October 14th, 2021
May 2nd - 6th, 2022
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Monday May 2, 2022 @
Lyssa Adkins & Adam talk about the Coaching Agile Teams Guided Study & Practice Group in this live rebroadcast of their AVS 2021 conversation.
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Monday May 2, 2022 @
If you want to know what skills and/or org design you need to grow your career in Agile, come learn about John Deere’s Journey to Agile Expertise.
At John Deere we have around 75 Agile Coaches and 325 Scrum Masters around the globe. We began staffing these roles in 2019 and realized that we were lacking clarity of what success looks like. We also realized the transformation office needed to provide more support to help these individuals grow.
To solve this problem, we identified 8 key skill areas that apply to both the Agile Coach and the ScrumMaster. To aid in individual development we mapped the skills to a series of experiences and behaviors across 5 levels of mastery. What came next? We built a library of training, mentoring, or shadowing opportunities to achieve these skills.
In this talk we will discuss John Deere’s Agile Operating Model, ScrumMaster and Agile Coach roles and career path. For each of these roles we will detail the 8 key skill areas and share recommended actions to close the gap.
Monday May 2, 2022 @
In knowledge work, people discover value. For this to happen, environments must be proactively focused on building responsibility through learning and motivation.
Join Diana Larsen and Tricia Broderick as they openly discuss essential motivators for individuals and teams.
Expect an examination of the similarities and differences for individuals versus teams. For example, they will explore if the motivation of increasing individual mastery reinforces the single expert silo within a team? If yes, what essential motivator would be better for a team to move from cooperation to collaboration?
And who knows what will happen in this unscripted discussion... what Diana, Tricia, and you will discover along the way.
Monday May 2, 2022 @
Does it feel like you are carrying your team on your shoulders? Are you feeling more like a monkey collector than a leader?
Come and explore the difference between managing and leading!!
To lead, you need to make the shift from a chess master to a gardener…
This session will explore 10 mindset shifts that are a MUST to be a truly effective agile leader and support an organization wide transition.
Monday May 2, 2022 @
Kadidra Hurst of Agile in Color stops by to chat with Adam.
Monday May 2, 2022 @ 9:00AM - 9:20AM PT (12:00PM - 12:20PM ET)
Monday May 2, 2022 @ 12:45PM - 1:45PM PT (3:45PM - 4:45PM ET)
With 66% of the world using Scrum as their predominant Agile method, this session will open up your eyes to the many other Agile methods and frameworks in the world today. For many, Agile is a toolbox of potential methods, practices and techniques, and like any good toolbox it is often more about using the right tool for the problem that will result in meaningful results. So join us on this rapid journey to look at the universe of Agile approaches and adding some extra tools into your toolkit.
Monday May 2, 2022 @ 10:45AM - 11:45AM PT (1:45PM - 2:45PM ET)
Monday May 2, 2022 @ 9:30AM - 10:30AM PT (12:30PM - 1:30PM ET)
Leaders accelerate change when they consciously model lean-agile culture through their words, stance and actions every day. By practicing facilitative leadership skills, leaders at all levels tap the brilliance of the people around them and help everyone collaborate better. The facilitative leader looks around and thinks, “How might I help these amazing humans work together most effectively, and enable us to be wildly successful?” Facilitative leaders practice skills like active listening, using empowering language, using the power of silence, asking powerful questions, and welcoming elephants. They make it safe for others to also practice, fail, and learn, accelerating learning throughout the organization.
In this talk, Ronica shares what facilitative leadership looks like in action, and the impact it can have on others. She’ll invite leaders at all levels to examine how they are showing up, and to make a conscious decision to adopt an identity: “I am the kind of leader who _______.” We’ll then explore how you can use the power of intention, daily practice and habit formation--building on very small wins--to make that identity a reality. Attendees will commit to very specific small steps to begin to show up differently. “Be the change you want to see in the organization.”
Monday May 2, 2022 @ 2PM - 3PM PT (5PM - 6PM ET)
Monday May 2, 2022 @ 10:45AM - 11:45AM PT (1:45PM - 2:45PM ET)
As Product Owners or Product Managers, we are often so focused on the customers, users, value delivery, and product details that we sometimes "can't see the forest from the trees."
You may have heard this expression before. Urban Dictionary defines the expression as "if you look at things one at a time, you might not realize that a branch of separate "trees" goes together to make a forest."
The expression can be used in many ways. As Product Owners, we may miss the opportunities to identify and mitigate risk or validate assumptions if we are not "seeing the forest from the trees."
In this session, we will investigate a few ways to help us to identify and mitigate risk or validate assumptions in our Product Backlogs and Product Visions.
Monday May 2, 2022 @ 9:30AM - 10:30AM PT (12:30PM - 1:30PM ET)
How can someone without expertise in what you do help you become more of an expert in what you do?
This is the aim of coaching and, in a working environment that requires excellence and continued growth, the ability for us to coach others and be coached ourselves is imperative.
Agile leadership coach Geoff Watts will share his top tips for how to get the best out of coaching others and being coached yourself so that you and your colleagues can pursue your own paths to mastery.
Monday May 2, 2022 @ 2PM - 3PM PT (5PM - 6PM ET)
Does it feel like you are carrying your team on your shoulders? Are you feeling more like a monkey collector than a leader?
Come and explore the difference between managing and leading!!
To lead, you need to make the shift from a chess master to a gardener…
This session will explore 10 mindset shifts that are a MUST to be a truly effective agile leader and support an organization wide transition.
