We ask each participant to write a position paper, since writing a position paper before coming to an un-conference leads to better discussions because you, and other participants, have thought about what you want from the conference, and what topics you wish to explore during the conference, or how you plan to contribute.
For 2018 we asked the following questions:
- What is your agile or coaching experience?
- What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
- How would you contribute?
- What is your superpower?
What is your agile or coaching experience?
7 yrs of coaching as a professional plus 5 yrs as ScrumMaster
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
Whatever topics other persons wish to bring up
How would you contribute?
Contribute from my 12 yrs agile experience, including as Enterprise Agile Coach, with distributed teams, with agile transformation
What is your superpower
listening
What is your agile or coaching experience?
I have survived (no noticeable brain damage) Waterfall -> SAFe (not so agile) transformation in big company (100’s of teams) and coached many teams through last 10 years.
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
Agile is constantly developing and I am curious about new approaches, techniques and experiences from various people.
How would you contribute?
Sharing stories I have collected so far and listening to other people experiences while using Agile. I am ready to contribute in opening beer bottles for randomly approaching strangers.
What is your superpower
Make people laugh
What is your agile or coaching experience?
Still not enough 🙂 (But I am acting as a Scrum Master for 2 teams for 5 years)
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
Everything!
How would you contribute?
Talking and sharing experience.
What is your superpower
Patience
What is your agile or coaching experience?
I used to work as a team leader in the company that experimented with an agile approach. I saw great potential in this method, so we tried with my team to use SCRUM. We have improved our results, and it helped us with our projects.
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
I do not want to reinvent the wheel, so I expect a fruitful conversation about real hands-on experiences with agile development. What is working and what is not working.
How would you contribute?
I have been working in IT for almost 20 years, so I learned thing or two. And I am not afraid to ask questions because that is the best way how to learn 🙂
What is your superpower
Getting things done 🙂
What is your agile or coaching experience?
19 years in software development. First 5 years at small companies that were agile by nature. And 6 years of experience as a scrum master or something like that. 🙂
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
Predictability vs complexity and vs innovation – how can delivery of a product be somewhat predictable? and should it be? I don’t expect simple answers, but it’s an interesting topic 🙂
How would you contribute?
I can share some experience on what we are trying to do and how in my current company. Depends on interests. 🙂
What is your superpower
I don’t have any superpowers and i think it’s better this way. 🙂
What is your agile or coaching experience?
Passionate about agile. Hands on experience from Developer and Product owner point of views (5 years). Last two years spend with implementing Scrum into various environments.
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
More about motivating people, facilitation techniques, retrospective activities. Working with immature teams. People management and change management in organizational level. And stepping out of comfort zone during powerpoint karaoke!
How would you contribute?
I am very T-shaped person and can contribute on many topics (Scrum in project oriented environment, product management, DoD and technical excellence, TDD/BDD/ATDD…). Share lessons learned from failed implementation of Scrum, why to not have a team leader, exchange best practices from retros and future spectives etc.
What is your superpower
Building great products, that users love. And saying “NO” to stakeholders 😉
What is your agile or coaching experience?
Interested in agile, but beginner. Attended ALE 2017.
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
Agile games and other team activities, practical things from agile, how to start business
How would you contribute?
Share how “Svobodna firma” works – hate free environment, open salaries, shared costs and responsibilities.
What is your superpower
Data analysis and visualisation, dog training
What is your agile or coaching experience?
Coaching companies top – bottom. Scrum, Kanban, Less, XP. Different company sizes, different technologies.
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
I don’t know what I don’t know, but that one. 😉
How would you contribute?
I’ll bring exploding kittens card game and share my experience if anyone interested. 🙂
What is your superpower
Cultivating teams’ culture.
What is your agile or coaching experience?
~12 years
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
Experiences of teams and orgs that excel or suffer (including understanding the reasons)
How would you contribute?
By listening, caring and sharing
What is your superpower
Community gardener
What is your agile or coaching experience?
Since 2013 constantly learning stuff connected to agile. Still extending list of things that I don’t know.
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
Do one step in improving my facilitation skills.
How would you contribute?
I can share my experience with games/workshops for agile values and principles. I have also co-created Lego game that shows “structure influences behavior” principle.
What is your superpower
Helping others help themselves.
What is your agile or coaching experience?
Coach since 2003, CSM since 2010, actively working in agile transformations since 2013, all p4a and beside of one year all accde
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
Get to know the Agile Coach Community there, meet new people and enjoy days of exchange and enriching ourselves from heart, soul and mind
How would you contribute?
I will be actively contributing my work with Temenos and Leaders, Meditation, Nature, facilitation techniques for teams, … my own personality foremost.
What is your superpower
My magic is connecting from the heart, deep empathy and believing in our inner talents.
