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AgileData has achieved Google Cloud Ready – BigQuery designation, streamlining data management for customers and partners. This certification confirms the integration’s functionality and reliability, reducing complexity through a low-code interface. By leveraging Google Cloud’s infrastructure and BigQuery, AgileData empowers business leaders to rapidly gain insights and make informed decisions efficiently.
Empower Data Analysts to Deliver Insights Faster with a Low-Code Platform As a Data Analyst, your focus is on delivering insights quickly and efficiently. But traditional data engineering processes can slow you down,...
Your Fractional Data Team we become your "fractional data team", at a fraction of the time, cost and effort it will take you to create and manage an internal team of data experts and disparate data cloud technologies...
Data Governance Leader Your organisation has a data platform that contains a wealth of data, but nobody understands what that data is. To catalog it would take years and cost a small fortune , thats assuming you can...
Accelerate Your Data Team’s Skills with new Data Ways of Working As a data team, staying agile and continuously improving your approach to data work is essential. You’re looking for effective ways to upskill your team...
Supercharge Your Solo Data Consultancy with AgileData As a full-time data consultant, you manage every part of your business, from client relationships to delivering data solutions. You aim to scale your services,...
Organisation Intent Enable the organisation to share, combine, and analyse data with partner organisations while keeping every byte private and every regulation satisfied, removing the fear and friction that hold back...
View Demo in Fullscreen Track and trace your data as if its your parcel from Amazon Why do you need to use a complex data lineage graph to work out where specific data goes in your data platform? When you can track n...
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with with Woody Zuill about mob programming.
Woody explains the concept of mob programming where a cross-functional software development team focuses on completing one feature at a time. Woody describes how mobbing has increased the effectiveness of development teams he’s worked with by 10 times while rapidly increasing team learning, capability and skills. Tune in to learn about the practical implementation of mobbing techniques to improve your product development.
Join Shane Gibson as he chats with Joe Reis on how the potential adoption of GenAI and LLM’s in the way Data teams work.
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Joel Tosi and Dion Stewart about Dojo’s.
Dojo’s are a six week immersive learning experience where teams learn and practice new ways of working on real work with skilled coaches. We discuss the structure and implementation of Dojos, chartering, coaching dynamics, and frequent feedback loops. We emphasize the challenges and anti-patterns that can emerge, such as treating Dojos as bootcamps or lacking stakeholder support. Finally, Joel and Dion offer insights into the future of Dojos and their potential for building capability and driving organisation change.
The AgileData team is dedicating 30 days to exploring a novel data use case, which might lead to a new product, feature set, or module. They’ll document their daily progress publicly to share learnings and insights. Follow their journey on their blog for updates as they build and experiment in real-time.
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they discuss product management with John Cutler, famous for his newsletter The Beautiful Mess.
We dive into the purpose of product management as a driver of profitable growth. And we discuss how to use the north star framework to align your organisation around common goals. We examine how to use product roadmaps to communicate and prioritize plans and discuss how critical it is to be an open, honest, and effective leader. And finally we look at whether agile is critical or useless in product management. Join us as we uncover the insights and best practices product managers need to be more effective.
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they discuss UX research with Dr. Nick Fine. Nick explains what to expect from a UX researcher, how to do user research well, and the challenges that researchers have to overcome to obtain valid results. Whether you’re a product manager, designer, or developer this episode is packed with actionable insights, real world examples and expert tips to enhance your understanding of UX research and its role in creating high value, digital products and services.
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they discuss the Vanguard method with Ibbi Hussain, one of the founding architects of this revolutionary approach to organisation change. Ibi describes how the Vanguard method uses systems thinking, service design, and occupational psychology to make profound improvements to call center performance. Join us as we navigate through the philosophy of change, the importance of leadership. And practical insights into implementing sustainable improvement within organisations.
Welcome to our 100th episode.
In this episode, we talk about what we’ve learnt from our guests about agile, product development and leadership. We discuss what the podcast is about and why we started it. We unpack our critical take on fake agile and discuss agile leadership and product development. Join us as we take a deep dive into the insights, experiences and conversations that have shaped our podcast ovr the last 99 episodes. And here’s to another hundred episodes of cutting through the nonsense and bringing you the advice you need to succeed.
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Evan Leybourn from the Business Agility Institute about business agility. We discuss how to define and measure business agility, examples of agile organisations, and the struggle with traditional bureaucratic models. We delve into the different types of leadership, the nature of internal cultural and political changes, and the challenges faced by organisations in adopting and implementing agility.
Join Shane Gibson as he chats with Juha Korpela on how to adopt patterns and practises from Product Management and apply them to the data domain.
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Ron Westrum about how organisational culture drives innovation and disaster. We discuss generative, bureaucratic and pathological cultures, using real-world examples from NASA, Boeing and others. This episode highlights the importance of leadership integrity, openness, honesty, the free flow of information, and a mission-focused approach to achieving organisational goals. Listen for insights on identifying and promoting a generative culture, dealing with bad news, the role of technical maestros, and much more.
I’m Hai, a name that intriguingly means “hi” in English. Originally from Vietnam, I now find myself in Australia, studying Data Science and embracing an internship at AgileData.io. This journey is not just about academic growth but also about applying my knowledge in practical, impactful ways. Join me as I explore the blend of technology and community, aiming to make a difference through data.
Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Jack Skeels about agile for digital and marketing agencies. Jack advocates for reducing the managerial overhead in organisations to promote productivity and improve communication. We discuss common hurdles in agile implementations. The value of a manager as a sports coach. The importance of scoping the work. Over managing and how real change must start from the top. This episode is full of practical advice and critical insights into organisation dynamics. This conversation is especially useful for those seeking to implement agile in a more holistic, efficient, and outcome oriented way in a service provider.
Join Shane Gibson as he chats with Dylan Jones on how to adopt patterns used by successful data consultancies and apply them in your organisation as an internal data team.