Agile transformed how small teams build software.
But what happens when organizations grow to hundreds or thousands of people?

In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, Alexis Monville welcomes Fabrice Bernhard, co-founder and CTO of Theodo and co-author of The Lean Tech Manifesto.

Fabrice explains why the four values of the Agile Manifesto have inherent scale limits, and how Lean thinking helps organizations keep the same intention, without falling into bureaucracy.

They explore:
– what “value for the customer” really means at scale
– why autonomy requires both leadership and architecture
– how tech-enabled networks of teams work in practice
– what it takes to build a true learning organization
– and why Lean is not just good for people, but also for business

A grounded conversation for leaders, tech professionals, and change agents navigating growth, complexity, and responsibility.

Find the transcript and the references in the companion blog post: https://blog-alexis.monville.com/en/2026/02/10/when-agile-scales-something-breaks/

Some leadership lessons are best learned far from meeting rooms and org charts.

In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, Alexis Monville welcomes Francelina Amaral, a hospitality leader shaped by service excellence, attention to detail, and deep respect for people.

Together, they explore what leaders in any industry can learn from hospitality:

• Why onboarding is not a checklist but invisible hospitality: preparation before arrival, small gestures, removing friction

• How leadership as service creates trust, safety, and conditions for others to succeed

• How belonging is built (and broken) through everyday actions

• Why discipline and standards matter, but only work when rooted in genuine care

• How leaders develop others by creating confidence, especially when mistakes happen

A practical, human conversation about trust, ownership, and the kind of leadership that makes people feel expected, welcome, and valued.

The full transcript of this episode is available in the companion blog post linked in the description, on alexis.monville.com.

https://blog-alexis.monville.com/en/2026/01/15/invisible-hospitality-with-francelina-amaral-what-leaders-in-any-industry-can-learn-from-service-excellence/

Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership is supported by Pearlside, where we help leaders and teams create the conditions for responsibility, clarity, and impact to emerge. You can learn more at pearlside.fr.

Welcome to Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership.
I’m Alexis Monville, and in this show, we explore what it means to lead organizations where people take responsibility and deliver impact.

In each episode, I’ll share conversations, insights, and stories that help us rethink leadership, not as something reserved for a few at the top, but as something that can emerge at every level of an organization.

If you’d like to dive deeper into what we discuss, you’ll find references and full transcripts in the companion blog posts I publish on alexis.monville.com⁠. That’s also where you can subscribe to the Emerging Leadership Newsletter, a space where I share ideas, tools, and practices to help you and your teams grow. Once again, the address is: alexis.monville.com.

Thank you for joining me on this journey. Let’s begin.