Business Design

The creative Cynthia Kahn, Co-Founder and CEO of GSD Mindset, is an agile consultant who uses the agile principles to help businesses improve team performance and increase profits. She explains what the essence of being agile is, discusses the difference between incremental and iterative development, and shares why people have mixed degrees of success when using an agile mindset. Cynthia also explains how following a set process can give you the freedom to be more creative. Our conversation is just the beginning.

Show Notes

🖼️ Cynthia is an artist. 02:02
🖌️ She explains the process behind making drywall sculptures. 02:46 
🤓 Cynthia believes in the importance of an agile mindset in business. 04:46 
👉 What’s the difference between “Getting Stuff Done” and traditional agile theory? 06:55 
🙃 Focus, accomplishment, feedback, and reflection: Following processes gives you the freedom to be more creative. 09:10
🎨 Incremental vs. iterative development: Cynthia paints using an iterative model. 13:03 
👩‍💼 Where do you feel like you’re most effective? 16:12 
🙌 Educating management on agile principles is extremely important. 18:33
🎯 Make sure that you have achievable goals and keep track of them. 19:57

Connect with Cynthia: https://gsd.guru 
🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com
💡 Join us: www.crazymba.com 


What is Business Design ?

We talk to quirky, brilliant, successful folks who are able to smarten business down, sharing insights on great business design.

Guests are all thought leaders in their own niche, and we challenge them to speak outside of talking points, which ultimately should make for a few interesting minutes of listening.

Design your business for success, with a few thoughts from those who have been there.