In this episode of the Agilists: Aspire and Achieve podcast, host Emily Lint chats with Alena Keck about the realities of leading international teams across the U.S., Europe, and beyond.

About the Featured Guest:

Alena Keck is an experienced Transformation Leader who has led complex, enterprise-wide change initiatives across Europe and the U.S.—from building an omnichannel Digital Solution Center at Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA, driving engineering transformation at Aptiv, and aligning digital strategy and ways of working at Porsche, to heading the Lean-Agile Center of Excellence at Vodafone/VOIS. Her passion: driving purposeful transformation that delivers sustainable value—with people always at the core.

Follow her on linked in at https://www.linkedin.com/in/alena-keck/

The Women in Agile community champions inclusion and diversity of thought, regardless of gender, and this podcast is a platform to share new voices and stories with the Agile community and the business world, because we believe that everyone is better off when more, diverse ideas are shared.

Podcast Library: www.womeninagile.org/podcast

Women in Agile Org Website: www.womeninagile.org

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Please take a moment to rate and review the Women in Agile podcast on your favorite podcasting platform. This is the best way to help us amplify the voices and wisdom of the talent women and allies in our community! Be sure to take a screenshot of your rating and review and post it on social media with the hashtag #womeninagile to help spread the word and continue to elevate Women in Agile.

About our Host:

Emily Lint is a budding industry leader in the realm of business agility. Energetic and empathetic she leverages her knowledge of psychology, business, technology, and mindfulness to create a cocktail for success for her clients and peers. Her agile journey officially started in 2018 with a big move from Montana to New Mexico going from traditional ITSM and project management methodologies to becoming an agile to project management translator for a big government research laboratory. From then on she was hooked on this new way of working. The constant innovation, change, and retrospection cured her ever present craving to enable organizations to be better, do better, and provide an environment where her co-workers could thrive. Since then she has started her own company and in partnership with ICON Agility Services serves, coaches, and trains clients of all industries in agile practices, methodologies, and most importantly, mindset. Please check out her website (www.lintagility.com) to learn more. You can also follow Emily on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilylint/).

In this episode of the Agilists: Aspire and Achieve podcast, host Renae Craven and guest Nidhya Palaniappan explore Nidhya’s journey from South Asia to Canada, including how she found her agile role in her new location.

About the Featured Guest

Nidhya Palaniappan is a seasoned professional with over 15 years of experience in the IT industry, specializing in Agile practices. With a strong background in software engineering, Nidhya has dedicated over 9 years in various agile roles across geographies. Currently as an RTE at TD Bank Canada, Nidhya is at the forefront of driving Agile transformations and delivering successful products.

• Follow Nidhya on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nidhyapalaniappan/)

Reference(s)

• The Culture Map by Erin Meyer

The Women in Agile community champions inclusion and diversity of thought, regardless of gender, and this podcast is a platform to share new voices and stories with the Agile community and the business world, because we believe that everyone is better off when more, diverse ideas are shared.

• Podcast Library: www.womeninagile.org/podcast
• Women in Agile Org Website: www.womeninagile.org

Connect with us on social media!

• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/womeninagile/
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/womeninagile/
• Twitter: www.twitter.com/womeninagileorg

Please take a moment to rate and review the Women in Agile podcast on your favorite podcasting platform. This is the best way to help us amplify the voices and wisdom of the talent women and allies in our community! Be sure to take a screenshot of your rating and review and post it on social media with the hashtag #womeninagile to help spread the word and continue to elevate Women in Agile.

About our Host

Renae Craven has been coaching individuals, teams and organizations for over 14 years and has spent a lot of time investing in and formalizing her professional coaching skills in recent years. Renae’s passion is leading and coaching organizations and as a Certified Team Coach with Scrum Alliance, she helps teams to find their rhythm and pace that balances learning with delivery. Renae established her own company NaeCrave Pty Ltd (www.naecrave.com.au) in 2020 and keeps herself busy with coaching and training delivery. Renae is also a certified BASI Pilates instructor and runs her own pilates studio in Brisbane, Australia. She has a YouTube channel called ‘Pilates for the Office Worker’ which features short 5 minute guided sessions that anyone can incorporate into their day, especially those of us who have been sitting down for extended periods. Subscribe to her channel Crave Pilates.

Renae has been organizing the Women in Agile group in Brisbane since 2018.

You can follow Renae on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/renaecraven/).

In this episode of the Agilists: Aspire and Achieve podcast, host Renae Craven and guest Karyn Smith explore Karyn’s journey from a high school graduate to her current role as a COO. Karyn shares her reflection on how far she has come and the things she has learnt about herself along the way.

