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Kanban Systems Design (KMP I) Workshop on 10-12 October 2021

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INNOVATION ROOTS announces Kanban System Design (KMP-I) workshop with Prashant M J (Lead Consultant at INNOVATION ROOTS), to be held Online on 10th October 2021 – 12th October 2021.

It is online workshop offers an ideal foundation for organizations, teams, and individuals to start their journey by designing and incorporating the Kanban Method. Participants will receive a great mix of deep conceptual lessons, case studies, and real-life experience. They will have hands-on experience in simulation games and interactive exercises that will help them understand and to kick start their Kanban initiative.

This three-day Kanban System Design (KSD) workshop provides an understanding of a comprehensive approach towards understanding the workflow, experiencing the flow through simulation, using STATIK to design the Kanban system. It helps in creating a better understanding of business risk, supports decision-making and eventually, leads to the improvement of activities towards service delivery.

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Leadership and Managing People with Johanna Rothman

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We often talk about Management and Leadership. Management focuses on planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling whereas Leadership is about providing a high-level vision for the teams to attain a common goal. We have recently featured Johanna Rothman in a video interview with us where she shared her expertise on important aspects of Management. She shared her distinguished thoughts on leading and serving as per her experiences while working with teams. She says we need to lead people in order to serve our customers.

We also discussed the important aspects of “Innovation” and “Building the environment in an organization”. She also highlighted that having short feedback loops will help us learn faster and touch upon a very talked about topic – hiring during a remote environment.

Interviewee: Johanna Rothman (Managing Product Development – Author, Consultant, Speaker at Rothman Consulting Group Inc.)

Johanna Rothman, is known as the “Pragmatic Manager,” provides frank advice for your tough problems. She helps leaders and teams see problems and resolve risks and manage their product development. She is also a product development expert, with a focus on how to use agility at all levels, and worked with agile teams at all levels—leaders, teams, and the entire organization.

She is an author of over two hundred articles and several books – Manage Your Job Search – Hiring Geeks That Fit – Manage Your Project Portfolio : Increase Your Capacity and Finish More Projects -The 2008 Jolt Productivity award-winning Manage It! Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management -Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management and many more

Interviewer: Noopur Pathak (Chief Media Editor, INNOVATION ROOTS)