Gladwell Academy

"Program incl. trainer and tools were generally good and I could get what I was expected. We got worng paper textbook and got digital version at the end of 1st day. I do not yet get right textbook in paper version. Im disappointed at the web site for final exam because I got problem at the final question of final exam and cant proceed." - 2019-02-22 00:00

"The Trainer had a lot of experience.
The Indian Accent was to strong and hes Speed was to fast.
The room was to small for the size of the Group." - 2019-02-19 00:00

"Niveau van de trainer was goed, tijdens discussies merkte je dat hij boven de materie stond en veel kennis heeft.

In onze groep zaten een aantal deelnemers die minder/geen IT kennis hadden, waardoor een aantal opdrachten lastiger was uit te voeren. Dit zou beter op het niveau van de groep afgestemd kunnen worden." - 2019-02-18 00:00

"The provide content is huge, maybe too much for a 2 days training, taking the exam (certification) will require some study and time which is sometime difficult with our busy lives, but we dont get anything without effort right?
The trainer was very good, clear, patient and really took the time to answer all of our questions.
Personally this course respond to my expectations - now I just have to succeed with the exam and well see if it has been as efficient as I think :)" - 2019-02-13 00:00

"The mix between informational slides, Reports from real projectbased experiences, the Knowledge sharing of the attendees was very good.
Slides were too much, Information very compressed and intense, End of Day too early. Not enough time somehow. As usual for Trainings on this Level." - 2019-02-08 00:00

"Our class member is different background (someone has already known the SAFe or someone hasnt known). I would like to add one more day to learn SAFe based on textbook." - 2019-01-31 00:00

"I appreciated the interactivity of the course and the constant request of the trainer for our feed-backs on
our understanding and/or need for further explanations/examples. I liked the games or team exercises very much as this is for me the best way for the training to stick in the brain. The trainer was very clear in his explanations.
What can be improved is the start of the training, first hour and a half I would say that seem very long and slow to me." - 2019-01-30 00:00

" : good interactions / trainer inputs very valuable / focus on what important for the audience
- : there could be a bit more focus on SAFe critical value to the Amadeus organization" - 2019-01-30 00:00

"Liked: Competent teachers, different media used, practical exercises, videos used to explain concepts.
Could be improved: A consistent case study to use to apply the methods through the course would be better, even less powerpoint, which was a bit gruelling at times." - 2019-01-29 00:00

"The location and catering was very nice. The meeting room was well equipped. The material presented was good. The coach was very friendly and very willing to answer all our questions.

Sometimes I got a bit lost with the practical examples. A bit more explanation or guidance would have been nice I think." - 2019-01-22 00:00

"Liked: Examples from the real world, hands-on approach to teaching, two instructors (different perspectives on the same content), WhatsApp group for staying in touch, venue en food.

Improve: The last day ended quite abruptly. Since the group has grown quite close in those 4 days, it would have been great to have a bit more emotional closing (e.g. standing in a circle and asking the group what they learned or are grateful for from the past days)." - 2019-01-22 00:00

"Generally I missed the big picture, a kind of red line through the course.
Well aware that it is a complex topic and a group of 12 people is highly dynamic in terms of discussions.

I got a lot of insights and learnt a lot but as mentioned the overall picture I did not get." - 2019-01-22 00:00

"The content of the course was relevant and there was a good balance of theory and practice during the course. However, there is an improvement opportunity for structuring the content, for example showing the big picture before starting a new chapter to remind the participants of the holistic view and how different chapters are related as a coherent whole. Also it would be good to consider knowledge and familiarity level of all participants. Some terms and abbreviations and even concepts are not easy to follow without prior background." - 2019-01-21 00:00

"Top trainer and facilities. Very friendly and helpful people working for Gladwell.
Only less positive point is: in my opinion the training subject is too much for only 2 days." - 2019-01-20 00:00

"The SAFe layers for large solution and portfolio didnt have the same depth as the layers team and program which I found a little disappointing. We did some games but the theoretical part was thin." - 2019-01-19 00:00

"I really liked the training session going through the Safe Agile framework talking about how we can use this way of working in Canal Digital. We focused on relevant examples for our organisation." - 2019-01-18 00:00

"I liked the presentation style, especially Eelcos. Also the experience in practice was a real plus.
On the last two days it felt like a lot of slides had to be "pushed through". Hard to absorb." - 2019-01-18 00:00

"Het niveau en de inzet van de deelnemers was heel wisselend waardoor de gesprekken en opdrachten af en toe niet lekker liepen, meer een organisatorisch iets voor VodafoneZiggo zelf.
Wat ik mistte is uitleg over Nexus, wordt niets over gezegd tijdens de training terwijl er tijdens het examen wel wat schalingsvragen voorbij komen." - 2019-01-18 00:00

"Global content of the training really good. Trainers with experience.
To improve the training and enable us to re-work the exercises after the training in order to prepare the exam, you could have asked us to work on a concrete common case and to re-use it for all the exercises done (PI planning, implementing Lean Portfolio, identify value stream, launching ART...).At the end of each exercises, you could have provided 1 possible solution. (even if several solution were possible).
Besides, limiting the number of people to 15 could be good to keep interesting discussions and decrease the noise.
" - 2019-01-17 00:00

"I have much appreciated the course.
However there were too many persons, and the room was not fitted for discussions (too noisy). It has decreased the quality of the exchanges.
Additionally, at the beginning, the course was led by 2 instructors, 1 in front of us, the other behind us. it was inconvenient, as it required we turn frequently to face the one speaking." - 2019-01-17 00:00