April Meeting - The Myth and Magic of Deliberate Practice w/ Ahmed Avais

April Meeting - The Myth and Magic of Deliberate Practice w/ Ahmed Avais

When: April 12, 2018  (Second Thursday) 

Networking: 6:00 - 7:30 pm (networking starts at 5:30 pm)

The Myth and Magic of Deliberate Practice

There's a deep and strong connection between accelerated learning and deliberate practice. Also, at some point, this deliberate practice becomes proficiency or fluency. Let's explore this in the context of agility and how this understanding will help you chart your own pathway.

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About Ahmed

Ahmed has worn a lot of hats in the past 17 years (figuratively and literally), with roles in Project, Product, Program, and Agile Adoption. His agile journey started 8 years ago with the simple approach of learning by deliberate practice. Ahmed is currently working at Trissential as a Business Agility Coach engaged in a large scale effort for a Fortune 500 client.

Agenda

  5:30pm: Doors open - Registration, Networking, Food

  6:00pm: Welcome and Intro (Lightning Talk optional)

  6:15pm: Featured Speaker

  7:15pm: Wrap-up and Raffle

  7:30pm: Adjourn - Post meeting networking

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March Meeting: Agile Leadership w/ Pete Behrens

When: March 08, 2018  (Second Thursday) 

Networking: 6:00 - 7:30 pm (networking starts at 5:30 pm)

Agile Leadership w/ Pete Behrens

The world of work is transforming at an unrelenting pace – product development is increasingly complex and uncertain, the speed of decisions and delivery are escalating at an exponential pace, customers are demanding more attention and responsiveness, and the workforce is entering with new expectations of engagement. Through all of this, 80% of managers continue to believe they are operating effectively with their employees, yet only 25% of employees agree. Something is wrong! Most leaders are unaware of how their own thoughts and actions are working against their leadership objectives. Ineffective leadership fuels the top impediments limiting organizational agility and growth – the fear of losing control, the resistance to change and contrasting values.

Pete illustrates how leadership agility improves self-awareness, amplifies decision-making, improves outcomes and grows organizational resilience and capacity in highly complex and fast-paced environments. Through the art of story-telling from his two decades of personal experience, as well as the experiences of other senior leaders with whom he has coached, Pete spotlights six critical mistakes you may be unaware of in your own leadership practice, how they may be working against your intent, and how to reorient your focus to improve your leadership outcomes.

About Pete

Pete Behrens is a Leadership Agility Coach and founder of Trail Ridge Consulting (https://www.meetup.com/agileindy/events/bvvxmnyxcbvb/trailridgeconsulting.com). He provides guidance to senior executives on how to transform themselves and their companies to work more effectively with more agility. Some of his clients include Google, McKinsey & Company, General Electric and Salesforce.com.

Pete is a Certified Leadership Agility 360 Coach, Certified Agile Leadership (CAL) Educator (http://scrumalliance.com/certifications/cal-certification), Certified Enterprise Coach (CEC) (http://scrumalliance.com/certifications/cec-certification) and Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) (http://scrumalliance.com/certifications/cst-certification) working deeply with individuals and organizations to develop their personal leadership agility and organizational agility.

His focus today mostly centers on Developing Agile Leaders through public workshops and private coaching engagements. Pete is on the board of directors for the Scrum Alliance providing strategic consulting and guidance to transforming the world of work. Follow Pete on Twitter (http://twitter.com/petebehrens) or LinkedIn (http://linkedin.com/in/petebehrens), or Email Pete (pete@trailridgeconsulting.com).

Agenda

  5:30pm: Doors open - Registration, Networking, Food

  6:00pm: Welcome and Intro (Lightning Talk optional)

  6:15pm: Featured Speaker

  7:15pm: Wrap-up and Raffle

  7:30pm: Adjourn - Post meeting networking

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February Meeting: Transforming Agile - The Beautiful Organization

When: February 08, 2018  (Second Thursday) 

Networking: 6:00 - 7:30 pm (networking starts at 5:30 pm)

Transforming Agile: The Beautiful Organization

When we think of organizations and agile transformations, how often do you hear the result being a beautiful organization?   In this session, we will cover how we arrived here with the culture prevalent in most organizations.  Then we will discuss how to move our organizations forward so they become “beautiful” organizations by transforming agile itself.  Darren Terrell helps organizations and teams realize their inner beauty.   He will provide tools to allow your business to not only survive, but thrive in the coming tsunami of change.  Break out of the old mandated cultures and practices and accelerate into a brilliant future. 

About Darren

Darren Terrell is the VP of Enterprise Agile Coaching for Project Brilliant. As a senior transformation specialist, he helps organizations and teams to focus on and deliver more real business value. Darren is a proven management consultant that has coached senior leadership to improve business agility. He has also trained and mentored scores of managers/ to better engage their employees and improve their effectiveness as leaders. 

 During his career, Darren has technically architected enterprise solutions for industry leading companies. He has overseen large software development and data sections, including systems that had over $16 billion in revenue flowing through them annually. Darren built an Agile consulting practice from the ground up for a global professional services company. 

 Darren has obtained numerous Agile certifications, is a licensed Agile Fluency Diagnostic & Game Facilitator and an OpenSpace Agility Trainer.  He is a board member and conference organizer for the Agile Cincinnati and recently AgileIndy.  He is also a co-organizer for Agile Ft. Wayne Meetup.

Agenda

  5:30pm: Doors open - Registration, Networking, Food

  6:00pm: Welcome and Intro (Lightning Talk optional)

  6:15pm: Featured Speaker

  7:15pm: Wrap-up and Raffle

  7:30pm: Adjourn - Post meeting networking

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January Meeting: Accidental Agile Bullies w/ Brian Thayer

When: January 11, 2018  (Second Thursday) 

Networking: 6:00 - 7:30 pm (networking starts at 5:30 pm)

*** NOTE: NEW LOCATION THIS EVENT ***

Address: 5939 Deerfield Blvd Suite 200, Mason, OH 45040

Accidental Agile Bullies w/ Brian Thayer

The Agile industry has created a divisive environment between traditional project and agile roles, allowing bullies on both sides to take root. Together, let’s reset on what agility means and uncover how to repair relationships and reestablish safety across our organizations.

About Brian

Brian is an 18 year technology professional whose recent focus has been on delivering technology solutions using traditional project management and agile methodologies. He’s held roles as a Project, Program, and Product manager, and has also led a team of Release Train Engineers.

Agenda

  5:30pm: Doors open - Registration, Networking, Food

  6:00pm: Welcome and Intro (Lightning Talk optional)

  6:15pm: Featured Speaker

  7:15pm: Wrap-up and Raffle

  7:30pm: Adjourn - Post meeting networking

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