Business Agility Now Podcast
Episodes
Tactical Tip: Navigating Management Styles
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What do you do when you are trying to implement or improve new ways of working but management isn't hearing your message? Fernando Razo, Enterprise Le...
Tactical Tip: Industrial DevOps
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How are cyber-physical systems different than software and what does SAFe look like in that environment? Oliver Wörl, SPC at NTT Data explains and sh...
Agile HR
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"If we don't get the people side … we are not going to be a successful organization going forward." In this people-focused episode, Adam talks to Fa...
Tactical Tip: Get the Right People in the Right Roles
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tune in as Mahesh Varadharajan, SPCT and SAFe practice lead at KnowledgeHut shares a short story about how having the right person in the right role h...
Tactical Tip: LPM: Keep the Goal in Mind
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The early stages of adopting Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) can feel a bit overwhelming. In today's episode, Deema Dajani, SAFe Fellow and product ma...
Real Options
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can an approach that originated in finance help you better evaluate epics and initiatives in SAFe, particularly around uncertainty and risk? ...
Tactical Tip Tuesday: Love the Problem, Not the Solution
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You need to be customer-centric, speaking to customers and validating, but how do you do that? Deema Dajani, Product Management Director at Scale...
Embracing Agile at Norfolk Southern
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Adam is making the most of his time at the 2023 SAFe® Summit Nashville, this time sitting down with Alexis Williams of Atlassian, Josh Fruit with Ac...
SAFe at B3
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to today's conversation in two languages—the first half in English and the second half in Portuguese. In this episode, Adam talks to economis...
Tactical Tip: Perfect Your Product Pitch
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What's the best way to get people to love your product when you release it? Deema Dajani, Product Management Director at Scaled Agile has some tips to...
Atomic Habits
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode, Adam is joined by Richard Knaster, a longtime SAFe® Fellow and a leading voice in the area of value stream management. Richard sh...
Tactical Tip: Running Your First Participatory Budgeting Event
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
So, you're running your first participatory budgeting event and you're nervous. What's the best way to demystify the event for everyone involved? Deem...
Tactical Tip: Agile HR
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How are you supporting the people who support your people? Whether your organization is on its way or just getting started with incorporating HR into ...
Advocating for the IP
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Adam welcomes Aly Orloff, Lead Agile Instructor and Coach at Lockheed Martin to the podcast to talk about all things innovation. They discuss the impo...
Tactical Tip: Improving Portfolio Outcomes with Real Options
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is your funding rationale the best match for your organization's MVPs and development value stream? In today's episode, Joe Vallone, SPCT and SAFe® F...
Tactical Tip: Flow Accelerators - French
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is in French and features Odile Moreau, SAFe Strategic Advisor and SPCT at Scaled Agile. She shares three key areas where organization...
Using AI to Complement the Human Perspective
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Adam talks to Terry Densmore, principal product manager at Digital.ai, about—you guessed it—artificial intelligence (AI). Terry describes h...
Tactical Tip: Strategic Themes
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Saahil is back to talk about how to go from good to great with your strategic themes. He shares what kind of strategic themes he's seeing in th...
Tactical Tip: PO for the System Team
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode contemplates a unique approach to address system team challenges. Tune in to hear SPCT Saahil Panikar describe the idea of a profit-to...
Reflection to Action with Feedback Loops
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Adam sits down with Tegan Harbridge from Easy Agile. After getting her expert opinion on how the 2023 SAFe® Summit Nashville hold...
Tactical Tip: SAFe is Human
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, SPCT Vikas Kapila explains why SAFe is a lot more than a framework—and why you should use it when planning your next vacation. L...
Tactical Tuesday: Customer Perspective
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ramesh Nori is here to offer insight on his approach to helping others when they ask.
The Art of Work Not Done
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode finds Adam at the 2023 SAFe® Summit Nashville, where he sits down with David Gipp, an SPCT with Agile Velocity. After bonding over th...
Tactical Tip: 100 Coffees
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gez Smith wants to have coffee with you. Actually, he wants to have coffee with 100 of you. Inspired by a colleague who is setting out to have coffee ...
Tactical Tip: Lean Portfolio Management Hacks
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do you foster innovation at an organization? Hazurasingh Siviya, SPCT with Temenos + Agility, is here today to offer three tips on just that—fro...
PI Planning: Collaboration, Dependencies, and Physical vs Virtual
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Adam sits down with Justin Oke, cofounder of Kendis, to talk all things PI Planning. They dive into what Kendis has to offer, how it evolved from an i...
