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The Business End of AgilityGetting Future Fit with Melissa CrawfordIn today's fast-paced and rapidly evolving world, leaders face unprecedented challenges in the workplace. Melissa Crawford, a technologist and futurist, shares her insights on navigating this evolving landscape. She emphasizes the synergy between HR and technology, urging leaders to focus on "Team Human" and embrace AI thoughtfully. In this episode, learn about three key focuses Leaders need to have right now, and discover how to balance tech advancements with human connection for a thriving future.
2025-12-0736 min
The Business End of AgilityThe Power of Mattering with Dr Zach MercurioWhy do people stay engaged, loyal, and inspired at work—and in life? According to researcher, speaker, and author Dr. Zach Mercurio, the answer lies in one of the most overlooked human needs: the need to matter.In this insightful episode, we dive deep into the themes of Zach’s latest book, The Power of Mattering, and explore how creating a culture of significance can radically improve leadership, employee engagement, motivation, and wellbeing.Discover how small, intentional interactions can spark transformation in the workplace and beyond. Learn practical strategies to help others feel seen, heard, and va...
2025-08-2954 minThe Business End of AgilityCreating great teams through Self Selection - with authors Sandy Mamoli and David MoleWhat if everything you think you know about building great teams is backwards? Sandy Mamoli and David Mole, authors of 'Creating Great Teams', discovered something revolutionary when they ditched management spreadsheets and let people choose their own teams. The result? A measured 20% productivity increase and a method now used by thousands across multiple countries. They reveal why managers consistently get team selection wrong, share their battle-tested framework that transforms team dynamics, and explain why treating adults like responsible decision-makers produces extraordinary results. Essential listening for any leader tried of playing chess with people's careers.
2025-07-2856 minThe Business End of AgilityModernising HR, if it’s not on your agenda, it should beThere’s one department in every organisation that lives and breathes people - HR (Human Resources). While more commonly known as People and Culture, a name change is not the only thing needed in the world of HR. With change occurring even more rapidly with profound people impacts your HR team is more critical than ever.In this eye-opening conversation, we sit down with globetrotting HR expert Natal Dank to explore how Human Resources is evolving from a support function to a strategic business driver.She’ll be sharing her insights into what is going on in...
2025-06-0656 minThe Business End of AgilitySupporting culture in turbulent timesWhen times get tough, it can be hard for us to always show up as our best selves. Bring that into an organisational context and culture can quickly start to suffer. In this episode we are joined by the dynamic Emma Kirkman. Emma is a well known coach, facilitator and consultant with deep expertise and global experience in enterprise change and transformation, culture and organisational performance. We’ll be exploring why the posters on the wall are not enough, what feeds a strong culture, and what leaders can do to nurture it. We’ll also touch on why you n...
2025-05-2330 minThe Business End of AgilityCutting through the noise - taking communication to the next levelCommunication isn't just about emails, presentations and the intranet - it's fundamental to solving core business challenges. In this episode of The Business End of Agility, we delve deep into the art and science of effective communication with our expert guest Eithne Sweeney.We’ll be covering the reality of communicating in the modern workplace. We’ll talk about the simple process of communication and how multiple sources of noise get in the way of a message being received. Eithne shares her experiences of detecting miscommunication, identifying noise and reducing it. We’ll chat about the ke...
2025-04-2252 minThe Business End of AgilityGovernance, Agility and HumanityAuthors Tony Ponton and Phil Gadzinski, in their book Govern Agility, emphasize the need for organizations to adopt lightweight, dynamic, and adaptive systems that enable faster feedback, better risk management and compliance, and more flexible models. While we might hope that Agile on its own could achieve this, it must be supported by the right governance at all levels of the organization.
In this session, Tony joins us to share insights gathered over years of experience working with organizations. He unpacks how to create a modern governance system that fosters the right culture and behaviors, builds trust...
2025-02-0156 minThe Business End of AgilityThe age of AI (Part 2) - Is your business leveraging AI?So you’ve embraced that AI is here, and perhaps you’ve even done some experiments and had a few exciting productivity gains? But how do you incorporate AI into the very fabric of your business. How would functions like marketing leverage AI? What do you need to incorporate into your Business Strategy? How does AI change the future skills of your workforce?
Join us in this episode, where we will explore these aspects with our panel as part of our series on AI.
In this podcast our guests are;
Andy Cooper Avid Researcher, User an...
2024-12-2351 minThe Business End of AgilityUnlocking the Z factor in your organisationIn this episode we are joined by Future of Work expert and speaker Luke Goetting, where we explore the impacts of multi-generations in the workforce and new generations becoming the majority. We’ll look at how this changes the needs of our employees, and what this means for organisation culture, leadership and employee engagement.