What is your agile or coaching experience?
4 years
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
meet friends, have fun, hear interesting talks
How would you contribute?
co-organization of the event 🙂 and if I’ll get inspired, maybe some talk
What is your superpower
I am super patient and persistent
What is your agile or coaching experience?
20 years+
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
Team focus. Agile testing focus. Games. Agile Requirements (User Stories).
How would you contribute?
Be there. Be mindful. Share my experience and warstories. Hopefulle create something new.
What is your superpower
Focus on Trust, Respect and Psycological safety .
What is your agile or coaching experience?
Scrum Master, transformation lead, agile coach
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
Want to be surprised. And also want to discover new agile games.
How would you contribute?
I can share my experience with scaled agile and with team coaching – how to build trust, how to motivate, how to communicate effectively.
What is your superpower
Knowledge sharing
What is your agile or coaching experience?
Enthusiast from a different field than ICT
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
I´d like to explore how Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches perceive human side of agile in their work
How would you contribute?
Workshops about human side of agile: leadership, motivation, teamwork, conflict resolution, communication
What is your superpower
Ideas how to spread agility across non-ICT businesses and how to implement Human side of agile in ICT teams
What is your agile or coaching experience?
Scrum Mastering for ~3 years
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
Experiences, New ideas, people..
How would you contribute?
By sharing any of my experiences, networking, making stupid jokes when drunk in the evening.. The usual 😉
What is your superpower
I have 830 matches on Tinder
What is your agile or coaching experience?
3+ year transitioning a small startup from a chaotic style to an agile one
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
I have a very intense agile experience, but I would like to have more perspective by learning from other’s experience. I am most interest in the relation between product, business and devs in an agile environment.
How would you contribute?
Share my entrepreneurial experience, together with the many failures and successes along the way. Love to challenge the status quo!
What is your superpower
Creating things!
What is your agile or coaching experience?
11 Years as an Agile Product Owner/Head, SPC certified.
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
I would like to learn how people from other teams are approaching Agile and scaling Agile across enterprise level. I would also like to know the road bloccks to successful implementation of scaled Agile. I am very eager to understand the working scenarios of various Agile teams and how my teams differ from the ones I would be interacting with and if there are any takeaways which will improve my team as a whole.
How would you contribute?
I have been the product owner and the product head of multiple Agile products that have been launched successfully and are being used by customers aross the globe today. I have some unique and very useful insights which I have gained while interacting with multiple enterprises as part of my product sale. I would be able to share these insights, best practices and related knowledge with all the participants of the conference.
What is your superpower
My superpower is my ability to quickly analyse and grasp the need of the hour in the agile world and motivate my team to build great, unique and intuitive products as a response to the need of the hour.
What is your agile or coaching experience?
5 + years
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
Leadership in agile contexts
How would you contribute?
Bringing / Sharing the Point of You Coaching games
What is your superpower
Intuition
What is your agile or coaching experience?
10 years coaching management style, implemented agile into team work intuitively.
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
How agile contributes to organizational transformation.
How would you contribute?
From 15 + years in HR experience and systemic coaching practice.
What is your superpower
Always look at the bright side of life ….
What is your agile or coaching experience?
Limited experience, just starting out
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
Anything to do with launching, marketing anf web presence
How would you contribute?
I am in the process of becoming a certified coach for Points of You and would be delighted to share what I have learned
What is your superpower
providing a caring, safe environment to nurture others’ growth
What is your agile or coaching experience?
1 year as a scrum master, several years as a member of a development team.
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
I’m especially interested in gamification and fun ways of explaining the agile principles. And “whatever happens is the only thing that could have” – so I am prepared for anything 🙂
How would you contribute?
I have some interesting and some funny experience from working for a bank and explaing agile ideas and principles to wide range of people who could’n even imagine there is something else than waterfall…
What is your superpower
I can make fun of anything.
What is your agile or coaching experience?
3 years in “trying to be agile” company, at first as team member, now as team leader.
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
I would like to explore boundaries of my comfort zone 🙂 And I would like to learn mostly about how to motivate people, and how to transform group of people into a team delivering results. And many other things …
How would you contribute?
Asking many questions
What is your superpower
Staying calm when things are falling apart.
What is your agile or coaching experience?
My team started with agile 4 years ago, we started from scratch and we were beginners in our company. I has been working fine for 3,5 years, but we still improving this system – It’s an endless process.
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
I want explore how different teams work, learn new techniques and games, which I can later put into practice. I would like to reduce my fear of communication in English.
How would you contribute?
I can show how developers perceive agile, and what is most important in agile for us (not much).
What is your superpower
common sense, open mindedness
What is your agile or coaching experience?
