AT&T overcomes the Co-location challenge

The Agile Podcast (TAP) is back with its Season Two. We kickstart the Season with a candid but in-depth discussion about what is changing in the Agile world and the impacts created by the COVID lockdowns how the project management space has evolved in the past 18 months. We welcome Stephen Dowling, CEO of ETM. Stephen is a well-known thought leader in the professional Training & Agile coaching space, and his work revolves around Unlearning & Driving Business Agility. Interested listeners who want to explore more about Stephen and have questions for him can connect with him on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stdowling/.

As COVID has pressed many unwanted buttons and changed the future for us, what does it means for the tech industry and Agile practitioners in general?  An insightful session with Michael Koh from DBS Bank who shared some interesting perspectives and stories from his past experience in HP and alternate industries where he worked on the transformation projects.  I personally am was delighted with many analogies he chose to share with common discussions that I have witnessed in the tech sector. I hope you all will enjoy this one.

Agility Exchange brings you the podcast covers our conversations with the industry practitioners and people with a wealth of experience and knowledge of business agility and interesting stories of entrepreneurs. This discussion is with Satheesh Paddolker, CEO - Kratos Innovation Labs, sharing how Kratis came about and where the #blockchain as technology is headed in this post #COVID19 new normal.

Most of the modern Agile teams face the challenge of working and collaborating across locations. Even though Co-location is one of the tenets of the Agile methodology but it is practically impossible to keep all team members in the same locations due to cost limitations and outsourcing models.  Episode four explores how AT&T found a solution to this challenge and build a model that works perfectly and delivers the promise Agile methodology truly promises. Join me to know the story of Amir Elkabir from AT&T Israel and the journey he and his team embarked on, to bring collaboration with their USA based counterparts to a whole new level. 

How often you'll associate Agile with Sales. I found that intriguing and interesting too when I heard Marina in the Business Agility Conference and this brings me to the idea of how business teams coping with rapidly changing market dynamics.  Let us start with Sales and understand from Marina how she is transforming the Sales industry with one company at a time with her SWAY Guide.

In our second episode, we discuss Risk Management in Agile Projects and the changing nature of Risk in the advanced Agile methodologies adopted worldwide. with Pan Wei, currently working as a Senior Vice President in DBS Transformation Group, but he is an Industry veteran for 25 years. Pan Wei started as a systems engineer in Singapore Army in his early days working in the Telecom projects and later moved on into consulting roles with IBM, Rational and may more companies. Disclaimer: Views expressed by Panwei in thei episode are his personal views and in no way represents his employer's views.

In our first episode, we discuss the Agile leadership and its changing nature in the industry with Christine Ann Johnson, currently working as an Executive Director with DBS in their Agile Transformation Practice Christine has extensive experience in the industry and have worked in many geographies and companies in different domains.  Disclaimer: Her views expressed in this episode are her own and do not reflect in any way of means for her current employer.