Listen "AGL 081: Agendashift with Mike Burrows"
Episode Synopsis
Today on the show we've got Mike Burrows. Mike is a leader in the lean, agile and project management community. He's a well known speaker and consultant.
About Mike
Agendashift founder Mike Burrows is the author of Kanban from the Inside (2014) and Agendashift: Outcome-oriented change and continuous transformation (2018); his third book Right to Left: the digital leader's guide to Lean and Agile is due in 2019. He is recognized for his pioneering work in Lean, Agile, and Kanban and his advocacy for participatory and outcome-oriented approaches to change, transformation, and strategy. Prior to his consulting career, Mike was global development manager and Executive Director at a top tier investment bank, and CTO for an energy risk management startup.
Today We Talked About
Lean
Engagement
Agile
Leadership
Identify the authentic situation of need
Understand the What/When/Where of the project
AgendaShift - Engagement Model
Avoid Micromanagement
Self-organization
Understanding pain-points of users and a vision of what people would like to see
Change doesn't have to be tiny small changes, it can be big picture change
Focusing on outcomes, not solutions
Get a mentor, read/listen to books.
Connect with Mike
Website
Twitter
LinkedIn
I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to iTunes and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word. Thanks again!
About Mike
Agendashift founder Mike Burrows is the author of Kanban from the Inside (2014) and Agendashift: Outcome-oriented change and continuous transformation (2018); his third book Right to Left: the digital leader's guide to Lean and Agile is due in 2019. He is recognized for his pioneering work in Lean, Agile, and Kanban and his advocacy for participatory and outcome-oriented approaches to change, transformation, and strategy. Prior to his consulting career, Mike was global development manager and Executive Director at a top tier investment bank, and CTO for an energy risk management startup.
Today We Talked About
Lean
Engagement
Agile
Leadership
Identify the authentic situation of need
Understand the What/When/Where of the project
AgendaShift - Engagement Model
Avoid Micromanagement
Self-organization
Understanding pain-points of users and a vision of what people would like to see
Change doesn't have to be tiny small changes, it can be big picture change
Focusing on outcomes, not solutions
Get a mentor, read/listen to books.
Connect with Mike
Website
I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to iTunes and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word. Thanks again!
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