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Lead Different Retreat.

A participant-led retreat for the Kanban community to question, explore, and create together.

9–11 September 2026 Bilbao, Spain

Make space for what matters.

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Challenge.

Question and confront established ideas. Present new material and help advance the field of Kanban.

Lead Different Retreat participants in a group discussion

Explore.

Go deeper into existing concepts and stretch the boundaries on flow, metrics, games, maturity levels, and more.

Lead Different Retreat participants in an informal conversation

Connect.

Put your heads together, create something new, or offer advice around a real challenge. Make room for connection beyond the sessions, too.

You set the agenda.

Kanban Leadership Retreat is an unconference. Participants bring the topics they want to discuss, then shape the agenda together on the first evening. The result is a few focused days of honest conversations, generous thinking, and practical learning.

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