Lean

Workshop Make Your Agile Retrospectives More Valuable at Agile Practitioners Conference
Kfar Maccabiah Hotel Perets Bernstein 7 st. Ramat-Gan, Tel Aviv, IsraelI will give the workshop Make Your Agile Retrospectives More Valuable at the Agile Practitioners conference, the agile conference for the agile community by the agile community. Conference theme for 2016 is Hands-on agility.

Workshop Increasing Organizational Agility with Retrospectives in Sydney, Australia
Elabor8 office Sydney 1 Bligh Street, Sydney, AustraliaIn this workshop you will learn how to scale agile retrospectives, doing them with multiple teams from a project, product or organization, practice facilitation skills with different retrospective exercises, and learn how you can introduce and improve retrospectives. You will also learn to do agile self-assessments and readiness checks and to design and facilitate retrospectives that help organizations to increase their agility.

Workshop Getting more out of Agile & Lean in Sydney, Australia
Elabor8 office Sydney 1 Bligh Street, Sydney, AustraliaAre you interested in learning practices for teams and their stakeholders to develop the right products, deliver faster, increase quality, and create happy high performing teams? Come to my workshop Getting more out of Agile & Lean in Sydney, Australia.

Workshop Getting more out of Agile & Lean in Melbourne, Australia
Elabor8 offices 455 Bourke Street. Level 7, Melbourne, AustraliaAttend my workshop Getting More out of Agile & Lean in Melbourne, Australia to learn practices for teams and their stakeholders to develop the right products, deliver faster, increase quality, and create happy high performing teams.

Workshop Increasing Organizational Agility with Retrospectives in Melbourne, Australia
Elabor8 offices 455 Bourke Street. Level 7, Melbourne, AustraliaIn this workshop you will learn how to scale agile retrospectives, doing them with multiple teams from a project, product or organization, practice facilitation skills with different retrospective exercises, and learn how you can introduce and improve retrospectives. You will also learn to do agile self-assessments and readiness checks and to design and facilitate retrospectives that help organizations to increase their agility.

QCon London 2016
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London, England, United KingdomQCon empowers software development by facilitating the spread of knowledge and innovation in the developer community. I will be covering the QCon London conference for InfoQ with video interviews and news.

Agile Eastern Europe 2016 Conference in Kiev
Ramada Encore Kiev 103, Stolichnoe Shosse, Kiev, UkraineI´m giving a talk about "The Road to Agility" at the Agile Eastern Europe 2016 conference, the annual, largest and most well-known Agile conference in Eastern Europe.

Workshop Valuable Agile Retrospectives for Teams at AgileEE (Kiev)
Ramada Encore Kiev 103, Stolichnoe Shosse, Kiev, UkraineIn this workshop you will learn different exercises that you can use to facilitate retrospectives, supported with the “what” and “why” of retrospectives, the business value and benefits that they can bring you.

Workshop Increasing Organizational Agility with Retrospectives at AgileEE (Kiev)
Unnamed Venue Kiev, UkraineIn this workshop you will learn how to scale agile retrospectives, doing them with multiple teams from a project, product or organization, practice facilitation skills with different retrospective exercises, and learn how you can introduce and improve retrospectives. You will also learn to do agile self-assessments and readiness checks and to design and facilitate retrospectives that help organizations to increase their agility.

GOTO Amsterdam 2016
Beurs van Berlage Damrak 243, Amsterdam, NetherlandsI will be covering the GOTO Amsterdam conference for InfoQ. GOTO Amsterdam is a practitioner-driven enterprise software development conference designed for team leads, architects, and project management and is organized "for developers by developers".

Workshop Getting More out of Agile and Lean at Agile Greece Summit 2016
Cine Kerameikos Κεραμεικού 58 & Μαραθώνος, Athens , GreeceThe practices in the workshop Getting More out of Agile and Lean will help you to develop the right products for your business and customers, reduce your delivery time, increase the quality of your software, and create happy high performing teams.

