Michael Levine is an expert on lean and agile software development and information technology. He spent most of his career in the banking sector and conducted international trade negotiations at the US Commerce Department. He is author of 3 books, his first 2, Tale of Two Systems and Tale of Two Transformations, prepared him for his third book People Over Process: Leadership for Agility.
Top Takeaways: People Over Process: Leadership for Agility with Michael Levine
- I am an engineer at heart
- I really wanted to build things
- Understanding the world in a quantitative way
- Working for the US Commerce Department in trade negotiations
- The role of being in the right place at the right time
- Working hard put me in a position to be in the right place
- A lot of it is setting direction at key points of your career
- Spark the spark of internal change
- The biggest flaw in my career management was not recognizing the change needed
- Periodic introspection
- Stay in a job long enough to see the implications of our decisions over time
- Stay in a job long enough to learn from it
- Agile versus lean
- Lean- flow and incremental testing
- Home retention consultants at Wells Fargo
- People over process
- Interactions are more important than processes
- Hard to make money selling people interactions
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Learning From Leaders:
Current Book: Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow by Matthew Skelton
Leadership Superpower: Accountable
Motivational Mantra:
[shareable]This is not the beginning of the end, it is the end of the beginning[/shareable]
Book Most Often Gifted: The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World’s Greatest Manufacturer by Jeffrey Liker
Additional Items Mentioned
Michael’s Website: thetalesofagility.com
People Over Process: Leadership for Agility by Michael K. Levine
A Tale of Two Transformations: Bringing Lean and Agile Software Development to Life by Michael K. Levine
A Tale of Two Systems: Lean and Agile Software Development for Business Leaders by Michael K. Levine