
For Agility's Sake
Amway is on an agile journey, working to improve how it delivers value to YOU. Hear from the practitioners, leaders and everyone involved in making the transformation a reality.
Episodes
29 episodes
For Devs: How to See Code Differently
In this episode Arlo Belshee, Aaron Coville and Marc Denman discuss how small changes in our coding behaviors can lead to incredible results. Arlo believes we can achieve a bug-free world, Aaron agrees with him on some points of that.....
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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41:21

Drive Better Results with OKRs
In this episode, Sameera Moinpour, Sr. Director of Strategy Solutions at Workboard, explains how OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) can help drive better results for your team. OKRs are a key component of Amway's Agile Workflow Model, ensuring t...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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36:47

Becoming an Agile Leader - Rituparna Ghosh
Rituparna Ghosh, General Manager and head of DevSecOps at Wipro shares her view on Agile Leadership. Ritu will be the first to tell you, she is still on the journey of becoming an Agile and Servant Lea...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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37:01
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The Evolution of Agile - Hannes Färberböck
In this episode Hannes Färberböck shares his rich, 20+ year history of agile and its various methodologies with us. Hannes is the Managing Director of Nagarro's Austrian operations and the had of their T...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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24:30
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QA in an Agile World - Chris Mastnak
Hear from Chris Mastnak, "Global Practice Lead - Agile Testing" at Nagarro, on what it means for QA/Testing team members to work in an agile environment. According to Chris, life in QA gets easier with agile. He tells a story of maj...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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31:52

Being an Agile Leader - Daniel Eder
Daniel Eder, Enterprise Agile Coach from Nagarro, talks about the role of a leader in an agile organization (and more). When he realized that traditional development was brokenHis first organic agile transformation
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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38:52
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Scaling Agile with Portfolios - Lisa Gordon
Agile Portfolio Manager Lisa Gordon explains the importance of blatant honesty, difficult tradeoff decisions and maintaining relationships across teams. Lisa has been instrumental in establishing Agile at Amway, particularly in our Agile Portfo...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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21:20

Why Agile Fails - Lee Wiesehuegel
Coach Lee tells us "why agile fails" at scale and what needs to be addressed to reduce the chances of it happening to you and your organization. Most of us know that Agile is easy and effective on a single team, but those of us in the business ...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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45:48

COVID-19 and Agility - Tom Fox
The world is in a state of significant flux. If there was ever a time when individuals, corporations and society as a whole needed agility, it's now. In this episode Tom Fox, Manager of the Agile Transformation Office at Amway, speaks on the im...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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34:48

Agility is a requirement to survive and thrive - Tina Abdoo
Tina Abdoo, VP at Amway shares how agile is a way to thrive in an ever-changing marketplace.Why it matters to a leaderYour team is happier!Your team is more stable, predictable and autonomous, so you can have...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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22:34

Agile isn’t easy; it’s worth it - Gaye Garvelink
Sys. Analyst Gaye Garvelink recounts her experience with agile and how it hasn't been easy, but more than worth it. My favorite quote from this show was "We were working really hard, but we loved every minute of it."In this e...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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31:26

Making Progress Over Making Perfect - Gayle Evans
Gayle Evans, Digital Experience Delivery Mgr at Amway, explains how an agile transformation is really a transformation of individuals. It does not require us to know everything up front, but it does require that we continue to make progress.
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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34:37
Agile Explained in Simple Terms - Luke Nieuwenhuis
Luke Nieuwenhuis, VP of ABO Incentives at Amway explains how Agile is a way of getting work done. We often overcomplicate it, but it's really about how we get things done as an organization. WHY IT MATTERSOur ability to move ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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31:47

Product Management in a Complex World - Scott Sehlhorst
Product Management Coach Scott Sehlhorst goes deep into how an Agile Workflow Model and Product Management can enable a company to thrive in an increasingly complex world.Our Agile Workflow Model is a robust decision making system; prov...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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46:56

Building resiliency through safeguarding - Llewellyn Falco
He's back! Tech Craftsmanship Coach Llewellyn Falco shares stories of his second visit to Amway. Some of the topics he touches on in this episode are:Anti-fragile: a systemic way of implementing things so that when they break...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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35:26

Experience Design & Empathy - Kate Kronemeyer
Experience Owner Kate Kronemeyer shares her thoughts on agile, empathy and a hyper-focus on the user. "Design is more disciplined than you think."Other topics we touch on:Building empathy.Desi...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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29:40

Lessons from 15 Years of Transformation - Marty Bradley
Marty Bradley, Sr VP at LeadingAgile, says Agile Transformation is NOT about Agile; it's a way of achieving your companies goals. Here are some of the other topics we discussed. It's not about Agile. It's a way of achie...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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33:53

Leaders: Agile is NOT the Goal - Brian Hart
Brian Hart, VP of ABO & Customer Solutions shares his thoughts on why agility matters, how leader behaviors MUST change, and a first step you can take toward agility - rapid experimentation.Other topics we touch on:
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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18:37

Overcoming the Silo Mentality - Francisco Calderon
Product Owner for Training & Development, Francisco Calderon explains how Agile can tear down the mentality of "us and them". He highlights the importance of cross-team collaboration and a constant focus on improving what we build and how w...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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27:07

Managing Change is Easier w/Agile - Alyssa Rawsky
Scrum Master Alyssa Rawsky shares her agile experience and how her first reaction was "I don't want this." Now, she encourages others with "don't be afraid of change!" Alyssa describes how she and her team are using agile prac...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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20:55

Refactoring Code You Don't Understand - Llewellyn Falco
DevOps Coach Llewellyn Falco talks about improving code you don't understand, among other technical topics. Llewellyn is known for his unique coaching style, working with teams for 2 weeks at a time and getting into the technical details with t...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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22:56

Scrum Masters & Agile Mindset - Nichole Vanderlaan
Nichole Vanderlaan shares her experience as a Scrum Master, her love-hate relationship with Retrospectives and the mindset of responding to change over following a plan.
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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24:41

Agile & Psychological Safety - Kaylee Betzinger
Delivery coach Kaylee Betzinger shares her recent experience in the world of agile and how it can create a positive culture of psychological safety on teams.
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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20:24

Agile feels like coming home - Erin Huttinga
Product Management Coach Erin talks about her experience with agile as a developer, a Scrum Master and an Agile Coach over the last decade.
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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29:37

The 7th Day Effect of Agile - Kris Zoerman
Hear from Amway's Agile Transformation Office Program Manager, Kris Zoerman, on agile and the 7th day effect. The 7th day effect is a concept for what it feels like to finish a job and feel immediately satisfied because the results are immediat...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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20:56
