Jody shares insights from 20 years experience in management with great companies such as INTUIT in the USA; a $7 Billion dollar FinTech Company that revolutionised tax preparation, grew QuickBooks, Mint for personal financial management, serving up a financial ecosystem to over 50 Million Customers, essentially leading the Fintech revolution for two decades. And more recently as Head of Agility with the largest online fashion store in Australia & New Zealand, the Iconic.

We learn about the revolutionary practice of silicon valley such as Lean StartUp, Design Thinking, Agility and a people first mindset. “take care of the customers, take care of the people and the profits will follow” Scott Cook. Jody shares how INTUIT turned these practices into the wining formula for their successful business.

Jody also shares her insights from being Head of Agility helping companies transform their practices and culture to create their own winning formulas.

This episode is recorded during the 2020 Global Pandemic online. Jody provides tools & tips on how business managers can practically reduce their teams stress; role model the behaviours they want to see and what you can do to uplift your agile business management capabilities.

People & Companies

• Scott Cook, Founder INTUIT
• Eric Ries, Author Lean StartUp
• www.intuit.com
• www.iconic.com.au

Practices & Methodologies

• Design Thinking (originally called Design with Delight)
• Lean Startup

Books

• Love Works - Seven Timeless Principles For Effective Leaders by Joel Manby
• An Everyone Culture - Becoming a Deliberately Developmental by Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey
• Brave New Work by Aaron Dignan

Learning Resources

• YouTube - How to revolutionise the Way We Work by Aaron Dignan
• Podcast - Running an effective workshop with Jody Weir hosted by Moe Kiss and the Analytics Hour

Show notes available online; https://www.stephaniebysouth.com/agile-boss-podcast-episodes/episode-1-jody-weir-head-of-agility-iconic