A couple of years back, I ran a talk on how to apply some of BDD’s techniques to your whole life, and to life coaching.

I am very excited to announce that this year, at GOTO Chicago (April 23rd - 24th), I will be revisiting that talk, but this time I’ll be looking at some of the more crazy stuff we’ve introduced into BDD’s toolbox over the last few ( Read more... )

A lot of times when I go to conferences, I’ve already got a slew of half-formed ideas and thoughts from the amazing communities with whom I hang out. The conferences have been fantastic for helping me refine and validate those ideas, but it’s been a while since I’ve come across anything genuinely new.

LSSC 2012 was very, very different - ( Read more... )

There are a few exciting speaking and training engagements coming up, many of them UK based!

First off, two tutorials:

I’m running my first Deliberate Discovery, Cynefin and Real Options tutorial at Skills Matter on 29th May. These three ways of thinking and modelling software development and the world in general have really helped me, and I’d like ( Read more... )

CALMalpha was meant to be a mash-up between the Lean, Agile and Cynefin / Complexity Theory practitioners.

The outcome of the unconference wasn’t really stated. When you understand that a complex domain is one in which the cause of an outcome can’t be perceived except in retrospect, this might make more sense. The only thing we were trying to do ( Read more... )

I came away from CALMalpha with a profound sense of depression.

Our industry is in an awful state. A really awful state. It took me a day and a half to recognize one of the problems. There’s a prevailing sentiment that I keep hearing that, “If only we provide the right bucket for them to deliver in, teams will deliver.”

You know what? This isn’t ( Read more... )

If you’re not familiar with the concept of Chickens and Pigs, it’s based on an old joke in which a chicken and a pig set up a restaurant. The chicken wants to call it “Ham’n'Eggs”. The pig says, “No thanks. I’d be committed, but you’d only be involved.”

The story is used in Scrum and other methodologies to suggest that only “pigs” - the people ( Read more... )

Update:

I’m told that it’s too late to get the Pask sorted out for this year - we’re Agile, but not that Agile! Please keep nominees in mind, though. Many members of the committee are talking and are keen to keep the award in some form, so chances are it will be back next year. Watch this space.

It’s that time of year again that the Pask committee ( Read more... )

I always have so much fun at Agile 20XX conferences that it sometimes feels anticlimactic when they end. This year, however, I was lucky enough to get one of the last few tickets for Corey Haines’ latest CodeRetreat in Orlando.

The CodeRetreats are focused on having fun while learning, and follow a simple formula: 45 minute sessions of pair- ( Read more... )

The Pask Committee have given the Gordon Pask award to me this year for deepening existing ideas and coming up with some pretty crazy ones of my own.

I can only do this because of the fortune I have in my communities, including some great coaches on either side of the pond, the Extreme Tuesday Club, Thoughtworkers and alumni, and the wonderful ( Read more... )

I’ll be running the ever-popular Haiku Workshop in the SPA2010 evening diversions on Monday 17th May. My focus for this is limited to 24 people. I’m not sure how attendance is being organised; however, if you want to attend and find out before I do, get in there quickly!

Originally published at Liz Keogh's blog. Please leave any comments there.