021-09-2527 minAgileCastHow Agile saved my company (from past) from huge loss and my job as Project manager by Miraj SheikhIn this Podcast, Agile coach Miraj narrates his first experience with Agile. He talks through the journey with his experiences of transformation from traditional methodology to the Agile way of working. The team started following the Scrum framework in order to save the Project from being scrapped by the Customer due to the delay in delivery. Changing to Agile not only brought back the project on track but also created the much-needed transparency between the Customer and the project team. The outcomes made the Customer very happy and resulted in further extension of the contract
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...2021-09-0818 minAgileCastAgileCast S01E27 - Building an inclusive workplace with Agile valuesIn this podcast, Priya Patra in conversation with Meetu Singh explains how to “Build an inclusive workplace with agile values”
The business case for Inclusion and Diversity is stronger than ever now and how these topics play out along with the Agile transformation that organizations have undertaken is presented in this interesting and freewheeling conversation.
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Xebia is a Global IT Consulting, Services & Product company, specializing in Agile Consulting & Transformation, Continuous Delivery & DevOps, Full Stack Agile Software Development (Java, .NET, Scala, GoLang, Angular, Node, ReactJS, RoR, etc.), Big Data/Data Science, Mobile (React Nativ...2021-08-2037 minAgileCastAgileCast S01E26 - Common Oversights of a Product OwnerIn this podcast, Kirti tackles the seven common oversights one might make in their journey as a product owner. The examples and stories given in the talk are real-life scenarios. Not only do we discuss the mistakes but also ways to identify and remedy them.
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Xebia is a Global IT Consulting, Services & Product company, specializing in Agile Consulting & Transformation, Continuous Delivery & DevOps, Full Stack Agile Software Development (Java, .NET, Scala, GoLang, Angular, Node, ReactJS, RoR, etc.), Big Data/Data Science, Mobile (React Native, Flutter, Xamarin, Native apps), CloudConsulting, RPA, AI/ML and Remote Application Su...2021-08-0621 minAgileCastAgileCast S01E25 - Team’s Identity and its impact on Organizational adaptability by Dinesh SharmaIn this episode, Dinesh Sharma explains (in conversation with Anil) a Team’s Identity and its impact on Organizational adaptability. If applied narrowly at a localized level, the team's identity can lead to local optimization and can often take the teams away from Customer Centricity. This podcast paves the way for the teams and organizations to explore a broader definition of the Team’s identity, which leads to improved Organizational adaptability and enriches the overall customer experience. Dinesh is a LeSS trainer and coach. He has over 25 years of experience helping organizations with adopting agile ways of working. He has...2021-07-2320 minAgileCastAgileCast S01E24 - Discover your inherent path towards AgilityIn today’s episode, we have Bala and Umar talking about how to discover your inherent path towards Agility by focusing on underlying connections to thrive in a complex adaptive ecosystem. Most of the organizations lost themselves in the blind spots of bandwagon effect while embracing agility filled with tools, methodologies and cobweb frameworks related to process rather than discovering their own process. This podcast paves the way for people and organizations to explore a continuous discovery mindset.
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Xebia is a Global IT Consulting, Services & Product company, specializing in Agile Consulting & Transformation, Continuous Delivery & DevO...2021-07-0231 minAgileCastAgileCast - S01E23 - Growing Inner AgilityIn the current episode, Antoinette talks about The concept of Agile – what it is, how to grow it, where it is useful, what the necessary preconditions are, which have expanded rather dramatically over the last 25 years. We welcome you to listen in and enjoy this episode.
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Xebia is a Global IT Consulting, Services & Product company, specializing in Agile Consulting & Transformation, Continuous Delivery & DevOps, Full Stack Agile Software Development (Java, .NET, Scala, GoLang, Angular, Node, ReactJS, RoR, etc.), Big Data/Data Science, Mobile (React Native, Flutter, Xamarin, Native apps), CloudConsulting, RPA, AI/ML and Remote Appl...2021-06-0727 minAgileCastAgileCast - S01E22 - Theory Of Constraints and AgilityIn this episode, Anil talks about identifying constraints that inhibit the organization from achieving its goals and resolving them will not only maximize throughput over time but also creates a path for achieving true business agility in an organization.
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Xebia is a Global IT Consulting, Services & Product company, specializing in Agile Consulting & Transformation, Continuous Delivery & DevOps, Full Stack Agile Software Development (Java, .NET, Scala, GoLang, Angular, Node, ReactJS, RoR, etc.), Big Data/Data Science, Mobile (React Native, Flutter, Xamarin, Native apps), CloudConsulting, RPA, AI/ML and Remote Application Support. We have our offices spread ac...2021-05-2117 minAgileCastAgileCast - S01E21 - An Introduction to PersonasIn this episode, Manasvi talks about the basics of Personas, how to create one, who is it for and its benefits. As part of User Journey Mapping, it is a key aspect that helps us understand our customers better and deliver enhanced products for our customers. Be sure to listen to it!
