The AXELOS Best Practice Podcast

This week, AXELOS' Allan Thomson and Consultant Richard Rose continue their conversation about key roles for programme management within MSP 5th edition. This time, the focus is on the relationship between Senior Responsible Owner and the Business Change Manager.

Knowledge Management” (KM) that most knowledge workers experience is often limited to a knowledge base tool (sometimes combined with a self-service portal). Or it might be an ancient repository of documents on a SharePoint site. To figure out how to improve this situation, we need to go back to basics, and answer the question “what IS KM, and why is it important?” In this episode, Akshay is joined by Aprill Allen (Independent Consultant and Angel Investor, Twitter @knowledgebird), Jon Stevens-Hall (Principal Product Manager, BMC Software, Twitter @JonStevensHall) and Dave Snowden (Founder & Chief Scientific Officer, Cognitive Edge, Twitter @snowded). Together, they explore the challenges and benefits of investing in KM, why old models and approaches are no longer fit for purpose, and unlearning. This episode also features a shoutout to Suresh GP (Managing Director, Taub Solutions, Twitter @sureshgp). Suresh is a very active member of the ITSM community in India and SE Asia. He also serves as a regional leader for the BRM institute, and as an Ambassador for the DevOps Institute.

In this episode, AXELOS’ Akshay Anand is joined by Andrea Kis, Principal Consultant at Devoteam, Jay Srinivasan, CEO at atSpoke (recently acquired by Okta), and Ian Aitchison, VP Product Management at Nextthink to talk about the adoption and use cases of Enterprise Service Management (ESM). They’re also sharing tips to help organization succeed in their ESM programmes. This week’s “shout-out” goes to Kenneth ('Kengon') Gonzalez, a veteran of the US military, and of the IT/SM world. He's worked in software development, support and operations, and most recently has been an advisor to CEOs and CIOs around the world.

We're trying an interesting approach with this podcast. We solicited a question from the ITSM community on LinkedIn, and then approached an SME to answer it, and then to ask their own question. We've ended up building an episode around this ""daisy chain"", and we'd love to know what you think! We start with a question sent in by Mitch Pautz (Senior ITSM Analyst, University of Southern California), which Akshay uses to kick off the episode with Rob Akershoek (Chair of The Open Group IT4IT Forum). Rob then asked a question about value streams which was addressed by Daniel Breston (Independent ITSM consultant and coach) & Michelle Major-Goldsmith (Manager, Kinetic IT). Finally, Dan asked a question about talent management, which Akshay brought back to base to have a chat with AXELOS CEO Mark Basham and CCO Catherine Newman. This episode's shout-out is to Orian Mendes, a Business Development Manager at TSO, the official publisher of ITIL guidance.

In this week’s podcast, AXELOS' Allan Thomson and Ruth Murray-Webster, Lead Editor of the MSP 5th edition, discusses the importance of the ‘Three Lines of Defence’ within MSP and how this owns corporate-level risk controls, measures and monitoring.

In this week’s episode you can join Akshay as he talks to Nathan McDonald (Deloitte UK), Jessica Alfaro (Acuity Inc.) and Barclay Rae (Barclay Rae Consulting) about the consulting industry, the changing nature of consulting, and what aspiring consultants might experience over the course of their careers. Our “shout-out” goes to Paula Määttänen. Paula is a senior solutions architect at TietoEVRY. She focuses on helping her clients address their service management challenges with innovative thinking and solutions. She is also a board member of itSMF Finland and helps to organize events for the local ITSM community.

In this episode, Akshay is joined by John Custy (HDI), David Wright (Service Desk Institute) and Rosemary Gurney (itSMF International) to talk about the benefits of joining a local, national or even an international ITSM industry network. This week’s “shout-out” goes to Elina Pirjanti (Twitter @elt5u). Elina is well known not just for her day-job as a customer success advisor in the service management space, but also for her efforts in supporting and speaking at itSMF chapter events around the world.

In this episode, AXELOS' Allan Thomson and Ruth Murray-Webster, Lead Editor of the MSP 5th edition, discuss the recent MSP update and how the new edition covers the most common challenges that organizations encounter when leading investments in change. They also talk about optimal programme design and Enterprise Agility.

Join AXELOS’ Akshay Anand for Part 2 of the Creative Professionals series. In this episode he talks to Rayna Jhaveri (TV chef, musician, and executive coach), Simone Jo Moore (Organizational Coach and ITIL 4 author) and Rob England (Management Consultant and Trainer). Together they discuss how creative techniques in the kitchen and in front of a TV camera can be applied by IT and Service Management professionals. This week’s “shout-out” goes out to Vasilis Sandros who is a Product Manager at PeopleCert and is promoting ITIL 4 certifications around the world. Rayna Jhaveri: www.raynajhaveri.com Simone Jo Moore: www.simonejomoore.com Rob England: www.tealunicorn.com

In this episode, AXELOS’ Akshay Anand explores whether creativity is a human trait or if it is something we only find in certain professions. He also discusses with his guests how creative techniques from other professions can be applied to IT and ITSM work. First up: photography. Akshay is joined by travel and wedding photographer Raj Sarma, James Finister, Practice Partner at Tata Consultancy Services, and Simone Jo Moore, Organizational Coach, Consultant, and Trainer. This week’s “shout-out” goes out to Rina Brahmbhatt from New York, who recently became ITIL Master. Share your thoughts via ask@axelos.com Raj Sarma, Instagram @rsarmaphotos and @rstravelphotos, http://www.rajsarma.com/ James Finister, Twitter @jimbofin Simone Jo Moore, https://www.simonejomoore.com/

In this episode, AXELOS’ Allan Thomson talks to Duncan Wade, Director of the Human Interface Consultancy Ltd, about the benefits of PRINCE2 Agile including the five targets it can achieve and why they are important to organizations.

This episode is all about artificial intelligence. AXELOS’ Akshay Anand discusses the rise of AI with Professor of Technology and Digital Business Karthik Hosanagar, technology industry analyst and CEO of rpa2ai Kashyap Kompella, and former Estonian Minister of Foreign Trade and Information Kaimar Karu. Our “shout out” goes to Omer Faiyaz, CEO of Remo Software.

In this episode, AXELOS’ Akshay Anand and his guests Ameet Bagwe (founder of TrueLean, LeanScience and a digital platform architect at Texas Instruments), Simon Kent (Founder and CEO, Quantum Twenty One) and Fitness Coach Samantha Springer discuss physical wellbeing, a balanced lifestyle and the important role of nutrition, exercise, stress and emotions. This week’s “shout out” goes to Shane Carlson, executive consultant with Service Now. Shane has been in the industry for 25 years and has worked with a number of frameworks in that time.