Another year has passed, 2011 was filled with major change around the world. Here is my personal look back at 2011, and the changes that took place in my own life: Personal Growth A big investment this year was taking the highly regarded Co-Active Coach Training Program. I felt it was time to bring in [...]
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I discovered I have a gift. Over the years, I’ve assembled a series of tools and processes that greatly streamlines my business operations, something important for a solopreneur like myself. When I talk to other consultants and busy professionals, they are delighted to learn about these improvements for their own work. When I can help [...]
Read MoreLooking for the crowd-sourced mind map of the session? You can view/edit/copy/export it here. Empowered individuals. Creative, participatory decision making. Connectedness and care for each other. These words apply equally to an Agile organization as to a healthy community. What might happen if we applied Agile values and methods to transform communities? I will share [...]
Read MoreScrum, the most widely used Agile development framework got some major praise recently from outside its software origins from Steve Denning, a thought leader in leadership, management, innovation, and organizational storytelling: If there was a Nobel Prize for management, and if there was any justice in the world, I believe that the prize would be awarded, [...]
Read MoreOur family enjoys hosting people from all over the world through a service called Couch Surfing. My daughter Malia and I put this map together of where some of our guests came from. We used Google Spreadsheets and a Google map widget.
Read MoreIf you are wondering “What’s an Agility Café?” then read this. We welcomed two new people to the café, Birgit Kroll who owns Personal Fit Meal Catering and Sandra Hodge, owner of Sandra Hodge Studio. Regulars Robert Bonell of Bonell & Associates and Cindy Crawford, our host from Sault Downtown Association were also there. Proposed [...]
Read MoreHow would you introduce Agile/Scrum to participants of a Tourism conference in 2 hours? For me, the Tourism Brochure game seemed like a natural fit. Participants get a chance to experience the entire Scrum process, from feature brainstorming and prioritization to product demo and retrospective. All was well, until I discovered later that there might [...]
Read MoreIf you are wondering “What’s an Agility Café?” then read this. We welcomed two new people to the café, Trevor Swenson and a co-owner of Scripture Gift and Book shop, whose name I’ve sadly forgotten. I haven’t forgotten the amazing brownies she brought however. Cindy had lots to update us on since our last session, [...]
Read MoreWe met for the first time at the Downtown Association, in their spacious board room overlooking Queen St, the sunlight pouring in. Combined with the quiet and large table for note taking, this created an ideal space for rich discussion. This was the best café yet, just keeps getting better. See the mind map for most [...]
Read MoreWhy go to an agility café? People keep coming back because it’s a chance to connect and collaborate with a diverse group of people get useful, practical tips and support to apply immediately fun Next café is on Feb 25 @ the Downtown Association. Read more and register. Topics from the last two sessions: End [...]
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