Tips for Communicating About Your Agile Transformation
“Too many coaches relegate themselves to the kid’s table and are really ineffective at making big, organizational-level changes. Agile coaches are change agents and should be sitting at the adult table”. I am paraphrasing my colleague, but this was the gist of his lament when discussing effectiveness of some Agile ...
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Oceans of Plastics – Scrum Gathering Austin Report
At the 2019 Global Scrum Gathering Applied Frameworks introduced attendees to #FrameworksForSocialGood with Oceans of Plastics. The principle behind #FrameworksForSocialGood is to apply the unique skills and knowledge we possess to solve challenging social problems. At the conference we engaged with hundreds of participants to come up with solutions to clean up the millions of tons of plastic waste in our oceans today, and how to reduce the amount of plastics being dumped into the oceans every year.
Applied Frameworks @ Scrum Gathering Austin
At Scrum Gathering Austin, our team engaged with the conference attendees to raise awareness around the issue of Oceans of Plastic and demonstrated the power of using frameworks to solve social problems. Each day we used a different framework to guide the conference attendees along a journey that began with ...
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An Ocean of Plastic
On March 18th, the body of a curvier beaked whale was retrieved from Davao Bay in the Philippines. The cause of death - starvation and dehydration as a result of ingesting ninety pounds of nylon rope, plastic bags, and other plastic objects found stuffed in the animal’s stomach! A month ...
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How to Make a Product Playbook
"A well-designed system filled with ordinary—but well-trained—people can consistently achieve stunning performance levels."—Robert I. Sutton What’s the status of your product management team? It’s likely some team members have formal training; others don’t. Some have years of experience; some have just started. They’ve probably got some tools they’ve used in ...
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How to Host a Lean Coffee
In our Coaching Circles, we often use the Lean Coffee format to structure our discussions and keep the dialogue lively and engaging. For the most part, this format works well for our Coaching Circle calls. For those that are unfamiliar with Lean Coffee, Lean Coffee is a structured, but agenda-less meeting ...
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