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Stop Making Excuses, Start Delivering Value - Jordan Brown | TW Tech Talks

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Channel: Thoughtworks · 2017 · Science & Technology

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Agile methodologies were a transformational first wave of change in software delivery. New practices and tools around CI / CD further expanded the ability to deliver quality software quickly and confidently.

But for many organizations, a lagging horizon is the adoption of a true Product-Centric Design culture—one that emphasizes continuous value generation for the business and the customer. A culture that goes beyond the ability to BUILD THINGS RIGHT, it's one that enables you to BUILD THE RIGHT THING, delivering truly impactful services and experiences to the market and value to the business.

There are many valid challenges and obstacles to transforming an organization towards a Lean Product culture, but there are just as many ways to begin adopting behaviors that will kick off a culture shift from the ground up.

Outcomes NOT Excuses will give you a starting point—behaviors, methods, and insights that will allow you to start gaining the benefits of Lean Product Culture while creating the conditions for it to successfully spread throughout your organization.

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Jordan is a Senior Product Strategist for ThoughtWorks based in New York. He has over 8 years of strategy, design, and product management experience, beginning with a career in the Chicago non-profit space where he worked in youth development and education. Jordan joined ThoughtWorks in 2015 and has helped bring the value of Lean Product practices to clients in Global Retail, Mortgage, and Finance. He is a member of ThoughtWorks’ North American Design Leads where he helps shape internal culture, demand, and delivery values around design-centricity. Outside of the office, Jordan is working to refine Lean principles to be used in Left organizing as a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and with progressive coalitions in NYC.

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