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Fixing Broken Agile Transformations with Kanban

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Clean Up On Aisle 4! The image depicts a person with cleaning tools to represent fixing a broken agile transformation with Kanban.

“Clean Up On Aisle 4!” Fixing Broken Agile Transformations with Kanban

With a little over a month until we convene in San Diego, our Kanban Global Summit 2022 program is final! Start making your plans now for the sessions you’d like to attend. Will you choose our newest addition to the program? Scott Yankton and Chris Ring of IBM present “Clean Up On Aisle 4!” Fixing Broken Agile Transformations with Kanban.

Scott and Chris say they are not really Agile or Kanban evangelists per se or learned academics in these styles of working. What they are is much closer to “organizational consultants” who want to use the best techniques available for building “fit for purpose” organizations that can win in the marketplace.

In their experience, the best technique for a business side transformation or saving an agile transformation gone awry, is Kanban.

Hear from them and many more speakers at the Kanban Global Summit, August 22-24, 2022 in San Diego, California. Special discounts are available. Email us to find out what might work for you!

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“Clean Up On Aisle 4!”
Fixing Broken Agile Transformations with Kanban

In our experience, especially over the past few years, we have seen less straight agile transformations of development teams and more of two specific trends:

  • A shift in interest and focus to apply agile to much more complex/difficult business organizations
  • Course corrections or turnarounds of poorly executed agile transformations

This session is not a deep exploration of Kanban theory, but rather is focused on the practical guidance for large scale, highly matrix’d, complex organizational transformations. This includes adopting an ecosystem approach to Kanban, and some key framework components that consistently generate progress.

In this discussion, Scott Yankton (former federal bank regulator/Chief Operating Officer/Consultant, and current IBM Program Director), and Chris Ring (IBM Senior Manager with 35 years experience navigating a highly matrix’d, highly complex Fortune 50 company) reveal key lessons on what works and what doesn’t in this environment, and the keys to their success to date.

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Scott Yankton
Global Program Director
IBM

 

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Chris Ring
Enterprise Agile Consultant
IBM

Kanban Week 2022 will follow the CDC’s Covid safety guidelines, along with state and local guidelines for California and the city of San Diego, to ensure a safe event for attendees.

Webinar: How to Turn Your Daily Meetings into Outcome-Driven Events

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How to Turn Your Daily Meetings into Outcome-Driven Events

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

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

Register for the Nave Webinar

Back in the day, it was a tradition to spend the daily morning call asking all the people in the team what they did yesterday, and what they’re doing today.

And now, a new trend is evolving, which pretty much reverts us right back to our old bad behavior. Your daily meeting is not and should not be a status update meeting. If the purpose of your calls is to get a status report, you run the risk of drastically impacting your improvement initiative!

In this Kanban University Partner Webinar, we’ll explore how to turn your calls into outcome-driven actionable events that enable you to make progress and see the results of your efforts!

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Speaker: Sonya Siderova
Founder & CEO
Nave

Sonya Siderova is a passionate product manager and a driving force behind Nave, a Kanban analytics suite that helps teams improve their delivery speed through data-driven decision making. When she’s not catering to her two little ones, you might find Sonya absorbed in a good heavyweight boxing match or behind a screen crafting a new blog post.

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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).

Modern Military Tactics and All Forms of Lean

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Modern Military Tactics and All Forms of Lean: Full-Day Workshop with Chet Richards

Reserve your space by registering now as there is *limited capacity* for this workshop.

Wednesday, August 24
8:45 AM – 4:45 PM
Kanban Global Summit
San Diego, California, USA

Your Kanban is lean and your software is Agile. Great! Now what? How do you use these internal capabilities to win in the external marketplace? For one answer, you might look to another highly competitive arena — the military.

Despite what common sense might tell you, it is not unusual for the best equipped or largest army to fail to perform as expected against smaller or lower tech opponents. One example is currently happening in Ukraine. It’s pretty common in the commercial world, too, where today’s tech power house is tomorrow’s fading memory.

