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Online Meetup: Kanban and Essence

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Wednesday, February 22, 2023

7:00 – 8:30 PM CET
6:00 – 7:30 PM GMT
1:00 – 2:30 PM EST
​10:00 AM – 11:30 PM PST

The Kanban Method is being applied successfully in a broad range of services and sectors while the number of practitioners and experts is also growing. Like many popular approaches, Kanban is frequently misunderstood and misapplied.

Join Ivar Jacobson International and Kanban University as we bring Essence to the Team level of Kanban in this online meetup.

“Essentializing” the principles, practices, and key concepts from the Kanban Method opens up new ways for practitioners to improve their organization while using managed evolutionary change in their context.

Register for the Meetup

Kanban Leadership Retreat – Built by YOU

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Kanban Leadership Retreat
Built by YOU

Attendees at Kanban Leadership Retreat review and vote on topics on multicolor sticky notes.

When we say the schedule at a Kanban Leadership Retreat is built by YOU, we mean it! The Wednesday night planning session is spent presenting and voting on the topics YOU want to explore deeper during the three-day retreat.

Find Next Kanban Leadership Retreat

At our 2022 KLR in Mayrhofen, Austria, our sessions included these topics and more.

What will you bring to the board in 2023?

Coaching

  • What does a Kanban coach do and what’s different when compared to an agile coach?
  • How do we debunk resistance to change with our peers?
  • What strategies are there for improving the lead time for more than 80 teams?​

Maturity and Scale

  • How can we assess an organization’s maturity?
  • How can Kanban help create realistic roadmaps?
  • How can we use Kanban alongside scaling models?​

Diving Deeper

  • What can we learn about Kanban and Flight Levels?
  • How can we move away from OKRs to continuous planning?
  • What else is out there for maturity level barriers?

Stay tuned for more information on LEVELING UP DAYS on June 27 and 28!

Kanban Method Implementations Are On The Rise!

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Photo by Innovation Roots. December 2022 Kanban Train the Trainer class at Kanban India with Todd Little.

Will you add your students to the growing list of Kanban practitioners in 2023 by becoming an Accredited Kanban Trainer?

Kanban Method implementations are on the rise around the globe! In 2022, Kanban University Accredited Kanban Trainers (AKT) certified more than 19,000 students in Kanban University Foundation courses (Team Kanban Practitioner, Kanban System Design, and Kanban Systems Improvement).

Learn More About Kanban Train the Trainer

Start building your future as an AKT by attending our Kanban Train the Trainer (TTT) course. If you are ready to master the Kanban University curriculum, share a Kanban case study to demonstrate your Kanban experience, and deepen your Kanban knowledge, then you are ready to APPLY for the TTT!

Attend in English, Spanish, or Portuguese! We offer varying start times to fit your schedule, including Oceania/Asia-friendly time zones.

Make 2023 the year that you begin your AKT journey!

2023 Kanban Train the Trainer Classes

February 27 – March 10, 2023
ONE SPOT LEFT!

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 & Dan Brown
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 & Dan Brown
Language: English
Location: Online

Apply Now
Did I learn a lot more about the Kanban Method content? Did I learn to separate myth from fact? Did I learn how to be a better trainer? Did I discover my training edges? Did I get candid feedback? Do I get good feedback from students now?
​”Yes!” to all of the above!
Would I do it all over again? “Yes please!”

Nicholas Wong
Accredited Kanban Trainer
New Zealand

January News & Views from the Kanban Community

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January News & Views from the Kanban Community

In This Issue

Online Meetup: ​Kanban and Essence – Great Partners

Kanban Coaching Exchange – Agile @ Altitude with Tony Richards

Kanban India 2023 – Call for Reviewer

What is Kanban? An Explanation for Beginners

​Illustration: Get to Know Kanban Better

Online Meetup: Kanban and Essence – Great Partners

The Kanban Method is successfully being applied in a broad range of services and sectors and the number of practitioners and experts is growing. However, like many popular approaches, Kanban is also frequently misunderstood and misapplied. This is one reason why Ivar Jacobson International and Kanban University wanted to bring Essence to the Team level of Kanban. Essentializing a practice like Kanban offers new ways for people to understand it and makes it easier to apply the evolutionary change aspect of Kanban to adopting the Kanban Method itself.

Register for the Meetup

Kanban Coaching Exchange – Agile @ Altitude with Tony Richards

This is a story of a large physical engineering company that transitioned from traditional project delivery practices to Agile whilst maintaining safety and increasing the reliability of the equipment in their care. The difference was that their equipment was located in the ocean hundreds of miles from land.

​In this story, you will discover how the team and organisation visualised their work on and off shore to reveal what stopped the execution of valuable/expensive engineering work. What they did to create a direct connection between the organisation’s strategic objectives and everything delivered in real-time. When the parent organisation decided to introduce multi-disciplinary teams, how these teams pivoted with ease.

Register for Kanban Coaching Exchange

Kanban India 2023 – Call for Reviewer

Have you submitted your interest to be a reviewer for Kanban India 2023? Kanban India is looking for experienced and committed Kanban professionals to come forward and design an excellent program schedule for the 9th edition of Asia’s leading Kanban conference.

Submit Your Interest

What is Kanban? An Explanation for Beginners

A Kanban system is more than sticky notes on the wall. The easiest way to understand Kanban is to adopt its philosophy and apply it to your daily work. If you read, understand, and identify with its basic principles, the practical transition will seem logical and even inevitable.

Read More From Businessmap

Illustration: Get to Know Kanban Better

“Kanban is a method that supports value creators and value creation networks via sustainable and evolving systems focusing on the flow of value.”

We love this illustration shared on LinkedIn by Murat Yurdakul, one of our Accredited Kanban Trainers at Kanban University. He offered special thanks to Duygu Ulaş, who contributed the gorgeous visualization, and Duygu Balci, Ahmet Özcan, Ahmet Akdağ, and Sinan Ökek for their valuable feedback.

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How Are You Doing On Your Kanban Journey?

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How Are You Doing On Your Kanban Journey?

The beginning of a fresh new year is the ideal time to take stock of how you are doing on your Kanban journey and where you want to go in 2023. We’re interested in hearing your answers to questions like:

  • What problems has the Kanban Method solved for you?
  • How did you solve your problems using what you learned from the books and training we offer? Did you do something new or novel?
  • What is your next challenge that includes using something from the Kanban Method?
  • What problem does the Kanban Method not solve for you that you wish it did?
  • What haven’t we asked you that you wished we had asked in regards to your Kanban journey?

We greatly appreciate your input! Please email your answers to KU@kanban.university.

Tell Us What's On Your Mind

If you are new to Kanban, we suggest getting started with our Team Kanban Practitioner (TKP) course. TKP is our introductory course that will help you improve visibility, communication, and collaboration within your team.

Get Started with Team Kanban Practitioner

How to Take Your Kanban Game to the Next Levels

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How to Take Your Kanban Game to the Next Levels

What happens at a Kanban University event? Watch our video below to experience how we Challenge, Connect, and Explore our mutual passion for Kanban!

Your next opportunity to join the Kanban community at an in-person event is Kanban Leadership Retreat, June 28-30 in Mayrhofen, Austria.

Register to be there and learn how to take your Kanban game to the next levels.

Get Kanban Leadership Retreat Pricing and Registration

“The Kanban Leadership Retreat is a great place to come if you’re interested in not just using the Kanban Method, but helping it evolve and bringing your experience to the table and becoming part of this community.”

Erik Sowa
Accredited Kanban Consultant
Salesforce