What we’re about
Share the adventures and challenges of guiding scrum teams and agile organizations to success. Each session will start with a short presentation on a topic of interest. After that comes a facilitated discussion where participants can share challenges that they are facing and get feedback, ideas, and support from the group.
This group is co-sponsored by Agile Learning Labs and The Scrum Alliance. Each meeting earns you 2 SEUs towards renewing your Scrum Alliance certifications.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Juggling Sprints and Squirrels: A Scrum Master's ADHD Balancing ActLink visible for attendees
Technical work seems to attract people with ADHD. It can imbue a person with some superpowers and some impediments. Joe held various leadership and agile roles for 30 years. About two years ago, he accidently found out that he has ADHD. This led to a learning journey for him. Tonight he’ll share what he’s learned, including: the types of ADHD, how they often manifest, and what that means in the work environment. He’ll also share his personal story and how he approaches being a scrum master and change agent with ADHD. Hopefully, you’ll leave the meeting with a better understanding of the condition, and perhaps some additional empathy for your coworkers and/or yourself.
About Our Speaker
Starting in the 90s with a freshly minted degree in physics, Joe Kennedy spent a few years changing oil in cars, then teaching high school math and physics in Los Angeles before moving to Portland where he began a 20+ year career at the Intel Corporation. He started in the call center and grew into project management. Being immediately flummoxed by the usual struggles in waterfall, Joe joined a rag-tag group and began to experiment with extreme programming. Joe followed with work as product owner, a scrum master, coach, facilitator, change agent and internal instructor in scrum and agile practices. He lives in the suburbs of Portland, OR with two grown kids that he can't seem to get out of the house.Zoom Security Note
You will need to be signed in to your Zoom account in order to access this event. You don’t need a paid account, a free Zoom account will work just fine. Additionally, you will need to have your camera on to check-in with the hosts when entering the meeting. This helps us to create a friendly, interactive, and safer environment. The event will be locked at 10 minutes past its start time. We will not be recording this event.