A little, I´ve been a project manager for a year in an agile-ish company.
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
I would like to get better at coaching and to learn from other people´s experience 🙂
How would you contribute?
I could offer my point of view on a struggle with introducing agile methods in a new team and why is it not a good idea to work on three projects at the same time.
What is your superpower
Silence
What is your agile or coaching experience?
Currently Agile Delivery Manager, previously Scrum Master for 3 years. Organising Agile meetups and conferences.
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
I’d like to learn anything new but mainly meet like-minded people.
How would you contribute?
I’d like to share my experience and stories working on Agile transformation using different frameworks and delivering digital products.
What is your superpower
Motivating others.
What is your agile or coaching experience?
My agile experience is more than one year now and I’m just getting started to lead few people.
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
I would like to find answers for my questions that appeard during the year, I need to solve problems with motivation and self-reflection in our team. I hope I will get new inspiration and ideas about collaboration in the team and between more teams.
How would you contribute?
Mostly I can contribute with questions that will be answered, maybe :).
What is your superpower
Optimism and smile.
What is your agile or coaching experience?
During recent decade, I failed a few startups as a Product Owner and built a few great teams as a Scrum Master. Currently, with my team AgileDrive, we’re helping a few organizations on their Agile journey (most notable – Vodafone Ukraine). Learned coaching from ICF, ORSC and other experts, but still feel like a nubie…
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
Get to know the people, learn from their superpowers; invent something cool that I usually don’t have time to focus on.
How would you contribute?
It’s all about sharing: experience, stories, Ukrainian alcohol etc 🙂
What is your superpower
Connecting the dots most people don’t see
What is your agile or coaching experience?
I introduced agile to my company and coach/mentor several pleople in agile management
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
How to evolve agile teams, how to use agile in long-term planning
How would you contribute?
Agile games, agile for top management team
What is your superpower
gamer enthusiast, salsa dancer
What is your agile or coaching experience?
Scrum Master around 1 year
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
Improve ma facilitation skils, improve my communication towards the team
How would you contribute?
I can share some experience with holocracy in remote company.
What is your superpower
Trying to investigate where is the root of the problem.
What is your agile or coaching experience?
scrum developer
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
new scrum games and or findings that can improve the team
How would you contribute?
emotional introspection and a lot of feedback
What is your superpower
feedback
What is your agile or coaching experience?
I am working as an implementation project manager and currently I am applying waterfall implementation methodology on most of my projects. I want to learn more about agile transformation as nowadays our clients tend to be interested more and more in agile approach.
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
I would like to learn more about agile principles, explore agile transformation. It would be nice to hear some lessons from somebody who started with agile and what benefits it brought. I would want to share my gained know-how from agile coach camp with my team.
How would you contribute?
I could share my more than 4 years of experience with project deliveries which I have done either remotely or on customer side.
What is your superpower
I am a nice person.
What is your agile or coaching experience?
Scrum Master for four years.
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
New friends. Anything Scaling and/or motivation related.
How would you contribute?
Sharing my knowledge and experience as well as good mood.
What is your superpower
Sarcasm.
What is your agile or coaching experience?
Over 7 years acting as scrum master or servant-manager of scrum teams mostly in banking. Last 3 years mostly helping product owners do their job.
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
New ideas, approaches, meet interesting people. Real world structure and content of efficient backlogs.
How would you contribute?
by attending discussions; I might present some MVP success stories and failures
What is your superpower
conducting workshops, prioritization and scope negotiation, prototyping and MVP definition
What is your agile or coaching experience?
3 years as a part of dev team, 1 year as a Scrum Master, 2 years as a Product Owner
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
Meet people from other companies and share ideas
How would you contribute?
Long list of what things you should not do in agile environment
What is your superpower
Jedi mind tricks
What is your agile or coaching experience?
Several years of agile and coaching.
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
Situation that others have gone to as a coach and approaches they have tried to establish long lasting changes.
How would you contribute?
I would be happy supporting the orga during the event.
What is your superpower
Challange me, maybe you’ll find one.
What is your agile or coaching experience?
I am working in automotive field as ScrumMaster and agile coach in early transition state.
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
Agile Lean Simulations
How would you contribute?
Story telling and listening
What is your superpower
Fun, Courage, Humanity
What is your agile or coaching experience?
CSM 2011, DSDM before that. Applying agile aspects to traditional PM projects ever since. ICP-ACC as another milestone this year. Currently training future agilists at CVUT.
What would you like to learn/explore at this event?
Currently I am focusing on providing better feedback to teams, the right balance between telling and coaching. Good agile games and practices are always welcome.
How would you contribute?
Bringing Yes, and mindset to the sessions.
What is your superpower
Having seen and tested many agile anti-patterns.
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