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Figure Out Your Product Operating Model Strategy

Are you considering adopting a Product Operating Model but unsure what to do beyond the buzz? So you’ve read the book, listened to podcasts, saw some videos. Maybe you even have a hypothesis about why moving from projects or an agile feature factory to a Product Operating Model will help your product organization. But what …

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What is the difference between Scaled Agile/SAFe and a Product Operating Model? (Interview on the Business Agility Now Podcast)

I recently joined Adam Mattis on the “Business Agility Now” podcast for a conversation about scaling agile and product operating models. It’s always a pleasure to chat with Adam about the realities of applying agility at scale and some of the trends I’m seeing in the field. We covered various topics, drawing from our experiences …

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Improve Marketing Speed and Impact through Agile Marketing

Agile Marketing – The key to faster, more responsive, more impactful marketing More and more CMOs are looking at Agile Marketing as the way to modernize their organization and make it faster and more responsive to the needs of the business. Agile Marketing helps marketers improve their flow, focus, and impact in a dynamic and …

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Shaping Agility

Shaping Agility

Applying Lean and Agile techniques at scale to bring about effective, sustainable improvement in Culture, Execution and Business Results.

Bring Clarity and Traction to Your Product Organization With Product Operations

Do your Product Managers spend more time managing work than maximizing outcomes?  The product organization works hard to write artifacts, prioritize roadmaps, and manage deliveries. However, despite good intentions, communication between Product, Engineering, and Design is inconsistent or full of friction.  Without clear visibility into product performance and user experience, your product teams are left …

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Figure Out Your Agility Strategy

Are you looking at going Agile but unsure what the right approach is? We help leaders create or re-align their strategy for pursuing agility at scale in their organization, emphasizing intent, principles, context, and a dialogic agile approach to pursuing agility. Are you leading an organization? Are you considering or already pursuing agility? We will …

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SAFe™ Agility Strategy Workshop

SAFe™ Training is great but not enough For organizations looking to use the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe™) to improve their business agility, my SAFe™ Agility Strategy Management/Leadership Workshop is an interactive deep-dive approach to create or re-align a strategy for scaling agility leveraging SAFe in your organization. Going beyond training, this workshop starts with the …

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Breaking the SAFe Season 1

Is SAFe good? Is SAFe agile? What are SAFe’s strengths? Weaknesses? How does SAFe see the Scrum Master and Product Owner roles? What are the benefits and challenges of the PI Planning practice? Ryan Ripley and I recorded Breaking The SAFe, a series of videos dissecting SAFe. Do you want a cliff notes version? It …

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Bringing Business, Clinical Operations and IT together to deliver faster better Business Outcomes at Spectrum Healthcare

Overview Spectrum Healthcare, a multispecialty medical practice in Maine, wanted to improve operational efficiency across surgical operations, quality, marketing, clinical operations, physiotherapy champions, compliance, medical staff services, billing, and IT. IT, clinical and operational leaders aimed to enhance collaboration across departments and improve their ability to drive operational changes effectively. When/Why Spectrum was looking at …

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Fixing Your OKRs - Back to First Principles

Fix Your OKRs: Back to First Principles Video

In this video, I explore the core issues many organizations face with their OKR (Objectives and Key Results) practices. We’ll revisit the fundamental principles that often get lost in the process of setting and tracking OKRs and explore how to fix misaligned strategies. Tune in for actionable insights to help you reset your approach, align …

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