Staying Human with Tech

A distributed agile team guide for LeanAgileUS participants - remotelyagile.info

February 27, 2017

kg-card-begin: html UPDATE (Aug 2020) – I finally took down remotelyagile.info as the entire world was remote. Near impossible to track it all. If you...

I appreciate the Agile Florida community #ThankfulThursday

November 24, 2016

kg-card-begin: html Last Friday (11/18/2016), we held the largest Agile Open Florida conference in our three year history with over 200 people. One of our...

Preparing for Agile Open Florida on 10/7 - Going, Growing & Sustaining Agile

October 3, 2016

kg-card-begin: html We are only a few days away from our third annual Agile Open Florida conference. We have nearly doubled in size and are expecting...

Response, Reflection, and Small Steps Matter

September 12, 2016

kg-card-begin: html Yesterday marked fifteen years since the 9/11 attacks on the United States and I’m feeling reflective about tragedy and how we respond. I...

Appreciating Sarah Baca - #ThankfulThursday

September 8, 2016

kg-card-begin: html Today, I want to appreciate someone more local to me: Sarah Baca. Sarah joined Agile Orlando in January 2014 and immediately raised her...

Appreciating Don Gray -#ThankfulThursday

September 1, 2016

kg-card-begin: html As I mentioned in a previous blog post, I want to recognize people who have had an impact on me and who may provide examples and...

Introducing Thankful Thursdays #ThankfulThursday

August 25, 2016

kg-card-begin: html With the passing of my friend Jean Tabaka in June 2016, I wanted to do something else to help remember her. Of the numerous lessons I...

Rare beasts and more resources on remote jobs

July 16, 2016

kg-card-begin: html UPDATE (Aug 2020): With the pandemic, these rare beasts were not so rare any longer. See my resources section –...

Episode 11: Mark Kilby by AgileThought - a bit of my agile history

July 9, 2016

kg-card-begin: html A little bit of my agile origin story and advice on how to grow as an agilist now. (15min) Enjoy! Thanks to @AgileThought for the...

Do you light a fuse or kindling?

July 1, 2016

kg-card-begin: html This is a different kind of post. It’s more personal and a bit longer. But there is a message for anyone who considers himself or herself...

What shall we explore at Agile 2016?

June 27, 2016

kg-card-begin: html Agile2016 starts one month from now. Here are three things I’m looking forward to: The new Audacious Salon track (especially Monday and...

Is there a better way to talk about distributed teams?

May 23, 2016

kg-card-begin: html There is an enormous amount written about distributed teams and I find most of it very frustrating. It’s not that the observations or the...

What's the Secret Joy of Working Remote?

May 22, 2016

kg-card-begin: html While speaking recently at a conference, I realized two important things about the nature of remote work. First, I choose to work...

Rocking the Global Scrum Gathering #SGFLA with a Community of Volunteers and Slack

May 1, 2016

kg-card-begin: html In my prior blog post, I mentioned how we formed our group of volunteers for the Global Scrum Gathering in Orlando. Now let me share how...

Forming a Community of Volunteers at the Global Scrum Gathering Orlando #SGFLA

April 30, 2016

kg-card-begin: html It’s been a little over a week since the Global Scrum Gathering in Orlando and our Agile Florida Slack community is still buzzing. The...

Is Virtual Co-Working Possible?

April 29, 2016

kg-card-begin: html Since the Distributed agile teams conference in Berlin (Nov 2015), I’ve been experimenting with a number of techniques to work virtually....

Scrum Gathering Orlando - Mission Accomplished

April 21, 2016

kg-card-begin: html First, my apologies to my readers for the not writing for a couple of months. Things have been quiet on my blog for a number of reasons....

Connect for Community in Distributed Teams

January 13, 2016

kg-card-begin: html Late in 2015, I participated in a great discussion with Ryan Ripley and David Horowitz on distributed agile teams on the Agile For Humans...

Thankful Thursday: AgileOrlando, AgileFlorida, DATFlock and more

December 3, 2015

kg-card-begin: html Over the last week in the USA, there has been a welcome sentiment of gratitude from last Thursday’s Thanksgiving holiday to...

InfoQ Interview: Distributed teams and distributed user groups

November 18, 2015

kg-card-begin: html While at Agile2015, InfoQ interviewed me and some of my AgileFlorida.com colleagues and you can now see the InfoQ interview and...

For distributed agile teams, tools come last

November 3, 2015

kg-card-begin: html From http://www.pictofigo.com/picture/detail/2650 Having worked with a number of distributed agile teams over the years, I’m often asked...

Discussing Distributed Teams and Agile Coaching with @Retrium

October 3, 2015

kg-card-begin: html Recently, I was interviewed by David Horowitz of Retrium. We discussed agile coaching and distributed teams as we have both seen many. I...

You're not alone when agile - Find your Podcast community

September 30, 2015

kg-card-begin: html In early 2014, I switched from being a consultant coach back to an internal coach. It has given me the unique opportunity to see what...

Agile2015 - Processing day 2

August 17, 2015

kg-card-begin: html Last time, I covered Day 1 of the Agile 2015 conference. This time, I’ll share hilights for Day 2. Most of this day I spent focusing on...

