The Peaky Agilist Podcast - Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Business Agility, Coaching, Visual Thinking

Paddy Dhanda

Want to be an Agile Rock Star at work and in every day life? Join Paddy Dhanda and guests for a regular dose of light-hearted Agile discussions. Paddy’s experienced over £4 billion in Agile failures during his career, rolled out the Agile learning strategy to over 100k agilists at a global investment bank and is currently the Agile Practuce Director at the largest Tech training organisation in the UK. Why call a podcast the Peaky Agilist? Paddy comes from the city of the Peaky Blinders, Birmingham in England! Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pardeep-aka-paddy-dhanda-24883017/

  1. Coaching Behavioural Change for Business Results with Laura Re Turner

    11/06/2021

    Coaching Behavioural Change for Business Results with Laura Re Turner

    How can we create behavioural change in Agile teams through coaching? That's the topic of Laura Re Turner's new book titled 'Becoming Agile: Coaching Behavioural Change for Business Results.' In this episode of the Peaky Agilist podcast we explore the 6 step framework Laura has written about.   ----------------------------------------------------------  This episode is sponsored by Emergence, the journal of business agility. Use the promo code "peaky" to get a 10% discount on your annual subscription. Visit https://businessagility.institute/emergence to get the latest edition. ----------------------------------------------------------  About Laura Re Turner As the Founder of Future Focus Coaching, I work with organisations to develop leaders and teams to be resilient, creative, and competitive in today’s increasingly complex business landscape. Future Focus Coaching works with a network of associate coaches and trainers to create innovative learning programmes. Every component can be tailored to create your bespoke programme. Professional qualifications  My continuing professional development takes in the latest thinking in leadership, effective teams, systemic coaching, product innovation, and business agility. I believe all of these domains are important to be effective in my coaching practice. Accredited by APECS, Association for Professional Executive Coaching and Supervision, Professional Member. MSc in Coaching and Behavioural Change, Henley Business School, 2018. My dissertation, ‘Succeeding with Agile: What Makes Agile Transformations Successful?’, led to an invitation by Open University Press to expand the topic into a full book on coaching in an agile development context. International Systemic Team Coaching Certificate, AoEC, Academy of Executive Coaching, 2019. Accredited trainer in Agile Project Management and Agile Business Analysis (APMG); PRINCE2 Agile (Axelos); Agile Coaching (ICAgile); Agile Fundamentals (ICAgile); Agile Foundation Certificate (BCS). Professional Scrum Master 1 (Scrum.org).  https://futurefocuscoaching.org/

    49 min
  2. 09/06/2021

    Digital Banking and Modern Leadership with Wendy Redshaw and Bani Sodhi

    In this episode we speak to Wendy Redshaw about her journey as a female executive and the challenges she has overcome. Wendy shares insights into the future of Banking and reveals her biggest tips for leadership in the digital age.  ------------------------------------------ This episode is sponsored by Emergence, the journal of business agility. Use the promo code "peaky" to get a 10% discount on your annual subscription. Visit https://businessagility.institute/emergence to get the latest edition. ------------------------------------------ Wendy Redshaw Chief Digital Information Officer at NatWest As Chief Digital Information Officer for the Retail Bank, Wendy’s remit covers the breadth of digital and technology across Retail. Aligned to ensure focus on customer journeys and unlocking value across Home Buying and Ownership, Everyday Banking, Short Term Borrowing, Digital Channels, New Customer Propositions, Shared Experience, and Physical Channels; our teams are commitment driving digitalisation, re-use, innovation, and safety and simplification of our digital and technology estate, while championing a One-Bank approach. Wendy joined NatWest Group in October 2018, having previously been the CIO for Collaborative Technology Solutions at Deutsche Bank, and a Member of the Supervisory Board for the Russia Technology Centre. Wendy has been involved in several successful FinTech startups, and numerous strategic business/technology digital programmes for top tier banks. She holds a Mathematics degree from Imperial College, and has a particular interest in Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Sensory Acuity, Innovation and Transformation, and is a passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion and fostering next generational leadership. Wendy was named by IndustryEra as a Top 10 Industry Leaders of 2020, and was recently awarded CIO/CDIO of the Year at the EveryWoman Tech Awards in March 2021. Bani Sodhi (Co-Host) A spiritual explorer of the dynamics of the human mind. Bani was born in India and brought up across the country, she had an early exposure to diverse cultures, religions and mindsets. She moved to a new place every 2 years for the last 23 years and maintains ‘Agile Adaptability’ as one of her biggest assets. A strong believer of astute investment in ‘Human Resources’, Bani is a global HR professional, by the day, passionately furthering talent and young professionals in a Fortune 500 company in Zurich, Switzerland. By night, you are most likely to catch her in the squash court or exercising her creative muscle by making music or painting canvases. Bani brings with her the exotic knowledge of truthful living, emotional intelligence, ambiguity navigation and determined to create a world where we help each other grow! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/banisodhi/