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Xebia is a Global IT Consulting, Services & Product company, specializing in Agile Consulting & Transformation, Continuous Delivery & DevOps, Full Stack Agile Software Development (Java, .NET, Scala, GoLang, Angular, Node, ReactJS, RoR, etc.), Big Data/Data Science, Mobile (React Native, Flutter, Xamarin, Native apps), Cl...2021-04-3019 minAgileCastWastes in Manufacturing and Service Delivery - By Vipul ChandraAgile, as we know, is a philosophy of continually delivering value at a sustainable pace making adjustments and improving through the feedback. The philosophy has its origins in the concepts of Lean Manufacturing. Wastes of various kinds can actually make a huge difference to the efficiency and speed of the outcome. Wastes can be present in the manufacturing of a product or a service, and wastes can also hamper or degrade the quality of service delivered. This podcast tries to bring it all together Vipul has 30+ years of experience in the IT industry, where he has worked on Agile tran...2021-04-0920 minAgileCastAgileCast - S01E19 - Leading In The Age of Digital and Hybrid PracticesIn this era of digital transformation where the focus is more on bringing an alignment between people, process, technology and culture, it becomes imperative to understand why it is so important to stay relevant and focus on purpose-driven change. It is also very important to understand the critical focus areas while leading a digital initiative and the practices to be embraced for enhancing customer experience and achieving enterprise-wide alignment with the strategy. The project management practices, skills, technology and culture should be such which allows customisation, maintains a balance between various approaches and gives the opportunity to deal with...2021-03-1925 minAgileCastS01E18 AgileCast - Pomodoro! - A hack to manage your time by being more focused by Anuj Ojha[ AgileCast S01E18 ] Pomodoro! - A hack to manage your time by being more focused. In this episode, we have Anuj Ojha - Agile Consultant & Director at Benzne Consulting Private Limited explaining how to use Pomodoro for maximizing productivity and get more quality work done in a short span of time. Anuj believes in free-thinking culture and his goal is to heal broken processes and propagate an agile mindset to help customers succeed. To achieve this vision, he helps customers in becoming the truest expression of what they are and what they want to be. Overall, the goal is t...2021-02-2611 minAgileCastAgileCast - S01E17 - Cognitive Biases in Agile[ AgileCast S01E17 ] Cognitive biases in Agile by Anil Kadakol, Principal Consultant – XACT, Xebia In this episode, Anil talks about the Cognitive Biases that can impact Agile implementations, Be sure to listen to it!
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Xebia is a Global IT Consulting, Services & Product company, specializing in Agile Consulting & Transformation, Continuous Delivery & DevOps, Full Stack Agile Software Development (Java, .NET, Scala, GoLang, Angular, Node, ReactJS, RoR, etc.), Big Data/Data Science, Mobile (React Native, Flutter, Xamarin, Native apps), CloudConsulting, RPA, AI/ML and Remote Application Support. We have our offices spread across the globe in the Neth...2021-02-1219 minAgileCastS01 E16 - Understanding Jira by Vivek Karna, Consultant TechnicalIn this episode, we get an insight on a Project and Task Management Tool named Jira. This podcast also highlights how Agile and DevOps team can use Jira for better Transparency, Inspection and Adaptation in their daily work. Addition to this it also gives an overview of Core Components of Jira and who can use Jira as performance and task management.
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Xebia is a Global IT Consulting, Services & Product company, specializing in Agile Consulting & Transformation, Continuous Delivery & DevOps, Full Stack Agile Software Development (Java, .NET, Scala, GoLang, Angular, Node, ReactJS, RoR, etc.), Big Data/Da...2021-01-2922 minAgileCastAgileCast by Xebia S01 E15 - Sprint Retrospectives - What, Why and How? by Arnab Rajkhowa, Professional Scrum Trainer, Consultant – XACT, XebiaSprint Retrospective – an important element of the Scrum framework which is tightly tied with the concept of empiricism. In this podcast, we discuss why retrospectives are important and how we can ensure that retrospectives are fruitful. Towards the end of the podcast, we talk about a few tools which can be used for effective retrospectives in for distributed teams working remotely – as in the current situation where all of us are impacted by the Covid 19 Pandemic.
Be sure to listen to it!
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Xebia is a Global IT Consulting, Services & Product company, specializing in A...2021-01-1518 minAgileCastAgileCast S01E14 - Value Stream Mapping - Ashish MehraIn this episode, Ashish talks about the basics of value stream mapping, how to facilitate one, who is it for and its benefits. From Lean manufacturing to software development, it is a must-have tool in the organization to identify and removes wastes. Be sure to listen to it!
