Events

In a world where Agile mixed with Waterfall is the norm in many product development organizations, we challenge the status quo.

It's time to break free from the constraints of one-size-fits-all thinking and embrace a more harmonious, efficient, and powerful approach.

Are you ready to revolutionize the way you think about Agile and Waterfall methodologies in product development?

Join us for an exclusive and thought-provoking meeting with that will reshape your perspective and propel your organization to new heights.

Book your spot at the web conference hosted by StandUply and Agile Junto today!

Agile mixed with Waterfall exists in every product development organization globally, yet current thinking teaches us to crusade for one approach at the expense of the other - an approach that creates unnecessary resistance and alienates people with different perspectives. The question is: How can we manage the reality of a mixed-methods environment while still receiving the intended benefits of both approaches?

In this talk, Brock Argue and Erkan Kadir will introduce Integrated Agile, a groundbreaking and practical approach that leverages Polarity Thinking to manage the predictable dynamics between Agile and Waterfall while maximizing the upsides of both approaches.

Brock and Erkan will be presenting Monday October 9 at 11am GMT+2

Join Erkan Kadir and Elena Aminov as they present: Learning to Love the Journey.

All ScrumMasters yearn for their teams to become more effective agilists. It’s common for this yearning to turn into frustration when working with people who just don't get it. Before we know it, we’re speaking disparagingly about who we’re there to help - throwing our hands in the air, giving up and being unhappy in our roles as ScrumMaster.

News flash! ScrumMasters will, by definition, ALWAYS be in situations where the people around them haven’t mastered Scrum. When that stops being true, you’ll just be moved to another team that does need your help.

Come to this session if you want to learn how to enjoy every day of your amazing journey, develop compassion for your team, link the work you’re doing now back to your life’s purpose and rediscover that spark for your role as an agile change agent.

Set up your team for success with a new or revised Working Agreement in 2023!

Research indicates that teams that invest in creating working agreements outperform those that do not. Working agreements can keep conflict in the team constructive but they aren’t just for teams experiencing problems – they are a key ingredient in making a good team great!

Join us and learn how to proactively manage conflict, define team boundaries, and take your team to the next level of performance.

How we grow and mature as humans has an outsized impact on our ability to fulfill our role as Scrum Masters. We all mature through a series of known stages that shape our values, behaviours, and how we make meaning of the world around us. And, as it turns out, the values necessary to "be agile" map directly to one of these stages. The implications for Scrum Masters are immense.

In this talk, we'll explore four decades of research into developmental psychology as applied to the Scrum Master role. You’ll learn how Scrum Masters fulfill their roles at each level of maturity, how to assess your own maturity, and you'll leave with tools you can use to take the next leap in your journey as a Scrum Master and as a human.

https://www.meetup.com/agile-and-scaled-value-project-management-asvpm/events/291664674/

Join the agile community in Miami at the Agile International Conference, a standout experience for agile practitioners and thought leaders. We are excited to share with you our insights on this year’s theme—Business Agility for All. Come learn, network and share at #AIC 2023 March 9 and 10 2023.

Our amazing coaches have been selected to present not one, but two, talks at GSG Lisbon this year!

Join Erkan and Brock for “Working Agreements that Work”.

69% of the problems occurring within teams are perpetual, meaning that they cannot be solved, only managed. Unfortunately, teams just aren’t together long enough for reactive conflict management strategies to give teams a fighting chance of ever reaching a state of high performance. With the average tech worker seeking new employment every two years, team composition changes every few months and reactive conflict management strategies are often too little too late when conflict has already turned destructive. Working agreements as a proactive strategy, on the other hand, can keep conflict constructive and set teams up for success.

The research is clear. Teams that invest in creating working agreements outperform those that do not. Working agreements aren't just for teams experiencing problems - they are a key ingredient in making a good team great!

You’re not alone. According to a 2022 Scrum Alliance survey, Scrum Masters cited creating effective working agreements as their biggest area of need. Join us and learn how to proactively manage conflict, define team boundaries, and take your team to the next level of performance.

This is another hybrid event hosted by Scrum Alliance so register today!

Join Brock and Erkan for this informative webinar hosted by Scrum Alliance.

