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Future State Now is LiminalArc's podcast on enterprise AI transformation. Each episode goes inside real client work: what's actually happening in the field, what's working, what isn't, and where AI is creating genuine value versus where it's just noise. Host Stacy Gordon talks with the people building these transformations day to day, turning hands-on experience into practical thinking for anyone leading large-scale, AI-driven change inside organizations.
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Sep 11, 2017
Sep 11, 2017
27 min
In this interview with David Bland, he and Dave Prior discuss definitions of lean startup and design thinking as well as his passion for building businesses that matter. David goes into detail about how he works with existing companies to create new lines of businesses using internal venture capital, as well as how the scientific method applies to business.

Sep 8, 2017
Sep 8, 2017
6 min
LeadingAgile CEO and Founder, Mike Cottmeyer led two sessions at Agile 2017: Agile Transformations Explained and Faster Food and a Better Place to Sleep: Applying Agile Outside of Software. In this interview Mike and Dave discuss how an organization can get better at setting appropriate constraints, making iterative and incremental decisions that inform execution and creating feedback loops that will help drive a more successful adoption of agile across the organization.
If you’d like to learn more about Mike’s sessions at Agile 2017:
Agile Transformations Explained: sched.co/ATZ5
Faster Food and a Better Place to Sleep: Applying Agile Outside of Software: sched.co/ATa2
And if you would like to contact Mike, here is how you can reach him:
Web: leadingagile.com/guides/mike-cottmeyer/
Twitter: twitter.com/mcottmeyer
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/cottmeyer/

Sep 7, 2017
Sep 7, 2017
26 min

Sep 6, 2017
Sep 6, 2017
17 min
Yi Lv became the first Certified Scrum Trainer in China in 2008, and is currently an Agile coach at Odd-e. Yi is also an expert in Large Scale Scrum (LeSS) and in this interview, he talks about the session he led at Agile 2017, “LeSS without Scrum”. Yi’s presentation focused on explaining how you can implement the principles of Large Scale Scrum in an environment that does not have a proper Scrum implementation at the team level.
If you’d like to check out Yi’s experience report on the subject you can find it here:
https://www.agilealliance.org/resources/experience-reports/less-without-scrum/
If you’d like to contact Yi here is how you can reach him
Email: yi.lv@odd-e.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/yi_lv

Sep 5, 2017
Sep 5, 2017
8 min
Dr. Harry Koehnemann is the Director of Technology at 321 Gang and a SAFe Fellow. Harry led a session at Agile 2017 conference entitled: When Worlds Collide: Regulatory Compliance Meets Lean Agile Development. During his talk, he discussed some common mistakes companies make when trying to scale Agile in the face of regulatory compliance. In this interview Harry and Dave discuss his talk at the conference and some of the ways in which compliance requirements can be incorporated into development using Scaled Agile Framework.
Click here for an audio only version of this podcast
If you’d like to learn more about Harry, you can find him at
Twitter: https://twitter.com/harrykoehnemann
Web: http://321gang.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harry-koehnemann-7a76191/

Sep 5, 2017
Sep 5, 2017
43 min
Christopher Avery kicked off this year’s leadership track at Agile2017 with his talk the on the Four Characteristics of Good Goals; an idea that stemmed from his book The Responsibility Process, which outlines a model that will help people overcome patterns that are hardwired in our brains from the day we’re born.
Find Christopher Avery Online
Twitter: twitter.com/christopheraver
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/christopheravery
Facebook: facebook.com/christophervery2
Web: christopheravery.com
Web: the.leadershipgift.com

Aug 31, 2017
Aug 31, 2017
20 min

Aug 29, 2017
Aug 29, 2017
23 min
At Agile 2017, Dr. Sallyann Freudenberg led a session called “Why the tech industry needs all kinds of minds and how to support them”. Along with her work coaching Agile organizations and teams, Sal is a champion of neuro-diversity in the workplace. In this video Sal chats with Dave about how neuro-diversity became a concern for her, why neuro-diversity is so important to Agile, her session at Agile 2017, and her book “Inclusive Collaboration Experiments”.
For more on Sallyann
- Web: SallyannFreudenberg.com
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/salfreudenberg
Sallyann's Book
“Inclusive Collaboration Experiments”

Aug 28, 2017
Aug 28, 2017
9 min
Lean Agile Intelligence
- Web: https://www.leanagileintelligence.com
- The video of Troy Lightfoot giving Dave a walkthrough of LeanAgile Intelligence: https://vimeo.com/218602967
Mike McCalla
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/msmccalla_1
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelsmccalla/

Aug 25, 2017
Aug 25, 2017
23 min
SAFe Fellow Em Campbell-Pretty led a session at Agile 2017 called “The ART of avoiding a Train Wreck”, which offered guidance on how to better plan Agile Release Trains in Scaled Agile Framework. She stopped by to chat with Dave about her session, and her new book “Tribal Unity: Getting from Teams to Tribes by Creating a One Team Culture”. Em’s book focuses on one of her main areas of passion — creating awesome Agile tribes. During the interview she also offers advice about how to handle cross team dependencies in Agile.
