The Delivery Space

Non-Judgemental Leadership : Yogananthan S

Yogananthan has 30+ years of experience with C-Level IT Management and General Management in diverse international, cultural and functional environments.  He's a strategic, goal-oriented and passionate leader, able to motivate and energise colleagues, partners and vendors, towards achieving goals.
He's passionate about creating the better leaders of tomorrow, this acts as the conversation topic in this episode, hosted by Nisha.
Connect with Yogananthan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yogananthan-s-4b765a1/
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The Importance of Personal Branding for Agile Practitioners : Florence Olumodimu

Florence Olumodimu is a Digital Transformation Professional, Project Manager, Marketing Communications Consultant, Image and Personal Branding Consultant, Digital Marketing Strategist, Speaker, and Trainer who loves to find ways to leverage on digital across business processes & marketing while extending brand presence online.
She's passionate about the importance of personal branding, and that's the centrepiece of this chat with Nisha.
Connect with Florence: https://www.linkedin.com/in/florence-olubunmi-olumodimu-mba/
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Unlocking Agility - The power of learning organisations : Zsolt Berend

Zsolt Berend is a business agility practitioner, coach, and trainer. Co-author of Sooner Safer Happier. He helps global organisations on their journey to achieving Better Value Sooner Safer Happier.  In this episode we discuss we discuss how to unlock agility and the power of learning organisations.
 
Connect with Zsolt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zsoltberend/?originalSubdomain=uk
Jonathan Smart's book which features Zsolt as Co-Author: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sooner-Safer-Happier-Antipatterns-Organizational/dp/1942788916
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The Road to Scrum Mastery : Sjoerd Nijland

Sjoerd Nijland is a Scrum Trainer and Course Creator. He empowers teams with gold standard neuroscience-based training for high performance through professional learning journeys.
During this chat you'll hear about the Road to Mastery training that Nisha's sampled, and is a big fan of.  This is long term training, where lasting relationships are built, and offers sooooo much more than a couple of days in a classroom!
If you’re passionate about transformative learning experiences to help you bring agility to the teams and organisations you’re working with, you’ll want to listen to this episode.
Key takeaways
📍The Genesis of Road to Mastery - The inspiration behind creating an Agile learning journey that bridges the gap between theory and practical application, making Scrum Mastery adventurous and fulfilling!
 
📍Navigating Challenges - We talk about the common hurdles for Scrum Masters, including facing down the beast that is imposter syndrome. Discover strategies for overcoming these challenges through community support and experiential learning.
 
📍Adapting to Real-World Scenarios - The importance of adapting Scrum to diverse team environments and cultures through experiential learning, feedback, and the courage to apply Scrum practices authentically.
 
📍Beyond Professional Growth - Don’t take our word for it! Participants share how the course made a huge impact to their personal growth, enhancing their authenticity, confidence, and leadership skills.
 
This episode’s got more insights and real talk than a chat with your most brutally honest mate.
 
It might just be the talk you need to tackle your challenges as a Scrum Master head-on—or at the very least, make you feel a bit better about not having all the answers straight away.
 
🎧Tune in and let’s get real. 
 
#Scrum #ScrumMastery #AgileTransformation #Agile #learningand development #thedeliveryspacepodcast
Connect with Sjoerd : https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjoerd-nijland/
Checkout Road 2 Mastery : https://www.road2mastery.com/
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Creating Psychological Safety within Teams : Pamela Ayodele

Pamela is an Agile coach, who's passionate about transformation and understands that psychological safety within teams to essential for team members to perform at their most effective.
During this chat with Nisha you'll hear valuable insights into how you can maximise psychological safety within your teams.
Connect with Pamela: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pamela-ay/
 
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Pioneering learning through eduScrum : Willy Wijnands

Willy is a true educational disrupter, who's taken Scrum and agile into classrooms all over the world and created an awesome impact for students.
 
During this chat on the Delivery Space, you'll hear how a BBQ, an inspiring conversation and some notes on an A4 sheet of paper was the catalyst for eduScrum.
 
eduScrum takes the concepts behind scrum and applies them to any subject for students from as young as 4 years old.
 
🔍 Why You Should Listen
 
Whether you're deeply involved in education, passionate about agile, or curious about how simple concepts can lead to significant impacts, this episode is packed with insights.
 
We Discuss:
 
👉🏿A Focus on the Human Element - Willy brings to light the essence of eduScrum, which is about academic outcomes but fostering personal and team growth. Students gain a deeper understanding of themselves, learn the value of teamwork, and unlock their full potential, beyond traditional education.
 
👉🏼Impactful Learning for All Ages - eduScrum isn't confined to older students; it’s a flexible approach that enriches learning for children as young as four to university level, across all subjects.
 
👉Transforming the Educational Space: Willy's dedication is redefining teaching and also also empowering students and educators alike to embrace agility and continuous improvement in their learning journeys.
 
🌟 Willy Wijnands, is creator & founder of eduScrum® and has been a chemistry teacher since 1976 at Ashram College, a Highschool in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands until January 2021.
 
He is co-founder of the global initiative Agile in Education. He uses eduScrum® and the agile mindset with students and trainers worldwide in all his classes and projects, no matter the subject.
 
An important basis for his thinking and acting has been created in his years of involvement in Aikido, Chi Kung and Shiatsu. He has written and and contributed to several books on agility and eduScrum; eduScrum guide, Scrum in Actie, ‘Agile and Lean Concepts for Teaching and Learning’, and ‘Industry Practices, Processes and Techniques in Education’ by Springer Books.
 
