Category: Video Interview

In the complex world, leadership plays a crucial role. The responsibility of the leader lies in enabling the team members towards facilitation. We have recently featured Shane Hastie in a Video Interview with us where he shared valuable experiences and thoughts on leadership. He answered many of our questions on the shift towards Agile transformation. He says copying the old business model doesn’t make any change for the organization also known as imposition of Agile.

We also discussed different aspects of how to bring people on a journey and to co-create the Agility  that is needed in your organization. He said “An agile leader is a coach and mentor, helping their followers to become the best possible versions of themselves”. He distinguished the difference between coach and consultant and their importance to the organization during Agile transformation. He shared his thoughts around Agile Transformation with the wonderful saying “Don’t Impose Agility, Invite Agility” and many more experiences and examples.

Interviewee: Shane Hastie (Director of Community Development at ICAgile)

Shane Hastie is the Director of Agile Learning Programs for ICAgile.Over the last 30+ years Shane has been a practitioner and leader of developers, testers, trainers, project managers and business analysts, helping teams to deliver results that align with overall business objectives. He has worked with large and small organisations, from individual teams to large transformations all around the world. He draws on over 30 years of practical experience across all levels of Information Technology and software intensive product development. Shane was a director of the Agile Alliance from 2011 to 2016 and is the founding Chair of Agile Alliance New Zealand.

Interviewer: Noopur Pathak (Chief Media Editor, INNOVATION ROOTS)

Change management is the process of Adapting, Controlling and Implementing the Change. In our recent interview, we have featured Janice Linden-Reed (Senior Manager, Agile Coaching at Salesforce). Janice shared her unique experiences about Change Management during COVID situations. She shared her distinguished thoughts on some of the challenges faced during the change process in the organizations/teams. We discussed “Why is Change important in an organization?”.

She said, any company struggling in certain situations needs to focus on the Change Management Process. We also discussed various aspects of Kanban Implementation for Change management. Janice highlighted that we need to have a collaborative relationship with customers (Internal and External) for smoother flow of change in any organization. She framed the Misconceptions, Risks of Kanban and better ways of implementations and many more thoughts on Change Initiatives.

Interviewee: Janice Linden-Reed (Senior Manager, Agile Coaching at Salesforce)

Janice Linden-Reed is Senior Manager, Agile Coaching at Salesforce. She is passionate about business agility, the ability to quickly shift to keep up with changes in customer needs, the competitive landscape, and the market.

She is a former executive with Lean Kanban Inc. and has over 10 years’ experience using Kanban for knowledge work and service work, as well as building programs and the global community for trainers, coaches, and enthusiasts for the Kanban Method. She is based in Seattle, Washington and appears around the world doing public speaking and consulting. Janice is program chair for the Lean Kanban North America 2019 conference, part of the Lean Kanban Global Summit.

Interviewer: Noopur Pathak (Chief Media Editor, INNOVATION ROOTS)