Scrum Alliance is proud to present an inside look at what you'll learn in an Advanced Certified ScrumMaster course and help you share the power of scrum and agile with your organization. This webinar is presented by two of our Certified Enterprise Coaches and Certified Scrum Trainers: Brock Argue and Erkan Kadir. Together, they'll help equip you with the tools you need to get buy-in for scrum and agile at all levels of your organization.

Once again, Brock and Erkan have been invited to share their talk, “You Need to Change - Start here!”

“Your team has hit a plateau in their performance and is no longer improving at the pace you are used to. You, as their leader, are racking your brain to determine what the issue might be. What would cause such a team to stall out. Have you considered that the cause might be you? The level of consciousness of an organization cannot exceed that of its leader. (Frederic Laloux). Enabling your team to reach ever higher levels of performance requires that you do so first. In this workshop, we will guide leaders through the Immunity to Change framework developed by Robert Keagan and Lisa Lahey and demonstrate how the Immunity Map can be used to catalyze change in your leadership. Participants will practice using the Immunity Map to identify areas of improvement, limiting beliefs, assumptions and behaviors that are holding you and your team back from higher performance. You know that you need to change. Now’s the time. Start here!”

Our amazing coaches have been selected to present not one, but two, talks at GSG Lisbon this year!

Join Brock and Erkan for “The Stages of Scrum Master Maturity”.

How we grow and mature as humans have an outsized impact on our ability to fulfill our role as Scrum Masters. We all mature through a series of known stages that shape our values, behaviours, and how we make meaning of the world around us. And, as it turns out, the values necessary to "be agile" map directly to one of these stages. The implications for Scrum Masters are immense.

In this talk, we'll explore four decades of research into developmental psychology as applied to the Scrum Master role. You’ll learn how Scrum Masters fulfill their roles at each level of maturity, how to assess your own maturity, and you'll leave with tools you can use to take the next leap in your journey as a Scrum Master and a human.

This is another hybrid event hosted by Scrum Alliance so register today!

"If you build it, they will come." There's definitely truth in that iconic line from the movie, "Field of Dreams", but what is "it"?  How do I determine which feature to deliver first, second, third, and so on? In today's fast-paced, highly competitive world, delivering the right feature first matters. You as the Product Owner are the sole person accountable for ordering the product backlog, such that the value of the product is maximized. And yet, many Product Owners continue to prioritize by gut feel. Surely there's a better way.

In this session you'll recognize the value in building your prioritization skillset, learn four proven techniques for prioritizing your product's backlog to maximize value delivery, and how spilled coffee can help you prioritize.

Join Brock at Regional Scrum Gathering Egypt

Saturday, March 5, 2022 from 4:00pm - 5pm GMT+2

Agile mixed with Waterfall exists in every product development organization globally, yet current thinking teaches us to crusade for one approach at the expense of the other - an approach that creates unnecessary resistance and alienates people with different perspectives. The question is: How can we manage the reality of a mixed-methods environment while still receiving the intended benefits of both approaches? In this talk, Brock Argue and Erkan Kadir will introduce Integrated Agile, a groundbreaking and practical approach that leverages Polarity Thinking to manage the predictable dynamics between Agile and Waterfall while maximizing the upsides of both approaches.

Join us at South Florida Agile Association’s Weekly Meetup

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 from 6:00pm - 7:30pm EDT

Your team has hit a plateau in their performance and is no longer improving at the pace you are used to. You, as their leader, are racking your brain to determine what the issue might be. What would cause such a team to stall out? Have you considered that the cause might be you?

The level of consciousness of an organization cannot exceed that of its leader. (Frederic Laloux). Enabling your team to reach ever-higher levels of performance requires that you do so first. In this workshop, we will guide leaders through the Immunity to Change framework developed by Robert Keagan and Lisa Lahey and demonstrate how the Immunity Map can be used to catalyze change in your leadership. Participants will practice using the Immunity Map to identify areas of improvement, limiting beliefs, assumptions and behaviors that are holding you and your team back from higher performance. You know that you need to change. Now’s the time. Start here!