Monday May 2, 2022 @ 12:45PM - 1:45PM PT (3:45PM - 4:45PM ET)
Considering better ways to guide stakeholders on a compelling journey and bring product teams closer to end users in a simple yet effective way?
During this interactive talk I will demonstrate the benefits of visual storytelling to tell an impactful story, painting a picture of a your customer experience that drives empathy and gains a deeper level of understanding.
I will discuss the benefits of visualisation and Customer Journey Mapping and how these tools and techniques can be applied to methods of Design Thinking and Agile Ways of Working.
Monday May 2, 2022 @ 10:45AM - 11:45AM PT (1:45PM - 2:45PM ET)
Did you know perfectionism is part of white supremacy?
Thankfully, agile’s use of product increments makes sure you’re not falling into those patterns of perfectionism.
Most people don’t want to be racist, sexist, or prejudiced in general. Yet simply living in the world exposes everyone to negative stereotypes about various groups of people, which can lead anyone to internalize harmful “unconscious bias” and accidentally discriminate against people they consciously respect.
In this session:
⭐️ We’ll review how to recognize unconscious bias
⭐️ Give you tips to reduce bias in your daily life
⭐️ Talk about how to reduce bias in the workplace
Monday May 2, 2022 @ 9:30AM - 10:30AM PT (12:30PM - 1:30PM ET)
The single greatest predictor of success is the way we are having or not having conversations.
If we can learn to be more intentional in how we invite, cultivate, participate, and facilitate conversations there will not be any challenge that an organization cannot skillfully navigate in order to produce effective outcomes.
But what if our conversations are stuck or ineffective? What if conversations break down instead of generating new collective thinking? We’ll look at conversations and how to use the structure of the conversations to harvest the intelligence that already exists, and the daring role leaders play in creating a space for dialogue in order to greatly change the nature of the discourse.
Key takeaways include:
⭐️ Four actions that everyone can take to foster better conversations
⭐️ Understand the impact of monologue vs dialogue on culture
⭐️ Three ways for leaders to engage in better dialogue starting today
Monday May 2, 2022 @ 2PM - 3PM PT (5PM - 6PM ET)
Each year, highly trained firefighters die due to backdraft.
When a fire burns out all the oxygen in a sealed room, the situation becomes a ticking time bomb.
When the door to one of these smoldering rooms is opened, air suddenly floods in, giving the remaining fuel the oxygen it needs to violently explode.
As agilists, we aim to help our teams and organizations uncover dysfunction. We help breathe new life into areas that have been neglected or ignored for years. But, just as adding oxygen to a smoldering room can be a life-threatening experience, shedding light on dysfunction within a team or organization can lead to reactions ranging from discomfort to violent opposition.
In this session you'll learn mindfulness techniques you can use immediately to help deal with uncomfortable feelings that can arise from helping take care of your team and organization (a.ka. "internal backdraft"), and negative reactions by the organization or individuals that can crush an agile initiative (external backdraft).
We'll leverage the work of Dr. Kristin Neff (one of the world’s leading experts on self-compassion) and clinical psychologist Dr. Chris Germer to help us deal with the discomfort that can arise due to backdraft, along with Adam's own techniques for helping surface and highlight organizational dysfunction.
This session has been newly updated for 2022 to include even more tools you can use to help build resilience within yourself during these trying times.
Monday May 2, 2022 @ 12:45PM - 1:45PM PT (3:45PM - 4:45PM ET)
You might ask: "What is my Agile Coaching Journey? "
Many of us have asked ourselves this very question as potential, budding and current Scrum Masters and Agile coaches!
What do we do next? How do I start? Which is my best best?
Sound familiar? 🙂
Together, lets dive into your handpicked Agile pathway so you are loving what you do and doing what you love!
Together, lets get curious and learn how these roles are different, how they align and 3 considerations for choosing your journey that aligns with your passions and competencies.
In addition, learn what are the skills needed for each role and how each one benefits you and organizations.
You will walk away with: Knowledge to Identify what type of Agile Coach you want to be, the benefits of both, and how you will level up your skills through a developmental pathway.
Monday May 2, 2022 @ 10:45AM - 11:45AM PT (1:45PM - 2:45PM ET)
Our world has become increasingly polarized, damaging our relationships and our ability to collaboratively solve hard problems.
In this session, I'll share a broad overview of how four different value sets have evolved over millennia as life conditions have evolved on the planet.
Each value set has its own patterns for how power is distributed, what structures and processes we use, and what incentives and disincentives are emphasized. We are currently at a tipping point, where each of the value sets are battling it out in increasingly toxic ways.
I'll then share an evolving fifth value set, one which amplifies the benefits of each of the first four and dampens their costs.
If you're frustrated with how polarized things have become, this session will give you insight and understanding to help move things in a positive direction for you, your team, and your organization.
Monday May 2, 2022 @ 9:30AM - 10:30AM PT (12:30PM - 1:30PM ET)
Dependencies plague most software and IT groups, but they are simply situations in which the needs of the work don't match your team structure (silos). How can you recognize when your teams have become silos, when your work is planned at the expense of others, and when "protecting the team" guarantees poor execution.
Jim will talk about how he works with teams to quickly show these bottlenecks and dependencies for what they are: a simple failure to collaborate as the work requires. Then he will discuss how teams have truly self-organized to avoid dependencies and eliminate bottlenecks altogether.
He will do this in his usual insightful, yet funny, way. Hopefully.
Monday May 2, 2022 @ 2PM - 3PM PT (5PM - 6PM ET)
Monday May 2, 2022 @ 12:45PM - 1:45PM PT (3:45PM - 4:45PM ET)
