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SUMMARY:Increasing Psychological Safety in Agile Teams - Agile Humans meetup
DESCRIPTION:Agile Humans has invited me to their Agile Lean Coffee meetup to facilitate a session on increasing psychological safety in agile teams. Come join om on March 3\, 18:30 CET\, to play a game with the Psychological Safety Cards. \nIncreasing Psychological Safety in Agile Teams\nPsychological safety in teams is important; it is necessary for the team to be able to communicate and collaborate effectively in order to deliver value. It’s also necessary to build long-lasting teams since things will happen and relationships will be strained; team members must be informed of what’s going on in the team and feel comfortable dealing with it. But\, how safe is a team? How can we determine if there are any factors that make the team unsafe or have an impact on the team’s culture? \nIn this mini-workshop\, we’ll play a game for psychological safety and team culture utilizing a deck of coaching cards. We will learn how to use gamification to gain a better understanding of what’s going on in teams. Individuals can share what they have learned from working in teams\, how it impacted the team’s safety and culture\, and what led to positive change. \nWe’ll use a Jamboard for the game\, so you will need a Google account to join the Jamboard. All participants will receive a code along with a discount for buying the cards (more information at Agile Humans: Your copy of the Psychological Safety cards). \nAgile Humans Lean Coffee Meetup\nThis is a group for anyone interested in Agile organizational culture and agile practices. \nAgile Humans Lean Coffee is committed to improving the quality and quantity of the first Agile manifesto value: Individuals and Interactions over Processes and Tools. \nWe help each other improve our work by teaching each other what we’ve learned through practice. \nWe gather online\, on the first Thursday of every month\, at 6:30 p.m.
URL:https://www.benlinders.com/event/increasing-psychological-safety-in-agile-teams-agile-humans-meetup/
LOCATION:Online\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Meetup,online,Serbia
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220105T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220105T210000
DTSTAMP:20260416T231734
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SUMMARY:How to start up a distributed team online with gamification - Agile Belgium
DESCRIPTION:I’m doing an interactive online meetup about starting up distributed teams online using gamification for Agile Belgium\, January 5\, 2022\, 19:00 CET. \nHow to start up a distributed team online with gamification\nRemote first is becoming the norm\, and this is also true for new teams. Where you would previously organize one or more onsite kick-off sessions to start a new team\, a new distributed team would have to be working online together from day 1. \nTechniques used for team chartering might still be useful\, but they would need a different approach for online working. Gamification\, incentifying people’s engagement by using game-style principles and practices\, can help you to build strong teams. \nIn this session\, we’ll look at several tools and playing formats that can be used to start up distributed teams and foster further development. \nAgile Belgium\nThis is the meetup group of the Agile Belgium community. We organize regular drinkups and user group meetings. Come after work and meet people you usually only meet at conferences. Anyone interested in Agile or Lean can join. \n 
URL:https://www.benlinders.com/event/how-to-start-up-a-distributed-team-online-with-gamification-agile-belgium/
LOCATION:Online\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Belgium,Meetup,online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20210506T183000
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DTSTAMP:20260416T231734
CREATED:20210408T100220Z
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SUMMARY:How Agile Are You? Let’s Play the Agile Self-assessment Game @ Agile Humans Lean Coffee!
