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Explore, Challenge, and Connect at KLR 2023 | June 28-30

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Explore, Challenge, and Connect at Kanban Leadership Retreat Europe 2023

Mayrhofen, Austria  |  June 28-30

We’re excited to announce the 2023 Kanban Leadership Retreat Europe in Mayrhofen, Austria!

NEW for 2023 are Leveling Up days. What are those? Stay tuned to find out!

Don’t miss your next chance for the ultimate Kanban experience. Learn more about KLR Europe 2023 now.

Get More Info and Register

What happens at Kanban Leadership Retreat?

Attendees in 2022 discussed Upstream STATIK, making Scrum better with Kanban, Kanban beyond IT, Debunking Resistance to Change, and many, many more subjects. We exchanged knowledge, created communities, and shared experiences, food, and drinks. Some folks went climbing, others went biking, and relaxing with a massage was even an option. Best of all, we connected and reconnected.

Check out some of the scenes from Mayrhofen below!

The 2022 State of Kanban Results Are In!

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Reporter Rosie here to share all the facts, figures, findings, and key messages from the 2022 State of Kanban Report!

Our 2022 survey was sent to mailing lists from Kanban University,  Businessmap , and SwiftKanban from Digité. In addition, it was promoted on social media and through partner channels.

Get the State of Kanban Report

Key Messages We Learned in 2022

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Kanban is global and across many industries.

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Kanban scales, both to multiple teams and to multiple functional areas.

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Kanban works, with 87% reporting Kanban to be more or much more effective than other methods.

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Tooling matters. Tools designed for Kanban are highly recommended, while general agile tools claiming to have Kanban support fall short.

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Kanban adoption is growing. 86% of respondents indicated that they expect to expand their Kanban initiatives next year, and much of the growth is expected in new functional areas.

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Webinar: Continuously Improve Your Flow of Work

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Get Into the Kanban Zone and See How You Can Continuously Improve Your Flow of Work

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

11:00 AM PDT • 1:00 PM CDT • 2:00 PM EDT • 7:00 PM BST • 8:00 PM CEST

Register for the Kanban Zone Webinar

In this Kanban University Partner Webinar, Dimitri Ponomareff, Co-Founder and CEO of Kanban Zone, will share why customers rave about the flexible board designer and the overall simplicity of using Kanban Zone.

Craeg Strong, CTO of Ariel Partners and Accredited Kanban Consultant (AKC), will share his experience using Kanban Zone. Joey Spooner, Vice President for Community Development and Product Management at Kanban University, will be the moderator.

Topics will include Portfolio Kanban, business agility, and organizational designs to significantly increase productivity.

Join this session to explore how Kanban is being leveraged outside of just software development, with use cases including law firms, schools, farming, manufacturing, sales, and marketing.

Get into the Kanban Zone and see how you can also continuously improve your flow of work.

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Dimitri Ponomareff
Co-Founder & CEO
Kanban Zone
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Craeg Strong
CTO
Ariel Partners
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Joey Spooner
Vice President for Community Development and Product Management
Kanban University

Recapping Kanban Week 2022

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Recapping Kanban Week 2022

The weather was awesome and so were the conversations and laughter at the 2022 Kanban Global Summit and Kanban Leadership Retreat in San Diego!

We learned that Kanban is alive and well throughout the world at scale. So many participants were discussing how their leadership is getting involved by leading initiatives using Kanban practices.

KGS attendees learned the lost arts of leadership from Chet Richards and found laughter in Michael Godeck’s delightful and creative presentation that was powerful enough to make Dragos yell “You’re hired!”

We saw so many great talks that focused on how Kanban is used within large organizations, including Adobe, IBM, the US Department of Homeland Security, and major financial institutions within Brazil.

“Unlike other conferences, Kanban Global Summit provides real-life practical insights and new innovations that are pushing the state of the art in business management.”

Craeg Strong

At KLR, we finally got to Connect, Explore, and Challenge key topics like Leadership Development with Kanban, STATIK for Upstream, Kanban Consulting Engagements Lessons Learned, and the Dream Dashboard of the Kanban C-Level. Everyone had a chance to propose, participate, and discuss these concepts and more. We all went home feeling proud to be a part of this community of Kanban practitioners and are looking forward to next year’s KLR.

Both events were also filled with great meal-time conversations among colleagues and, for the first time in two years, we were able to sit among our peers (both new and experienced) to explore and challenge concepts in Kanban.

Stay tuned for Kanban Global Summit videos and presentations coming out at the end of October!

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“Leaders in the Kanban Community welcome, encourage, and share their knowledge and experiences while inviting participation, collaboration, and engagement. KLR is a one of kind learning experience.”

