Parenting for Productivity
Magic Milestones
In this episode hosted by Steph Chamberlain CEO of Magic Milestones, Dan Reed (Career Dad) and Sam Flynn (Planet Social Media), use their own experiences to dig into the impact of COVID-19. Can these strange times lead to a new dawn for gender roles, parenting and work/life balance? Or, is the Harvard Business Review article correct that women have taken the biggest hit in this crisis?
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If we don't fix time and cost, is it really an Agile Project?
Magic Milestones
After a debate in the pub, Paul McNeil (Agile Coach and Consultant with Magic Milestones) and Steph (CEO of Magic Milestones) were determined to get the answer to their question as to whether a fixed time and cost is a pre-cursor to an agile project. Have things moved on in the agile of stable teams? Do we care about constraints anymore? What's a project anyway? Join us for this in-depth (if slightly geeky) new world of agile projects. Topics touched on included project managment, PMI and PRINCE2.
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Lean Portfolio Management
Magic Milestones
In this episode, Victoria Poole talks about her career, her progression to consultancy and a number of case studies in Lean Portfolio Management. What happens when you have to win over a Fintech firm to change their governance and product commissioning process? How do you pitch the Lean Portfolio at board level and what are the biggest obstacles to successful delivery?
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The Secrets of Business Transformation
Magic Milestones
Business Transformation is a buzz word these days but what does it actually mean to succeed with one? In his usual story-telling style, Henry Cohen gives us a potted history of his most interesting assignments and in doing so translates the secrets of successful business transformation. Find out how Natural England was born and how to deal with opium smoking politicians in the second episode of our podcast series.
info_outlineIn this episode, Victoria Poole talks about her career, her progression to consultancy and a number of case studies in Lean Portfolio Management. What happens when you have to win over a Fintech firm to change their governance and product commissioning process? How do you pitch the Lean Portfolio at board level and what are the biggest obstacles to successful delivery?