The Backlog | Inspiring conversations by ADAPTOVATE

D. Ray Freeman is TRIBES Managing Director. TRIBE is an agile community created by ADAPTOVATE. Ray sits down with our Los Angeles partner Nate Nelson to discuss 5 tips for new business owners for starting a consulting business.

We celebrate International Women's Day 2022 with our special edition of our monthly interview The Back Story. In this interview we invited two of our senior team in a wide ranging conversation, discussing careers, work life integration, and what does success mean to them personally. Caitilin Studdert is our Chief Operating Officer and in this months The Back Story, Caitilin interviews Jude Rajkumar one of our senior consultants in Australia. For further information about ADAPTOVATE and to read further The Back Story's visit www.adaptovate.com

In this episode of The Backlog one of our Partners in Australia Steve Walton sits down in conversation with Dave Gumley our Growth Partner. In this insightful discussion,we hear first hand on how businesses can future proof themselves for 2022.

In this interview Mamta Mehra sits down with PLAN International Australia CEO Susanne Legena, to discuss how they recently implemented new ways of working into their organisation. Working with ADAPTOVATE Susanne discusses the benefits and challenges as her employees and leadership undertook a new way of working using ORKS (Objectives and Key Results) into their day to day process. As part of ADAPTOVATE's commitment to Pledge 1% (www.pledge1percent.com) we are working with a range of communities and not-for-profits to assist in their businesses. :::: Links: https://www.plan.org.au/ https://www.pledge1percent.org/ https://www.adaptovate.com/ :::: Video sections: 01:00 - Susanne Legenas role at Plan International Australia 03:54 - How has the pandemic impacted "giving" trends ? 05:55 - Transformations for PLAN 07:37 - OKRS - How ADAPTOVATE helped with implementing OKRS into PLAN 12:54 - Sustaining new ways of working 16:53 - Advice for other Not-for-profits needing new ways of working 18:50 - Podcast and Books recommendations

In this mini-episode Ray Freeman takes us through "How to introduce yourself like a boss!". Less than seven minutes listening time! For more "In under seven minutes" tutorials and resources visit our youtube channel at www.youtube.com/adaptovate Or visit www.adaptovate.com

In this episode we feature TRIBE. The sister company to ADAPTOVATE, TRIBE is a community of independent Agile industry experts assembled to respond to global talent demand. TRIBE's community manager sits down with the new managing director of TRIBE D Ray Freeman and the outgoing MD Sean Woon to discuss the agile industry and the increasing demand for quality talent. Show notes: Visit TRIBE at www.tribeagile.com and join the community. Visit ADAPTOVATE at www.adaptovate.com

Hosted by Ray Freeman As part of our partnership with Pledge 1%, our Senior Consultant in Los Angeles, Ray Freeman sits down in conversation with the inspiring team from Brittany's Backpack Ministry. Listen to their story of how this incredible non-profit came about and what they are up to in the future. www.pledge1percent.org You can follow Brittany's Backpack Ministry on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

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Hosted by Priscilla Koukoui, Senior consultant ADAPTOVATE Priscilla Koukoui sits down with four Human Centred Design specialists to discuss their thinking on latest trends in this field. A fascinating episode with insights from: Serena Lee - Isobar Aviram Vijh - Telstra Vida Asrina - Endeavour / Cartology Bronwyn van der Merwe - Fjord Show Notes: Serena recommendations: Prof G Show with Scott Galloway https://podcasts.voxmedia.com/show/the-prof-g-show-with-scott-galloway Business Breakdown https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/business-breakdowns/id1559120677 Avi Recommendations: Brene Brown Dare to Lead - https://open.spotify.com/show/3oEPsPKDhPVoNNL7pH5db6?si=7Pqlk0uvQ1iRj1hCQ8uZwg&dl_branch=1 Vida Recommendations: This is HCD https://www.thisishcd.com/ Brownyn Recommendations: Masters of Scale https://mastersofscale.com/ Power of Ten https://www.polaine.com/podcasts

In this guest episode of The Backlog, we feature The Agency Spark podcast with an interview with our senior consultant Chris MacLeod. "In this episode of the Agency Spark Podcast, Sara interviews Chris MacLeod. Chris is a Senior Consultant and coach with ADAPTOVATE, a global management consulting firm, based in Sydney Australia, specializing in Agile at Scale business model transformations. As Design Thinking and human-centred-design evangelist, Chris works with large, publicly traded companies to embed Agile ways of working that support sustainable innovation and customer value delivery. Chris is also a long-time member of the Duct Tape Marketing Consulting Network and acts as the International Leader, helping grow the brand outside North America." Links: https://sparklabconsulting.com/blog/ - Sara Nay is found of Spark Lab Consulting https://www.adaptovate.com - The ADAPTOVATE website - Contact us!