In my previous post, I introduced the Connections mindmap (PDF) that I'm using to design my upcoming Pragmatic A3 Thinking Workshop. Much has happened since that post, including speaking in different…
The first time I introduced my A3 & Kaizen presentation to the international community, I only had 30 minutes available. I was in Berlin, at the Agile-Lean Europe 2011 – easily…
Imagine you are lost in the middle of a magnetic storm. You glance at your compass, but the needle rotates furiously. You take some steps in one direction, then you…
For those of you using the Open Space approach to run self-organizing conferences, I created a set of fun cartoons to illustrate its four guiding principles and "law of two…
It's a matter of time. Time I don't have.I once learned that Alfred Hitchcock used to sketch on storyboards to pre-visualize the shots of his movies. What if I could…
This is brief post to share with you a short video clip I just published, based on my latest talk: "Crafting Outstanding Presentations". Other clips will follow. I'm developing decent…
"What do you do?" I'm asked. "I am a Lean and Agile software development consultant." My reply is patently inadequate. It is my first conference since I officially started my freelancing…
A new dream is taking shape. It all started three weeks ago, while presenting in front of a group of entrepreneurs. On the surface, the slides below illustrate pretty pictures…
In my previous post I revealed that, to craft a great (technical) presentation, I deliberately use storytelling techniques borrowed from contemporary screenwriting. I leverage the power of story to stimulate…
A few days ago, Chris Hedgate asked me to join him in a little experiment that he called duoblog. A duoblog is about writing on a shared subject in "parallel"…