Chet Richards, a close associate of the late Colonel John R. Boyd, will present a full-day workshop at the Kanban Global Summit to introduce the common foundation that underlies both modern military tactics and all forms of lean.

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“Such ideas as agility, shaping the mind of the enemy, harmony among all levels, and perhaps most important of all, promoting—not just exploiting or responding to—uncertainty and disorder, were all either invented, re-discovered or inspired by Boyd.”

Colonel Frans Osinga
Dutch fighter pilot

Webinar: Chat with KMM Product Manager Anna Radzikowska

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Chat with Kanban Maturity Model Product Manager Anna Radzikowska

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

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

Are you looking for a single source of knowledge about the Kanban Maturity Model (KMM)? We’ve got the perfect solution for you – the KMM Plus.

You’re invited to chat with Anna Radzikowska, Product Manager of the Kanban Maturity Model, at our next Kanban University Partner Webinar. Explore the KMM Plus, bring your questions, and network with the KMM community.

Register for the KMM Plus Webinar

With the KMM Plus you:

Always get the latest updates from the KMM world

Do not need a hard copy of the book – the KMM is always with you

Have access to the full book content…and much more!

Can learn the KMM at your own pace through videos and learning modules

Speaker: Anna Radzikowska
Product Manager / Kanban Trainer @ Kanban Maturity Model
David J Anderson School of Management

Anna Radzikowska is an Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT) and Kanban Coaching Professional (KCP) with over 15 years of experience in finance, training, and product management: working in the public sector, large corporations, and running her own business. She runs Kanban training for David J Anderson School of Management and acts as Product Manager of the Kanban Maturity Model (KMM). Anna specializes in work with product from the ideation through the delivery process and customer support, and shares her knowledge and experience with anyone eager to learn how to deliver value to customers.

Host: Todd Little
Chairman
Kanban University

Todd Little is Chairman of Kanban University, the leading provider of professional Kanban management training. Previously he held executive roles as Vice President of Product Development for IHS, and Director of Software and Technology for Landmark Graphics a division of Halliburton. He has been developing or leading the development of software for over 40 years. He is a co-author of the Declaration of Interdependence for Agile Leadership and a founding member and past President of the Agile Leadership Network. He was a founder of the Agile20XX conference series and served on the Board of Directors of the Agile Alliance. Todd is a co-author of the book “Stand Back and Deliver: Accelerating Business Agility,” Addison Wesley. Todd has written several articles for IEEE Software.

We did it. Did you? Take our State of Kanban Survey 2022.

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You have a couple of weeks left to take our 2nd Annual State of Kanban Survey 2022!

Last year more than 1,000 Kanban practitioners and enthusiasts like you shared their thoughts about Kanban. It’s time to make YOUR voice heard!

Yes! I Will Take The Survey

If you have already participated, we thank you! Please share the survey with your Kanban friends and colleagues on social media.

Check out the insights from 2021 by downloading your free copy of the State of Kanban Report 2021.

All responses to the Kanban University State of Kanban Survey 2022 are anonymous. Thank you to our supporters from Businessmap and SwiftKanban from Digitè.

Choose Your Kanban Adventure!

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Choose Your Kanban Adventure!

Will you join our Kanban Leadership Retreat in Europe or the US this summer?

June 15-17
Mayrhofen, Austria

August 24-26
San Diego, CA, USA

From the mountains of Mayrhofen to seaside San Diego, you have a choice for your next Kanban adventure! Kanban Leadership Retreat provides a unique “unconference” environment of learning and advancing the Kanban Method by sharing your experiences and questions with the community. It also provides a respite from your normal work week with long afternoon breaks to get outside for activities or simply relax.

Get ready to EXPLORE, CHALLENGE, AND CONNECT!

Explore KLR Europe
Discover KLR US

Your health and safety is our number one priority.

Nothing beats the connection we have from getting together face to face. We know for many of you this will be the first event you attend in person. Be assured that Kanban Leadership Retreats will adhere to all local and venue Covid-19 guidelines, including social distancing, masking, and holding events in outdoor spaces.

If you have any questions or concerns about attending, please message us and we’re happy to address them directly.