Join us at the 2021 Regional Scrum Gathering Pakistan

Saturday, September 18, 2021 from 6:20pm - 7:05pm (Pakistan Standard Time)

Ready for your next superpower? Come join us for an exploration of Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching™ (ORSC™) within agile organizations. ORSC™ is the next horizon for ScrumMasters, agile coaches, and leaders who are looking to help others reach their goals with agility. While agile increases interactions between people exponentially, organizations still need to figure out for themselves how to build and navigate strong relationships. For this reason, ORSC™ fits like a glove in agile contexts. In this interactive workshop, you’ll hear stories from a CRRGlobal leader and a certified ORSC™ practitioner who have used ORSC™ to unlock agility within organizations, learn how Relationship Systems Intelligence™ (RSI™) helps teams to move beyond the personal to a powerfully generative team identity, and experience one powerful ORSC coaching tool that can be used with groups of any size. This workshop is for anyone who is curious about ORSC™ or who wants to increase their impact in agile organizations.

Join Kerry and Erkan at Agile Alliance’s Agile2021

Thursday, July 22, 2021 from 6:20 AM - 7:10 AM MDT

Agile mixed with Waterfall exists in every product development organization globally, yet current thinking teaches us to crusade for one approach at the expense of the other - an approach that creates unnecessary resistance and alienates people with different perspectives. The question is: How can we manage the reality of a mixed-methods environment while still receiving the intended benefits of both approaches? In this talk, Brock Argue and Erkan Kadir will introduce Integrated Agile, a groundbreaking and practical approach that leverages Polarity Thinking to manage the predictable dynamics between Agile and Waterfall while maximizing the upsides of both approaches.

Join Brock Argue and Erkan Kadir at Agile Consortium Belgium 2021

Wednesday, March 24, 2021 from 8pm - 9:15pm CET

Change is hard. Many organizations do not excel when under change. And yet, adapting quickly to changing conditions is a key competitive advantage for organizations today. Think back to the last change your organization made. Chances are it was more time-consuming and costly than initially anticipated and led to costly resistance in the organization. Why is it that change in organizations takes so long to materialize? What if there was a way to pull on a few key levers to speed the change along? Inspired by the "catalyze" question from the Scrum Alliance Certified Enterprise Coach application, Join Brock Argue and Lukas Klose and learn what it means to be a change catalyst and how to identify and select leverage points that will help speed the successful adoption of change in your organization.

Join Brock Argue and Lukas Klose at Agile Vancouver

Thursday, November 19, 2020 from 6pm - 8pm PST

Ready for your next superpower? Come join us for an exploration of Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching™ (ORSC™) within agile organizations. ORSC™ is the next horizon for ScrumMasters, agile coaches, and leaders who are looking to help others reach their goals with agility.

While agile increases interactions between people exponentially, organizations still need to figure out for themselves how to build and navigate strong relationships. For this reason, ORSC™ fits like a glove in agile contexts.

In this interactive workshop, you’ll hear stories from a CRRGlobal leader and a certified ORSC™ practitioner who have used ORSC™ to unlock agility within organizations, learn how Relationship Systems Intelligence™ (RSI™) helps teams to move beyond the personal to a powerfully generative team identity, and experience one powerful ORSC coaching tool that can be used with groups of any size.

This workshop is for anyone who is curious about ORSC™ or who wants to increase their impact in agile organizations.

Learning objectives

- Learn how ORSC™ is being used in agile transformations.
- Discuss how ORSC™ and RSI™ can transform your team or organization.
- Apply Relationship Systems Intelligence™ (RSI™) to a challenge you’re facing.
- Experiment with one ORSC tool.

Join Kerry and Erkan at Calgary Agile Methods User Group

Thursday, November 5, 2020 from 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Mountain

Your team has hit a plateau in their performance and is no longer improving at the pace you are used to. You, as their leader, are racking your brain to determine what the issue might be. What would cause such a team to stall out? Have you considered that the cause might be you?

The level of consciousness of an organization cannot exceed that of its leader. (Frederic Laloux). Enabling your team to reach ever-higher levels of performance requires that you do so first. In this workshop, we will guide leaders through the Immunity to Change framework developed by Robert Keagan and Lisa Lahey and demonstrate how the Immunity Map can be used to catalyze change in your leadership. Participants will practice using the Immunity Map to identify areas of improvement, limiting beliefs, assumptions and behaviors that are holding you and your team back from higher performance. You know that you need to change. Now’s the time. Start here!

