Lean IT Meet-up London #4 - Sensing your context

For this meet-up we will be exploring Sensing the context. As previously discussed Context is everything and Sensing is a key skill that is necessary in every context.

To this purpose we will explore Agendashift survey as a way of sensing an operation and its agility. Agendashift offers a great set of curated questions and analysis for quick-starting transformation, hearing the voices from the system of work. Mike Burrows, founder of Agendashift, will be introducing us to the survey, how to analyse responses and observed patterns of transformations. This will give a unique insight about the challenges of transformations.

We will also cover a view of SenseMaker from Cognitive Edge. SenseMaker is purposefully less deterministic and works using diads / triads, and algorithms to plot answers. Richard Atherton, partner at First Human, will talk to us about the philosophy behind this approach and his practical experience working with the tool. We are also working to have somebody from Cognitive Edge joining us.

Let’s be clear that the purpose of the meet-up will not be to determine right or wrong and better or worse. Both tools have a place, and both are very useful to address Sensing in the right context!!

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Our speakers
Mike Burrows:
Mike Burrows is founder of Agendashift and the author of Kanban from the Inside (2014, Blue Hole Press) and Agendashift book. Mike works as a consultant, coach, trainer, and interim manager. Mike created Featureban simulation game and was the originator of Kanban's values model. Former Executive Director and global development manager at a top-tier investment bank, IT Director at a late-stage startup, and 2014 winner of the Brickell Key community contribution award.

Richard Atherton:
Richard Atherton is coach, leader and educator with over 15 years of experience in orchestrating change in complex organisations. In addition to his deep experience in leading at all levels of the organisation, Richard delivered the first ever Lean Change Management certified facilitator training in the UK. Whilst he began with software teams, amongst others, Richard has worked with sales teams, news desks and administrators to help them become radically more responsive.