The Product Model at Spotify
Joakim’s Note: Spotify is an exceptional company, the best I’ve ever worked for. When I left the company after more than six years, I wanted to help other companies become more like Spotify. However, I didn’t believe companies could merely copy the organizational structures of…
Essence partnership with Ivar Jacobson (IJI)
Ivar Jacobson (IJI) and Joakim Sundén are delighted to announce a partnership to describe the “Spotify Model” to help people better understand what it is, and using Essence as an enabler, evolve the industries understanding of how it can be of value. The collaboration to “Essentialize” (render using…
What they actually got right in “The Playlist” – A Spotify insider’s perspective on the new Netflix show
Last week saw the premiere of The Playlist, a new Netflix fictional show about Spotify’s origin story. It has been suggested that the creators really emphasize that it’s “fiction” to stop people portrayed, or Spotify, from taking legal action. I personally think it has more…
The “Spotify Model” Demystified and Made Applicable through Essence
This article is a collaboration between Joakim Sundén and Stefan Malich. We do not work at Spotify and the views and opinions expressed here are our own, and do not express the views or opinions of Spotify. Thanks to Simon Girvan for review and creation…
Customer Obsession and Agile Mindset at Riot Games
Last year I got the chance to participate in the SD Learning Consortium (SDLC) as a Spotify representant. I got the chance to visit several very interesting companies who are all on a journey to discover together the world’s most advanced Agile goals, principles and practices…
Spotify Mind Awareness Program and a new diet
As I have previously mentioned, I am part of the Spotify Mind Awareness Program, where Ratheesh Mani teaches us mind awareness and how that can enhance our productivity, focus and general well-being. The mind awareness training is based on five pillars: proper breathing, proper exercise, proper…
Spotify – staying lean from small start-up through rapid growth
These are the slides from the talk Anders Ivarsson and I did at Lean Kanban North America 2013 earlier this weak. It was a great conference – as always. Thanks for having us! Spotify – staying lean from small start-up through rapid growth from Joakim…
Agile Coach at Spotify – Thursday
[box type=”info”] This blog post is part of a blog series about the Agile Coach role at Spotify. If you haven’t done so already you may want to read the introductory post The Agile Coach role at Spotify and the earlier posts first.[/box] Yoga class…
Agile Coach at Spotify – Wednesday
[box type=”info”] This blog post is part of a blog series about the Agile Coach role at Spotify. If you haven’t done so already you may want to read the introductory post The Agile Coach role at Spotify and the earlier posts first.[/box] Lean Coffee…
Agile Coach at Spotify – Tuesday
[box type=”info”] This blog post is part of a blog series about the Agile Coach role at Spotify. If you haven’t done so already you may want to read the introductory post The Agile Coach role at Spotify and the Monday post first.[/box] Writing I…