Agile-Carolinas group

People in NC/SC interested in Lean, Agile, Scrum, etc.

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Introduction

We welcome people new to Agile.  To see some introductory stuff, including pages you may be interested in, go here: Introduction 

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Thursday, September 7

6-8 pm

The Cornwell Center
2001 Selwyn Ave.
Charlotte, NC 28207

Ashley Munday 

"Culture and Values-Based Leadership"

Cultural capital is a key differentiator in team performance. Culture is driven by the values, beliefs, and behaviors of individuals and leaders, past and present. Culture is reinforced in policies, procedures, and in every implicit interaction. It has the power to energize a team, or erode core trust. Ashley Munday will share key learnings, case studies, and strategies for working with culture.  

Ashley Munday, Director of Cultural and Organizational Transformation at SweetRush, is a strategic advisor, change facilitator, and executive coach with over 20 years of professional experience, including six years at Barrett Values Centre. Using a systems approach and the power of values, she has facilitated organization transformation initiatives around the world. Her work has been featured in numerous publications, including Forbes, Fast Company, and South Africa's The Star. She served as the values advisor for the Icelandic national values assessment and was a featured speaker at TEDx Hayward.  Ashley's core values are integrity, continuous learning, compassion, beauty, and play; making her home in Asheville, North Carolina; she adores mountain hiking with her husband and son. Learn more about Ashley and connect with her on LinkedIn.

August Meeting 

Agile Carolinas

Thursday, August 17 6-8 PM

TEKsystems

200 S. College Street

Charlotte, NC 28202

Joe Little moderating "Take Action Now"    

Joe is an Agile Coach, a ScrumMaster, a CSP (Scrum Professional), and a CST (Scrum Trainer). Joe first learned Scrum from Ken Schwaber and later mentored with Jeff Sutherland. Joe has been leading IT projects for 20+ years, mainly in New York, London, and Charlotte.  During those years he worked with a relatively small number of well-known firms.  Since then, he has worked with numerous companies. Joe helped start APLN-Richmond and Agile Charleston, and started Agile-Carolinas.  He was twice a speaker at Agile20xx, and Agile Tour events in Toronto and Montreal and Raleigh-Durham.  He has a book, Agile Release Planning, which is available via LeanPub.      

Discussion: Our successes and ‘opportunities’ with being a better Product Owner. This discussion is from all viewpoints: from the company, from the Team, from the Manager, from the SM and from the PO. This will be a discussion.  We want to hear wisdom and questions from everyone.  Initially I think we should discuss how to measure a good PO.  Or at least what we think a good PO would achieve. That leads later into tools and techniques for HOW to achieve those goals.  We will also mention the pitfalls. We will share what we see is working and where we see the biggest problems (opportunities).  Hopefully the two will match to some degree

Paul Marks "How Humor Affects Leadership"

Agile Carolinas

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

6-8 pm

The Cornwell Center

2001 Selwyn Avenue

Charlotte, NC 28207

Paul Marks "How Humor Affects Leadership"

Paul incorporates fun interactive games to create leadership and camaraderie. The cornerstone of the program is to go to the right side of the brain to help with creativity, humor, and spontaneous thinking.  You will laugh and learn ‐ and develop leadership skills for quick thinking, improvisation to change the corporate culture and your leadership style in a positive way. Paul has a way of "making the uncomfortable become comfortable." 
Bio:
In July of 2009, Paul formed Over The Counter improv to teach leadership, public speaking, and quick thinking skills through improvisation and right brain thinking.  By 2012, Paul was featured in an article for the Charlotte Observer regarding the benefits of improv in the corporate world  He has worked with companies such as Wells Fargo, Ingersoll-Rand, Elevation Church, Novant Health and many others.  

More information on OTC Improv & Paul Marks can be found here: http://www.otcimprov.com/

Thank you to Randstad Technologies, host and sponsor.

See Additional Past Meetings here PastMeetings

Other Notes

Please see the Special Announcements page for information on other up-coming events.

Please see the Your Action page for actions you can take to support Agile-Carolinas. Perhaps the most useful thing is to invite others.

Please help get the message out that this group is available to others. See Getting the Word Out

Our group is affiliated with the APLN (Agile Project Leadership Network; see APLN Background) and the Agile Alliance.