About the Featured Guest

Karyn is a seasoned executive with over three decades of international and cross industry experience. Karyn has a proven ability to inspire, empower and motivate teams towards high performance and delivery of sustainable results, making her a dynamic leader.

Karyn is deeply committed to making a difference and ensuring meaningful engagement and outcomes for all.

• Follow Karyn on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/karyn-smith-14b4353/)

The Women in Agile community champions inclusion and diversity of thought, regardless of gender, and this podcast is a platform to share new voices and stories with the Agile community and the business world, because we believe that everyone is better off when more, diverse ideas are shared.

• Podcast Library: www.womeninagile.org/podcast
• Women in Agile Org Website: www.womeninagile.org

Connect with us on social media!

• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/womeninagile/
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/womeninagile/
• Twitter: www.twitter.com/womeninagileorg

Please take a moment to rate and review the Women in Agile podcast on your favorite podcasting platform. This is the best way to help us amplify the voices and wisdom of the talent women and allies in our community! Be sure to take a screenshot of your rating and review and post it on social media with the hashtag #womeninagile to help spread the word and continue to elevate Women in Agile.

About our Host

Renae Craven has been coaching individuals, teams and organizations for over 14 years and has spent a lot of time investing in and formalizing her professional coaching skills in recent years. Renae’s passion is leading and coaching organizations and as a Certified Team Coach with Scrum Alliance, she helps teams to find their rhythm and pace that balances learning with delivery. Renae established her own company NaeCrave Pty Ltd (www.naecrave.com.au) in 2020 and keeps herself busy with coaching and training delivery. Renae is also a certified BASI Pilates instructor and runs her own pilates studio in Brisbane, Australia. She has a YouTube channel called ‘Pilates for the Office Worker’ which features short 5 minute guided sessions that anyone can incorporate into their day, especially those of us who have been sitting down for extended periods. Subscribe to her channel Crave Pilates.

Renae has been organizing the Women in Agile group in Brisbane since 2018.

You can follow Renae on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/renaecraven/).

In this episode of the Agilists: Aspire and Achieve podcast, host Renae Craven and guest Tricia Broderick explore the topic of speaking at agile conferences including tips on submissions, preparing for your talk and how to be a keynote speaker.

About the Featured Guest

Tricia is a leadership and organizational advisor. Tricia has over 25 years of experience, igniting growth in leaders and teams to deliver quality outcomes. Tricia is an experienced speaker at agile conferences, has organized conferences and also been a reviewer for agile conference submissions.

The Women in Agile community champions inclusion and diversity of thought, regardless of gender, and this podcast is a platform to share new voices and stories with the Agile community and the business world, because we believe that everyone is better off when more, diverse ideas are shared.

• Podcast Library: www.womeninagile.org/podcast
• Women in Agile Org Website: www.womeninagile.org

Connect with us on social media!

• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/womeninagile/
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/womeninagile/
• Twitter: www.twitter.com/womeninagileorg

Please take a moment to rate and review the Women in Agile podcast on your favorite podcasting platform. This is the best way to help us amplify the voices and wisdom of the talent women and allies in our community! Be sure to take a screenshot of your rating and review and post it on social media with the hashtag #womeninagile to help spread the word and continue to elevate Women in Agile.

About our Host

Renae Craven has been coaching individuals, teams and organizations for over 13 years and has spent a lot of time investing in and formalizing her professional coaching skills in recent years. Renae’s passion is leading and coaching organizations and as a Certified Team Coach with Scrum Alliance, she helps teams to find their rhythm and pace that balances learning with delivery. Renae established her own company NaeCrave Pty Ltd (www.naecrave.com.au) in 2020 and keeps herself busy with coaching and training delivery. Renae is also a certified BASI Pilates instructor and runs her own pilates studio in Brisbane, Australia. She has a YouTube channel called ‘Pilates for the Office Worker’ which features short 5 minute guided sessions that anyone can incorporate into their day, especially those of us who have been sitting down for extended periods. Subscribe to her channel Crave Pilates.

Renae has been organizing the Women in Agile group in Brisbane since 2018.

You can follow Renae on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/renaecraven/).

In this episode of the Agilists: Aspire and Achieve podcast, host Renae Craven explores how guest Sibila Bijedic has helped non-tech teams understand and apply the agile mindset and principles.

About the Featured Guest

Sibila is a passionate coach that strives for agility while cultivating a strong desire for lifelong learning and evolving through collaboration.