DESCRIPTION:I’ve been invited to the Agile Humans Lean Coffee meetup to facilitate a session where we play the Agile Self-assessment Game online. Join me on May 6: Book your seat at Agile Humans Lean Coffee. \nHow Agile Are You?\nLet’s get together and play the Agile Self-assessment Game. \nDuring this meetup\, Ben Linders will show how gamification enables you to pull in ideas for change and apply those in a way that best suits your collective needs. We’ll be playing with the Agile Self-assessment Cards to find out how this works. There’s also time for questions on agile adoption\, transformations\, and self-assessments. \nIt is a serious cooperative card game\, an agile ”compass & map”. \nJoin us and find out: \n– Where you are on your agile journey and get inspired with ideas and suggestions on where to go next. \n– What you can do to increase your agility to deliver more value to your customers and stakeholders. \nYou can play with the self-assessment cards in agile retrospectives\, or use the cards to set up a team or explore how things are going in your team. Games can be played with cards in co-located and distributed teams; there are many different playing formats available and you can design your own online game format using digital card images. \nAgile Humans Lean Coffee\nThis is a group for anyone interested in Agile organizational culture and agile practices. \nAgile Humans Lean Coffee is committed to improving the quality and quantity of the first Agile manifesto value: Individuals and Interactions over Processes and Tools. \nWe help each other improve our work by teaching each other what we’ve learned through practice. \nInitially\, our meetup group used to gather the local agile community in Serbia\, but now we have become international – our meetups are online and the communication is in English. We have monthly practitioner-driven talks\, every first Thursday at 6.30 pm.
URL:https://www.benlinders.com/event/how-agile-are-you-play-agile-self-assessment-game-agile-humans-meetup/
LOCATION:Online\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Assess Agility,Meetup,online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210401T173000
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SUMMARY:The Agile Self-assessment Game: How Agile Are You? Agile 101 for Agile New England
DESCRIPTION:On April 1 (no joke) I’m doing an Agile 101 for Agile New England where we will be playing the Agile Self-assessment Game online. You have to be a member of Agile New England to join the session. \n \nThe Agile Self-assessment Game: How Agile Are You? by Ben Linders\nThe Agile Self-assessment Game is an Agile ” compass & map” to find out where you are and inspire you with ideas and suggestions on where to go next on your agile journey. It’s a cooperative card game to discover how agile you are and what you can do to increase your agility to deliver more value to their customers and stakeholders. \nIn this session\, Ben Linders explores how a game can enable people to pull in ideas for change and apply those in a way that best suits their collective needs. And we’ll be playing with the Agile self-assessment cards. \nBen Linders is an Independent Consultant in Agile\, Lean\, Quality\, and Continuous Improvement. As an adviser\, trainer\, and coach\, he helps organizations with effectively deploying software development and management practices. He focuses on continuous improvement\, collaboration and communication\, and professional development\, to deliver business value to customers. Ben is an active member of networks on Agile\, Lean\, and Quality\, and a well-known speaker and author. Creator of many Agile Coaching Tools\, for example\, the Agile Self-assessment Game.
URL:https://www.benlinders.com/event/agile-self-assessment-game-agile-101-agile-new-england/
LOCATION:Online\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Assess Agility,Meetup,US
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20200527T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20200527T143000
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SUMMARY:Back to the Future - A Futurespective on Software Development in 2040
DESCRIPTION:I’m doing an online meetup with the Aginext community where we’ll do a futurespective on software development in 2040. Seats are limited\, sign up for the Aginext Futurespective. \nBack to the Future – A Futurespective on Software Development in 2040\nA futurespective is an agile retrospective where you start from the goal to find ways how to get there. Teams place themselves in the future by imagining that their goal has been reached. \nI just came back from 2040 to find out that we are still making software. But it’s not as we know it\, Jim! Software development is done completely different compared to the agile wave that we had at the start of the century. How different? Well\, let’s futuresplore it together. \nIn this session\, we will do a futurespective on how software development will be done in the future when we have finally mastered this profession. After sketching the future we’ll discuss what got us there\, and we think about the steps that we can take in 2020 to reach the castle in the sky. \nAginext Community\nAginext is first and foremost a community with an agile mindset. We host agile events online and off\, and our community is a driving force behind Agile in London. This online community looks to bridge the gap between agile events\, and to share agile advice\, experiments\, and experiences.