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Xebia is a Global IT Consulting, Services & Product company, specializing in Agile Consulting & Transformation, Continuous Delivery & DevOps, Full Stack Agile Software Development (Java, .NET, Scala, GoLang, Angular, Node, ReactJS, RoR, etc.), Big Data/Data Science, Mobile (React Native, Flutter, Xamarin, Native apps), CloudConsulting, RPA, AI/ML a...2021-01-0413 minAgileCastAgileCast - S01E13 - Can high performing teams be designed using behavioral science ?In this episode, Vinaya discusses how the formation of Winning Teams is often left to chance by organizations. At best what they do is to get the best guys as per the skills, knowledge and education. But what they forget is, all this amounts to nothing without synergising teams based on behaviours and talent. This podcast is a take on why behaviours, talent matter and how it can be leveraged by organizations to design high-performance teams. Vinaya brings with him about 20 years of experience working in various fields and sectors. He has worked with MNCs, start-ups, NGO before embarking...2020-12-1913 minAgileCastAgileCast - S01E13 - Can high performing teams be designed using behavioral science ?In this episode, Vinaya discusses how the formation of Winning Teams is often left to chance by organizations. At best what they do is to get the best guys as per the skills, knowledge and education. But what they forget is, all this amounts to nothing without synergising teams based on behaviours and talent. This podcast is a take on why behaviours, talent matter and how it can be leveraged by organizations to design high-performance teams.
Vinaya brings with him about 20 years of experience working in various fields and sectors. He has worked with MNCs, start-ups, NGO...2020-12-1813 minAgileCastAgileCast S01E12 - How to run scrum events effectively in remote working environment by Neha SahyogiIn this episode, we have Neha Sahyogi, Senior Consultant - XACT sharing her experience on How to run scrum events effectively in a remote working environment. She will be sharing her practical experience from various projects she has successfully implemented
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Xebia is a Global IT Consulting, Services & Product company, specializing in Agile Consulting & Transformation, Continuous Delivery & DevOps, Full Stack Agile Software Development (Java, .NET, Scala, GoLang, Angular, Node, ReactJS, RoR, etc.), Big Data/Data Science, Mobile (React Native, Flutter, Xamarin, Native apps), CloudConsulting, RPA, AI/ML and Remote Application Support. We...2020-12-0419 minAgileCastS01 Ep11 - Anti-Patterns of a Scrum Master by Sherry WasandiIn this episode, we have Sherry Wasandi (Principal Consultant at Xebia), elucidating upon the common dysfunctions or Anti-Patterns that tend to emerge in the role of a Scrum Master. In no other role is complacency more damaging than that of a change agent – because they hold such an extraordinarily pivotal position, that the impact of their actions is often magnified in the outcome produced by a team – whether positive, or negative. During the podcast, listeners will be led through a deconstruction of the four counterproductive behaviors that Scrum Master is particularly vulnerable to. Followed by a discussion of the like...2020-11-1921 minAgileCastAgileCast - S01E10 - Systems Thinking Emerges from the Human Dynamics in ScrumIn this episode, we have Balachandhiran Sankaran Principal Consultant, (XACT- Agile Transformation Practices), talking about how Systems thinking emerges from the Human Dynamics in Scrum. Most of the organizational wicked problems we face result from the difference between how we think organizations work and how they actually work. The first step in addressing this disconnect is to take an honest look at how we think, as individuals and as leaders. Systems Thinking often involves moving from observing events or data, to identifying patterns of behaviour over time, to surfacing the underlying structures and mental models that drive those events an...2020-10-3024 minAgileCastNeuroscience of change by Anand Pandey - AgileCast by XebiaIn today's episode, we have Anand Pandey, Principal Consultant, (XACT- Agile Transformation Practices) expounding on what goes on inside our brain and neural networks when trying to change our or the any other individual’s habits or ways of functioning and how it impacts the Agile way of working.
Anand is an Agile Coach and Consultant with 16 years of experience in Enterprise-wide scaling agile transition for large multinational clients with teams spanning across geography and vendors. He has diverse IT experience in various roles.
He applies his leadership experience in a lean-agile mindset and business/IT...2020-10-1615 minAgileCastAchieving greater transparency with Kanban - Aranb Rajkhowa - Agilecast - S01E08The Agile Alliance briefly defines the Kanban Method as “a means to design, manage, and improve flow systems for knowledge work”. Kanban allows organizations to start with their existing workflow and drive evolutionary change. This can be done by visualizing their flow of work, limiting work in progress and embrace the concept of “stop starting and start finishing”.