• Follow Sibila on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sibilabijedic/)

The Women in Agile community champions inclusion and diversity of thought, regardless of gender, and this podcast is a platform to share new voices and stories with the Agile community and the business world, because we believe that everyone is better off when more, diverse ideas are shared.

• Podcast Library: www.womeninagile.org/podcast
• Women in Agile Org Website: www.womeninagile.org

Connect with us on social media!

• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/womeninagile/
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/womeninagile/
• Twitter: www.twitter.com/womeninagileorg

Please take a moment to rate and review the Women in Agile podcast on your favorite podcasting platform. This is the best way to help us amplify the voices and wisdom of the talent women and allies in our community! Be sure to take a screenshot of your rating and review and post it on social media with the hashtag #womeninagile to help spread the word and continue to elevate Women in Agile.

About our Hosts

Renae Craven has been coaching individuals, teams and organizations for over 15 years and has spent a lot of time investing in and formalizing her professional coaching skills in recent years. Renae’s passion is leading and coaching organizations and as a Certified Team Coach with Scrum Alliance, she helps teams to find their rhythm and pace that balances learning with delivery. Renae established her own company NaeCrave Pty Ltd (www.naecrave.com.au) in 2020 and keeps herself busy with coaching and training delivery. Renae is also a certified BASI Pilates instructor and runs her own pilates studio in Brisbane, Australia. She has a YouTube channel called ‘Pilates for the Office Worker’ which features short 5 minute guided sessions that anyone can incorporate into their day, especially those of us who have been sitting down for extended periods. Subscribe to her channel Crave Pilates.

Renae has been organizing the Women in Agile group in Brisbane since 2018.

You can follow Renae on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/renaecraven/).

Ever been confused by the amount of certifications available and what will actually help you advance your career? Look no further than this conversation between Stephanie Ockerman and Emily Lint as they dive into the Agile certification landscape and their experiences in finding the right certifications for the next step in your career.

About the Featured Guest

Stephanie Ockerman is a Business Agility & Leadership Coach and Consultant, Professional Scrum Trainer (PST), author, and entrepreneur. She helps teams and leaders use evidence-based approaches to unlock customer value, create space for innovation, and harness the power of collaborative teamwork. Stephanie is co-author of the book Mastering Professional Scrum. You can sign up for her newsletter for musings about business agility, teamwork, leadership, and life at AgileSocks.com.

If you're ready for a different type of learning experience, Stephanie is the creator of Agile Leadership Surf Camp, a transformational leadership development program for people who want to learn to ride the waves instead of trying to control the ocean - literally and in all aspects of life.

• Follow Stephanie Ockerman on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanieockerman/)

Reference(s)

• AgileSocks.com

The Women in Agile community champions inclusion and diversity of thought, regardless of gender, and this podcast is a platform to share new voices and stories with the Agile community and the business world, because we believe that everyone is better off when more, diverse ideas are shared.

• Podcast Library: www.womeninagile.org/podcast
• Women in Agile Org Website: www.womeninagile.org

Connect with us on social media!

• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/womeninagile/
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/womeninagile/
• Twitter: www.twitter.com/womeninagileorg

Please take a moment to rate and review the Women in Agile podcast on your favorite podcasting platform. This is the best way to help us amplify the voices and wisdom of the talent women and allies in our community! Be sure to take a screenshot of your rating and review and post it on social media with the hashtag #womeninagile to help spread the word and continue to elevate Women in Agile.

About our Host

Emily Lint is a budding industry leader in the realm of business agility. Energetic and empathetic she leverages her knowledge of psychology, business, technology, and mindfulness to create a cocktail for success for her clients and peers. Her agile journey officially started in 2018 with a big move from Montana to New Mexico going from traditional ITSM and project management methodologies to becoming an agile to project management translator for a big government research laboratory. From then on she was hooked on this new way of working. The constant innovation, change, and retrospection cured her ever present craving to enable organizations to be better, do better, and provide an environment where her co-workers could thrive.

Since then she has started her own company and in partnership with ICON Agility Services serves, coaches, and trains clients of all industries in agile practices, methodologies, and most importantly, mindset. Please check out her website (www.lintagility.com) to learn more. You can also follow Emily on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilylint/).

In this episode of the Agilists: Aspire and Achieve podcast, host Renae Craven chats to Emily Lint about her journey into entrepreneurship. Emily shares her insights into how she made the decision to work for herself and how she prepared herself for that. Emily talks about how she finds clients and wins work and what she has learnt about herself and entrepreneurship along the way.