Agile2015 - processing day 1

August 13, 2015

kg-card-begin: html If you have never been to the Agile Alliance conference in the USA, it is an extreme busy event. You will often find you want to be at...

Recommendations for someone new to the Product Owner role?

August 12, 2015

kg-card-begin: html I often get questions of the form of “How do I start this (practice/role)?” Recently, I got the following question in a lean coffee...

Long live @AgileFlorida (RIP Orlando Scrum)

July 26, 2015

kg-card-begin: html This post is part celebration of agile in Florida and part bitter-sweet memories for me. I rarely share personal stories nor long blog...

My wish list for Meetup as a user group leader (thanks Meetup)

June 3, 2015

kg-card-begin: html NOTE: This post is updated at the end with a very quick response from Meetup.com (Thanks!) Warning: this is a rant. I’m currently writing...

Preparing for Agile Open Florida 2015 - No One Size Fits All

June 1, 2015

kg-card-begin: html Later this month, I have the privilege of facilitating the Agile Open Florida 2015 conference. Final preparations are well under way and...

Why You Want a BackChannel in Distributed Meetings

April 15, 2015

kg-card-begin: html When I started facilitating my first distributed meetings, I ran into a problem that many encounter: my primary collaboration tool would...

Gifts and Greats for True Feedback

April 8, 2015

kg-card-begin: html Sometimes I ask for feedback and other times I feel I can serve someone by providing feedback. Also there may be cases where you are...

Perfect feedback for an agile coach

March 24, 2015

kg-card-begin: html Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve been trying out a new peer feedback system at Sonatype. I asked for feedback from some of the teams...

Where can I find a cool agile remote job?

March 14, 2015

kg-card-begin: html So I’ve been getting this question recently as I blog more about it. Here are my suggestions: update your LinkedIn profile to reflect any...

Agile Roadtrip to Valpak

March 13, 2015

kg-card-begin: html This past Thursday I had an opportunity to road trip from Orlando to Tampa to meet with folks from Valpak whom I’ll be collaborating with...

Agile2015 - 3 stories of successful distributed agile teams (I hope)

February 23, 2015

kg-card-begin: html Some folks have asked me “Why 3 submissions”? The typical strategy for the Agile20xx conference is to get in more than one with the hope...

Answering questions from Driving Value with Agile Teams

February 22, 2015

kg-card-begin: html This past Tuesday, I had an opportunity to speak to a combined audience from Central Florida IIBA and Agile Orlando. It was a great...

Remotely Agile: The Buddy System

October 14, 2014

kg-card-begin: html Over the last 10 years, while learning how agile methodologies can work in different industries and organizations, I also discovered how...

Come hear how to adapt your agile career at AgileOrlando Tue 6:30p

September 29, 2014

kg-card-begin: html (just sent this note out to the AgileOrlando community and thought it was worth sharing widely … I’ll post an update after the event)...

Deep skills not soft skills

September 2, 2014

kg-card-begin: html Something that always makes me wince is the term “soft skills”. Dictionary.com gives the following definition of soft: yielding readily...

How to build your tribe at Agile Coach Camp

August 24, 2014

kg-card-begin: html Agile Coach Camp is not just for agile coaches. It is for anyone who wants to build their knowledge and connections within the agile...

Agile2014 - Let's Build a Better Tribe

August 13, 2014

kg-card-begin: html It’s been 12 days since Agile2014 ended and I’m still struggling to answer the most frequently asked question from colleagues and agile...

My advice for attending Agile2014

July 26, 2014

kg-card-begin: html A new attendee to Agile2014 contacted me and asked me what they should look for in next week’s conference. Here is my response: pick 2-3...

Why 3 Agile2014 Lightning Talk submissions?

July 16, 2014

kg-card-begin: html Agile2014 is right around the corner (both in time and geography for me). While my submissions did not get accepted earlier this year,...

Reflecting on Agile Open Florida

July 14, 2014

kg-card-begin: html It’s been over 2 weeks since Agile Open Florida happened and I’m still buzzing with the possibilities of where Florida can go next. Not...

The 4 R’s of Sustainable Pace

May 27, 2014

kg-card-begin: html https://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasleuthard/10891456256/ This is a lesson I’ve struggled to capture for over a year. In that time, I’ve...

Agile Open Florida on June 27

April 3, 2014

kg-card-begin: html The first Agile Open Space conference is coming to Florida on June 27! Since I attended my first open space at XP Universe 2001, I have...

Reboot

March 22, 2014

kg-card-begin: html Today marks a reboot of my coaching career, this blog, and a focus on developing new techniques on collaboration and building more...

Serving Lean Coffee to build a Learning Community

October 4, 2013

kg-card-begin: html Lean Coffee is a lightweight way for self-organizing a group of people together to share information. Originally started by Jim Benson...

Reflections on Agile2013

August 26, 2013

kg-card-begin: html I’ve been struggling to summarize the best way to describe what happened at Agile2013. It’s been 3 weeks now and I’ve come to this...

Successful agile transformations come in 3's

August 20, 2013

kg-card-begin: html I’ve been swamped since the Agile2013 conference, but wanted to share an answer to a recent question: “How does Agile and Lean thinking...