Join us at Agile Denver

Monday, October 26, 2020 from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Mountain

Agile mixed with Waterfall exists in every product development organization globally, yet current thinking teaches us to crusade for one approach at the expense of the other - an approach that creates unnecessary resistance and alienates people with different perspectives. The question is: How can we manage the reality of a mixed-methods environment while still receiving the intended benefits of both approaches? In this talk, Brock Argue and Erkan Kadir will introduce Integrated Agile, a groundbreaking and practical approach that leverages Polarity Thinking to manage the predictable dynamics between Agile and Waterfall while maximizing the upsides of both approaches.

Join us at Toronto Agile Conference 2020

Friday, November 6, 2020 from 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM EDT

Agile mixed with Waterfall exists in every product development organization globally, yet current thinking teaches us to crusade for one approach at the expense of the other - an approach that creates unnecessary resistance and alienates people with different perspectives. The question is: How can we manage the reality of a mixed-methods environment while still receiving the intended benefits of both approaches? In this talk, Brock Argue and Erkan Kadir will introduce Integrated Agile, a groundbreaking and practical approach that leverages Polarity Thinking to manage the predictable dynamics between Agile and Waterfall while maximizing the upsides of both approaches.

Join us at Egypt Scrum Club

Wednesday, October 21, 2020 from 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM EET

Agile mixed with Waterfall exists in every product development organization globally, yet current thinking teaches us to crusade for one approach at the expense of the other - an approach that creates unnecessary resistance and alienates people with different perspectives. The question is: How can we manage the reality of a mixed-methods environment while still receiving the intended benefits of both approaches? In this talk, Brock Argue and Erkan Kadir will introduce Integrated Agile, a groundbreaking and practical approach that leverages Polarity Thinking to manage the predictable dynamics between Agile and Waterfall while maximizing the upsides of both approaches. Stop choosing between Agile and Waterfall. Get the upsides of both!

Join us at ResourceYYC

Tuesday, October 6, 2020 from 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Mountain

Agile mixed with Waterfall exists in every product development organization globally, yet current thinking teaches us to crusade for one approach at the expense of the other. The question is: How can we manage the reality of a mixed-methods environment while still receiving the intended benefits of both approaches?

In this session, Brock Argue and Erkan Kadir will teach you about polarity thinking and how to manage the predictable dynamics between Agile and Waterfall while maximizing the upsides of both approaches in your organization. Stop choosing between Agile and Waterfall. Get the upsides of both!

Join us at Utah Agile

Friday, July 17, 2020 from 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM MDT

Your team has hit a plateau in their performance and is no longer improving at the pace you are used to. You, as their leader, are racking your brain to determine what the issue might be. What would cause such a team to stall out? Have you considered that the cause might be you?

The level of consciousness of an organization cannot exceed that of its leader. (Frederic Laloux). Enabling your team to reach ever-higher levels of performance requires that you do so first. In this workshop, we will guide leaders through the Immunity to Change framework developed by Robert Keagan and Lisa Lahey and demonstrate how the Immunity Map can be used to catalyze change in your leadership. Participants will practice using the Immunity Map to identify areas of improvement, limiting beliefs, assumptions and behaviors that are holding you and your team back from higher performance. You know that you need to change. Now’s the time. Start here!

Join us at ResourceYYC

Tuesday, June 9, 2020 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM MDT

Your team has hit a plateau in their performance and is no longer improving at the pace you are used to. You, as their leader, are racking your brain to determine what the issue might be. What would cause such a team to stall out? Have you considered that the cause might be you?

The level of consciousness of an organization cannot exceed that of its leader. (Frederic Laloux). Enabling your team to reach ever-higher levels of performance requires that you do so first. In this workshop, we will guide leaders through the Immunity to Change framework developed by Robert Keagan and Lisa Lahey and demonstrate how the Immunity Map can be used to catalyze change in your leadership. Participants will practice using the Immunity Map to identify areas of improvement, limiting beliefs, assumptions and behaviors that are holding you and your team back from higher performance. You know that you need to change. Now’s the time. Start here!

Join Brock Argue and Erkan Kadir at Agile Vancouver

Tuesday, March 17, 2020 from 6pm - 8pm PDT

Your team has hit a plateau in their performance and is no longer improving at the pace you are used to. You, as their leader, are racking your brain to determine what the issue might be. What would cause such a team to stall out? Have you considered that the cause might be you?

