Beyond The Build Podcast

Episode 1: Institute Agility with Neville Poole

Written by Kingsmen Software Team | Aug 31, 2022 8:00:00 AM

 

   

About the Episode:

It’s easy to waste time with inefficient management processes. Join Pete Seeber, CSO of Kingsmen Software, Neville Poole, the CEO of Institute Agility, and Denise Beachley, CIO of Kingsmen Software in a discussion about agility, what it is, and how it can transform your company. If you aren’t happy with how your team is allocating their time or your company’s output model, listen to this episode to learn more about the agile approach to software delivery and how to adopt agility as a mindset. 

About the Guest: Neville Poole

Neville's passion lies in guiding change that leads to transformation, from strategy to implementation. She believes that collaboration, communication, and transparency are the keys to real change. It's all about building strong lasting relationships with team members, clients, and community leaders.

Neville's expertise includes developing and implementing lean value based operating models, business process reinvention, and leading multicultural multi-generational teams across small, midsize and large complex organizations.

In her downtime you'll find her spending time with family and friends, practicing her faith, doing Crossfit workouts, and enjoying wine and bourbon.

Topics:

  • The Agile Manifesto [05:40]  
  • Full Circle Agility [07:07]  
  • Agility as a mindset shift [12:03]  
  • It’s okay to fail [15:37]  
  • Setting a goal (setting your North Star) [20:35]  
  • Creating community [22:28]  
  • NPS [23:25]  
  • The transformation takes time [32:01]  
  • Institute Agility’s services [40:56]  
  • Neville’s advice [44:05] 

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About the Guest Co-Host: Denise Beachley

Denise is a partner and the CIO at Kingsmen Software. She is a leader in software delivery, product development and program management in the information technology and financial services industries. She is an experienced Program Evangelist with a demonstrated history in Business Process and Requirements Analysis, IT Strategy, and Team Building. 

About the Host: Pete Seeber

Pete Seeber is a Partner and the Chief Strategy Officer at Kingsmen Software. In this role, Pete is responsible for overseeing the expansion of Kingsmen. Pete also plays a key role in developing new products and services, identifying new markets, and creating strategies to achieve these goals. To this end, Pete is adept at partnering with our clients to help them overcome their technology and business challenges to reach the complete development of their business model and vision. Pete is a combination of technology, risk and finance executive who has developed his multi-disciplinary background over 25+ years of business and entrepreneurial experience in professional services, large scale consulting, information technology and cybersecurity. He is an entrepreneur who was lucky enough to start his career under the umbrella of one of the most respected consulting firms in the world. It was these early professional experiences that shaped his passion for moving businesses in the right direction and his own personal mantra, “Always Forward”.  He is a proud graduate of Wake Forest University. Pete has been actively involved in the Charlotte and Lake Norman communities as a member of the Board of Managers for Greater Charlotte YMCA (through YMCA Lake Norman and YMCA Camp Harrison), Eliminate the Digital Divide, Habitat for Humanity, Summit Foundation, Davidson Youth Baseball Association and others.

About Kingsmen Software:

We are dedicated, experienced practitioners of software development. We grow software iteratively and adapt quickly to changing business objectives, so we deliver the right software at the right time. Our proven approach combines processes, tooling, automation, and frameworks to enable scalability, efficiency, and business agility. Meanwhile, our advisory & coaching services enable technology leaders, business partners and their teams to learn and adapt their way to sustainable, collaborative, and data-driven operating models.

Production Credits:

Produced in partnership with Mistry Projects: https://mistryprojects.com/