Archive for the "Agile2007" category

More Buzz on Personal Agility and Responsibility

Portia Tung kindly commented on my recent post about the buzz on my Agile University article that she would like to see me present Responsibility Redefined at Agile2008. . .
Gotta respond to a softball like that
Hey Portia - thanks for the nudge, and for the kudos on Responsibility Redefined. I've been debating what to propose […]

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Easy Executive Change

Published yesterday by The Cutter Consortium. Thanks for their permission to share it with you in it's entirety.
Easy Executive Change
by Christopher M. Avery, Senior Consultant, Cutter Consortium
Want to make change a lot easier on yourself and develop a winning and happy organization at the same time? It might be easier than you think. I'll tell […]

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Agile Model Evolution

APLN co-founder David Anderson blogs about taking an initiative from Agile2007 to look into evolving the agile model. David mentions building in teams and trust. He also invite participants. David, since I've been studying, documenting, and teaching teams and trust (with knowledge workers) for 20 years, count me in–especially if I can save you from […]

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Demonstrating Responsibility at Agile2007

As promised, I am posting my slides from my rollicking session at Agile2007 last week where I taught the Responsibility Process™ to an auditorium full of wild and crazy developers and project leaders. It was a good time.
Demonstrating Responsibility: The Mindset of An Agile Leader
If you were there, this picture will remind you that we revisited […]

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Agile Ghettos

As promised, here is the pdf of our slides from Michael England's and my discovery session think tank at Agile 2007 last week in Washington DC. The Thursday afternoon session was titled Agile Ghettos or Thriving Communities: Are Agile Principles Suitable Only for Development Teams or Can They Guide Executive Practice Too?
 Agile Ghettos or […]

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