Agile Caravanserai Sanjiv Augustine

This episode of Agile Caravanserai is a presentation from Bob Martin given at our recent Lean + Agile DC Conference.
Bob Martin self proclaims himself as the Agile Curmudgeon yelling at the neighborhood kids to get off his lawn.  In this talk, he will describe was agile was, is, and should be.  No muss, no fuss, no adjectives like Lean, Scaled, SAFE, LESS, or anything else.  Just agile, the whole agile, and nothing but the agile.  
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Today’s press is full of AI prognostications, many predicting a dire future. They are all wrong. History tells us that predicting technology’s path is futile. However, preparing for it is not. What does history tell us about past technology advances that we can use to prepare for the future—for both we as individuals and our businesses? Join Jim Highsmith whose recent book, Wild West to Agile, delves into the history of software development and establishes an historical framework that helps prepare us for the future.
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Mary Lynn Manns is an author, educator and leading change consultant based in Asheville, North Carolina.  I’ve had the privilege of knowing Mary Lynn for close to two decades.
Along with Linda Rising, she is the co-author of the “Fearless Change” Books.  “Fearless Change: Patterns for Introducing New Ideas” was released in 2005, and “More Fearless Change: Strategies for Making Your Ideas Happen” came out 10 years later in 2015.
Mary Lynn has presented and led workshops for conferences and organizations such as Microsoft, Amazon, Proctor & Gamble, and Avon.
Mary Lynn has had a 38-year career as a professor at UNC Asheville where she is now a Professor Emerita.

Diana Larsen is Chief Connector & Co-Founder of the Agile Fluency® Project.
 
Along with James Shore, her co-founder, Diana focuses The Agile Fluency Model on achieving fluent proficiency on an agile development team.
 
Diana also founded FutureWorks where she led Agile software development, team leadership, and Agile transitions.
 
She has co-authored several books including: “Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great,” “Liftoff: Start and Sustain Successful Agile Teams,” and “Five Rules for Accelerated Learning.”
 
Diana has been very influential in the development of the agile movement, including as a former board member of the Agile Alliance Board of Directors.

Jurgen Appelo is an entrepreneur, speaker, and author on agility, leadership, and innovation. Jurgen is CEO of the business network Happy Melly and co-founder of the Agile Lean Europe network.
Since 2008, Jurgen has worked on his blog at NOOP.NL which offers ideas on the creative economy, agile leadership, organizational change, and personal development. Inc.com has called Jurgen a Top 50 Leadership Expert and a Top 100 Great Leadership Speaker.
Jurgen’s latest book is “Startup Scaleup Screwup.” His other books include “Management 3.0,” “How to Change the World,” and “Managing for Happiness.”
When he’s not speaking, writing, running or working, Jurgen likes to paint and illustrate.

Jim Benson is a pioneer of knowledge work and creator of Personal Kanban. He is also a public speaker, consultant, and author who is an expert in effectiveness for individuals, teams, and organizations.
After three decades as a business owner, team leader, and employee in both commercial & government agencies, Jim has shifted his focus to helping people and teams work out sticky  problems. Jim founded Modus Cooperandi in 2007, a management consultancy which uses Lean, systems thinking, agile management, and brain science to help their clients communicate and manage their work by building collaborative management systems.
Jim is also the founding partner of the Modus Institute and co-author of "Personal Kanban: Mapping Work | Navigating Life" which won the Shingo Research Award in 2013.