The Amplio Insights Podcast Series
With the integration of Flow, Lean, the Theory of Constraints, and Design Thinking, Amplio has created a highly flexible and easy-to-adopt set of practices that help teams and organizations achieve their goals faster than ever before. These principles are explained in two highly acclaimed books: Amplio Development: The Path to Effective Lean-Agile Teams and Being an Effective Value Creation Coach. The insights from these books have now been brought to life in the form of an engaging podcast series. Tune in and discover the secrets behind Amplio’s success!
Episodes
9 episodes
Empiricism without theory is often resisted
This episode discusses how having data only without an explanation of why it works often results in people's resistance. The story revolves around Ignaz Semmelweis.
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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4:33
How to Get Management to Listen to You
Many Agile coaches complain about management’s lack of wanting to truly understand Agile. This topic is about how to talk to management in a way they will be interested in learning about the value of Agile. The trick is to talk to them from the...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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4:31
Getting Executives to Understand Agile by Talking About Value Streams
Many in the Agile community criticize a company’s leadership for not understanding Agile. However, much of this lack of understanding is due to many agilists not talking to them in a manner that executives are interested in. Executives often do...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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9:18
What to Say to Someone When They Just Don’t Get It
The prior topics provide us with an understanding of distinctions, the order in which they must be conveyed, and that we must undertake a discovery, not a debate. We can now use these to have a conversation with people who look to be belligeren...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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3:05
It’s Not a Debate
When people know a useful concept, it is normal to try to convince other people of it. Even if this is done with good intentions, it feels uncomfortable to people. It reactivates times they have been talked down to by arrogant people. Try...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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5:47
The Pickup Sticks Model of Creating Curriculum
The order in which you present new concepts is important. People can only learn what they already almost know. Yet very often what they need to know is like the stick buried underneath a pile of things they don’t know. But at the top, is someth...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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3:02
What’s the Difference Between Experts and Those with Less Competence?
Experts do not always have more experience or intelligence than those who are less competent. I suggest the biggest difference is what they look at and what they ignore. These “distinctions” provide them with insights on how to solve problems. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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5:03
Starting an Engagement
No consultant or coach ever walks into an organization fresh. Those that came before you have left tracks on the minds of those present. This podcast discusses how to clear the elephant in the room in starting an engagement so you can be in par...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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6:35
What Is a Professional Coach?
A professional Lean-Agile coach is a person who understands how to help teams and organizations improve with the theories of Flow, Lean, and the Theory of Constraints while also understanding the basics of human learning and interaction. Coache...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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