Kanban is a tool to achieve greater transparency while upholding the agile values and principles. Transparency being one of the pillars of Empiricism, coming up with different ways to visualize the progress of a team have become an inherent need for...2020-09-3018 minAgileCastObjectives and Key Results: How to accelerate your business outcomes using OKRIn today's episode, we have Vineet Chachondia, Principal Consultant, (XACT- Agile Transformation Practices) expounding on how OKRs can be used to transform the business and align various teams to a single goal.
Vineet is a dynamic professional with 17+ years of experience Which includes Leadership Training, Agile Coaching, Scrum Master, Agile Transformation, System/Platform level DevOps & Release Management, Project Management & Business Development. He has worked on several transformation projects with Fortune 500 Clients.2020-09-1613 minAgileCastMyths, Mysteries and Misconceptions of ScrumIn today's episode, we have Sridhar Rao Diagala, Principal Consultant, (XACT- Agile Transformation Practices) dispelling many myths surrounding Scrum and speaking on how to apply it in the right way
Sridhar is a dynamic professional with 19+ years of experience Which includes Leadership Training, Agile Coaching, Scrum Master, Agile Transformation, System/Platform level DevOps & Release Management, Project Management & Business Development.2020-08-2821 minAgileCastWhy Proxy Product Owners are a popular way to build knowledge and capabilities in Offshore teamsIn today's episode, we have Pratyoosh Kumar, Principal Consultant, (XACT- Agile Transformation Practices) speaking about why proxy product owner are becoming popular inside organizations to add knowledge and capabilities of offshore teams
Pratyoosh is an Agile Coach and Consultant with 16 years of experience in Enterprise-wide scaling agile transition for large multinational clients with teams spanning across geography and vendors. He has diverse IT experience in various roles such as Enterprise Agile Coach, Agile Transition consultant, Project Manager, Release Engineer, Team Lead, and programmer.2020-08-1411 minAgileCastAnti-patterns in Product OwnershipThe product owner is the voice of the customer, represents the internal stakeholders, and is responsible for delivering the highest possible value to the business.
Do you agree that the Product Owner is a pivotal role in bringing about the benefits of the Scrum framework? Do you understand the role in-depth and how it contributes to bringing out the best from teams?2020-07-3117 minAgileCastHow to work on Agile Transformation initiatives? - Meetu SInghIn this episode, we have Meetu Singh Director XACT ( Agile practices ) sharing her 20+ years of experience and provide a simple 9 step framework for Agile transformations for both large and small organizations. She expounds on how true transformation is cultural in nature2020-07-1625 minAgileCastEpisode 2 - AgileCast - How to use Scrum with Production Support and Infrastructure teams? by Mr Raju K PSMThere is a general perception that scrum can be used for development projects only!
In this episode of AgileCast Raj shares his real-time experience of using scrum with an infrastructure team.
Raju K is a multi-talented, multi-dimensional personality, he is a Professional Scrum Trainer, an Enterprise Agile & Flow Coach, and a Curator at #RawAgility
Raju is one of the most well-known people in the industry with several successful transformations for many Fortune 100 clients.
Do not miss this one!
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Bits vs Bytes087 – Socio-Technical Systems with XebiaEvelyn van Kelle is a Strategic Software Delivery Consultant at Xebia (https://xebia.com). In this podcast we will discuss all about Socio-Technical systems like Domain-Driven Design and we’ll also go into interesting topics like hiring technical people. Some of the ways to reach Evelyn: Twitter: https://twitter.com/EvelynvanKelleLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evelynvankelle/Website: https://evelynvankelle.com/ Enjoyed this podcast? You will also like the […]2020-06-2352 minBits vs Bytes087 – Socio-Technical Systems with XebiaEvelyn van Kelle is a Strategic Software Delivery Consultant at Xebia (https://xebia.com). In this podcast we will discuss all about Socio-Technical systems like Domain-Driven Design and we’ll also go into interesting topics like hiring technical people. Some of the ways to reach Evelyn: Twitter: https://twitter.com/EvelynvanKelleLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evelynvankelle/Website: https://evelynvankelle.com/ Enjoyed this podcast? You will also like the […]2020-06-2352 minAgileCastNurturing Communities of Practice for Evolving OrganisationsCoPs are an essential part of human societies, we inadvertently form Communities of Practices based on shared interests and skills.
Agile Organizations carefully develop CoP around their employees so as to maximize knowledge sharing, ease of operations, and work on innovations in an organized way.
CoPs utilize a variety of methods to develop their practice. These could include problem-solving, coordination with other members, discussing developments, mapping knowledge, reusing assets, and identifying knowledge gaps. The concept of CoPs is currently applied in various organizational settings as an important tool for growth, stability, and reduction of costs.2020-06-161h 10