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Mon, Jun 3, 2024, 4:00 PM UTC5 Lean Principles with Ashvini Bisesser
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Summary:

According to the Scrum Guide, Scrum is founded on empiricism and Lean thinking. While many recognise Lean primarily for its emphasis on waste reduction, its scope is indeed broader.

I'm Ashvini, a Scrum Master, and a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt with nearly a decade of experience in manufacturing. Additionally, I apply Lean principles in sports, which keeps me deeply engaged with the practice.

Lean is built around five fundamental principles that establish a mindset and a way of working focused on the essentials. Join me as we delve into these principles together and lay a strong foundation in Lean knowledge!

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Ashvini in a Nutshell
With a rich background spanning nearly a decade in Lean Six Sigma, Ashvini is a dedicated professional known for her enthusiasm and exuberance. She excels in facilitating organizational success in complex environments through her expertise in Agile, Lean, and continuous improvement principles. Ashvini is committed to fostering self-organization and nurturing a safe, open team environment. Her approach is transparent, direct, and systematically creative, aimed at maximizing value in both professional and personal spheres.

Ashvini is also a dynamic communicator and lifelong learner, passionate about personal and professional development. She runs her own business in fire entertainment, including dancing and fire spitting, alongside a full-time career. In her leisure, she pursues extreme sports, regular gym sessions, and a variety of hobbies, always striving to inspire and uplift herself and others.

Join Ashvini as she aims to connect, facilitate, and drive change, helping individuals and teams achieve their goals through a fun, adaptable, and systematic approach.
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Tue, May 14, 2024, 5:00 PM UTC "Unleash the Power of F.E.A.R with Alka Bhandari
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About this session

"Understanding Your Journey to Success - F.E.A.R." invites you to explore the transformative potential of F.E.A.R., an acronym for "Focus, Enthusiastic Action towards Results."

This framework empowers individuals to harness the power of focus and enthusiasm to propel themselves toward their goals and aspirations.

Through practical insights and actionable strategies, readers will discover how to turn their goals into tangible achievements. Get ready to embark on a journey of personal and professional growth and unlock your full potential for success. 🚀

About the speaker

Alka Bhandari is a versatile professional known for her strategic mindset and hands-on approach. With a background in project management, agile methodologies, and marketing, she brings a unique blend of skills to her work. She began her career in software engineering but quickly transitioned into project management and agile coaching roles, where she thrives on delivering exceptional results.

Beyond her professional endeavors, Alka is passionate about giving back to her community through volunteering and mentoring initiatives.

When she's not working, she enjoys traveling, sampling new cuisines, and spending time with loved ones. Alka's commitment to continuous learning and making a positive impact drives her in both her personal and professional life.
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Wed, May 8, 2024, 4:30 PM UTCAI-Powered Construction Scrum with Felipe Engineer-Manriquez
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Revolutionise Your Construction Projects with AI-Enhanced Scrum!

This dynamic 1.5-hour workshop merges the power of Scrum with cutting-edge AI tools. Learn to increase your productivity with less effort by utilising Scrum principles alongside popular AI platforms like Chat GPT and Claude. This workshop offers practical insights into building highly efficient teams and accelerating project delivery. Get ready to transform your team's dynamics with AI-driven Scrum strategies.

Learning Objectives:
1. Learn Scrum Fundamentals with an AI Twist: Grasp the essentials of the Scrum framework, enriched with AI integration, to enhance your project management skills in construction.
2. Explore the Synergy of Scrum and AI Technologies: Understand the powerful combination of Scrum and AI tools like Chat GPT and Claude, discovering how they revolutionise construction project management.

Bio:
Felipe Engineer-Manriquez, author of "Construction Scrum" and a distinguished keynote speaker, holds the position of Project Delivery Services Director at The Boldt Company and hosts The EBFC Show podcast.

Recognised for his pioneering application of Lean and Agile practices, Felipe revolutionises construction projects, enhancing efficiency and reducing costs across projects valued from millions to billions.

As a Registered Scrum Trainer™, his work not only advances strategies in construction but he also teaches this transformative approach to professionals across various sectors, helping them understand and implement Scrum effectively. Honoured with the Chairman’s Award by the Lean Construction Institute in 2019, Felipe developed the first LCI Scrum course aimed at construction professionals, making complex work more accessible and effective.

