Gladwell Academy

"Good balance of theory war stories and practices. However the long days started to grind on my attention span, aswell as the repetitive form of the official excercises ( which Eelco did try to break through by combining /changing exercises )" - 30-10-2018 00:00

"I liked the training very much. It was inspiring, the level was high, I learned a lot. That was what I wanted. The trainer was excellent and committed. The schedule was good.

The location of spaces is super. The room was a bit to small for the 18 people and the tables were tiny. The lunch (only bagels) was mwah, I would have liked more options on the menu for that price." - 27-10-2018 00:00

"The trainers were very good, well prepared, able to keep the group dynamic on track and cover all topics.
The location could have been more central / accessible, and please, provide a room "with a view": spending 4 days in a room without natural light is not convenient. For this Im not sure I would recommend Gladwell over other training centers." - 27-10-2018 00:00

"Still to the perfect teaching of Eelco it is still a lot of powerpointslides in the manual. I would like more a normal book-way off explaining stuff in theory to be read stand alone and only a summery in powerpoints." - 25-10-2018 00:00

"The entire training process from sign-on to end was very smooth. The team share information to help prep for the course. Eelco?s delivery was insightful, engaging, and he made sure we all had the opportunity to feel relaxed to ask questions and share our experience. I?ll highly recommend his class to contacts." - 24-10-2018 00:00

"Globally good content and trainer.
For people with a visual memory, might be good to work on a support during the 2 days of training. At the end the slides presented are not shared." - 22-10-2018 00:00

"Overall experience was very good, trainer explained all the concepts in detail.
We had a real time(practical) PI planning session, likewise if we have real time session for retrospective meeting, risk and mitigation plan etc..." - 22-10-2018 00:00

"Een uitstekend opgezette training met voldoende afwisseling van theorie met praktijk. Het niveau was voor mij goed. De trainer was uitstekend met goed oog voor de groepsdynamiek. de locatie was ook prima en het was erg leuk om buiten te lunchen op de tweede dag." - 10-10-2018 00:00

"goed: interactie en inspelen op vragen die er zijn met concrete voorbeelden.
structuur van de training. Het was niet altijd helder waarom we van de ene topic naar de andere gingen of waar we in het boek waren qua theorie (laatste dag maakte dat wel weer goed waardoor het kwartje pas goed viel)." - 10-10-2018 00:00

"Firstly, Im happy with knowing the framework. I believe it is a necessity to make the Agile and Lean way of working a succes. From your training I like your trainers ( Ive seen 3!), their way of training, your material and your facilities. What might be improved are the team assignments. The improvements I see would be in the restriction of the interpretation of the assignments therefore leading more stricktly towards the root of the assignment in stead of discussion about what the assignment should be." - 01-10-2018 00:00

"I liked to environment and the open attitude that was created. The thing I like to see being improved is the ammount of trainers, 3 in 4 days of training is a bit much in my opinion." - 01-10-2018 00:00

"Liked to energy of the group and teachers.
What could be better is timeboxing better the material. Firs days we had a lot of material which we needed to go through in last hour.
Training after 17.00 most people have lost their attention." - 01-10-2018 00:00

"Ik vond het een heel prima training die me goed heeft voorbereid op het examen. Ik heb de trainers als bijzonder prettige, professionele personen ervaren. Omdat het aantal deelnemers klein was, was er veel ruimte om op de eigen werksituatie in te gaan. Het pand, de faciliteiten en de organisatie waren goed verzorgd, en droegen bij aan een prettige welkome sfeer. Ik zal Gladwell zeker aanbevelen binnen mijn organisatie!" - 27-09-2018 00:00

" The instructor was very good at conveying the material.
- The was a lot of material to cover in the 2 days which meant some pieces had to be skimmed over
- It would have been good to have an EPIC sample available" - 26-09-2018 00:00

"to keep:
- Flexibility of the trainers in terms of providing answers to questions asked.

to improve:
- Sometimes, timeboxes were not held and led to skipping other (assumed less important) content.

Suggestion:
Run the whole 4 day training with in a scrum-like manner, create a training backlog and update the training burndown after each chapter closed. That would enable the whole group to decide upon current pace and where/when to speed up" - 25-09-2018 00:00

"I liked the working atmosphere in the Course and the mixture of media and ways of working.

The interaction of the two Trainers could have been a little smoother.

Towards the end of the course it seemed several times as if we would run out of time which created Kind of a haste." - 25-09-2018 00:00

"The course is very informative, and offers a very well grounded perspective of the framework.
It can be further enriched with more interactive learning. As a 4 day intensive course, it can be more fun and memorable with more simulations and less slides. Time wise it would be better if the course was 5 days, which would give the platform to dig deeper into the topics or additional content can be shared. As certified SPC one is expected to train and coach others. It would be an amazing flavour if there are some simulations and learning blocks of being a change agent, coach, teacher, mentor and consultant." - 24-09-2018 00:00

"I liked the knowledge of the instructor and how clear his responses were.
The course overall caught my attention, however at times, specially during the first part of the first day, I felt like I was passively receiving information for a prolonged amount of time. I understand there is theory that needs to be learned, but it couldve been a little more interactive." - 23-09-2018 00:00

"Goed: enthousiast verteld, goede aansluiting met de groep en ook goede afwisseling tussen praktijk, theorie en interactief.
Kan beter: Het zou voor ons heel leuk zijn als er kennis aanwezig is over hoe ver Achmea is in de transitie naar werken met Safe" - 21-09-2018 00:00

"Goed, leuke trainers. Deze training is gegevens door 3 verschillende kundige trainers. Deze afwisseling zorgt ervoor dat je scherp blijft. Niveau is goed te doen, aan het begin voelde het voor mij als van ga maar gewoon beginnen. Dit was wat verwarrend, maar gaande weg vallen de puzzelstukjes ineen." - 20-09-2018 00:00