Category: Video Interview

There is a constant discussion around doing more and doing better across various industries. In our interview with Teodora Bozheva, she explains under pressure to deliver quickly people typically cause errors. Establishing criteria and policies is also important to ensure quality of work. Her favourite part of being a coach is motivating organisations for the improvements they can achieve, also getting results after difficult decisions.

She speaks in detail about key catalysts for performance improvement in the ogranisations. First, people should be motivated to undergo change and should know what is being aimed to achieve with the change, according to her. External catalyst is the need in the market.

Interviewee: Teodora Bozheva (Founder, Berriprocess Agility)

Teodora is an Accredited Kanban Trainer and Consultant, and co-author of the Kanban Maturity Model with David J. Anderson. Teodora founded Berriprocess Agility in 2011. Since then the company delivers certified Kanban training, coaching in developing business agility with the Kanban Maturity Model (KMM) as well as Integration of management tools with Kanbanize.

She has more than 15 years of experience in leading organizational change initiatives. Teodora delivers Kanban and KMM training to companies and professionals in Spain, Europe, the United States and South America.  

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

David J Anderson says that an organisational potential is always limited by its leadership maturity. He also explains the need to codify leadership maturity in order to provide suitable guidance on organisational potential and cultural change. In this interview, we discussed in detail about the must have characteristics of a leader to drive change with David J Anderson.

David has answered very critical questions like why organisations need to change. According to David, business model disruption is one of the major reasons causing change and needs business to step-up. Change may fail because of human failure. Nelson Mandela is a true inspiration as per David when we speak about change; as he understood that change is a human calculation.

Interviewee: David J Anderson (Originator of the Kanban Method)

David is the pioneer of the use of kanban systems for improved service delivery in creative and knowledge worker businesses. Originator of the Kanban Method and Enterprise Services Planning for improved service delivery, strategy, fitness for purpose, operational management and governance of modern businesses. David is a Management trainer and consultant. He is a popular conference speaker and presenter and Author of the books, “Lessons in Agile Management”, “Kanban – Successful Evolutionary Change for your Technology Business” and “Agile Management for Software Engineering.”

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