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Jayaprakash "JP" Puttaswamy

Bangalore, India

JP is a leadership coach and consultant dedicated to helping leaders and organizations become more adaptable, sustainable, and effective. With a background in entrepreneurship and over two decades of experience in agile and leadership transformation, he has coached thousands of leaders across global organizations.

His coaching approach emphasizes deep self-inquiry, co-creation, and growth, enabling leaders to navigate complexity with courage, humility, and discipline. As a long-time practitioner of agile and lean principles, JP partners with organizations to enhance leadership awareness, build organizational capabilities, and drive meaningful change.

When not working, JP enjoys trekking, practicing martial arts, yoga, and Vipassan meditation.

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Learn More About JP

JP has experience working within the following areas, and would welcome additional clients in:

Higher Education
Energy Management
Industrial Automation
Financial Services & Insurance/Reinsurance
Healthcare & Medical Devices/Equipment
Industrials (Manufacturing)
IT & Data Infrastructure
Nonprofits
Professional Services & Social Services
Retail & eCommerce
Telecommunications, Transport & Logistics
Global Supply Chain
Video Technologies

JP enjoys helping leaders discover and act on their "micro-moments" of agility—enabling them to lead with confidence amid uncertainty.

As an Agile Leadership Journey Guide, JP helps organizations become more adaptable, sustainable and healthier overall. ALJ’s framework-less approach guides leaders and organizations globally.

He is available to support entry-, mid-, senior-, and C-suite-level leaders, senior leadership teams, department/division teams, organization-wide, small businesses, large corporate entities, and nonprofits.

JP earned his BE in Computer Science & Engineering, Visvesvaraya Technological University.

Languages spoken: English, Kannada

Additionally, he has earned the following certifications and/or industry credentials:

Changewise Leadership Agility® 360 Coach
Marshall Goldsmith Certified Executive Coach
Scrum Alliance CEC, CSM, CSPO and CSP-SM
Certified Semco Style Expert from Semco Style India
JoeDX Software Software & Hardware
Digital Transformation from Agile Business Institute, Lean & Agile Procurement Credential 1

Speaking Engagements

JP is a frequent speaker at industry events, both online and on-stage.

Here he was interviewed on OGuild in advance of a presentation he delivered during the 2019 the Regional Scrum Gathering Hyderabad.

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Articles, Podcasts & More Featuring this ALJ Guide

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Funding for Improved Business Agility

By Charles Fleet, JP Puttaswamy, and Pete Behrens • March 3, 2023

While there is nothing inherently wrong with gathering departmental leaders into an intense offsite to redistribute funding, there are also limitations that shouldn’t be overlooked. Politics and pet projects overtake strategic priorities, baselining on last year’s budget for next year biases existing programs over new programs, and it tends to drive competition (win/lose) over co-creation (win/win).

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What We're Reading — Think Again by Adam Grant

By ALJ Community • March 21, 2022

The ALJ community discusses "Think Again," by Adam Grant. The book centers on the idea that we must be open to relearning what we think we know. This is a cornerstone concept for all of ALJ's teachings.