Individuals and interactions over processes and tools. The Agile Manifesto opens with a strong statement of the importance of people in the world of Agile. As Agile is adopted across an enterprise – it can be easy for the human element to get lost in the processes and tools of the enterprise. Join us for this fast-paced session where we’ll talk about the evolution of business leadership and how empathy – at scale – keeps the focus on people.

Can your organization afford to waste time, money and brain cells today?

It’s been decades since Taiichi Ohno of Toyota Production Systems identified 7 wastes in Lean Manufacturing. Let’s fast forward to the 21^st century to explore a new spin on 7 wastes in the modern enterprise. These modern sources of enterprise waste sap the energy and resources of our organizations - making any business agility initiative longer, riskier, and more costly. Let's identify and eradicate these systemic enterprise wastes now.

The Agile Apocalypse has already happened. Agile workshops from Boston to Bangalore have been overrun by Agile Zombies whose brains exploded from too much Powerpoint. 

Fortunately, there is a ray of hope. A small band of Agilists have discovered a more humane way to teach. Games, simulations, and interactive exercises revive the brains of Powerpoint Zombies - leading to better learning that sticks.

Join us in this session to discover the "neurological why" behind effective agile games and "how" to use it to design even more effective games & workshops.  Leave with new ideas and strategies to put into action with your next group.

 This workshop is based on Bernice McCarthy's 4Mat System of Learning, Dr. Judy Willis' book "Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning", Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) from the Association for Integrative Psychology, and Sharon Bowman's work on "Training from the Back of the Room."

Is Improv just a fun diversion to wake the team up and get the blood flowing?  Or could it be something more?   

Applied Improvisation can energize a group, spark creativity, and facilitate communication.  And perhaps there’s an even deeper value to be found in the world of Improv.  This active workshop explores Applied Improv in the context of the Agile Manifesto – putting our Agile values in action.

Based on the matchmaking game "Hot or Not" - the game "Scrum or Not" is designed to conclude an introductory scrum training workshop.  It gives the group an opportunity to test their knowledge in a fast-paced game where everything is not scrum, but it certainly sounds like it could be.  In addition - the team members get an opportunity to share how "hot" they are to apply each agile concept to their "real world" projects.   This same game structure could be applied to other training topics - limited only by the evil creativity of the facilitator to create humorous, "almost by not quite" game cards.