    52 min
  3. Communication and Engagement with Jo Pickard and Bani Sodhi

    07/20/2021

    Communication and Engagement with Jo Pickard and Bani Sodhi

    Jo is an experienced voice over artist with a fully equipped professional home voice over studio, complete with Source Connect, meaning she can deliver impeccable audio quality recordings that are both secure and in real-time to any client no matter where they are in the world. She has a versatile voice that will move and amuse you and has worked on a variety of projects across a wide range of Voice Over genres including TV narration, animation and gaming projects, National adverts and more. Voice Over highlights include; Channel 4, A Place in The Sun Volvo Ocean Race Narrator, Channel 5 ‘Old Wife, New Wife’ National TV Advert ‘Omaze’ Olympic Games – London 2012, Rio 2016 Website: https://www.joannepickard.co.uk/ Bani Sodhi (co-host) A spiritual explorer of the dynamics of the human mind. Bani was born in India and brought up across the country, she had an early exposure to diverse cultures, religions and mindsets. She moved to a new place every 2 years for the last 23 years and maintains ‘Agile Adaptability’ as one of her biggest assets. A strong believer of astute investment in ‘Human Resources’, Bani is a global HR professional, by the day, passionately furthering talent and young professionals in a Fortune 500 company in Zurich, Switzerland. By night, you are most likely to catch her in the squash court or exercising her creative muscle by making music or painting canvases. Bani brings with her the exotic knowledge of truthful living, emotional intelligence, ambiguity navigation and determined to create a world where we help each other grow! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/banisodhi/

    42 min
  4. WIKISPEED Culture Part 2 with Joe Justice

    05/10/2021

    WIKISPEED Culture Part 2 with Joe Justice

    This is part 2 of the amazing conversation with Joe Justice, founder of WIKISPEED. Joe Justice Joe applied agile to automotive manufacturing in 2006, founding Team WIKISPEED, and set 4 world records. WIKISPEED became the first automotive manufacturer to accept Bitcoin in 2012, and was featured on the cover of Bitcoin Magazine issue #3. Joe Justice joined Tesla in 2020, where Joe operated Agile@Tesla from the company headquarters. Joe Justice is a TED.com speaker, guest lecturer at both MIT and Oxford University in England, featured in Forbes 5 times to date including as owner of a "Company to watch" by Forbes Billionaire Club, cited in more than 8 business paperbacks and hardcovers, the subject of a Discovery Channel documentary for his work creating the disciplines Extreme Manufacturing, Scrum@Hardware, and The Justice Method. Joe Justice founded WIKISPEED and operated Agile@Tesla from Tesla's Fremont, California global headquarters. Joe earns his living by consulting globally on agile hardware and company restructuring, bringing multinational companies increased return on capital. He has designed and built 14 race and road-legal cars himself, some designed and built in as short as 27 minutes. He has also built some small houses, and some robots. His method of cross-training CAD, CAM, CFD, FEA, procurement, Machine Shop, Composites Shop, Test, and user testing has earned global recognition as the WIKISPEED method. Twitter: @JoeJustice Joe's books: https://leanpub.com/bookstore?type=all&search=joe%20justice Best Performance Course: USA: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/agile-business-institute-29922297079 Europe: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/agile-business-institute-29922297079 TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8jdx-lf2Dw LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joejustice/ Bani Sodhi (co-host) A spiritual explorer of the dynamics of the human mind. Bani was born in India and brought up across the country, she had an early exposure to diverse cultures, religions and mindsets. She moved to a new place every 2 years for the last 23 years and maintains ‘Agile Adaptability’ as one of her biggest assets. A strong believer of astute investment in ‘Human Resources’, Bani is a global HR professional, by the day, passionately furthering talent and young professionals in a Fortune 500 company in Zurich, Switzerland. By night, you are most likely to catch her in the squash court or exercising her creative muscle by making music or painting canvases. Bani brings with her the exotic knowledge of truthful living, emotional intelligence, ambiguity navigation and determined to create a world where we help each other grow! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/banisodhi/