The level of consciousness of an organization cannot exceed that of its leader. (Frederic Laloux). Enabling your team to reach ever-higher levels of performance requires that you do so first. In this workshop, we will guide leaders through the Immunity to Change framework developed by Robert Keagan and Lisa Lahey and demonstrate how the Immunity Map can be used to catalyze change in your leadership. Participants will practice using the Immunity Map to identify areas of improvement, limiting beliefs, assumptions and behaviors that are holding you and your team back from higher performance. You know that you need to change. Now’s the time. Start here!

Join us at Agile Coaching and Beyond - Romania

Tuesday, December 3, 2019 from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EEST

Curious about ORSC? Try a taster. All are welcome!

Essence, Dreaming, & Consensus Reality: Relationships need all three levels of reality, in order to thrive and access their full potential.

Come join CRR Global’s Faculty leader Kerry Woodcock and ORSC Certified Coach Erkan Kadir for an exploration of Relationship Systems Intelligence: the next horizon for coaches, consultants, and leaders.

Learn two simple tools that can be used during conflict, for decision making, or creative problem solving.

Join Kerry Woodcock and Erkan Kadir at the Calgary New Central Library.

Wednesday, November 27, 2019 from 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM MST

Your team has hit a plateau in their performance and is no longer improving at the pace you are used to. You, as their leader, are racking your brain to determine what the issue might be. What would cause such a team to stall out. Have you considered that the cause might be you?

The level of consciousness of an organization cannot exceed that of its leader. (Frederic Laloux). Enabling your team to reach ever higher levels of performance requires that you do so first. In this workshop, we will guide leaders through the Immunity to Change framework developed by Robert Keagan and Lisa Lahey and demonstrate how the Immunity Map can be used to catalyze change in your leadership. Participants will practice using the Immunity Map to identify areas of improvement, limiting beliefs, assumptions and behaviors that are holding you and your team back from higher performance. You know that you need to change. Now’s the time. Start here!

Join us at Toronto Agile Conference 2019

Friday, November 5, 2019 from 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM EDT

Everyone is looking for a great "Agile Coach" and everyone else describes themselves as such. Often, both the client and coach have a misunderstanding of what coaching actually is. Not being on the same page about the basic concepts of coaching while mixing in other concepts around mentoring and consulting muddy the waters even further. This leads to a challenging situation of figuring out what success looks like for a coaching engagement.

Chris Li and Brock Argue were sharing a meal and some adult beverages at a conference recently, and the stories started to flow about the headaches, challenges, and misunderstandings that happen so regularly in the world of agile coaching. Seemingly every story we shared with one another ended in the declaration "...but, that's not coaching!". Join us for a fun and energetic workshop and learn what coaching really is...minus the libations! Chris and Brock will be sharing their own personal stories, practical tips and tools based on their experience that will help those who come to the party re-acclimate themselves to what a coach is and does.

This workshop invites participants to gain a clear understanding of what it means to be a 'coach' from a pair of leaders in the agile space. Hearing perspectives from different points of view will help those in attendance begin to align their own definitions of what it means to coach others at the individual, team, and organizational levels. This highly interactive session is an exciting mix of interesting one-way content, interactive exercises, and a workshop that forms the basis of creating a coaching agreement to serve as a take-away to build upon in further conversations.

Join us at the Agile Alliance’s Agile2019 in Washington, DC

Tuesday, August 6, 2019 from 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM EDT

Your team has hit a plateau in their performance and is no longer improving at the pace you are used to. You, as their leader, are racking your brain to determine what the issue might be. What would cause such a team to stall out. Have you considered that the cause might be you? The level of consciousness of an organization cannot exceed that of its leader. (Frederic Laloux). Enabling your team to reach ever higher levels of performance requires that you do so first. In this workshop, we will guide leaders through the Immunity to Change framework developed by Robert Keagan and Lisa Lahey and demonstrate how the Immunity Map can be used to catalyze change in your leadership. Participants will practice using the Immunity Map to identify areas of improvement, limiting beliefs, assumptions and behaviors that are holding you and your team back from higher performance. You know that you need to change. Now’s the time. Start here!

