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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.

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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!

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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.

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“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

Register for Kanban Leadership Retreat Europe At The Lowest Price

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Register for 2023 Kanban Leadership Retreat Europe At The Lowest Price

Prices will go up January 1st!

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Treat yourself this holiday season with a ticket to the 2023 Kanban Leadership Retreat Europe in Mayrhofen, Austria!

Get the lowest price available when you register by December 31, 2022. Prices will increase to the next level once the calendar flips over to 2023. Register today!

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Got questions or special requests? Contact us directly at events@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! 

The Kanban Community Returns to Austria

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The Kanban Community Returns to Austria!

Kanban Leadership Retreat Recap

Last week, 41 Kanban enthusiasts from around the world were thrilled to gather in person again for the 2022 Kanban Leadership Retreat in Mayrhofen, Austria.

Attendees 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.

In other words, KLR in Austria was amazing! See for yourself in our photos below.

We can’t wait to do it again this August at the upcoming U.S. Kanban Leadership Retreat in San Diego, California. Don’t miss out on your opportunity to experience KLR this year.

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The weather was beautiful, the mountains were gorgeous, and the welcome at the Europahaus was hospitable as always.

The fridge was still magical, the music embraced the Austrian ambiance perfectly, and the crowd was amazing, of course!

Less than one month until Kanban Leadership Retreat Europe

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Don’t Miss Your Last Chance for Kanban Leadership Retreat Europe

June 15-17, 2022
Mayrhofen, Austria

If you are attending (or thinking about it) but have not registered, please message us so we can reserve space for you.

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10 years ago, we held our first Mayrhofen Kanban Leadership Retreat. Today we’re less than a month away from getting back together in person in Mayrhofen for #KLR22, sponsored by Kanbanize!

Come join us and make an impact on the next 10 years. If you want to hear about new developments with Kanban, to affect how we use and teach Kanban, and to build lasting relationships with the best Kanban leaders in the world, this is the event for you.

Our goal for the week is to EXPLORE by going deeper into existing concepts and stretching the boundaries of ideas; CHALLENGE established ideas and present new material; and CONNECT by coming together to give advice or create something new.

Plan Your Visit to Mayrhofen

The venue for the Kanban Leadership Retreat is the beautiful Europahaus in Mayrhofen, Austria.

Your hotel room will be booked at Alpendomizil Hotel Neuhaus, only 180 meters from the conference venue. Situated in the heart of Mayrhofen, Alpendomizil Neuhaus enjoys a quiet location in the beautiful Zillertal Valley.

Discover the Zillertal Valley on Thursday and Friday during the mid-day extended break. Maybe you are up for hiking, biking or climbing? Take the cable cars up to the mountains to have lunch. Or simply relax at the hotel.

Kanban Leadership Retreat will follow all Europahaus Mayrhofen Covid-19 measures to ensure a safe event for attendees. For the most up-to-date Covid travel information, visit the Austrian National Tourist Office.