Gladwell Academy

"The first 1/3th of the course was really good given. Just explaining the scaled agile framework based on the picture. And not just going (boring) through the slides.

The 2nd day a lot of slides were skipped due to time or due to not so important. We dont know it by hard. Maybe it would be nice that it was mentioned if it was not so important." - 20-02-2018 00:00

"I liked the interactive and practical parts much better than the theoretical parts. And therefore I liked the second day much more than the first day.
It was a good learning experience and also much fun to construct a customer journey map together.
Some parts of the theory can simply be left out (e.g. I hope you do not need to convince people anymore why it is important to be customer centric) or be kept much shorter (e.g. the story about prototyping/testing was not so relevant for us). Of course there will still be elements of theory, but even then the trainer could try to make these parts a bit more interactive (e.g. ask the audience what they think, whether they have examples etc) rather than a monologue.
The location was absolutely excellent: easy to reach, very large room, great catering throughout the day." - 20-02-2018 00:00

"Good mix between theory and practice. Also very useful to have different companies and functions attending the training. This results in interesting discussions and information sharing. Using own sheets to summarize content of the book (mostly on first day) worked somewhat better than going through the sheets in the book (mostly on second day)." - 16-02-2018 00:00

"Eelco Rustenburg is an extremely great coach/trainer, I was impressed by his knowledge and real-world examples of how RTE-activities can be done. It was a lot of information to cover in 3 days but Eelco succeeded in keeping the energy up. All in all, I can only describe the course as very good. The location (close to public transport) was also great, the room might have been a little bigger with 20 people attending and everything (including snacks, fruit, coffee en lunch) was very well catered." - 16-02-2018 00:00

"The location was very convenient for those travelling and staying in the recommended hotel. The staff at Gladwell were very friendly, extremely helpful and made us feel welcome. The coffee machine was very slow and people often had to queue for a long time so another machine would be a good idea. The course material was covered well and the trainers knowledge was outstanding." - 15-02-2018 00:00

"The training was a very pleasant experience. Odile is a very knowledgable trainer with a lot of practical examples. The exercises that were performed during the training gave a good understanding of what SAFe is all about." - 08-02-2018 00:00

"About content : thorough learning of the RTE role during the 3 days
About trainer and learning method : excellent trainer with multiple experiences, good mix of theory and practice. The "key learnings" at the end of each chapter is very good.
Interresting diversity in the group of trainees leading to interactions ad potential future networking.
About location : no natural light in the classroom, even the lunch was served in the room." - 05-02-2018 00:00

"Am?lioration : Nous avons suivi la formation dans une salle au sous-sol, une impression denfermement pendant ces 3 jours. Pour le repas faire varier davantage le contenu. Avoir des tables rondes pour faciliter les ?changes" - 01-02-2018 00:00

"The trainer was great and the facilities were very good. I would suggest that maybe there is 3 days of material rather than two and also suggest that candidates are familiar with Agile Scrum prior to attending.

The pace of the course was pretty good and I was really impressed with Nickie was very knowledgeable." - 29-01-2018 00:00

"It was an amazing experience as the training was very well organised and delivered in a brilliant location in Central London, very close to a major tube line.
The trainer, Nickie is quite knowledgeable and very patient, bringing all participants along and engaging throughout the whole course using different channels like quiz, real-life experience, case studies etc.
I think it might be worth increasing the number of days to three (3), in order to cover the whole syllabus in details." - 29-01-2018 00:00

"In control zijn als organisatie en/of team is een lastig onderwerp. Veel nieuwe en interessante onderwerpen hierover mogen horen. Ik mis nog wel de toepassing, met name praktijkvoorbeelden en hoe heeft dat geleid tot verbetering" - 25-01-2018 00:00

"Locatie, trainer en niveau van de training was zonder meer uitstekend. De inhoud sloot goed aan bij mijn startpunt, maar het agil controle aspect van de training was gezien de diversiteit van de klas en de situationele en soms gedeeltelijke en hybride implementatie van agile bij DNB niet altijd even helder. Echter, ik heb voldoende handvatten gekregen om hiermee verder aan de slag te kunnen." - 24-01-2018 00:00

"breed kennis opgedaan van SAFe en ik denk een goede voorbereiding voor het examen. Met name de ruimte om het spiegelen aan onze eigen ervaringen was positief. Hierdoor werd het in mijn beleving wel ongestructureerd (veel van de hak op de tak).
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"Ik vond het een goede opleiding. De praktijk opdracht was goed om te doen, alleen de nabespreking daarvan vond ik wat kort. Er ging namelijk nogal wat fout en dat gaat in de praktijk ook zo dus dat was wel goed geweest om daar iets langer bij stil te staan." - 19-01-2018 00:00

"Info vooraf kan beter. Er werd gemeld dat laptops nodig waren en dat je je moest aanmelden. Echter is dit in het geheel niet gebruikt en kon er ook niet worden meegekeken met de sheets." - 18-01-2018 00:00

"Ik vond het een goede mix van theorie met onze praktijk. Ook de kundigheid en flexibiliteit van de trainers vond ik fijn. Als tip wil ik meegeven om uiteindelijk samen te komen met businessowners om te zorgen dat dezelfde beelden gedeeld worden. De businessowners en MT hadden tegelijkertijd in een andere zaal de training voor trainers." - 17-01-2018 00:00

"Theorie was helder. Soms ging het te snel en te veel Engelse termen. Maar de trainers waren voldoende flexibel om het programma aan te passen aan de groep.
Er zou iets meer actieve onderdelen bij mogen, omdat het anders een vrij lange zit is." - 16-01-2018 00:00

"Goede opbouw van de presentatie (incl. historisch besef). Sterk verhalend verteld zonder slides (alleen gebruik makend van white board). Goede praktische oefeningen om raamwerk SAFe te ervaren en niet alleen te luisteren." - 08-01-2018 00:00

"I would have preferred a little more focus on the 2nd part (implementing SAFE) instread of Leading SAFe.

Dynamic between the trainers was good. Location/Planning/Support etc. was all good.

Regarding the facilities: the room became quite hot in the afternoon." - 04-01-2018 00:00

"Het doel was om een aantal mensen met verschillende ervaring in Agile werken te vertellen over Agile en SAFe. Dat doel is zeker gelukt. Het enige wat beter kan is het time management. Het einde was wat abrupt." - 03-01-2018 00:00