#32 Developing an agile leadership mindset - with Andrea Tomasini, CSO @agile42

Empirical process control and understanding people were and are Andrea Tomasini's biggest passions. After starting his career as Engineer and leveling up to VP Engineering, Product, and CTO, he reached the point where he wanted to build his own agile organization.  These days Andrea's agile consultancy agile42 operates in more than 13 countries across the globe, helping companies of all sizes to establish an agile mindset. Even the Product Bakers have been trained and coached by Andrea already. In this episode, Andrea shares his wide and deep experience and best practices on where to start with an Agile transition and what pitfalls to avoid.    Table of content: 0:30 - Intro Andrea 08:40 - People over processes & tools 14:45 - Organic agility & understanding people/culture 24:25 - Becoming more agile as a Leader 28:31 - Experimenting in safe to fail environments 33:25 - Trust as the basis for change & transformation 42:15 - The 3 focus areas to introduce agility 45:05 - 3 biggest mistakes leaders do 48:25 - Debrief Alex & Christian   Get in touch with Andrea: Linkedin: @andreat Twitter: @tumma72 Website: https://www.agile42.com   ✩ Follow The Product Bakery Podcast ✩    👨‍💻 Linkedin: Product Bakery    📸 Instagram: @productbakery    🐦 Twitter: @productbakery20    🌍 Website: https://www.product-bakery.com/

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