URL:https://www.benlinders.com/event/back-to-the-future-a-futurespective-on-software-development-in-2040/
LOCATION:Online\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Meetup
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SUMMARY:World Retrospective Day 2020
DESCRIPTION:World Retrospective Day – March 26 – is a volunteer-based\, globally coordinated effort to share in the power of retrospectives. Registration for events is up at worldretrospectiveday.com/. \nTo celebrate World Retrospective Day you can download agile retrospectives book\, games\, and coaching tools with a discount: \nUse coupon “worldretroday” at benlinders.com/shop \nWorld Retrospectives Day\nWorld Retrospective Day is a community effort to introduce retrospectives as a tool for continuous improvement. \nIt aims to spread the word about the benefits of retrospectives! \nThis is the third year that we’re celebrating World Retrospective Day. \nDiscount for Better Retrospectives\nAs every year I’m giving a discount on the Agile Retrospectives Book\, Games\, & Coaching Tools in my webshop. You can use the coupon “worldretroday” to get 20% off. (Does not apply to training or corporate packages). \nSome of the most popular products are: \n\n\n\n	\n	\n		 Quick View	\n\n	\n	\n		 Quick View	\n\n	Digital Downloads\, eBooks\, Packages\, PaperbacksThe Agile Self-assessment Game – Book & Cards\n	€8.99 – €32.99Price range: €8.99 through €32.99 (Excl. VAT)\nRated 5.00 out of 5Select options	\n		This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page	\n\n\n	\n	\n		 Quick View	\n\n	\n	\n		 Quick View	\n\n	Digital DownloadsAgile Self-assessment Game – French edition\n	€8.99 (Excl. VAT)\nRated 4.50 out of 5Add to cart	\n			\n\n\n	\n	\n		 Quick View	\n\n	\n	Sale!\n	\n	\n		 Quick View	\n\n	Digital DownloadsAgile Retrospectives Bingo\n	€10.99 Original price was: €10.99.€7.99Current price is: €7.99. (Excl. VAT)\nRated 5.00 out of 5Add to cart	\n			\n\n\n	\n	\n		 Quick View	\n\n	\n	\n		 Quick View	\n\n	Digital DownloadsAgile Manifesto Retrospectives Questions Cards\n	€9.99 (Excl. VAT)\nAdd to cart	\n			\n\n\n	\n	\n		 Quick View	\n\n	\n	\n		 Quick View	\n\n	eBooksGetting Value out of Agile Retrospectives (eBook)\n	€8.99 (Excl. VAT)\nAdd to cart	\n			\n\n\n	\n	\n		 Quick View	\n\n	\n	\n		 Quick View	\n\n	Digital DownloadsImpediment Board Game\n	€14.99 (Excl. VAT)\nRated 5.00 out of 5Add to cart	\n			\n\n\n	\n	\n		 Quick View	\n\n	\n	\n		 Quick View	\n\n	Digital DownloadsAgile Retrospective Smells Cards\n	€7.99 (Excl. VAT)\nRated 5.00 out of 5Add to cart	\n			\n\n\n	\n	\n		 Quick View	\n\n	\n	\n		 Quick View	\n\n	Digital DownloadsImpediment Coaching Cards\n	€7.99 (Excl. VAT)\nAdd to cart	\n			\n\n\n	\n	\n		 Quick View	\n\n	\n	\n		 Quick View	\n\n	Digital DownloadsAgile Quality Coaching Cards\n	€9.99 – €19.99Price range: €9.99 through €19.99 (Excl. VAT)\nRated 4.00 out of 5Select options	\n		This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page	\n\n\n	\n	\n		 Quick View	\n\n	\n	\n		 Quick View	\n\n	PaperbacksWaardevolle Agile Retrospectives (Paperback)\n	€15.03 (Excl. VAT)\nRated 4.94 out of 5Add to cart	\n			\n\n\n	\n	\n		 Quick View	\n\n	\n	\n		 Quick View	\n\n	eBooksWaardevolle Agile Retrospectives (eBook)\n	€8.99 (Excl. VAT)\nRated 5.00 out of 5Add to cart	\n			\n\n\n	\n	\n		 Quick View	\n\n	\n	\n		 Quick View	\n\n	Digital DownloadsAgile Manifest Retrospectives Vragen Kaarten\n	€9.99 (Excl. VAT)\nAdd to cart	\n			\n\n\n	\n	\n		 Quick View	\n\n	\n	\n		 Quick View	\n\n	Digital Downloads\, PackagesAgile Self-assessment Game & Expansion Packs – Polish editions\n	€1.99 – €9.99Price range: €1.99 through €9.99 (Excl. VAT)\nView products	\n			\n\n\n	\n	\n		 Quick View	\n\n	\n	\n		 Quick View	\n\n	Digital Downloads\, PackagesAgile Zelfevaluatie Kaarten & Uitbreidingssets – Nederlands\n	€1.99 – €9.99Price range: €1.99 through €9.99 (Excl. VAT)\nView products	\n			\n\n\n	\n	\n		 Quick View	\n\n	\n	\n		 Quick View	\n\n	Digital Downloads\, PackagesAgile Self-assessment Game & Expansion Packs – Czech editions\n	€1.99 – €9.99Price range: €1.99 through €9.99 (Excl. VAT)\nView products	\n			\n\n\n\nUse coupon “worldretroday” in my webshop to get 20% off any Agile Coaching Tool – valid until April 13!\n 
