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makeitworkCo-creation at the heart of Agile, with Alexandra BaptizmanskayaAlexandra Baptizmanskaya is one of the top speakers in russian/eastern european agile conference circuit. She has worked with many big and small companies, helping them transform or strenghten their agility practices. She is also an enterpreneur: she cofounded her coaching company, which is now expanding to the northern and centeral European market.
You can find Alexandra at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/baptizalex/
This episode is brought to you by epekworks.com. - epek is the collaboration software for teams and individuals. It is designed to foster focus, clarity, and goal achievement. Check it o...
2022-08-221h 20
makeitworkB2B marketing for startups and founder branding, with Finn ThormeierFinn Thormeier dropped out of college and flew to NYC with no plans, except documenting his journey on social media, and built an audience of 35,000 followers across platforms (LinkedIn, Instagram & Youtube). His videos and posts on LinkedIn have been viewed over 5 million times since then. On the back of this, he started his first company — Project 33.
Listen to the episode to learn more about Project33, Finn's journey as an accidental influencer and then an entrepreneur- the kind of content that works and sells, and what in the world is founder branding when it comes to B2B ma...
2022-07-1846 min
makeitworkListen to others AND yourself, with Vered ManasseVered Manasse is the founder of the Berlin based Pantarei Approach. Vered has been been teaching somatic therapy/coaching for about 20, and practicing for over 30 years. She is a driven entrepreneur and a writer.
In this episode we talked about her journey as a somatic practitioner, the principles behind the Pantarei Approach, business, and what makes for great leadership and team work.
Checkout Vered (and Pantarei Approach) at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vered-manasse/ and https://pantareiapproach.com
2022-07-111h 00
makeitworkThe business of marketing, with Federica TrilliFederica Trilli is the founder of the Berlin based That's Hot marketing agency. Federica studied philosophy and business administration, followed by a significant corporate and startup career, and she's weaving all of that into her work in marketing.
In this episode we talked about her journey as a founder, the mistakes we all make, getting advice and having a support structure, and a fair bit about content marketing and how it can specially help bootstrapped businesses.
Checkout Federica and That's Hot at: linkedin.com/in/federicatrilli and thatshotmarketing.com
2022-07-0459 min
makeitworkAgile, Culture, and Delivering Value with Anton ZotinAnton Zotin is an independent trainer, coach, mentor, facilitator and change agent. In his own words, Anton loves what he does, and the reason is simple: his passion is to make software development less painful, more efficient and in this way to help people to be a little bit more happy. Anton has worked in a wide variety of companies holding a wide variety of positions: from garage startups to major enterprises; from a manual QA to a C-level position. So he got a unique opportunity to observe how value could be differently delivered or NOT delivered.
✨ In thi...
2022-06-261h 01
makeitworkInnovation and Product Discovery, with Martina SkenderMartina Skender is a design researcher and innovation strategist who can help you define that infamous MVP. She has coached teams, led Strategic Design, and User Research Labs at Startups like Formo and Lab1886, among many other companies. She is also a lecturer at Innovation Design Management MA at the University of Europe for Applied Sciences and the founder of "Innovator's Toolbox".
In this episode Martina shares her experiences and insights on product discovery research, initiating and leading innovation projects. We also talk a bit about how user research has evolved over the years.
Find out m...
2022-06-161h 05
makeitworkGames, AI, and remote work with Niklas HallNiklas Hall talks about curiosity and developing an entrepreneurial mindset, creativity, personal growth, leadership, gaming and a little about the future of the world with AI, Robotics, and Virtual Reality.
Niklas is a business executive who is passionate about how people and technology interact to run great processes. He has worked in and out of corporates and startups, always with the aim to make things work just a little bit better.
He cares about personal growth and learning and believes that diverse minds think create better ideas. He is Co-founder and CEO of Acumex, board member and...
2022-06-091h 11
makeitworkSolving Customer and Business Problems, with Clement KaoOur guest today, Clement Kao, is an accomplished Product Manager -shipped 10 multimillion dollar B2B software products (and dozens of smaller ones) over the last five years at multiple startups, the creator of Product Teacher, a prolific writer and thought leader in Product Management -150+ product management best practice articles, and featured speaker many times over.
We talked about what Product Management is all about: solving customer and business problems, managing stakeholders internally and externally, the value of User Research and more..
👉🏼 Check out Clement at https://www.linkedin.com/in/clement-kao/ and https://productteacher.com
2022-06-071h 20
makeitworkTrust, Behaviour Change, and Positive Psychology with Claus HöfeleHow do you organize and lead your team as an Engineering Leader? What are the differences between high performing and under-performing teams? The role of strategy and roadmaps when it comes to product management and engineering... How does Growth Mindset look like in practice? How leaders can use Emotional Intelligence and Positive Psychology to create a better workplace for themselves and their teams?
✨ Our guest Claus Hoefele worked for many years as a software engineer in Japan, Australia, and Germany, as a software engineer and engineering leader. He is currently the Head of Engineering at doctari, where he...
2022-05-3055 min
makeitworkDesign, UX, and working with Product Managers with Minna HekanahoMinna Hekanaho, currently the Head of Design at ResearchGate, has worked in digital design for over 20 years ranging from voice design to location-based services and mobile operating systems. She has built and led design teams at German Autolabs, Here Technologies, Nokia, and Microsoft. In this episode we talk about User Research in theory and practice, working with product management and engineering to turn discovery into great user experience, and how you can bootstrap your own light weight user research at startups.
For more about Minna, go to https://www.linkedin.com/in/minna-hekanaho-09a6492/
2022-05-2350 min
makeitworkWomen in Fintech with Adeline Lee - Part 1Our guest today, Adeline Lee, is an accomplished Product Manager. She has built products and led teams at Clue, Framer, and Vitamin -in Malaysia, Singapore, Germany, and Netherlands. Adele has also been an advisor and venture partner at Antler, and has much to share about the work that goes into booting up and scaling startups.
👉🏼 In this episode, we talk about her journey, working at corporates and startups, from seed stage to scale-ups, how product management challenges evolve at different stages of a company, and finally building a Fintech from scratch that focusses on wealth creation, specially for wo...
2022-04-2849 min
CodeStories#6 with Balach, From Product Manager to EntrepreneurBalach is the founder of epek.app. It is an app that allows you to Create Product Roadmaps in minutes. Balach is a passionate Product Manager, Mentor, and Coach, Writer, who loves to get to know/help/learn from people with interesting and strong ideas. Over the course of his career, Balach has worked on interesting products, envisioning and building products from scratch to bringing them to the market.
He has built and led teams and he is a big proponent of Mindful Leadership and teamwork which will also be a part of our talk. He will als...
2020-07-1040 min