Tactical Tip: Innovation
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do you foster innovation at an organization? Hazurasingh Siviya, SPCT with Temenos + Agility, is here today to offer three tips on just that—fro...
Mindset Over All Else
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What do quotes from Spiderman, Adam Grant, and Steve Jobs have to do with SAFe? Find out in this engaging conversation with Adam and Anand Murthy Raj,...
Tactical Tip: Collaboration Advice for External SPCs Working with Internal Teams
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eren Özdemir is here to offer a few quick tips and things to keep in mind when working with an external client on a SAFe® transformation.
Applying SAFe in Highly Regulated Environments
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Adam sits down with Gez Smith to talk about his specialty: applying SAFe in highly regulated environments, specifically banks. They d...
Tactical Tip: SAFe Principle #5 and the System Demo
12 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There are few things worse than getting to the end of a project and realizing that things just aren't working the way you anticipated. That's where SA...
Measuring Progress to Improve Agile Maturity
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Adam takes a step back from SAFe to explore something a little different with Brent Hurley from Agility Health, one of the leading...
Tactical Tuesday: Eight Tips for Coaching a Well-established ART
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Mauricio Gambini, enterprise Agile coach from Enterprise Agility, offers his eight suggestions to start coaching on a well-esta...
Business Agility in Corporate Functions
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Adam sits down with Markus Vogg, SPCT and global head of business agility at Capgemini Invent, and Em Sperring, SPC and business a...
Tactical Tuesday: The Case for a Co-trainer
29 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's no secret that the SAFe implementation roadmap encourages a variety of training throughout the journey, but have you ever considered bringing alo...
Building the LACE You Need
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What does high performance military training have to do with Lean portfolio management? Find out in today's episode when Adam sits down again with Edu...
Tactical Tuesday: Participatory Budgeting Quick Tips
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do you get numerous stakeholders with different priorities and limited budgets to agree what to fund and how? Hint: the answer involves everyone i...
Deutsche Telekom Customer Story
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Adam hands the reins over to Alexis Williams and Christian Kelly of Atlassian to lead a discussion with Florian Lukitsch from Deutsch...
Tactical Tuesday : The Magic Glue in an Agile Transformation
15 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What can simultaneously hold an organization back and move it forward in an Agile transformation? And what do dark jeans have to do with it? In this e...
Tactical Tuesday: What Makes a Great Coach?
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, SPCT Niko Kaintantzis shares three key elements to becoming a great coach. He also talks about what coaches need to stay productiv...
Transform Your Organization with an ART
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Having the right people in the room at the right time to have the right conversations can make all the difference. In today's episode, Adam talks with...
Tactical Tuesday: The Essence of Great Coaching
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Can you be a good coach even if you aren't familiar with the subject? Actually, yes. In this episode, SPCT Niko Kaintantzis shares four key elements t...
Tactical Tuesday: Iteration Goals, PI Objectives
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What exactly are PI objectives and iteration goals for? Communication from teams to the business about what the teams will do in a PI? Not entirely. I...
Being Creative and Focusing on the End User, with Phil Reynolds
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
At one point Phil Reynolds was the most published children's music songwriter in North America. Now he's CEO and co-founder of DevStride, an enterpris...
Tactical Tuesday: Coaching Up to Management
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is for all the managers out there feeling like they're no longer necessary after an Agile transformation. In fact, according to enterp...
Tactical Tuesday: What Type of Manager Are You?
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you're a manager wondering where you fit on a newly Agile team, today's episode is for you. Enterprise coach and SPCT candidate, Mikael Broomé, of...
Enterprise Portfolio Management with Saahil Panikar
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"In a really large organization, there is still a certain level of complexity that we don't appreciate when we look at a single SAFe portfolio and put...
Tactical Tuesday: Hofstadter's Law
04 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Perhaps you've heard of Hofstadter's Law: "It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law." In today's episo...
Tactical Tuesday: Improve Outcomes with HR
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever felt a lack of support from HR during an Agile transformation? You're not alone. On today's episode, SPCT and SAFe® Fellow, Michael Stu...
Customer Obsession at Atlassian with Natalia Baryshnikova
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"As a product manager, I know that product is never the end goal, right? The end goal is value to the customer. And that comes again with a huge peopl...
Tactical Tuesday: LACE Tips
13 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, SPCT and SAFe® Fellow, Charlene Cuenca, has some tips about building a well-balanced, cross-functional Lean-Agile center of excel...
