Gladwell Academy

"De verbale opzet vond ik goed zonder dat er te veel in de theorie is ingegaan. Met name de concreetheid van de voorbeelden, het goed inspelen op vragen en het aanschouwelijk maken van het proces (werkvorm tijdens de workshop is zoals je het ook in de praktijk zou doen), werkten goed. De tijd ging alleen tegen werken." - 02-01-2018 00:00

"Het onderwerp spreekt me heel erg aan. En gelukkig ook vaak de gelegenheid gehad om na te denken hoe we dit in het onderwijs kunnen inbrengen. Dag 1 vond ik persoonlijk niet zo goed. Veel te veel theorie en te weinig opdrachten. Dag 2 was veel beter en ook relevanter. Feedback uit dag 1 is door trainer Renate goed opgepakt. Zelf leer ik vooral door te doen en concrete voorbeelden te krijgen. Soms vond ik het iets te abstract en dan land het bij mij minder goed. Renate was wel kundig, maar had af en toe moeite om de aansluiting bij het onderwijs te vinden. In dag 2 deed ze dit veel beter." - 15-12-2017 00:00

"First of all, the location was very good. Number of participants was not too high, which is not the case in all SAFe courses.
What I liked very much was the trainers, with very different but complementary approach !!!" - 15-12-2017 00:00

"It was a very course. Content was usefull for practise.
The trainer was experienced and was able to go into many specific questions.
The basics of scrum, on the first day, was not necessary in my opinion." - 12-12-2017 00:00

"The course content was explicitly targeted for the certification exams.
There was little time to go into advanced scrum master topics, such as reflections on experiences and problems in current projects." - 12-12-2017 00:00

"I really liked the practical information by giving examples during the workshop by the trainer. Also he made sometimes remarks on according to SAFe you should do this, but in practice I find this more of use." - 08-12-2017 16:17

"A fine location, which is easily accessible. The trainer has a huge mountain of experience and knows how to properly convey this to the students. The content of the training fits seamlessly with the expectations." - 06-12-2017 00:00

"I very much liked the time taken to elaborate on some topics. That comes at the cost of having to rush through other sections of the training but thats a normal trade-off for putting focus where people struggle or need more information. This time balancing was very well managed by Eelco and Niels." - 05-12-2017 00:00

"I liked the way the course was teached by Abram. The downside of this course for me was that it was a bit similar to the SAFe for Teams course which I have attended about a year ago. I was expecting more typical PO/PM stuff and less framework stuff, but maybe thats something I could have figured out ,ore by myself upfront." - 04-12-2017 00:00

"Good mix between theory and pratice. Valuable examples of other organizations that are doing SAFe or are implementing it.

The training doesnt cover what you can expect in SPC exam.
The time spend in watching the SAFe tutorial of the My SAFe environment, was a waste of time. I guess that SAFe has it in the training mandatory :-(

" - 04-12-2017 00:00

"Uitstekende kennismaking met SAFe. Goedverzorgde locatie. Zeer geengageerde en ervaren trainer. Goed gebruik van verschillende leervormen. Had iets meer structuur mogen zitten in de opzet van de training. De koppeling met Scrum komt goed aanbod en ook de gedragsaspecten om SAFe succesvol te laten zijn." - 30-11-2017 15:57

"An excellent introduction into SAFe. It was held at a very good location. The trainer was very engaging and very experienced. The setup of the training could have benefited from a bit more structure, an agenda/schedule kept/shown and explained during the entire course. The use of different learning formats was great, videos, quizzes, excercises with participants, explanations of the theory, participants cases, use of whitepapers on the walls. When showing different parts of the framework on the screen, still the entire framework picture was used which led to major parts of the screen blanked out and only small parts of the screen used. Better is to zoom in on the SAFe level explained and use the entire screen for that level which helps readability also. Connection with Scrum was made, which was great. The importance of people-collaboration-behaviours and mindset was explained which was excellent." - 30-11-2017 00:00

"de training was informatief en interactief. Dus TOP, maar de echte feedback kan ik pas geven na het examen.
Mij bekruipt tijdens de training (mede door de oefen examenvragen) dat er stof op examens gevraagd wordt die niet expliciet uit de theorie volgt. Ik heb het gevoel dat er valkuilen zijn, maar dat ze niet allemaal benoemd worden.
Ik kan een voorbeeld geven: er was een examen vraag over hoe teams samen moeten werken, waarin naar mijn mening uit de scrum guide verschillende conclusies getrokken kunnen worden.
1) Het team moet omdat ze zelfsturend zijn zelf in contact treden met andere teams.
2) scrumteams mogen niets buiten de PO op het bord zetten, dus de PO
3) volgens invest moeten acties independent zijn, dus geen samenwerking
4) volgens safe zijn er weer andere regels" - 28-11-2017 00:00

"What went well: GREAT trainers and things around it.
Even-Better-If: A lot to take in during 4 days - some guidance on pre-study material would be beneficial for those, who are not too familiar with SAFe before the course." - 28-11-2017 00:00

"I liked the small audience, this enabled us to have fruitful discussions.
I also greatly enjoyed the fact we didnt use the slides that much.
A little more time could be allocated to discussing the implementation of a safe framework (good practices and pitfalls)." - 27-11-2017 00:00

"I liked the content a lot because there were a lot of practical examples told from experience. I very much liked the way the trainers interact with each other and the group. I think they did a great job. Also, the location was awesome. It was a very creative environment and there was a lot of care and service from the Gladwell personnel." - 27-11-2017 00:00

"Een bijzonder waardevolle introductietraining. Geeft inzicht in de basisprincipes van Agile en Scrum. Ik begrijp nu goed wat de filosofie en werkwijze inhoudt en kan er zelfs een begin mee maken. Gratis, maar is veel meer waard dan dat. " - 20-11-2017 14:03

"I really liked the workshops and the discussions with other RTE, especially those coming from other companies.
The timing is strict and i would have appreciated more discussions about experiences of RTEs as it stayed usually on the surface of the subjects." - 16-11-2017 00:00

"Ik vond het een erg interessante cursus die op een speelse manier in korte tijd heel veel informatie over weet te brengen. De docent was fris en jong en wist ondanks onbekendheid met het vakgebied van onze organisatie goed te levelen met de cursisten." - 16-11-2017 00:00

"The instructor has a really good way to explain and also transfer the knowledge of the content that its really huge for someone that never ever has touched the subject as an Agile culture and all the overlapping subjects. Really nice! Congrats Viktor!" - 15-11-2017 00:00