The Odd Couple: Managers and ScrumMasters – How to Share the Same Space

Update: Kay’s session was experiential, as such, no slides are available from the session! You may have experienced it. The blending of Lean/Agile Team Facilitators/Scrum Masters/Agile Coaches asked to stand up new mindset and practices in traditional organizations where Management has led teams for years. Oscar and Felix asked to live together in the same […]

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The Show Must Go On – Agile Leadership Lessons from the Theatre

Update: the slides from John’s presentation are available! We can learn a lot about leading Agile teams by looking at the tactics and practices employed by leaders in the entertainment industry. When creating a play or movie, what are the first three rules of directing? Casting, casting, and casting. How does Saturday Night Live produce sketch […]

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Strategy Deployment, Portfolio Planning, And Organization Design…Oh My!!!

Update: the slides from Matt’s presentation are available! Helping people at any level sense and respond to higher order organizational issues typically beyond their control. You work in an organization that struggles to prioritize work. There are too many handoffs to get things done. Issues snowball downhill, impacting what teams deliver. You feel blocked by issues […]

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Trust, Just Culture and Blameless Post Mortems

Building a Just Culture has to be intentional and on-going. This talk will use fictional examples of a team to weave a story displaying how the difference of a Just vs. an Unjust culture can yield very different results. What is it to have a Just Culture? What is a mistake? What is a incompetence […]

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