Enthiosys in 2010
Although we’re nearly done with Q1 2010 I thought it was high time to share with our clients and the world the very exciting new journey we have started this year with some changes to the team, vision and structure of Enthiosys.
Team: Having worked with me since 2004, first as a consultant, then as President of Enthiosys, starting in 2006, Scott Gilbert has been invaluable in growing Enthiosys into the leading Agile Product Management Consulting firm it is today. After years of helping other companies and teams understand and succeed with Agile, he is going back into a senior product management role where he can practice what he’s been preaching, test out new ideas and move the Agile PM tribe forward. This fits with the Enthiosys’ core value of being able to speak from experience, not just quote ideas and theories created by others.
Rich Mironov also excelled during his tenure as CMO for the firm. Rich was instrumental in honing our service offerings into a cohesive and coordinated set of engagements, improving our messaging, and providing terrific services to our clients. Rich is returning to his solo consulting practice, where he’ll continue to write Product Bytes, champion agile product management causes and work with Enthiosys on selected projects. On a personal note, I was proud to have Enthiosys sponsor the production and publication of Rich’s book The Art of Product Management. Rich continues to provide product management leadership for the upcoming Product Camp Silicon Valley and the product management stage at Agile 2010 – both of which were started and nurtured through Enthiosys. It is especially gratifying to see the amazing and rapid growth of Product Camps around the world.
I sincerely thank Scott and Rich for all of the help they have provided me and the firm during their time with the company and I wish them both the best in their future endeavors.
I welcome Jason Tanner to the staff as President. Jason spent part of 2008 and all of 2009 in the field serving two of our largest customers helping them transition to Agile practices. Jason lived the transition from a ‘traditional’ product manager to an Agile Product Manager and has leveraged his experiences into quality service to our clients. Jason has embraced Innovation Games® in creative ways to increase collaboration for clients and other groups from the Product Camp RTP to the DFW Scrum Users Group.
Vision: While we will maintain a focus on Agile Product Management, this year we plan to expand our scope to Agile product delivery. In 2009, our customers asked us for more than product management consulting. They desired more complete services to build and start exceptional teams with great product managers and terrific coaches. They asked for assistance with development and testing practices with longer time horizons for continuous improvement. As a result, we broadened our network of senior consultants to provide a targeted combination of services to delight our customers. This subtle and important evolution will continue this year. Our offerings will grow with a new selection of services, training courses and content to address customer needs. You should also expect to see us continue to leverage our partners to increase our ability to deliver a full suite of services. Our vision also include increasing the emphasis on our training offerings.
Structure: We launched online Innovation Games® last year and grew the games team to continue enhancing the platform while increasing adoption of the games. Along the way, we started to notice that our clients and other consultants were using the games to solve a variety of serious problems in areas of sales management & execution and corporate strategy—in themselves novel and exciting uses of the games. To better position ourselves to capture these emerging growth opportunities, this year we will spin out The Innovation Games® Company as a separate business entity.
In many ways, these changes reflect the natural evolution and growth of our organization, including the natural growth of Innovation Games®. We’re very excited about 2010, and look forward to serving you as you create breakthrough products and services.
