Today you'll meet Paddy Corry, an expert in product roadmapping.

Paddy is an Agile Coach, most recently at SS&C, a global financial services and consulting business. With more than 20 years experience in software development, Paddy has previously worked as a Scrum Master, a Teacher, and a programmer for many years.

As an agile coach, he is experienced as a change agent, trainer, facilitator and coach. He particularly enjoys using coaching competencies to partner with product people and agile teams to help sharpen focus on goals and to help achieve business outcomes.

Paddy's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paddycorry/?originalSubdomain=ie

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Today you're going to meet Antoni Tzavelas, he might just be the happiest human on earth!

Antoni is a keynote speaker and leadership coach who has found his true vocation in igniting the spark of inspiration in others.

After successfully navigating the vibrant fields of fashion design, systems engineering, cloud engineering, cloud training, and team coaching, he began focusing on spreading the potent messages of happiness and empowerment, and his mission to illuminate personal and professional fulfillment paths for others.

Global engagements have seen him gracing stages at many conferences around the world. Such appearances are complemented by participation in countless community meetups where he has imparted his knowledge and insights, furthering an understanding of leadership, happiness, and engagement.

Antoni guides individuals to prioritize their happiness in every aspect of their lives. By offering straightforward, impactful strategies through keynote speeches and workshops, he empowers people to unlock their full potential. This is not just his career: it’s his mission to help make the world a more inspired and happier place.

Antoni's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonit/?originalSubdomain=ca

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Overcoming fear-based leadership means shifting from control and intimidation to trust, empowerment, and fostering a culture of psychological safety.

Nisha and Carmen have worked together in teams to successfully overcome this regimented traditional type of leadership and seen amazing results.

About our guest

Carmen Payne is the owner of SOAR! Transformational Life Coaching and is a professional and personal development coach with 25 years’ experience in the areas of leadership, coaching, mentoring, training, and project management. Prior to making the leap from her 25-year corporate career, Carmen traveled the world, and facilitated workshops, even as she developed, tested, trained, and partnered with fortune 500 companies to deploy integrated IT solutions.

Carmen obtained her ICF accredited coaching certifications at the Southwest Institute of Healing Arts and with the Quantum Success Coaching Academy. Carmen also holds certifications in Neuro Linguistics Programing and Time Line Therapy® and is a certified Add Heart facilitator.

Her services include personalized coaching, workshops, consulting and speaking.

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Story Points - Are they Helping or Hindering? 🧐 Are they helping us deliver better? OR are they just fuelling endless debates? On our first episode of the new season of The Delivery Space podcast, Peter Zylka-Greger and Benjamin Huser-Berta join us to break it down. Here are some highlights: 👉🏽 The story point debate—is it still relevant or outdated? 👉🏽 How can story points be misused, leading to debates and frustrating planning sessions? 👉🏽 The trap of equating story points to time and money and why this approach can backfire and set your team up for failure 👉🏽 Alternatives to traditional story points that focus on data-driven approaches for more reliable planning. (Check out the links below for The Lighthouse Tool) 👉🏽 How reframing estimating can humanise workspaces to get the best out of teams. Tune into the episode to get further insights. Link in the comments below ⬇ About our guests Benjamin Huser-Berta is a seasoned Software Engineer and professional Scrum Master with a passion for transforming the way teams work. With experience as both a developer and an Agile Coach, Benji has seen firsthand how unproductive processes and overwhelming workloads can drain motivation and make work frustrating. He believes in creating a work environment that is both creative and fun, where teams can focus on delivering true value rather than just staying busy. Peter Zylka-Greger is an experienced professional who has worked with teams around the globe for many years. His passion lies in fostering real collaboration and helping teams reach their full potential. Peter believes that a successful team is more than just a group of individuals; but it requires building the right system around them, and a well-equipped toolkit for them to truly flourish. The approaches nowadays rarely look at the system at play and this part really excites him.

Our Let People Work Website: https://www.letpeople.work/

Our Lighthouse Tool: https://www.letpeople.work/lighthouse

Our Let People Work Training: https://www.letpeople.work/training

Connect with Benjamin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-huser-278759188/

Connect with Peter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterzylkagreger/?originalSubdomain=ch

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Ted loves connecting with people and learning new skills that support the evolution of our collective intelligence. He has developed a rich catalogue of Agile Coaching and IT delivery knowledge and has broad experience in multiple business sectors. He uses this background to coach, mentor, train and facilitate teams, individuals and organisations.

