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The Secret Sauce of Agile—a Culture of Great Mee5ngs
Jean Tabaka, Agile Fellow, CA, @jeantabaka Laura Burke, ScurmMaster, Ipreo, @agilenvironment
3 August 2015
• FORM TEAMS OF 7-‐9 PEOPLE • HAVE STICKY NOTES • HAVE PENS • HAVE 2 FLIPCHART SHEETS
You’ll be doing lots of work, all in your small groups.
Be ready!
B. “What collabora5on challenges contribute to bad mee5ngs in your
company?”
Reminder: Individually, silently, write your answers using a sharpie, one per sticky note
1 MINUTE
Process: Silent de-dupe responses in your group
1 MINUTE
Process: Silent review of responses 1 MINUTE
C. “What are the TOP collabora5on challenges that contribute to bad mee5ngs in
our companies ?”
Reminder: Pick top 2 answers of group and a spokesperson 2 MINUTES
Process: Each table, read out your top 2 responses
1 MINUTE
Process: What do we notice across all the group responses?
2 MINUTES
Process: What do we notice about the exercise?
1 MINUTE
D. “How do we prepare to bring people together to
collaborate?”
Scale Agile with alignment and transparency through
collabora5on
Facilitation is the “Secret Sauce” of discipline and
rigor to scale collaboration
Great mee5ngs: let go of command-‐and-‐control, invite all
voices for greatest insights
Opening a collabora5ve mee5ng is a discipline
“What did you no5ce about the opening?” 1 minute
1. Prepare 2. Prompt 3. Gather 4. Process
E.“What are possible non-‐destruc5ve ways to address these
collabora5on challenges?”
Reminder: Think on your own before you start. Pass the pen to write answers on the flipchart until we run
out of time. You can say “Pass”. 2 MINUTES
Process: Walk around to view each other groups’ responses
6 MINUTES
-‐ Similar to yours -‐ Different from yours -‐ New -‐ Surprising
Process: Open dialogue 3 MINUTES
“What did you no5ce about the exercise?” 1 minute
F. “How do we facilitate alignment transparency, and collabora5on in
our mee5ngs as we scale?”
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Sustainable decisions move through the
“Groan Zone”
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“Great mee5ngs scale for Agile challenges and create sustainable solu5ons”
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G. “What ques5ons have arisen over the course of this session?”
Reminder: Bring items you have been writing during the class for the “Parking Lot”.
7 MINUTES
H. “What did you value learning in the workshop?”
Reminder: Think on your own, one item per sticky note.
1 MINUTE
H. “What did you feel was lacking in the workshop?”
Reminder: Think on your own, one item per sticky note.
1 MINUTE
Process: Share 1 or 2 items with class 1 MINUTE
I. Close
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CHANGE is HARD
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Increased morale and
IQs
Higher level of
commitment
Increased insights
More employee engagement
Greater
scalability of Agile
“Leading Collabora8ve Mee8ngs”
To be a strong facilitator, you must prac&ce, partner and
persevere
The Secret Sauce of Agile—a Culture of Great Mee5ngs
Jean Tabaka, Agile Fellow, CA, @jeantabaka Laura Burke, ScurmMaster, Ipreo, @agilenvironment
3 August 2015