CHATTER, A Podcast From Kainos

On this episode we have guest host and Principal Delivery Manager Martin Corbett sit down with Organisational Development Consultant Bridget Sester to discuss some tips and guidance for all regarding Mental Health and Wellbeing during Covid and Christmas.

On this episode we have guest host and Product lead Tracy Higgs talking to other female members of staff across multiple different disciplines within Kainos about some of their experiences and challenges in being a woman working in the Technology industry.

On this episode, we have guest host and Engagement Manager at Kainos Shahnavaz Mehta talking to Rachel Tysh from CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably).  CALM is Kainos' London office chosen charity for the year and we get to find out what CALM is, the service they provide, their relationship with Kainos and how they have been coping during the recent difficult period.

In this episode we have guest host and User Researcher Josephine Farr sit down with Delivery Manager Martin Corbett to discuss Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence. Martin explains to us what this is, why we should care about it and some of the ways we can apply this in our job.  

In this episode we have guest host and Senior Business Analyst at Kainos James Ashby sit down with Head of Design at Kainos Paul Batterham to discuss Design Thinking. Paul tells us what this thing is, why we should care about it and some of the ways you can think about applying it in your job.

In this episode we  talk about Let's Talk Product event in London from Kainos, which covers some of the ways and means you can measure product success and spot areas for improvement. The guest speakers are: Lauren Rousseau - Product Consultant at DVSA and Kainos Lauren works with DVSA on the MOT testing and reminders service. She’ll be speaking about why people don’t get their car’s MOT done on time - using data every step of the journey to identify problems, work out solutions and measure the success. Andy Burnage - Principal Data Consultant at Kainos Andy works with Kainos’ clients get to grips with their ‘difficult data’, introducing structure and and analysis to drive informed decision making. He’ll take us through the principles behind making your data work for you. Dragan Jojic - Agile and Product Consultant at Beliminal For the past 20 years, the Agile community has been discovering and evolving new ways of working while at the same time continuing to use some of the old language. For example, we talk about product/sprint backlogs and ceremonies, and “…doing twice the work in half the time”. It is hardly surprising then to hear people claim that nothing has changed. In "The Language of Outcomes " Dragan will help shift perceptions, covering outputs, outcomes, and some outcome practices and tools

Listen as Dan explains the different user research techniques and the importance of conducting user research on all projects.

Our BA Academy graduate James Ashby talks us through his experience of joining the Kainos BA Academy from a non-project related industry to graduating from the academy.

A few of our Kainos colleagues went along to the Mind The Product conference in Manchester, England on 8th of Feb 2019.  In this episode they provide us with their thoughts and takeaways from the experience.