Evolving Value Streams into Profit Streams with Luke Hohmann
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do you evolve a value stream into a profit stream? That's exactly what Adam discusses in today's episode with Luke Hohmann, CEO of Applied Framewo...
SPCT Program Roundtable: From Nominations to Immersion Week and Beyond
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode, we're offering a behind-the-scenes look at the SPCT program. Adam sits down with three professionals who recently completed SPCT I...
SAFe 6.0 Roundtable with the Framework Team
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode, Adam sits down (face-to-face!) with three Scaled Agile framework team members—Rebecca Davis, Andrew Sales, and Dean Leffingwell—...
Exploring All Things Flow with Yuval Yeret
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode about flow with Adam and SPCT and SAFe® Fellow Yuval Yeret covers a lot of ground. The two discuss why now is the time to introduce f...
Talking DevOps with Robert Wen
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
DevOps may have started out as a foreign concept a decade ago, but today, it's front and center in many organizations' product strategies. In today's ...
DEEP DIVE: SAFe® 6.0 with Eric Willeke
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How about a stroll down memory lane? On today's episode, Eric Willeke, SAFe® Fellow and co-founder of Elevate.to joins Adam to discuss the evolution ...
DEEP DIVE: Architecture in SAFe® with Steve Adolph
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Senior Consultant at Cprime and newly minted SPCT Steve Adolph sits down with Adam to discuss one of his passions: the role of the architect and archi...
DEEP DIVE: Adam and Eduardo Alvim
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Have you heard the news? 2023 is the year of the product manager. Well, it is according to Eduardo Alvim, senior trainer/consultant and SPCT. In this ...
Tactical Tuesday: Design Thinking
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is design thinking just a buzzword? In today's episode, Adam explains what design thinking is and how you can start using it right now to make your jo...
Q&A Friday: TOGAF and SAFe® Roles
17 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's question is about The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF). While SAFe acknowledges TOGAF, how do the different roles in that framework m...
Tactical Tuesday: Nonfunctional Requirements (NFRs)
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You're probably familiar with the term NFRs but do you know how they can impact your backlog, and your life? In today's episode, Adam explains what NF...
Q & A Friday: SPC! Now what?
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's topic tackles a common question: I'm a certified SPC. What training should I take next to advance my career? In addition to the easy answer, "...
Leadership Behaviors with Carl Starendal
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You may know SPCT and SAFe® Fellow Carl Starendal for his work around the RTE role, but did you know he has a Norwegian Grammy Award? And that a lot ...
Tactical Tuesday: Team Topologies
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Deciding how to build teams is complicated, especially when reporting structures and workplace politics are involved. In today's episode, learn about ...
Q & A Friday: Portfolio Vision
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What's the difference between the portfolio vision and the portfolio canvas? One is the why and one is the how. Find out which one is which in today's...
From Artist to Agile Coach: Tom Boswell
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're living in a digital age where pretty much everyone is a technologist in some way. In fact, Tom Boswell never thought he'd find himself working i...
Tactical Tuesday: Empathy Mapping
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A key way to understand what your customers really want is to get unbiased answers to your questions, which is sometimes easier said than done. In thi...
The Secrets of Good Product Management with the Co-Founders of Speedland
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Good product design is all about problem-solving. No one knows that better than Dave Dombrow and Kevin Fallon, former executives at Nike, Puma, and Un...
Conversations from the 2022 SAFe Summit: Centering customers and streamlining digital transformations at Lufthansa
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, two SPCs at Lufthansa Group, Toby Knopp and Alex Radzio, describe a SAFe adoption that centered the customer and helped the airlin...
Conversations from the 2022 SAFe Summit: Trends in Enterprise Agility, Part 2
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An expert crew from Scaled Agile, Atlassian, and Accenture gathered at the 2022 SAFe Summit to discuss brand new SAFe guidance and the evolution of en...
Conversations from the 2022 SAFe Summit: Trends in Enterprise Agility, Part 1
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An expert crew from Scaled Agile, Atlassian, and Accenture gathered at the 2022 SAFe Summit to discuss brand new SAFe guidance and the evolution of en...
Conversations from the 2022 SAFe Summit: Ask Me Anything with Cheryl Crupi and Rebecca Davis
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, SAFe® Fellows and close friends Rebecca Davis and Cheryl Crupi answer the most pressing questions that people have about SAFe—a...
Tactical Tuesday: Be a customer of your competition
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's tip is all about how to be better in your role as a PM, and it involves becoming a customer yourself. Do it, and you might be surprised at wha...
