Gladwell Academy

"2 days is rather short for the amount of information. I feel that our trainer had a good balance between speed and amount of in-depth information, because I already have some experience with Agile and SAFe. I can imagine that it could also be overwhelming if you dont have any experience with both Agile and SAFe." - 17-09-2018 00:00

"a lot of theory to swallow in only 2 days...we had many questions related to our own company situation and time would not allow to address them all. Many practical exercises could not be done either.
I would recommend to have this training over 3 days to allow sufficient time to cover all topics." - 17-09-2018 00:00

"Great Trainer, Nice Location

25 participants is really heavy

People without a mature understanding of IT and AGILE should be provided with some help with regard to prepare themselves to such a tough training" - 13-09-2018 00:00

"The training took a slow start the first day due to external reasons (traffic issues mainly for the majority of the attendees): it evolved in a good and steady, the second day being very intense and interesting." - 11-09-2018 00:00

"Goed: energie, overdracht en algemene communicatie van trainer. Niveau en inhoud waren ook goed. Het zou wel mooi zijn als er wat meer aandacht was voor de specifieke struikelblokken van Stedin in de grote transformatie naar het "volledig" AGILE werken, en hoe die eventueel aan te pakken. Organisatie en locatie waren allemaal prima." - 11-09-2018 00:00

"- linkage of some framework artefacts is not clear between single slides. More grafic showin where we are in the framework at the slide could help
- Trainer very good with practical experience
- Many practical exercises in the material, on the other hand, impossible to manage (pass thru) due to time constraint
- very poor communication before training (slow, late) - Joost Brugman" - 08-09-2018 00:00

"Im very impressed with the quality of the trainer. Eelco is very knowledgable and experienced, but moreover you can tell he is enjoying the training. His experience is an added value as theory is enriched with concrete examples. To me it was a pleasant experience that I will remember with great joy. Furthermore I found the training environment very pleasant. The training days where long but doable. I think you need the time and spreading over 5 days is too much." - 07-09-2018 00:00

"I liked the training and it definitely fullfilled my expectations. Location for great, pre-training communication was also very good. Trainer is a friendly encouraging person and expert in the topic" - 07-09-2018 00:00

"Great and very experienced trainer, very capable of transfering the very extensive information.
Location good, catering excellent, only remark is on the climate in the training room which was often stuffy and warm." - 07-09-2018 00:00

"Andres Janssen is knowledgeable and experienced in SAFe, he still requires to be more adapt to the training material. He trained to often from the training book. He lacked the engagement with the trainees. It was too big of difference in style with Eelco Rustenburg. Personally it took me more effort to understand Andres what he is trying to explain. His answers were often left too open for interpretations. Though I do believe that Andres can be a great trainer with more experience and ease." - 06-09-2018 00:00

"I liked both trainers they were complementary (knowledge and experience), I liked the location which was nice with nice drinks en food. I liked the happy hour, thanks for this.
The support material could be improve, in color and get some pictures to make it more attractive and easier to remember. One of our collegue had a session in Paris with some quizz games at the begining of each day to remimber a part of the course, could be a great idea to add it as well." - 06-09-2018 00:00

"both were good teachers and the content was also very interesting. It was very intense but because of good examples and movies and practical exercises, it was good to follow and keep the focus !" - 06-09-2018 00:00

"While I thought the instructor was a solid and brought a lot of excellent practical experiences to the material to help give the theory a bit more substance, I am disappointed in the actual slide decks of Gladwell. They do not seem to match the study guides and missed substance. The course material was also too heavy for the time we had, and there was not a way to spend enough time in the actual examples or role playing to really try to work out kinks. I also did not feel that the material was suited for Leading teams, but felt more like informational on SAFe and not on being a leader within SAFe.
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"I loved Anand, he is a great inspirational training. The coffee and snacks provided were nice. The first 2,5 days were rather slow but overall quite nice. Location was fine." - 05-09-2018 00:00

"i would prefer more practical examples on how to setup value streams as well as including vendors in an ART.
The food on the first day could be improved, specially as it was specifically asked to pay for it
But for the rest, the training was very well. Knowledge of trainers was good! Location was ok." - 05-09-2018 00:00

"Content is great. The trainer was good with real world experience. The level was easy to follow, at least for me. I got a bit annoyed about the amount of stupid questions and comments of some of the other attendees. I think the trainer could have been more sharp in controlling this. We had to rush through some of the topics because of wasted time in endless discussions." - 04-09-2018 00:00

"Liked - the exercises and the video. The Trainer, Silvio, was very good. He explained the material well, especially as English is not his native language.

Improve - The course material arrived late" - 31-08-2018 00:00

"The course was debveloped with engagement in mind instead of just going a sheets walkthrough. This is what I appreciate highly. The trainer was fair and honest about the course and its content, aimed for improving processes and less so a rigid instruction about how to" - 23-08-2018 00:00

" The trainers. Eelco and Niels were outstanding.
The style. Good combination of presentation, activities, anecdotes for anchoring and fun
Location/facilities
Team spirit. Though being a fairly large group, we managed to bond quickly and cooperate well
- Given the amount of information, it could be a day longer, though I understand that 4 days is already quite long for a workshop." - 11-08-2018 00:00

"Eelco and Niels were excellent. Very knowledgeable, approachable and had a great delivery style

The course felt rushed in places but understandable due to the volume of material to get through in 4 days

Room was good but needs better AC. Hotel was not bad but mobbed with peak season holidaymakers" - 10-08-2018 00:00