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Better Meetings Canvas is not anything new. It is what every good facilitator knows by heart. However, it is not easy to rely on your heart all the time. Sometimes you want a straightforward structure to follow, or maybe when in doubt to rely on, or use when delegating the facilitation to someone else, or…
Introducing Simple Lean Coffee Flowchart V1.0, what I have created for describing Lean Coffee to engineers, including myself, and others. This is a simple version of Lean Coffee. There is no dynamic time allocation happening. I will create another one for that reason. Lean Coffee is a very basic way to manage a discussion, get together…
I have participated in a two-day course on Crucial Conversations. These are my notes on the course and the facilitation skills of the instructor. Day 1 Video workshop Conflict Body Language Facilitator’s Note: Do you mean that? She used it when someone referred to crying as emotions. I have noticed the same behavior from another…
I presented the “Effective yet Effortless Coaching” session at Agile Mississauga Meetup event which took place on April 5th, 2017. I presented The Simple Coaching Model V2.0. This was the first time presenting the V2.0 of The Simple Coaching Model. The changes made, compared to the V1.0 of the model, were based on the feedback received in previous sessions (i.e. Coach…
Have you ever been in a meeting that was a complete waste of time? Have you ever wondered how did that happen? Why did such meeting take place? Have you ever heard that meetings are not effective and we should avoid them? Being in the software world for quite a while, I can assure you…
I presented the “Effective yet Effortless Coaching” session at the Coach Retreat Spring 2017 event took place on March 25th, 2017. I explained The Simple Coaching Model to mostly Agile Coaches & Scrum Masters and other enthusiasts interested in learning and enhancing their coaching skills. The Coach Retreat is an annual event focused on Coaching. It is…
I facilitated a session to simulate planning, development, feedback and iteration in an Agile fashion. I used a simulation called XP Game. This game originated based on the concepts introduced in eXtreme Programming book by Kent Beck. It provides a visual and interactive way to understand the values of XP, and to a wider extent…
You are going to facilitate a session. The session has a large number of people attending. You are not confident with your facilitation skills for large meetings. You are not sure how to ask them to come to an agreement on the next steps, what to work on, what, as a team, they need to…
I attended and successfully completed “Facilitation Skills for the Agile Workplace” course instructed by Sue Johnston offered from Its Understood in February/March 2016. I also successfully received “ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Team Facilitation (ICP-ATF)” certificate from ICAgile; as a result of successfully completing the course and its requirements. You can find more details about…
These are the notes from the facilitation workshop / course held by Sue Johnson. My Aphorism You need to show the same audacity for not facilitating a session having no or negative value, as opposing a team’s decision contradicting Agile values. Great Facilitation Skills Having made them write it down => great facilitation skill for helping…