Aparna Renganathan

Cheers from the Kanban University Team! 

Announcing New Train the Trainer Classes

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Announcing New Train the Trainer Classes

2023 paves your way to the Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT) credential with new Train the Trainer (TTT) classes in Portuguese and Spanish, and Oceania/Asia-friendly time zones!

Keep in mind that your success in the class is dependent on how well YOU PREPARE! You are expected to master the curriculum, prepare a Kanban case study to demonstrate your Kanban experience, and deepen your Kanban knowledge… ALL before class begins!*

Find all upcoming TTT classes below.

Learn More About Train the Trainer

November 14 – 25, 2022
Only Two Spots Left!

Trainers: Helen Meek & Dan Brown
Language: English
Location: Online

Apply Now

November 27 – December 1, 2022
In-person at Kanban India

Trainer: Todd Little
Language: English
Location: Bengaluru, India

This class includes a free pass to the Kanban India conference.

Apply Now

February 27 – March 10, 2023

Trainers: Todd Little, Joey Spooner, and Bianca Griffioen
Language: English
Location: Online

Apply Now

May 8 – 19, 2023
NEW! Portuguese

Trainers: Marco Mendes & Juliano Ribeiro
Language: Portuguese
Location: Online

Apply Now

May 15 – 26, 2023
Oceania/Asia-friendly Time Zones

Trainer: Helen Meek
Language: English
Location: Online

Apply Now

May 15 – 26, 2023
NEW! Spanish

Trainer: Fernando Cuenca
Language: Spanish
Location: Online

Apply Now

September 18 – 29, 2023

Trainers: Todd Little, Joey Spooner, and Bianca Griffioen
Language: English
Location: Online

Apply Now

November 13 – 24, 2023

Trainer: Helen Meek
Language: English
Location: Online

Apply Now

* Unlike most trainings, the TTT requires that you learn before you attend class. Many candidates spend weeks preparing for the TTT. The TTT does not teach Kanban. Students must have achieved the Kanban Management Professional (KMP) credential and be able to present a Kanban case study. Attending the TTT course does not guarantee approval. Approved attendees may become AKTs licensed by Kanban University to teach one or more of the KU foundation courses: Team Kanban Practitioner, Kanban System Design, and Kanban Systems Improvement.

If you don’t find a class that fits your availability, please message us at KU@kanban.university. We collect interest and have the ability to build a class into the schedule that may suit your needs.

Webinar: How your organization can benefit from OKRA

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Do you know how your organization can benefit from OKRA?
No, not the vegetable!

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

11:00 AM PDT • 1:00 PM CDT • 2:00 PM EDT • 7:00 PM BST • 8:00 PM CEST

Register for the Businessmap Webinar

In this Kanban University Partner Webinar, Dimitar Karaivanov, Businessmap Co-founder and CEO, will take you through the foundations of OKRs, also known as Objectives and Key Results. In fact, he will guide you one level higher, and introduce the concept of OKRAs, where “A” stands for ACTION. Even the best OKR strategy is just a set of ideas until it is connected to execution!

Teams can use Kanban boards to visualize work derived from OKRs and, thus, work on their goals without hindering their existing workflow. Tune in to the live webinar to find out how!

What you will gain from this event:

  • An improved understanding of the purpose of OKRAs
  • OKR visualization techniques with Kanban
  • Examples of how teams can align strategic goals with execution, and take action
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Speaker: Dimitar Karaivanov
Co-Founder & CEO
Businessmap

Dimitar Karaivanov is a Lean-thinker and a Kanban practitioner with a solid background in the areas of software development and process improvement. His expertise was gained through more than 15 years of career development at companies like Johnson Controls, SAP, and Software AG. Dimitar has envisioned and brought to life the idea of Businessmap as aimed at solving problems in the way companies manage big initiatives and projects spread across multiple teams. Through the success of his company, he has proven that Kanban can be used for product development and not just change management activities. He is passionate about achieving extreme performance at scale and applying Lean / Kanban outside IT. Dimitar is a keynote speaker and author of “Lean Software Development with Kanban.” He is an active member of the Lean / Kanban community and supporter of initiatives which aim to promote it.

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Host: Joey Spooner
Vice President for Community Development and Product Management
Kanban University

In a 20-year career spanning the communications, insurance, higher education, non-profit, and government sectors, Joey has been a software developer, IT director, strategic analyst, coach, technical systems expert, and consultant. He is also an Accredited Kanban Consultant (AKC), Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT), Kanban Coaching Professional (KCP), and Kanban Management Professional (KMP).