    35 min
  5. WIKISPEED Culture Part 1 with Joe Justice

    05/04/2021

    WIKISPEED Culture Part 1 with Joe Justice

    This is part 1 of the amazing conversation with Joe Justice, founder of WIKISPEED.  Joe Justice Joe applied agile to automotive manufacturing in 2006, founding Team WIKISPEED, and set 4 world records. WIKISPEED became the first automotive manufacturer to accept Bitcoin in 2012, and was featured on the cover of Bitcoin Magazine issue #3. Joe Justice joined Tesla in 2020, where Joe operated Agile@Tesla from the company headquarters. Joe Justice is a TED.com speaker, guest lecturer at both MIT and Oxford University in England, featured in Forbes 5 times to date including as owner of a "Company to watch" by Forbes Billionaire Club, cited in more than 8 business paperbacks and hardcovers, the subject of a Discovery Channel documentary for his work creating the disciplines Extreme Manufacturing, Scrum@Hardware, and The Justice Method. Joe Justice founded WIKISPEED and operated Agile@Tesla from Tesla's Fremont, California global headquarters. Joe earns his living by consulting globally on agile hardware and company restructuring, bringing multinational companies increased return on capital. He has designed and built 14 race and road-legal cars himself, some designed and built in as short as 27 minutes. He has also built some small houses, and some robots. His method of cross-training CAD, CAM, CFD, FEA, procurement, Machine Shop, Composites Shop, Test, and user testing has earned global recognition as the WIKISPEED method.  Twitter: @JoeJustice Joe's books: https://leanpub.com/bookstore?type=all&search=joe%20justice Best Performance Course: USA: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/agile-business-institute-29922297079 Europe: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/agile-business-institute-29922297079 TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8jdx-lf2Dw LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joejustice/ Bani Sodhi (co-host)  A spiritual explorer of the dynamics of the human mind. Bani was born in India and brought up across the country, she had an early exposure to diverse cultures, religions and mindsets. She moved to a new place every 2 years for the last 23 years and maintains ‘Agile Adaptability’ as one of her biggest assets. A strong believer of astute investment in ‘Human Resources’, Bani is a global HR professional, by the day, passionately furthering talent and young professionals in a Fortune 500 company in Zurich, Switzerland. By night, you are most likely to catch her in the squash court or exercising her creative muscle by making music or painting canvases. Bani brings with her the exotic knowledge of truthful living, emotional intelligence, ambiguity navigation and determined to create a world where we help each other grow!  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/banisodhi/

    38 min
  6. Present with Impact with Karen Witchalls-Plunkett and Bani Sodhi

    03/13/2021

    Present with Impact with Karen Witchalls-Plunkett and Bani Sodhi

    In this episode we speak to Karen Witchalls-Plunkett about how to build confidence for public speaking and in front of the camera. This episode is packed full of tips and tricks you can immediately put into action. Karen Witchalls-Plunkett Karen Witchalls-Plunkett has over 25 years of experience in broadcast journalism, presenting and public speaking, having worked across TV, theatre and live events. She presents extensively for corporate clients both in the UK and internationally at conferences, facilitating events, product launches and on screen for clients including Marks & Spencer, GSK and Peugeot. Alongside Businesses On Screen, Karen run's a presenter talent agency called Perfect Match Presenters, helping match experienced presenters with a wide variety of presenting and voice over jobs on TV, radio, online and live events. Karen's website: www.businessesonscreen.com Bani Sodhi A spiritual explorer of the dynamics of the human mind. Bani was born in India and brought up across the country, she had an early exposure to diverse cultures, religions and mindsets. She moved to a new place every 2 years for the last 23 years and maintains ‘Agile Adaptability’ as one of her biggest assets. A strong believer of astute investment in ‘Human Resources’, Bani is a global HR professional, by the day, passionately furthering talent and young professionals in a Fortune 500 company in Zurich, Switzerland. By night, you are most likely to catch her in the squash court or exercising her creative muscle by making music or painting canvases. Bani brings with her the exotic knowledge of truthful living, emotional intelligence, ambiguity navigation and determined to create a world where we help each other grow! LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/banisodhi/

    1 hr

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Want to be an Agile Rock Star at work and in every day life? Join Paddy Dhanda and guests for a regular dose of light-hearted Agile discussions. Paddy’s experienced over £4 billion in Agile failures during his career, rolled out the Agile learning strategy to over 100k agilists at a global investment bank and is currently the Agile Practuce Director at the largest Tech training organisation in the UK. Why call a podcast the Peaky Agilist? Paddy comes from the city of the Peaky Blinders, Birmingham in England! Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pardeep-aka-paddy-dhanda-24883017/