Q&A Friday: MVP
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's topic comes from a listener seeking to solve an internal debate about the definition of an MVP in SAFe. Tune in to hear helpful examples, in c...
Tactical Tuesday: Spend time with your customers
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you're a PM or a PO, do you know how your customers are using your product? What do and don't they love about it? If you don't know, there's an eas...
Conversations from the 2022 SAFe® Summit: The demand for digital healthcare at CVS Health
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to this special edition of the SAFe Business Agility podcast featuring in-person conversations captured at the 2022 SAFe Summit. In today's ep...
Tactical Tip Tuesday: Work better with CALMR
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
DevOps isn't just for IT. Whether you write marketing communications or develop courseware, DevOps can help you improve quality and deliver value to y...
Tactical Tuesday: Defining your first ART
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Launching your first ART is simultaneously stressful and exciting. Spoiler alert: There's no perfect answer to deciding which ART to launch first and ...
Q&A Friday: Who owns the risk?
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to program risks, a lot of questions come up. Who's responsible? Who owns them? Who owns their resolution? One thing is for sure: the te...
Tactical Tuesday: WSJF
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
While prioritizing the program backlog is a productive exercise, it often triggers hard conversations and trade-offs. And it's an exercise that can se...
Conversations from the 2022 SAFe® Summit: SAFe at Chevron
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to this special edition of the SAFe Business Agility podcast featuring in-person conversations captured at the 2022 SAFe Summit. In today's ep...
Q & A Friday: Who is responsible for engineering practices?
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Who should introduce Agile engineering practices to Scrum and Kanban teams? Senior developers? Scrum Masters? Find out as Adam gives us the short and ...
Tactical Tuesday: Find the Path with Mindset, Values, and Principles
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Change is hard no matter what, but it doesn't have to be painful. In this episode, Adam explains why the guidance in the Framework isn't rigid, and ho...
Conversations from the 2022 SAFe Summit: Mik Kersten and Dean Leffingwell take a deep dive into FLOW.
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to this special edition of the SAFe Business Agility podcast featuring in-person conversations captured at the 2022 SAFe Summit. In today's ep...
SAFe at AT&T
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Many people in organizations think they are just too complex to have that business agility. However, as a company, AT&T proved that we could pivot an...
Practice Makes Permanent
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The best way to improve your skills is through practice. But practicing the wrong way can lead to bad habits. In this episode of the SAFe Business Agi...
Don't Forget the Architect
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Technical expert, cat-herder, change leader, entrepreneur. Lots of terms have been used to describe an architect. But a marine pilot? In today's episo...
Team Formation and Self-Selection
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In between running the Value Stream and ART Identification Workshop and actually launching an ART lies an informal process to determine what people sh...
Removing Friction from Agile Transformation
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes an Agile transformation is a lot harder than it needs to be. It can happen when an organization is launching an ART, or it can happen during...
Continuous Learning Culture
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A continuous learning culture can positively impact an organization's performance, innovation, competency, and competitive advantage. But what exactly...
What I Learned About Leaders
18 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lean-Agile practices thrive in a trust-based environment. And leaders play a huge role in creating that environment for everyone in the organization. ...
Becoming a Great SAFe Instructor
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Learning doesn't just start in the classroom. It continues as learners take the knowledge they've gained and apply it to their role. So, how can instr...
The Value of Emotional Intelligence
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When people think of intelligence, most associate it with IQ. But emotional intelligence is actually a better indication of how a person will succeed ...
Value Stream Management in SAFe®, Part Two
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Defining and effectively managing value streams can translate to satisfied customers and competitive advantage. But what is value stream management an...
Value Stream Management in SAFe®
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Defining and effectively managing value streams can translate to satisfied customers and competitive advantage. But what is value stream management an...
Three OKRs to Measure Transformation Success
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Objectives and key results (OKRs) are essential in guiding an organization in its Lean-Agile transformation. But what exactly are OKRs and how and why...
Navigate the Future with a Business Agility Value Stream
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Three technology trends—artificial intelligence (AI), big data, and cloud—are converging to provide new ways of understanding, managing, and trans...
Getting LPM to Stick in Your Organization
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Implementing Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) is a complex journey—one that an organization might not get a second chance to roll out. In this episod...
Business Architecture and Value Stream Mapping
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Organizational politics. Skeptical leaders. Differing perspectives and assumptions on how the organization actually delivers value. There are lots of ...