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:...

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:...

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...

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/   ************ Follow Nisha Joshi here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishajoshi1/ Follow Sharon Williams...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Bobby is passionate about the power of L&D, he has specialist expertise in the recruitment industry, and has been helping recruiters outperform the market since 2016! During this chat with Nisha and Sharon you'll hear about the power of being allowed to thrive (rather than just survive) in the workplace, supporting staff to grow, and how investing in L&D can improve quality and overall productivity. Connect with Bobby here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbybanerjee/ Check out his...

Anuradha is a Scrum Master, a Human value maximiser and a massive advocate of volunteering to gain experience. During this chat with Nisha and Sharon, you'll hear how powerful volunteering can be to hone your skills as a Scrum Master, and not just within software teams, but through application across various industries. Connect with Anuradha here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anuradha-aravindh-raj/ ************ Follow Nisha Joshi here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishajoshi1/ Follow Sharon...

We welcome Evelien Acun-Roos and friend of the podcast and regular contributor, Christiaan Verwijs for our next episode. Have you ever felt unsure or insecure within the Agile community? Evelien and Christiaan are on a mission to make our community a safer space for more people, with their scientific psychological safety study and would love your input. The results of their study will be available in March/April of 2024.  Tune into this episode where Evelien and Christiaan share why they...

Back by popular demand: Charles-Louis De Maere returns for series 4! During this chat with Nisha, he talks about the importance of pivoting during facilitation sessions, obtaining the right balance of clarity and vagueness, and you'll hear an (initially shocking) but very interesting story about his time in Niger. Here are some key highlights: Global Facilitation Experiences: Charles Louis shares his unique facilitation experiences in various countries, highlighting the importance of adapting...

🚀 We’re Kicking off Season 4 with a cracker of a podcast with Michael Lloyd, talking about my own experiences of Dysfunction Mapping and the workshop I attended to equip myself with practitioner skills.⭐️ Michael has created #DysfunctionMapping as a means to surface anti-patterns, monitor symptoms and help fellow Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches tailor their coaching strategies, to ensure they are making lasting changes to bring the most benefit to teams and organisations. As Michael put’s it,...

🎯In this episode Nisha & Sharon met with Martin Parlett to discuss PMO Learning from the island of Montserrat, and what a heartwarming conversation we had. Montserrat was left devastated by two major natural disasters in the form of a hurricane in 1989 and a volcano in 1995. Martin gave us an insight into how the PMO lead a major countrywide social and infrastructure repair programme, and why as he describes “right practice beats best practice”. In this podcast we cover the...

🚀 Our latest episode of the Delivery Space is here! The Double-Edged Sword of Diversity features a conversation with Christiaan Verwijs about the impact of diversity on agile teams. 📚In their latest research paper, Christiaan and Professor Daniel Russo explore how differences in gender, age, role, and cultural background affect how well a team works and the level of conflict within it. They also examined the part psychological safety plays in the effectiveness of diverse teams. Their...

🎙️ New Episode Alert: Communicating Your Value as a Scrum Master 🚀In our latest episode of The Delivery Space I was joined by Patty Aluskewicz, who shares her insights on how Scrum Masters can effectively communicate their value. As Scrum Masters, we often face the challenge of not just doing our job well but also communicating our value in a way that resonates with our peers, teams, senior leadership and potential employers/clients. Patty and I talked about the nuanced journey of a Scrum...

🌐 Explore the value system that underpins Agile Coaching in this thought-provoking latest episode of The Delivery Space podcast.We're honoured to have Femi Odelusi, an expert in Agile Coaching, as our guest.💡 This episode offers a unique perspective on the transformative impact of Agile Coaching on teams and organisations.We discussed:📌 Femi Odelusi's Personal Agile Coaching Journey 5:37📌Navigating the Complexities of Agile Coaching in Organisations - 7:45📌Understanding the Agile Coaching...

On this episode of the Delivery Space Podcast we are joined by Algy Ayson.He is currently the Head of Project Delivery Centre of Excellence and Profession in the UK Parliament providing leadership to establish and develop a central hub of learning, best practice and community to bring together hundreds of project delivery professionals in Parliament. His core expertise is around change leadership, digital customer service transformation, operational and project delivery and community...

🔔New Podcast Alert - Latest episode On Driving Business User Engagement has landed 🚀How do you cultivate a relationship of trust and openness with business users when introducing change? What does it take to not only involve but also inspire business users - be they from Marketing, HR, Finance or Sales to get involved and help shape our transformation initiatives?Max Dave stands out in the consulting landscape as a transformative leader with over a decade and a half of dedicated service in...

Om this episode of the Delivery Space Podcast we are joined by Ken Burrell. He joins us from the PMO Professionals, a boutique PMO Consultancy. He has a background in Chemical Engineering and has worked in the brewing industry as well as manufacturing where he first starting working in Project Management. He now provides PMO services to various clients spanning a number of industries including retail, public sector and financial servicesKen Burrell’s LinkedIn Profile:...

🔔New Podcast Alert. Brace Yourselves! The Community Builders behind Agile Tour Vilnius Have Landed! 🚀Our guests, Diana Borovik & Inga Keraityte, pull back the curtain to reveal the craftsmanship behind creating a vibrant community around Agile Tour Vilnius and other events hosted by Agile Lithuania (Agile Lietuva)Here’s what we discussed:1️⃣ The unique atmosphere at Agile Tour Vilnius - 1:262️⃣ Driving Community Engagement - Strategies for active participation. 18:283️⃣ Challenges &...

On this episode of the Delivery Space podcast we are joined by Mignon Mapplebeck Mignon Mapplebeck is a Consulting Director in the UK delivering Digital and Data Transformation. She has worked for a number of global organisations ranging from Media and Entertainment, Retail, Financial Services to Charity. She was listed in 2021 and 2022 as one of the UK's Most Influential Women in Technology and qualified in 2022 through the London Business School in Design Thinking.She is a strong advocate...

🎉 **Special Collaboration Episode Between The Delivery Space Podcast" and "The Podcast by the Agile Coaching Roundtable" 🎉❓Have you ever wondered how a strong personal brand can elevate your impact in the change and transformation community?❓What role does your LinkedIn profile play in shaping perceptions about your expertise? ❓How can you leverage content creation to build your personal brand?If these questions resonate with you, listen or watch our latest episode with Sharon Williams, Nisha...