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Agile mixed with Waterfall exists in every product development organization globally, yet current thinking teaches us to crusade for one approach at the expense of the other. The question is: How can we manage the reality of a mixed-methods environment while still receiving the intended benefits of both approaches? In this session, Brock Argue and Erkan Kadir will teach you about polarity thinking and how to manage the predictable dynamics between Agile and Waterfall while maximizing the upsides of both approaches in your organization. Stop choosing between Agile and Waterfall. Get the upsides of both!

Join us for this tryScrum Webcast

Thursday, September 10, 2020 from 6:00 PM - 7:00PM IST

Agile mixed with Waterfall exists in every product development organization globally, yet current thinking teaches us to crusade for one approach at the expense of the other. The question is: How can we manage the reality of a mixed-methods environment while still receiving the intended benefits of both approaches? In this session, Brock Argue and Erkan Kadir will teach you about polarity thinking and how to manage the predictable dynamics between Agile and Waterfall while maximizing the upsides of both approaches in your organization. Stop choosing between Agile and Waterfall. Get the upsides of both!

Join us at Agile Regina Lean Coffee

Wednesday, October 7, 2020 from 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CDT

Agile mixed with Waterfall exists in every product development organization, yet current thinking teaches us to crusade for one approach at the expense of the other. The question is: How can we manage the reality of a mixed-methods environment while still receiving the intended benefits of both approaches?In this session, Brock Argue and Erkan Kadir will teach you about polarity thinking and how to manage the predictable dynamics between Agile and Waterfall while maximizing the upsides of both approaches in your organization. Stop crusading between Agile and Waterfall. Get the upsides of both!

Join us at the Best Agile Articles Conference

Monday, September 28, 2020 from 8:00 am - 9:00 am PDT

Superheroes Academy is a proud sponsor of the Spirit of Chrysalis Gala Fundraising Breakfast with our very own Erkan Kadir as the event MC.

Have you ever struggled to gain buy-in from your boss, a stakeholder or an executive for a key direction or product decision? Do you have good ideas, but find no one is listening? In this 75-minute workshop, you'll learn how to meet executives where they're at, build rapport by using their language and create an elevator pitch to gain buy-in for your ideas. You'll leave this workshop with a strategy to analyze stakeholder needs, a formula that lays out information in a way that grabs and keeps executive attention, an elevator pitch you can use in your work and an action plan for delivering your pitch successfully.

Join us at the Global Scrum Gathering Austin

Wednesday, May 22, 2019 from 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM CDT

Ok, Product Owners - let’s say you’ve got a strong vision for a new product and need to translate that vision into something concrete that your team can build. How do you do that in a way that surfaces the best ideas and leverages the collective wisdom of the group? How do you keep everyone engaged in the process from team members to stakeholders, User Experience Designers and even clients and end users? And how do you do this without spending weeks locked in meetings hashing out the needs of every stakeholder group?

User Story Mapping is a technique that you can use to quickly bridge these gaps in a fun, interactive way that engages your whole team and stakeholder community.

In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn how to facilitate a User Story Mapping session by experiencing it. Our intention is that you’ll leave this session ready to facilitate User Story Mapping sessions with your teams the very next day.

Join us at Product Calgary

Thursday, April 18, 2019 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM MDT

Have you ever struggled to gain buy-in from your boss, a stakeholder or an executive for a key direction or product decision? Do you have good ideas, but find no one is listening? In this 75-minute workshop, you'll learn how to meet executives where they're at, build rapport by using their language and create an elevator pitch to gain buy-in for your ideas. You'll leave this workshop with a strategy to analyze stakeholder needs, a formula that lays out information in a way that grabs and keeps executive attention, an elevator pitch you can use in your work and an action plan for delivering your pitch successfully.

Join us at Agile Coaching and Beyond - Romania

Monday, April 15, 2019 from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EEST

Have you ever struggled to gain buy-in from your boss, a stakeholder or an executive for a key direction or product decision? Do you have good ideas, but find no one is listening? In this 75-minute workshop, you'll learn how to meet executives where they're at, build rapport by using their language and create an elevator pitch to gain buy-in for your ideas. You'll leave this workshop with a strategy to analyze stakeholder needs, a formula that lays out information in a way that grabs and keeps executive attention, an elevator pitch you can use in your work and an action plan for delivering your pitch successfully.