About the Featured Guest

Emily Lint is a budding industry leader in the realm of business agility. Energetic and empathetic she leverages her knowledge of psychology, business, technology, and mindfulness to create a cocktail for success for her clients and peers. Her agile journey officially started in 2018 with a big move from Montana to New Mexico going from traditional ITSM and project management methodologies to becoming an agile to project management translator for a big government research laboratory. From then on she was hooked on this new way of working. The constant innovation, change, and retrospection cured her ever present craving to enable organizations to be better, do better, and provide an environment where her co-workers could thrive.

Since then she has started her own company and in partnership with ICON Agility Services serves, coaches, and trains clients of all industries in agile practices, methodologies, and most importantly, mindset. Please check out her website (www.lintagility.com) to learn more.

• Follow Emily on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilylint//)

The Women in Agile community champions inclusion and diversity of thought, regardless of gender, and this podcast is a platform to share new voices and stories with the Agile community and the business world, because we believe that everyone is better off when more, diverse ideas are shared.

• Podcast Library: www.womeninagile.org/podcast
• Women in Agile Org Website: www.womeninagile.org

Connect with us on social media!

• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/womeninagile/
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/womeninagile/
• Twitter: www.twitter.com/womeninagileorg

Please take a moment to rate and review the Women in Agile podcast on your favorite podcasting platform. This is the best way to help us amplify the voices and wisdom of the talent women and allies in our community! Be sure to take a screenshot of your rating and review and post it on social media with the hashtag #womeninagile to help spread the word and continue to elevate Women in Agile.

About our Host

Renae Craven has been coaching individuals, teams and organizations for over 13 years and has spent a lot of time investing in and formalizing her professional coaching skills in recent years. Renae’s passion is leading and coaching organizations and as a Certified Team Coach with Scrum Alliance, she helps teams to find their rhythm and pace that balances learning with delivery. Renae established her own company NaeCrave Pty Ltd (www.naecrave.com.au) in 2020 and keeps herself busy with coaching and training delivery. Renae is also a certified BASI Pilates instructor and runs her own pilates studio in Brisbane, Australia. She has a YouTube channel called ‘Pilates for the Office Worker’ which features short 5 minute guided sessions that anyone can incorporate into their day, especially those of us who have been sitting down for extended periods. Subscribe to her channel Crave Pilates.

Renae has been organizing the Women in Agile group in Brisbane since 2018.

You can follow Renae on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/renaecraven/).

In this episode of the Agilists: Aspire and Achieve In Your Career video podcast series, we dive into the art of making your coaching stick and what it means to be truly effective in your Agile role. We'll explore how to show your value as an Agilist, maintain your confidence, and keep evolving in a world where Agile can become status quo. Join us as we unpack strategies for staying relevant, pushing the envelope, and sustaining not just teams, but your own career.

About the Featured Guest

• Follow Jess Brock on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicalynnbrock/)

The Women in Agile community champions inclusion and diversity of thought, regardless of gender, and this podcast is a platform to share new voices and stories with the Agile community and the business world, because we believe that everyone is better off when more, diverse ideas are shared.

• Podcast Library: www.womeninagile.org/podcast
• Women in Agile Org Website: www.womeninagile.org

Connect with us on social media!

• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/womeninagile/
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/womeninagile/
• Twitter: www.twitter.com/womeninagileorg

Please take a moment to rate and review the Women in Agile podcast on your favorite podcasting platform. This is the best way to help us amplify the voices and wisdom of the talent women and allies in our community! Be sure to take a screenshot of your rating and review and post it on social media with the hashtag #womeninagile to help spread the word and continue to elevate Women in Agile.

About our Host

Emily Lint is a budding industry leader in the realm of business agility. Energetic and empathetic she leverages her knowledge of psychology, business, technology, and mindfulness to create a cocktail for success for her clients and peers. Her agile journey officially started in 2018 with a big move from Montana to New Mexico going from traditional ITSM and project management methodologies to becoming an agile to project management translator for a big government research laboratory. From then on she was hooked on this new way of working. The constant innovation, change, and retrospection cured her ever present craving to enable organizations to be better, do better, and provide an environment where her co-workers could thrive.

Since then she has started her own company and in partnership with ICON Agility Services serves, coaches, and trains clients of all industries in agile practices, methodologies, and most importantly, mindset. Please check out her website (www.lintagility.com) to learn more. You can also follow Emily on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilylint/).

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Scrum.org is the Home of Scrum, founded in 2009 by Scrum co-creator Ken Schwaber focused on helping people and teams solve complex problems by improving how they work through higher levels of professionalism. Scrum.org provides free online resources, consistent experiential live training, ongoing learning paths, and certification for people with all levels of Scrum knowledge. You can learn more about the organization by visiting www.scrum.org.