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Team toxins – the 4 horsemen of the Apocalypse

John Gottman identified 4 behaviours he deemed to be not just unhealthy, but actually toxic when present in teams. Without psychological safety and trust between team members, there will never be the kind of healthy conflict you need to ensure smart decisions are made. This workshop will help you recognise toxic communication habits that emerge …

Create your own Agile Kata

Create your own Agile Kata – initial creation of an Agile Kata for your individual context, be it for your team, your organization, yourself… In this workshop we explore how to draft an Agile Kata and get an idea of how to continue to work with it, as this is just the very beginning…

Introduction to Change Mapping

Change Mapping (previously known as Maturity Mapping) is an approach that visualises how work is done in your teams and organisation to uncover the changes you need to make and enable you to focus your improvement efforts where they will make the biggest impact. Given its basis in Social Practice Theory, Change mapping is widely …

The power of the middle – Lean Inclusive Leadership

Whilst we will be trying to knit together the key messages of the two days, the crux of the talk will be the relationship between process improvement, people development and diversity and inclusion – and how a simple framework of intersectionality and psychological safety drives innovation, collaborative high performing teams and integrated, enterprise working. Blending …

50 Shades of Retrospective – Levelling up your Continuous Improvement Game

Tired of the same old retrospective format? Struggling to turn insights into actions? Having difficulties creating a safe, inclusive environment where people participate equally? Join me for an interactive exploration of my top tips, strategies, and hacks for continuous improvement. In this unique and engaging slideless session, you’ll participate in a “choose your own adventure” …

Henko Kantan: Making Change Easier

Why is organizational change often like pushing a string? Why do we not experience the outcomes we desire? In this session, we’ll consider ideas from the Greiner model, SCARF, Kanban Culture Mantra, Cynefin and, of course, Machiavelli to understand the context in which change happens. Join us and discover a handful of principles, enablers and …

Bringing Life Back

Agile started as a way to emancipate and let the creativity and agency of everyone involved in new endeavours shine. As time passed, things changed: codified knowledge and wisdom, formalized processes and frameworks dominate the space. How can you bring life and liveliness, play and playfulness in your endeavours? How can you instil humanity, bring …

Fidelity: The Lost Dimension of the Iron Triangle

The Iron Triangle of Project Management is a well-known concept, consisting of three fundamental variables; scope, cost and time. At least one of these variables must be flexible, assuming we want quality to be non-negotiable. Agile teams primarily use a prioritised backlog to vary the scope over time. However, there is another variable at our …

Breaking Through the Sound Barrier of Communication

Agile emphasises the importance of “Individuals and Interactions” and frequent communication. Scrum Events are more effective when everyone contributes, and teams are more productive when they have psychological safety. This talk focuses on what might prevent people from communicating in teams, from nerves to neurodiversity, and how to help everyone contribute their thoughts. Avipaul also …

Liz Keogh

Cynefin and Constraints

Human beings tend to crave predictability. Change agents, coaches and consultants are no exception! We go in with our hopes high, aiming for outcomes that we know will be good for the business and proven processes that worked elsewhere… and that’s when we discover how hard it is, what contexts will prevent us, who will …

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