Connect with Felipe at https://thefelipe.bio.link/.
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Thu, Apr 25, 2024, 5:00 PM UTCHumble Planning: How To Make Your Plans Suck Less with Maarten Dalmijn
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In this talk, Maarten will introduce the concept of humble planning and why it’s crucial for succeeding with an Agile way of working and building products of exceptional value.

When faced with uncertainty, risk, and complexity, our natural response is to focus on what we know and to spend more time talking, analyzing, planning, and predicting. As a result, our plans become filled with speculation and rooted in our imagination. Our plans as an anchor stifle the ability to respond to changes. We become locked into plans that prevent collaboration, learning, and discovery.

In this talk, Maarten will show why, instead of starting with overconfident plans, we should start with humble plans: How can we encourage our teams to begin with humble plans, and what do teams need to adapt their plans as they discover and learn what’s necessary while doing the work?

The talk will cover concepts like friction, the three gaps model of Bungay, intent, intent-based leadership, humble planning, sprint goals, the fog of beforehand, and the fog of speculation.

All about Maarten

Maarten Dalmijn is a consultant, speaker, and trainer at Dalmijn Consulting. He is the author of the book Driving Value with Sprint Goals.

Maarten helps teams to beat the feature factory all over the world. Millions of practitioners have read his best-practice articles on Agile, Scrum, and Product Management. He specializes in helping companies build empowered teams to discover better ways of delivering value.

He has been working as a Product Leader. He’s focused on coaching teams to deliver the highest value for their customers. One of his hobbies is writing articles. He shares his ideas on Substack and loves learning from everyone.
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Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 5:00 PM UTCReimagining Agile: Back to Basics, Forward to the Future with Jim Highsmith
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Reimagining Agile: Back to Basics, Forward to the Future.

In 2001 the “lightweight” methodology community was the size of a marble, while today it has expanded worldwide. Then the internet was just unfolding, today AI is ascendant. The Agile Manifesto authors had software development in mind. Today agility applies to all enterprise activities.

The ability to adapt to constant change, complexity, and uncertainty, be it with software development or business activities, may be the single greatest competitive advantage in the 21st century. Resilient, sustainable, adaptable digital capabilities, and empowering operating models will play an integral role in determining the winners and losers.

Join Chris and Jim in a rollicking dialogue about the past, present and future of agility, which pieces to de-emphasize, which to abandon, and which to carry into the future.

Jim Highsmith Bio

Who I Am: Adventurer, Catalyst, Storyteller

Co-author of the Agile Manifesto with 60 years’ experience as an IT manager, product manager, project manager, consultant, software developer, and agile pioneer.

I’ve always been an adventurer, trying out a variety of adventure sports from mountaineering to century bike racing. These sports involve taking calculated risks whose consequences are learned by experience. Likewise with my 60-year career in software development and management — I made several risky, but not reckless, career pivots.

Relying on my engineering and management experience I’ve been a catalyst to bring people together — from diverse functional areas like IT, marketing, finance, and software development; and helping bridge the gaps between teams and executives. Founding member of Agile Alliance. Co-founder and first president of the Agile Project Leadership Network. Advisor to Agile Leadership Journey. Executive Consultant at ThoughtWorks. Director of Cutter Consortium’s Agile Project Management practice.

Whether I’m relating mountain climbing to adapting to change, or presenting agility to conference audiences, I rely on storytelling to provide emotional “hooks” so audiences can remember facts and figures. Author of six agile books, the latest Wild West to Agile (2023).
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Tue, Apr 9, 2024, 5:00 PM UTCHow to Read the Room and Change the Outcome with Marsha Acker
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Invisible group dynamics undermine relationships and performance, being able to see and name the dynamics empowers teams to change the outcome.

The single greatest catalyst for change is the way we hold conversations.

Research consistently demonstrates that team effectiveness is highly dependent upon the quality of the communication between team members.

So much of what we seek in agility comes down to how we are or are not engaging in effective, skillful conversations. Superficial conversations often leave participants wondering if the time spent was worth it.

Yet it’s easy to get into the flow of daily work and be really focused on the ‘what’ in our conversations without much attention to the quality of ‘how’ we’re communicating.

How teams are having (or not having) conversations is a primary contributor to many of the challenges teams face and is often the source of conflict and breakdown in the team dynamics.

How can leaders unlock the collective intelligence in a team and help them see the structural pattern of their conversations, so they can change it, to have the conversations they need to have?

We’ll explore the use of Structural Dynamics for learning to ‘read the room’ using four elements for all face-to-face communication.