Ultimately our customers and their needs are also changing right alongside our workforce, so now is a good time to unlock that Z factor !
About Luke
Luke Goetting is a dynamic Future of Work expert and Speaker (CES, TEDx and...
2024-11-2043 minThe Business End of AgilityThe Future of Work - going beyond coping to thrivingIn this episode we are joined by the amazing Author and Speaker Kevin Empey to explore just what is the Future of Work, and what it means for organisations, leaders and individuals today. We cover a lot of ground - looking at everything from the relationship of Future of Work with Agility, to how organisations can bring the topic of Future of Work into their strategy, and right through to the competencies needed for individuals to be 'future-fit' in today's changing world.
Find out more about Kevin here https://workmatters.ie/
Kevin's book...
2024-09-1549 minThe Business End of AgilityA little creativity never hurt anyoneTopics around employees over the last few years has been hounded by words like ‘disengagement’, ‘The Great Resignation’, ‘Quiet Quitting’, ‘Workplace Bullying’, ‘Burnout’ and the trend of declining mental health. It makes for a grim read.
In this podcast we’re to look that in the eye, flip it the bird and see how we can bring some light back into organisations, combining leadership, creativity and play to support increasing employee engagement, retention, performance and innovation.
To find out more from Wade you can find him here: https://www.wadejackson.co/ and to find out more about...
2024-07-1352 minThe Business End of AgilityChange it UpThese days change is occurring so rapidly you can’t even finish saying VUCA* before something else is disrupting you or your business. Today’s episode is called ‘Change it Up’ and we’ll be exploring different ways on how you can grab business change with both hands. We’ll look at the different aspects of managing and leading change like that will help us to better future proof, and empower your leaders and teams to navigate and thrive in an ever-evolving landscape.
*VUCA - volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity.
Todays Guest
Natasha Redman is one...
2024-06-2043 minThe Business End of AgilityThe age of AI - is your business ready? (Part 1)AI is not going to change the world; it already is. Statistics show up to 40% of roles could be impacted in today’s workforce, while on the flip side McKinsey Global Institute states AI could generate an additional 13 trillion in the global economy by 2030. Businesses that leverage AI will be able to process data and make decisions faster, offer their customers increased personalisation, and reduce their operating costs. But is AI at the top of businesses' agenda, a part of their strategy? Are businesses already working to harness this new technology enough? Do they understand how to evaluate and act t...
2024-06-0740 minThe Business End of AgilityDoes your organisation lack community?In the space of Business Agility much is said about culture, but culture can be hard to define, shape and nurture - what if we started with something more basic - something that we’ve been doing for thousands of years but seem to have forgotten?
In this episode we’ll be chatting with Beth Gervase, Business Agility Lead at ANZ on the importance of Community in organisations, why it’s vital for creating resilience in your organisations, what leaders need to be thinking about, and what each of us can do now to start building community.
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2024-04-3033 min
Casa de CambioEmpowerment: Blessing or Curse? With Biunca HooperWhat are some things leaders should do to empower their people?
What are some examples when empowerment goes well?
What about when it doesn't go so well?
What can the fallout be?
Biunca Hooper is a business agility coach and NZ director at EPiC agile. She joins Tash for a chat about all of these things and more, in the latest episode of Casa de Cambio podcast.
Catch B at the Agile on the Beach conference in March in the very stunning location of Nelson, NZ.
Biunca r...
2023-03-0730 min
Casa de CambioCustomer Experience with Biunca HooperWhat is CX?
Why is it important?
What can change practitioners learn from CX? Is there any overlap?
Where does CX fit into the agile family?
Biunca Hooper is a business agility coach, change enthusiast and director at EPiC Agile. She chats to Tash about all of these things and more in the latest episode of Casa de Cambio podcast.
Biunca recommends:
Leading Beyond Change: Michael and Audrey Sahota
The Diary of a CEO podcast
Learn more about the New Zealand business agility meetup at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/business-agility-new-zealand/
www.casadecambio.com.au
2022-06-0825 min
Fitter. Faster. Future.Does the Change Manager role still exist in Agile?We chatted with Natasha Redman, Change Management Consultant and Biunca Hooper, transformation coach on how change is handled not only in an Agile environment but also in improving a Business Agility culture.
Natasha Redman
linkedin.com/in/natasha-redman-4a795827
casadecambio.com.au
Biunca Hooper
https://www.linkedin.com/in/biunca/
https://epicagile.co.nz
2021-12-0636 min
The Unicorns PodcastThat’s Epic! The secret sauce to workplace culture from Epic AgileIn this episode, Justin talks with Biunca Hooper, Director of business agility transformation specialists Epic Agile. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2021-11-1929 min