I believe that executives must practice what they preach. If they want teams to be transparent and agile, they need to practice themselves and lead by example. This talk will share some Agile & Lean techniques, applied in a new way, to help organizations understand their constraints so they can transparently carry forward their journey to becoming Agile. “Seeing the Whole” includes customers, projects, applications, people, leadership, financials and Standard Work. We will propose creating a BVR (Big (I mean big) Visual Room), refactoring the PMO and suggest some practices to help support this journey. Executives are challenged to lead by example and be transparent.
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Jon Stahl is the founder and CEO of LeanDog, a software engineering firm in Cleveland. After 18 years of experience providing IT leadership in both Fortune 500 and start up organizations, Jon founded LeanDog to help companies with Agile transformation and Lean management.
Jon’s passion is eliminating waste; optimizing the performance of IT teams and helping organization cultures adopt Lean and Agile values. He is the CEO of LeanDog but also actively coaches senior leadership, teaches classes, and speaks at many national and international conferences each year. He is a thought leader in the Lean/Agile and entrepreneurial communities. He has co-founded events such as Ignite Cleveland, Cleveland Startup Weekend, and Cleveland GiveCamp for IT Philanthropy. He and his team have authored an online “Agile Discussion Guide” outlining over 35 practices they teach.
Jon is a graduate of The Ohio State University and grew up in Pittsburgh, PA. He is married with two children and two ugly bulldogs that sit with a “lean”.
When: October 11, 2012 (Second Thursday).
Networking: 5:30-6pm.
Program: 6-7:30pm.
Where: Max Training. 4900 Parkway Drive Suite 160 , Mason (Cincinnati), OH 45040
PMP's: This event counts for 1 (one) PDU