Willy is on a mission to build a bridge between the educational system and market requirements, and believes that we can empower each other by collaborating. Together they create projects and products that contribute to a bright new world and develop students into lifelong learners and leaders of tomorrow.
 
Ever since 2011, he has trained more than 3000 teachers in more than 50 countries, online and on location, with eduScrum®, together with eduScrum® trainers and they have worked with more than 2500 students.
 
Now, he works together, every month, with teachers and students in the eduScrum community of practice with more than 400 active members and the numbers are on the rise.
Check out their community: https://eduscrum.org/
Connect with Willy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/willy-wijnands-41077254/
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Shifting from old Leadership styles to new : Sheetal Thaker

Sheetal has been involved in Agile and Leadership since she can remember!  
During this episode with Nisha, they talk about the movement from an old school hard leadership style to a more emotionally intelligent "soft" leadership style.  They chat about many of the advantages and dispel one of the common myths of this new style. 
As an expert in business agility and founder of FormAgility, Sheetal applies 15+ years of experience and expertise in digital transformation and agile methodologies to help leadership and their people work better together, deliver value faster, and create lasting change. Sheetal has successfully led and supported large-scale transformations for various organisations. She has introduced new thinking, tools, and practices that create better cultures, drive innovation, and empower people to face the elephant in the room and buy into the change that’s needed to succeed in the future of work. Her mission is to introduce business agility into organisations in a way that’s sustainable, innovative, and rewarding.
Link in with Sheetal here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheetal-thaker/
Sheetal's company formAGILITY: https://www.formagility.com/
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The Role of Leadership in complex product environments : Willem-Jan Ageling

Whether you're a seasoned leader or aspiring to step into a leadership role in a product-focused organisation, this conversation with Willem-Jan Ageling will equip you with the perspectives you will need to succeed.
Willem-Jan Ageling coaches organisations to create high value products, and he's passionate about the effectiveness of Agile and Scrum.
He's a Senior Agile Coach with Worldline Global and Co-founder, Editor and Writer for Serious Scrum.
 
🎧 What's Inside This Episode?
 
🔹Redefining Leadership: Discover how leadership within a product-centric environment marks a departure from conventional project-based approaches, emphasising flexibility, vision, customer focus and trusting our teams to problem-solve.
 
🔹Navigating Challenges: Willem-Jan shares insights into the key hurdles leaders encounter in complex product landscapes and strategies to navigate these challenges effectively.
 
🔹Impactful Decisions: Real-life instances where decisive leadership transformed a product's market performance, offering valuable lessons on focusing on desired outcomes and business value.
 
🔹Measuring Success: Using metrics and performance indicators that matter in a product-focused organisation and how they differ from traditional metrics.
 
🔹The Power of Adaptability: The critical role continuous learning and adaptability play for leaders to sustain the growth and evolution of products
 
🔹Balancing Innovation and Risk: Get expert advice on striking the perfect balance between fostering innovation and managing the inherent risks in complex product development.
 
Serious Scrum: https://www.seriousscrum.com/
Connect here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/willemjanageling/
Sign up for Willem-Jan's Ageling on Agile newsletter here: https://ageling.substack.com/
 
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Rocking Scrum and Kanban : Karen Clayton

Karen's story is awesome, and proves what you can do as a Scrum Master with a fail fast mindset!
During this chat with Nisha and Sharon, you'll hear how she used Scum and Kanban to manage a diverse team to create and host a live rock festival! 🎸
Neither Karen, nor the rest of the team had any experience in the music or live events industries...they were just a group of individuals with a shared passion for rock music.
It all started with the Quarantune Rocks! Facebook group they setup during Covid: https://www.facebook.com/groups/quarantunerocks (we love the name too!)
Connect with with Karen here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-clayton-07863711/
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Beyond Conflict, Strengthening Team Bonds : Jay Abbasi

The latest episode of The Delivery Space podcast has landed! 
⭐️Jay Abbasi joined Nisha Joshi and Sharon Williams to share tips on negotiating conflict, to get the best out of these situations and move our teams towards the most optimum outcomes.
In 2014, Jay's father passed away suddenly from a heart attack. It was devastating. At the time, his marriage was falling apart, he was working at a job that didn’t fulfil him, and he was thousands of dollars in debt. This began a search to uncover a methodology to find success and fulfilment in life. The methodology he discovered changed his life completely. It led to him joining Tesla and in under 4 years he worked his way up to running national training programs, responsible for the development and execution of training/coaching programs for approximately 1,000 employees throughout North America. It also led to him finding peace, contentment, and fulfilment no matter the external circumstances. Now, Jay's mission is to leverage his skills and expertise to help professionals build careers they love while avoiding stress, anxiety, and burnout through 1 on 1 coaching and group coaching programs.We discussed:📌 Conflict that’s not immediately visible. How we can shed light on the ‘elephant in the room’ and use it more constructively.📌 The ‘sweet spot’ between taking a stand and suppressing📌 The role language plays in conflict resolution📌 Advice for those who are uncomfortable with handling conflict in teams
Jay helps his clients build the life and career they love.  During this episode you'll hear some awesome tips and tactics for communicating more effectively within your teams.
Connect with Jay on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayabbasi/
Check out his official website: https://jayabbasi.me/
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