transform together – das Podcast-Meetup rund um Transformation

In this episode of transform together, Johannes Schartau talks to Joshua Arnold about the shift from project thinking to real product flow and why that shift matters more than ever. Joshua explains why Cost of Delay is such a powerful way to understand value, urgency, and the hidden price of waiting, but also why organizations so often fall back into politics, overloaded priority lists, and “this comes from the top” decision-making. Together, they explore what gets in the way of better flow, how finance and funding models can become part of the solution, why ProductDevOps needs to connect fast delivery with fast learning, and how AI may change product development by making execution easier while putting even more pressure on good judgment. A practical conversation for anyone who wants to build the right things sooner instead of just delivering more things faster.

For Episode 14 of transform together, Johannes Schartau talks to Keith McCandless, co-developer of Liberating Structures, about the biggest expansion of the Liberating Structures menu since the publication of The Surprising Power of Liberating Structures. Keith shares what has changed, why the new Liberating Structures Fieldbook brings the experience of the global practitioner community into the repertoire, and how ten new structures deepen the possibilities for working with groups, strategy, relationships, and change. The conversation also explores the principles behind Liberating Structures, the role of minimum specifications, the limits of traditional whole-system change, and why Keith believes real transformation starts by shifting the patterns of interaction at the smallest relational level. Along the way, Johannes and Keith discuss complexity, adjacent possibilities, Creative Commons, the future growth of the Liberating Structures repertoire, and the experiments in the global community that currently excite Keith most.

Many organizations start transformation initiatives with great ideas – and still fail. Why is that? In this episode of "transform together", Host Johannes Schartau talks with Lynn Kelley about why change requires more than just the right solution. They explore the role of leadership, communication, and why real transformation is always a cultural process. Lynn Kelley shares insights from her work with organizations and explains why many initiatives fall short and what it actually takes to make change sustainable.

Transformation ist überall – aber warum fühlen sich so viele Veränderungsinitiativen trotzdem orientierungslos an? In dieser Episode von Transform Together spricht Johannes Schartau mit Dennis Willkomm darüber, wie sogenannte Metatheorien (insbesondere die integrale Theorie) helfen können, komplexe Veränderungsprozesse besser zu verstehen und zu gestalten. Dennis bringt eine ungewöhnliche Perspektive auf Organisationsentwicklung mit: Als Agile Coach, Führungskraft und Autor der „Roadmap durch die VUCA-Welt“ verbindet er Informatik, Psychologie und integrale Ansätze. Gemeinsam mit Johannes schaut er darauf, warum Transformationen oft nur an der Oberfläche stattfinden – und wie man tieferliegende Dynamiken in Organisationen erkennen kann.