Modern Change Management

In 2001, the Agile Manifesto was created and along with it, a movement for a better way to build software. Since then over 40 methods, tools, frameworks and more have been created as the software world learned that 4 values and 12 principles alone were not enough.16 years later, and some feel that we need to take Agile back from the bureaucratic organizations. For every movement, there is a counter-movement and this week’s podcast features Ryan Lockard of Agile Uprising. Our topics include:- how Agile Uprising came to be- how the ‘take agile back’ movement compares to the original agile movement- is change resistance a thing?- becoming too attached to the change as a change agent- focusing on meaningful change over models and processSubscribe to YouTube channel

I was fortunate to be interviewed by Ro Gorrell and Charlotte Mawle for their upcoming Change Ignition podcast. In this episode we talk about simple solutions for integrating change management and agile teams, as well as how letting go as a change agent helps you keep your sanity, and helps people realize you’re there to help, not to push change on them.Subscribe to YouTube channel

I was recently interviewed by Elizabeth Plouffe on her Across the Desk podcast. This is a re-broadcast of her podcast!In this episode we talk about the Happy Melly ecosystem is helping people understand the importance of workplace happiness, how we can focus on understanding what in our system is affected when we want to introduce change and more!We also talk about the upcoming Happy Melly Exploration Day which is the first in-person Happy Melly event worldwide!The Lean Change Management podcast will be back in 2017 while I focus on other stuff for the remainder of 2016.Subscribe to YouTube channel

Topics I explore with Ty Crockett:- experiences working with centralized Agile transformation teams- is the ‘guiding coalition’ an outdated concept?- what alternatives exist?- how has Kotter’s 2nd step been mis-interpretedSubscribe to YouTube channel

In this episode, Eric Lynn, founder of Culture Q’s, and I discuss culture, including whether or not you can measure it and why the approach some companies take is the wrong way to do it.This episode was recorded at #DareFest in Belgium so I apologize for the audio as I didn’t have my studio mic with me!If you’re interested in being part of the followup conversation, contact me!Subscribe to YouTube channel

This week’s episode features a few people from Canada, the US and Australia. Our topic, debating the arguments from Episode 1 with Paul Gibbons. Is pop psychology all that bad or is it necessary for more people to have surface knowledge as opposed to deep knowledge of these change models?We also talked about organizational coaching and how agile and OD intersect.Subscribe to YouTube channel

This episode features Salah Elleithy, Agile Coach, Trainer and founder of Spark Agility. Salah joined an open session with me at Agile 2015 where myself and a few other people tried out a technique called The Hot Seat.Salah recently tried this out with a client and in this episode we chat about why he wanted to try it, how he did it and what happened.Subscribe to YouTube channel

This is the first Lean Change Management podcast featuring Paul Gibbons, the author of The Science of Successful Organizational Change. In this episode we talk about what the Agile community can learn from the organizational development and change management communities. We also tackle a variety of topics including:The dangers of Pop Psychology (2:25)The expert trap (4:00)The need for certainty as it relates to change (7:10)70% failure ‘stat’ (8:15)BDUF – Big Design Up Front for change programs (10:00)Agile and Organizational Change (20:26)Subscribe to YouTube channel