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What happens when deeply experienced agilists get together and share a virtual coffee each week? Find out here! The Coffee Club explores the many edges of agility, the mindsets of successful agile organizations, and the personal connections change agents need to have to their work. This show is different than our others. It's where we let go of structure, focus on meaning, and explore whatever is of interest to us in the moment. Anchored by SAFe Fellows Mark Richards, Eric Willeke, and Rebecca Davis, this show also features a rotating cast of characters drawn from our favorite coaches and ...

For portfolio leaders and the shapers who serve them who want to increase the effectiveness and impact of their portfolio management approaches, Shaping Portfolio Agility is a podcast hosted by SAFe Fellows Mark Richards and Eric Willeke. It helps portfolio leaders expand their mindset towards lean portfolio management.The show kicks off with a seven-podcast arc covering our key mindsets on portfolios, how they fit in an ecosystem, and how they shape and respond to enterprise strategy. It continues with guest appearances from thought leaders and portfolio leaders. The show does not attempt to...

The NCAA and the Exploitation of College Profit-Athletes: An Amateurism That Never Was provides a comprehensive historical, sociological, legal, financial, and managerial argument for the reclassification of profit-athletes as employees. Such a reclassification would permit profit-athletes to gain not only fair financial compensation but also equal access to educational benefits that have been promised but systematically denied. The authors trace how Power Five college sports have morphed into a hyper professionalized and commercialized sport-business enterprise.