URL:https://www.benlinders.com/event/world-retrospective-day-2020/
LOCATION:TBD\, TBD\, TBD
CATEGORIES:Australia,Austria,Belgium,Bosnia,China,Croatia,Czech Republic,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Ireland,Israel,Lebanon,Lithuania,Meetup,Netherlands,Poland,Portugal,Retrospectives Agility,Retrospectives Teams,Russian federation,Serbia,Singapore,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland,Turkey,UK,Ukraine,United Aram Emirates,US
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20200211T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20200211T203000
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SUMMARY:Budapest Agile & StretchCon meetup with Ben Linders [Sold Out]
DESCRIPTION:I’ve been invited to the Budapest meetup to facilitate one of my games: The Agile Self-assessment Game. The meetup is sold out\, but there are a few seats left for my workshop Assessing your Agility on February 12 in Budapest. \nJoin Ben Linders for an Agile Self-Assessment Game\nBecoming agile is a journey\, and it can be a difficult one. Playing the Agile Self-Assessment Game can help you to come up with ideas to smoothly and successfully travel your agile journey. \nAssuming that you know why you want to become agile (a first but crucial step)\, you start looking for ways of getting there. Questions like “what do you want to keep from your current way of working?” and “what would you like to change?” will come up at the start. The next questions that usually pop up are “how are we doing?” and “what can we do to improve and increase our agility?”. \nIn this meetup\, people will form teams to play different playing formats described in the successful book The Agile Self-Assessment Game. They will learn ways to discover how agile you are – and what you can do to increase your agility. After the meetup\, participants will be able to play the game with your own team. \nThe game and book can be downloaded for a nominal fee at benlinders.com/shop. Attendees will receive a discount code to download the Book & Cards package to play the game with their own team.
URL:https://www.benlinders.com/event/budapest-agile-stretchcon-meetup-with-ben-linders-sold-out/
LOCATION:prezi Budapest\, Nagymező u. 54-56\, Budapest\, 1065\, Hungary
CATEGORIES:Assess Agility,Hungary,Meetup
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190227
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190228
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SUMMARY:World Retrospective Day 2019
DESCRIPTION:World Retrospective Day is a volunteer-based\, globally coordinated effort to share in the power of retrospectives. \nRegistration for events is up at worldretrospectiveday.com/. \nStanislava Potupchik is organizing a meetup in the Netherlands: World Retrospective Day by Agile Serious games. Meet me there! \nUse coupon “worldretroday” in my webshop to get 20% off any Agile Coaching Tool!
URL:https://www.benlinders.com/event/world-retrospective-day-2019/
LOCATION:Rabobank Utrecht\, Croeselaan 18\, Utrecht\, 3521 AG\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Australia,Austria,Belgium,Bosnia,China,Conference,Croatia,Czech Republic,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Ireland,Israel,Lebanon,Lithuania,Meetup,Netherlands,Poland,Portugal,Serbia,Spain,Sweden,Turkey,UK,Ukraine,United Aram Emirates,US
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