In this episode, Nisha and Ted discuss why your personal agility matters and some of the lessons that Ted has learnt as an Agile coach along the way.

Connect with Ted: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ted-morris-dawson-87346a17/

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Honestly, we could go on and on about how much we loved this episode 🎧 and what David Pereira’s experiences taught us, but that wouldn't do it justice.

So, in a nutshell, here’s why you should listen:

👉 David’s raw and authentic insights challenge us to rethink our approach to product management.

👉 David opens up about his personal journey, moving from a software engineer to a Chief Product Officer, and the countless lessons learned along the way. He shares hard-earned wisdom about the common traps in product management that lead to wasted efforts and missed opportunities.

👉 He urges us to develop the confidence, by working with what we have in our environments, to move beyond just going through the motions and drowning in ‘Bullshit Management’, and truly strive for creating value.

🌟About David 🌟

David is the CEO of omoqo GmbH and a passionate Product Leader with more than a decade of product management experience. Over the last few years, he has led many product teams in successful endeavors.

His motto is, "The faster we learn, the faster we succeed." 🚀

Over the past few years, he’s been working as a Product Leader and has focused on coaching teams to deliver the highest value for their customers while driving desired business outcomes.

This episode of the Delivery Space podcast is a must-listen for anyone who works with product teams and is serious about product management.

Connect with David: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidavpereira/

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Karen Light is lit up by her calling to awaken and harness creative power! It is the thread that weaves together everything she has ever been passionate about.

She is an Artist who values play, curiosity, and connection to ourselves and all that is.

Karen deeply believes that creativity is an innate human quality that is not only about making art - it is about making our lives! And the transformation process it takes to create what you want doesn’t always have to be so serious - it can be fun!

During this chat with Nisha, Karen explains how leading like an artist would benefit in a business and personal environment.

Connect with Karen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenlight/

HowDoodle's Website: https://howdoodle.com/

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Agile is dead - it’s like that one joke everyone has heard a million times - overused and rapidly losing its hook factor.

Tune in to the latest episode of The Delivery Space podcast, where we unpack this topic with our special guests, Christiaan Verwijs and Johannes Schartau, and ask ourselves why now might be the worst time to abandon Agile.

We cover:

📌 Is Agile Dead? - Tackling the question head-on and exploring whether Agile is truly obsolete or simply evolving.

📌 Why Didn’t It Work for Us? - Many organisations claim Agile didn't work for them. It may not be for everyone, but deeper reflection can help us surface and drive behaviours and practices to achieve agility, even in small measures, to give teams confidence and empower them to pursue our business goals.

📌 Evidence-Based Success - Christiaan refers to data-driven evidence showing that Agile teams tend to outperform in several key metrics, from customer satisfaction to team morale.

📌 The Real Role of Agile Coaches - Johannes sheds light on the often misunderstood role of Agile coaches and why they are crucial for genuine transformation. There is a critical difference between truly effective Agile practices and coaching and those that merely create a false sense of progress by focusing on the happy clappy team happiness stuff and less on understanding the purpose of the practices.

🌟About Our Guests🌟

Johannes is an Agile Coach, international speaker, complexity and integral thinker, Liberating Structures user, and Zombie Scrum fighter!

Christian enjoys igniting positive change in teams and organisations. It is his strong belief that people should be empowered to drive change themselves, rather than being told by management or consultants how to change. His mission is to liberate the world from ineffective and demotivating workplaces by helping organisations find better ways to tap into the creativity, intelligence, and wisdom of people.

Together they are the co-authors of the "Zombie Scrum Survival Guide" along with Barry Overeem.

🎧 Listen now using the link in the comments and let us know what you think!

#Agile #Scrum #BusinessTransformation #Leadership #TheDeliverySpacePodcast #businessagility

If you've heard the phrase "Agile and scrum are dead", this episode is for you!

Christiaan's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christiaanverwijs/

Johannes' LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christiaanverwijs/

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