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Sumeet M MogheTraining and Education

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T h o u g h t W o r k s U n i v e r s i t y

TWU

So, What is It?ThoughtWorks University is a seven-

week long, consultant training

program, which is comprised of

facilitated class-room sessions as

well as individual performance

coaching and review. Our mission

is to provide you with an opportunity to explore the issues

faced everyday on our projects

and within the ThoughtWorks

community.

Throughout, you’ll discover the

confidence to be professional

consultants and take an active role

in shaping the ThoughtWorks

culture.

Why TWU?ThoughtWorks is a place where

practices and values spread across the

entire company quickly from project-to-

project and person-to-person. We value

experience and challenges, because they

provide us with detailed feedback, and we

enjoy sharing what we learn with other

ThoughtWorkers“Fail fast.” Learn from the experience.

Sharing and growing from these

experiences was easy when ThoughtWorks

was small, but as we've grown into a global

organization spread across four continents,

getting another ThoughtWorker's attention

has become more difficult.Put simply, TWU was developed to

help you fail fast and make mistakes

quickly. By engaging you in learning

experiences drawn from across the

company and the globe, you’ll discover the

values, principles, and practices that have

made ThoughtWorks successful. College graduates and those switching

careers have long been a part of

ThoughtWorks’ culture. They’re a source

of vibrant energy and offer fresh

“ ThoughtWorks thrives on new perspectives.”

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T h o u g h t W o r k s U n i v e r s i t y

TWU

So, What is It?ThoughtWorks University is a seven-

week long, consultant training

program, which is comprised of

facilitated class-room sessions as

well as individual performance

coaching and review. Our mission

is to provide you with an opportunity to explore the issues

faced everyday on our projects

and within the ThoughtWorks

community.

Throughout, you’ll discover the

confidence to be professional

consultants and take an active role

in shaping the ThoughtWorks

culture.

Why TWU?ThoughtWorks is a place where

practices and values spread across the

entire company quickly from project-to-

project and person-to-person. We value

experience and challenges, because they

provide us with detailed feedback, and we

enjoy sharing what we learn with other

ThoughtWorkers“Fail fast.” Learn from the experience.

Sharing and growing from these

experiences was easy when ThoughtWorks

was small, but as we've grown into a global

organization spread across four continents,

getting another ThoughtWorker's attention

has become more difficult.Put simply, TWU was developed to

help you fail fast and make mistakes

quickly. By engaging you in learning

experiences drawn from across the

company and the globe, you’ll discover the

values, principles, and practices that have

made ThoughtWorks successful. College graduates and those switching

careers have long been a part of

ThoughtWorks’ culture. They’re a source

of vibrant energy and offer fresh

“ ThoughtWorks thrives on new perspectives.”

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Our Agenda

Preparation Visuals Delivery

Preparation

Alone Time

Ask yourself...

Dakara Nani?

So what?

Inclusion

Exclusion

make a choice of what’s important...

... and let go of the rest!

“It’s taken me all my life to learn whatnot to play.”

— Dizzy-Gillespie

What’s your

story?

Story over Argument

We’re all storytellers

What do you think?

Don’t start here!

Plan Analog

Index Cards & Post Its

Simple Sketches

Whiteboarding

Here’s what I do sometimes...

A bicycle for your mind

Dude, this will take time!

Find time...

Preparation Visuals Delivery

Visuals

Visual Design BasicsMaking your message sizzle!

Let’s meet the stars...

Mr. Vector

Miss. Raster

Design Values

Simplicity

Clarity

Unclutteredness

Our Purpose

Create ‘Aha!’

Provoke ‘Thought’

Evoke Emotion

How we do it...

Leading the eye

Tips

Contrast

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100

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Carbon Footprint in the Americas

Full Bleed Images

Adventure•Hiking•Kayaking•Trekking•Rapelling•Kayaking•etc

Adventure

Bleed off the edges

Aspect Ratio

Low Resolution Images

Opening Address

Roy Singham

Opening Address

Entertainment

Entertainment

Entertainment

Be consistent

Big is good

Alpha

De-Noising

This man...

Rule of Thirds

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Points

Follow People

Motion

Fishbowl

DistributedTeams

Developers Testers and Analysts Customers

Location 1 Location 2 Location 3

Dysfunctional Split

Developers and Testers Customers and Analysts

Location 1 Location 2

Functioning Split

Location 1 Location 2

Ideal Split

Developers Testers

CustomersAnalysts DevelopersTesters

Analysts Customers

Location 1 Location 2

Ideal Split

Developers Testers

CustomersAnalysts

DevelopersTesters

Analysts

(offshore)

Embed Video

get Creative

Meaning

Consulting is an ‘Art’

Typography

So, first things first -- what are we trying to achieve here?

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Informal Learning

Novice

Expert

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Informal Learning

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Expert

Time

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Informal Learning

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Expert

Time

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Informal Learning

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Your Learning

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Real Experience

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Simplify Reality

Simple≠Simplistic

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Making the simple complicated is commonplace;

making the complicated awesomely simple,

that’s creativity.

— Charles Mingus

Preparation Visuals Delivery

Delivery

Learn from Mr. Jobs

Set a theme

Provide an Outline

Show Enthusiasm

Make Meaning

This apart...

Use a remote

Keep the lights on!

Be larger than life

Be larger than life

Being in the moment

Master your instrument.

Master the music. And then

forget all that bullshit

and just play.

“

—Charlie-Parker”

No mind...

Murphy’s law:

Anything that can go

wrong, will.

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Who’s Murphy?

He must have been a presenter!

That’s it folks!

Thank You