Ben Cooke

Agile Delivery | Coaching | Training

Create Clarity, Resilience & Quality in Your Team

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About Ben

Ben Cooke is an Agile coach, trainer, and consultant with 15+ years of experience helping organisations adapt to change, creating real Business Agility. Formerly a software engineer, he cut his teeth pioneering technologies like mobile ticketing and artist fan-club presales in the music industry.

Ben has since worked across various sectors, including IoT, telecommunications, food delivery, and retail, fostering capability, clarity, and resilience in growing organisations.

He holds the Certified Team Coach℠ certification from Scrum Alliance, showcasing his expertise in agile practices, and maintains Associate Certified Coach status with the International Coaching Federation. 

On the training front, Ben has achieved training designations with ProKanban and Scrum Alliance.

Ben’s unique blend of technical acumen, strategic thinking, and agile proficiency makes him an invaluable partner for companies seeking efficient growth through agility.

Master Facilitation and Make Every Meeting Count!

Effective facilitation is foundational to any high-performing business or team. Done well, facilitation turns complex discussions into actionable outcomes, aligns teams swiftly and delivers real return on time invested.
 
Ben’s Certified Facilitator course focuses on proven techniques to lead effective and engaging sessions whatever the audience or scenario.
 
In addition to learning tools and structures behind facilitation, this course equips attendees with the skills and habits necessary to continuously improve their craft.
 
The course is also accredited with Scrum Alliance and was one of the first in the world aligned with the new Certified Agile Facilitator badge.
 
Whether you’re facilitating strategic workshops, guiding development teams or leading high-stakes management sessions, this course will equip you to make every meeting count. 
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Key Services

Team Coaching

Creating high performance, bringing your people together towards shared goals.

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Agile Consulting

Helping you deliver value in a responsive and resilient way, that embeds learning for the future.

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Business Coaching

Partnering with committed individuals, developing confidence, awareness and the skills to thrive.

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Speaking & Events

Delivering inspiring talks and transformative workshops at your conference or away-day.

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Clients

Ben has supported organisations across a wide range of industries, in both the private and public sectors. He has worked with start-ups to scale-ups, to global household names. 
 
There are no cookie-cutter solutions. Though Ben has experienced all kinds of org structures, team types and personal scenarios, he keeps you and your context central throughout any engagement.

What People Say

"He is highly skilled at creating a work environment which promotes high morale and speed in delivery."

"Ben challenged and worked with us to promote agile principles and to work smart."
Rob Thorne
Rob ThorneSenior Product Manager
"Through Ben's coaching and facilitation, our teams built essential skills to better understand and forecast upcoming work."

"Ben's experience and knowledge were head and shoulders above other agile coaches I have worked with. As a result, every team he joined made significant strides in their ability to deliver. "
Mircea Gheorghiu
Mircea GheorghiuSenior Engineering Manager
"Ben fostered a culture of awareness and continuous improvement to our delivery practices and our team now continually adapts them as circumstances change."

"Consequently, our team became more confident in taking on complex projects and in our ability to deliver "
Chloe Mingay
Chloe MingaySoftware Engineer
“Ben had a transformative effect on the squad. He built relationships with team members, built understanding rather than prescribing processes and identified the main challenges the squad was facing.”
Jacob Holden
Jacob HoldenEngineering Manager
"What stands out is a careful balance between discipline and pragmatism, always with the individual or team needs to anchor the conversation.

Ben holds space with a huge amount of awareness and ease face to face and virtually."
Satvinder Nota
Satvinder NotaAgile Coach
"From release planning and story writing within the Product Team to process flow within the delivery teams Ben was always on hand.

The results can be seen by the consistent delivery that is coming out of the My Energy teams."
Justin Heaver
Justin HeaverHead of IT Delivery
"We are a more effective, cohesive and better aligned team as a result of Ben's intervention. "
Paul Junior Kasseyet
Paul Junior KasseyetProduct Manager
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Where Do We Start?

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