“Teaching and Coaching Agility without Agile methods” – Webinar

Patrick Steyaert (Founder, Okaloa)

Patrick Steyaert is a founder and principal coach and trainer at Okaloa. He helps organisations to innovate and change. He works with customers ranging from high-tech SME’s to large incumbent companies. He is an expert in Lean and Agile with practical experience in both software, IT, and technology businesses as well as non-IT (logistics management, HR, …). Patrick holds a PhD in computer science and was involved as director in several start-ups. He has more than 15 years of experience of leading change and innovation in organisations. He is an LKU accredited Kanban trainer and Kanban Coaching Professional. He is an international speaker and winner of the Lean Kanban North America 2015 Brickell-Key award for his contribution in the development of Discovery Kanban, a method to manage knowledge work in the context of innovation and change.

Lean Kanban India 2017 Webinar series:

Webinar #3: “Teaching and Coaching Agility without Agile methods”

In this webinar, we report on our experience of teaching and coaching Agility across different parts of the organization without (going down the rabbit hole of) Agile Methods. We explain how to build the common foundations to build bridges between the islands of agility. We show how to use simulation and develop causal loop diagrams that make explicit the underlying assumptions of what Agility means and how it can be achieved. This leads to a deeper understanding of how work works (as a system), and how to create flow and manage uncertainty irrespective of the agile method that is being used and the part of the business that one is in. Causal loop diagrams serve as an instrument to understand the self-reinforcing loops that keep the team or organization trapped in its current way of working. They also help to identify the levers that need to be pulled to turn vicious into virtuous loops boosting the organization’s resilience. It changes the discussion from “agile transformation”- a one-off process with “agile” as an end-point, to bootstrapping business agility – a process of continuous adaptation and renewal.

Webinar details:

Date: 18th August 2017

Time: 3.00 pm to 4.00 pm

RSVP: Click here

Location: Webinar Link (YTD)

Agile Team | Glossary

Definition

An agile team is a cross-functional group of members that have the skill set and requisite staffing, to produce a working and fully tested increment of a product. An agile team attributes both success and failure collectively rather than towards a particular individual. The team is expected to possess all of the important technical and business competencies along with a will to continuously learn and develop.

Origin

From French phrase ‘agile’ and from Latin phrase ‘agilis’ (“agile, nimble”). Related to Agile software development: a technique for iterative and incremental development of software, involving collaboration between teams.

Further Reading

  • “Coaching Agile Teams: A companion for Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches and Project Managers in Transition”, by Lyssa  Adkins.
  • “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable”, by Patrick Lencioni.

Know more about Agile Teams by visiting our website.