Toyota Kata Coaching for Agile Teams & Transformations with Fortune Buchholtz — 61. Hands-on Agile

NEWSLETTER — join more than 42,000 peers: https://age-of-product.com/subscribe/ SPEAKER: Fortune Buchholtz YOUR HOST: Stefan Wolpers MEETUP — join more than 6,000 peers: https://www.meetup.com/Hands-on-Agile... I. ABSTRACT Today, we see a slowly accelerating movement in business management towards coaching. Even the Harvard Business Review & McKinsey now acknowledge that coaching is the best approach to manage & grow employees. And after decades of Agile, we also have a strong history of understanding that coaching is the preferred method of engagement at all organizational levels. There's a wide variety of coaching options used in Agile today: GROW, OSKAR, ACL, STEPPA, etc. Let's add to the list a technique from Toyota, whose attitudes and methods are in many ways embedded in our Agile practices. It's called Toyota Kata Coaching. And please don't be fooled by its deceptive simplicity. I think it's the best coaching method for Agile. Join this webinar to learn about Kata & see if you agree. Even if you don't, think about the Kata as another coaching tool for your Scrum Master or Agile Coaching collection. Instead, you can assess your culture, project, and product risks to select a different approach. That will allow you to choose how to collaborate so you can iterate over features and when to deliver value. When you do, you are more likely to discover actual agility and an easier way to work. II. FORTUNE BUCHHOLTZ Yes. Let me tell you a story: hippie parents with poor taste in classical music & an unfortunate infatuation with Carl Orff's Carmina Burana. It's really that simple. Around my house, you're more likely to hear Dexter Gordon & Brian Eno. But here I am Fortune, the Empress of the World. Pleased to meet you. If you enjoy the Carmina Burana, be sure to listen to the other 2 pieces in Orff's NSFW Trionfi, the Catulli Carmina & the Trionfo di Afrodite, both influenced by Stravinsky. I was working as a front-end dev & PRINCE 2 project monster when I was ensnared by Jeff Sutherland's dangerous brew in 2005. I became a Scrum Master on Wall Street in 2006. At Cisco in 2009, I was enraptured by the Toyota Production System. And we've been a throuple ever since. My LinkedIn will show you I've worked in a variety of industries and Agile roles, primarily in Silicon Valley & Big Tech. Currently I remain a certified Scrum Master, Product Owner & Agile Coach, altho' recently I was dubbed a most dangerous ¡Kanbanista! Please don't turn me in, k thnx. My husband & I now live in Nottingham, England—Robin Hood, the Sheriff, Maid Marian, Sherwood Forest—it's all real, I tell you. Real! II. CONNECT WITH FORTUNE BUCHHOLTZ Connect with Fortune here:   / fortune-buchholtz-40266229