Join us at the Bay Area Agile Leadership Network

Wednesday, March 13, 2019 from 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM PDT

Have you ever struggled to gain buy-in from your boss, a stakeholder or an executive for a key direction or product decision? Do you have good ideas, but find no one is listening? In this workshop, you'll learn how to meet executives where they're at, build rapport by using their language and create an elevator pitch to gain buy-in for your ideas. You'll leave this workshop with a strategy to analyze stakeholder needs, a formula that lays out information in a way that grabs and keeps executive attention, an elevator pitch you can use in your work and an action plan for delivering your pitch successfully.

Join us at Calgary Agile Methods User Group

Thursday, March 7, 2019 from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Mountain

In our efforts to optimize and create value-add activities, we can sometimes forget that one of the most potent opportunities to accelerate value creation is by removing the stuff we don’t want: waste. In the context of product development, waste can be defined as any activity which does not add value to a paying customer. The elimination of waste shortens feedback loops, increases the pace of value delivery and enhances an organization's ability to out-innovate competitors. In this 75-minute workshop, participants will map their value-stream, calculate process efficiency metrics, learn about the different types of waste, identify opportunities for waste reduction, and learn how to communicate them in a way that appeals to their business’s bottom line.

Join us at the IIBA Professional Development Day 2018

Tuesday, October 23, 2018 from 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM MDT

Organizations need to be flexible and nimble in order to compete in today's marketplace. They need to be efficient and effective, light-weight and disciplined.

This has never been more relevant in Alberta than it is today as the province emerges from the biggest recession we've ever seen; many have lost their jobs, businesses have failed.

As economic recovery takes hold, Alberta needs people who have the skills to enable organizations to create an environment of continuous improvement, provide constant delivery of value and exhibit a rigorous focus on efficiency.

Discover how the Business Analyst is well-positioned to contribute to the success of organizations by bringing these skills to work. Join us to hear how you can develop an agile mindset and share your new skills with the people and organizations you work with.

Join us at the IIBA Professional Development Day 2018

Tuesday, October 23, 2018 from 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM MDT

Being a leader in organizations today is a daunting role. How do you meet your goals while at the same time helping your teams meet theirs? In this session, we’ll explore practical tools that you can use every day to cultivate your own learning as a leader and support learning across your organization. Show up ready to add new tools to your leadership toolbox!

Join us at the Regional Scrum Gathering Canada 2018

Monday, March 26, 2018 from 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM EDT

Being a leader in organizations today is a daunting role. How do you meet your goals while at the same time helping your teams meet theirs? In this session, we’ll explore practical tools that you can use every day to cultivate your own learning as a leader and support learning across your organization. Show up ready to add new tools to your leadership toolbox!

Join us at Calgary Agile Methods User Group

Thursday, January 4, 2018 from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Mountain

Join us as we start the 2016/2017 CAMUG season off right – with something completely different! On Thursday, September 1, 2016, the Calgary Agile Methods User Group will be facilitating a Lean Coffee. This is a first for CAMUG and an opportunity for you as the agile community in Calgary to share your thoughts, ideas and questions about the agile topics most important to you. Our theme for the evening is, “Possibilities.” Prepare to walk away amazed and surprised by what you learn and how you have contributed to the agile community through this event. All you need to do is show up with your whole self, prepared to engage with fellow agilists.

Join us at Calgary Agile Methods User Group

Thursday, September 1, 2016 from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Mountain

Open Space session facilitated by Brock Argue at the Scrum Alliance Global Gathering in Orlando in April 2016. Brock shared thoughts on how to set your team up for success with Team Values, Working Agreements, and Definition of Done.

• The Kick-off: Setting Your Team Up For Success

• SGFLA 2016 Open Space Proceedings

Empowered teams boast increased levels of responsibility and engagement while allowing organizations to tap into the collective power of every individual's ideas. But what does it take to foster a culture that breaks free of the leader-follower mindset and what does an empowered team look like? Hear from the current leadership, alumni and the empowered teams themselves at Oildex as they take you through their breakthrough realization and a decade of real-world experimentation in team empowerment. You'll hear how Oildex's teams themselves propel this culture forward and the radical plans they have for future experiments.

Join us at Calgary Agile Methods User Group

Thursday, April 7, 2016 from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Mountain