Outcomes:

Learn a language for how to ‘read the room’ and describe the structure of what’s happening in conversations.

Learn the benefits of each element and the traps of ‘stuck patterns’.

Learn techniques that can be used to create more effective conversations.

About Marsha

MARSHA ACKER, CPCC, PCC, CPF, is the host of the Defining Moments of Leadership podcast, the founder and CEO of TeamCatapult, and the author of the groundbreaking book The Art and Science of Facilitation and the just released book - Build Your Model for Leading Change. Marsha is known internationally as a facilitator of meaningful conversations, a host of dialogue, and a passionate agilest. She coaches leadership teams in growing their collective leadership and building the capability of achieving true, sustainable behavior change through dialogue.

You can connect with her here: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/marsha-acker-3486a72/
Defining Moments of Leadership Podcast https://teamcatapult.com/podcast/
The Art and Science of Facilitation https://artandscienceoffacilitation.com/
Build Your Model for Leading Change https://buildyourmodel.com/
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Wed, Apr 3, 2024, 5:00 PM UTCFord's Frameworks and Toyota's Theories with Prateek Singh
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With so many agile frameworks out there, some larger than others, how do you choose what is right for you? What heuristics do you use when choosing practices to implement? What are the risks associated with taking a bulk set of practices en-masse and applying them? Also, what does agility have to do with early 20th-century car manufacturers? Come find out as we talk about Ford's Frameworks and Toyota's Theories.

About the Speaker

Prateek Singh has been leading and working on agile teams for almost two decades. Starting with XP, then Scrum, and now working in a Kanban system, He has gained a breadth and depth of knowledge regarding agile techniques, practices, and implementation principles. Prateek has played the role of Software Engineer, Scrum Master, Agile Coach, Manager of Software Engineering, Director of Engineering, and Director of Business Agility in his career. Prateek is currently the Head of Learning and Development at ProKanban.org and an Independent Consultant. He is also the co-host of the Drunk Agile podcast.
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Thu, Mar 28, 2024, 6:00 PM UTCTBC with Artur Margonari
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Mon, Mar 18, 2024, 5:00 PM UTCCoaching Boldly – Down, Up and Sideways with Jennifer Fields
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One of the keys that professional coaching emphasizes is coaching presence. In other words, how you show up as a person, your mindset, your gravitas if you will, can significantly influence your coaching. Some refer to it as a meta-skill in your coaching, but no matter what you call it, it matters, and it can change your coaching effectiveness and impact on your coaches.

In this session, we want to explore developing more boldness in your coaching presence. Defining it as—courageousness, confidence, and fearlessness; ready to take risk or face danger.

Yes! This is how I want to coach! Wait maybe not; that seems a bit scary. If you long to be bold but struggle to consistently coach with boldness you are not alone. Together we will discuss why boldness is vital to our profession and the resiliency of the teams and organizations we serve. Join us as we explore ways for you to unlock your own Badass Boldness and go where your coaching hasn’t gone before.

# Learning objectives

· Impact of our resisting boldness on those we serve both individuals and organizations.
· Identifying the underlying reasons, we hesitate and avoid boldness.
· Strategies for overcoming our fear of boldness.
· Coaching presence development tips and tricks to ensure we move from courage to confidence in our bold journey.

About the Speaker

Jennifer is the Chief Delivery Officer at Acklen Avenue, one of Nashville’s leading custom development firms. Having served at every level of leadership since starting her career as a software developer, she has crafted a unique perspective that allows her to bring radical empathy and real-life work experience to those she leads and coaches.
Her passion is leading individuals, teams, and organizations to rediscover their “why” and reclaim the joy of working at their full potential.
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Thu, Mar 14, 2024, 6:00 PM UTCDysfunction Mapping with Michael Lloyd
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Dysfunction Mapping is a tool developed over years of trial and error, aimed at creating a repeatable way to find, theme and ultimately, solve, organizational dysfunction. By following these steps, you can more quickly identify the biggest wins, come up with a solid action plan, and measure if you're really achieving outcomes that matter. It's not a silver bullet, but it can give you some structure to creatively solve problems, while also making your value visible and your goals clear.

About the Speaker

Michael is an Agile Coach, Scrum Master and True Leader, with 8 years experience helping teams and organizations to deliver more value, more often. As Head of Global Agility at Honest Agile, he aims to have an impact on agile practice globally, by helping agile practitioners to solve real problems.
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