Masterclass Agile and Lean at Agile Tour Kaunas 2016
Kaunas Kaunas, LithuaniaIn this masterclass in Kaunas, Lithuania you will experience agile practices for teams and stakeholders with advice on how to deploy them, and tips and tricks to become more agile and lean.

Agile Tour Kaunas, Lithuania – Keynote on Continuous Improvement
Park inn by Radisson Kaunas Hotel K. Donelaičio g. 27, Kaunas, LithuaniaI will give a keynote at Agile Tour Kaunas, biggest event about agile project management and information systems development in Lithuania.

Workshop Valuable Agile Retrospectives, Nov 1 in Kladno, Czech Republic
Aguarra Training Center Kladno Ulice Váňova 3180, Kladno, Czech RepublicCome to my workshop on Nov 1 in Kladno (near Prague) to make your agile retrospectives valuable. You'll learn the why, what and how of agile retrospectives and practice exercises to develop your facilitation skills.

Workshop Getting More out of Agile and Lean, Nov 2 in Kladno, Czech Republic
Aguarra Training Center Kladno Ulice Váňova 3180, Kladno, Czech RepublicThe practices in the workshop Getting More out of Agile and Lean will help you to develop the right products for your business and customers, reduce your delivery time, increase the quality of your software, and create happy high performing teams.

Workshop Getting More out of Agile and Lean at Goto Berlin 2016
bcc Alexanderstraße 11, Berlin, GermanyTeams and their stakeholders learn Agile and Lean practices to develop the right products, deliver faster, increase quality, and create happy high performing teams at GOTO Berlin 2016.

Workshop Getting More out of Agile and Lean, Dec 2 in Kladno, Czech Republic
Aguarra Training Center Kladno Ulice Váňova 3180, Kladno, Czech RepublicThe practices in the workshop Getting More out of Agile and Lean will help you to develop the right products for your business and customers, reduce your delivery time, increase the quality of your software, and create happy high performing teams.

Lean IT Summit 2017
Espaces Diderot 10 rue Traversière, Paris, FranceJoin the Lean IT Summit, March 14-15 in Paris, France, to discover how Lean can be an inspiring model for IT Leaders - I will cover the IT Summit for InfoQ.

Craft Conference 2017
MAGYAR VASÚTTÖRTÉNETI PARK TATAI ÚT 95, Budapest, HungaryCRAFT is about software craftsmanship, presenting which tools, methods, practices should be part of the toolbox of a modern developer and company, and serving as compass on new technologies, trends. You can learn from the best speakers and practitioners in our community.

Masterclass Improving your Agile and Lean Transformation
Vilnius Vilnius, LithuaniaIn this masterclass you will experience Agile and Lean practices for teams and stakeholders with advice on how to deploy them and integrate them into your existing processes, and tips and tricks to become more agile and lean.

Agile Greece Summit 2017 & Workshops in Athens
Proorismos Papastratos Gravias 25, Pireas, GreeceIn conjunction with Agile Greece I'm giving in-house workshops in Athens on Getting More out of Agile and Lean in the week when the summit takes place.

Exercises to spice up your agile retrospective at Agile Cambridge 2017
Churchill College University of Cambridge Storey's Way, CambridgeIn this mini-workshop you will experience how using different exercises can help you to spice up your agile retrospectives and get more value out of them.

Workshop Increasing your Agility at Agile by Example 2017
Centrum Konferencyjne Zielna Zielna 37B, Warsaw, PolandCome play the Agile Self-Assessment Game and the Backpacking Retrospective Exercise in teams at Agile by Example 2017 to discover how agile you are and what you need to pack to increase your agility.

Workshop Getting More out of Agile and Lean in London
London (TBA) London, United KingdomJoin my Workshop Getting More out of Agile and Lean in London Oct 17-18 to learn how to effectively apply agile practices for teams and their stakeholders

Dealing Effectively with Impediments at Bosnia Agile Day 2017
I will give a mini-workshop Dealing Effectively with Impediments at Bosnia Agile Day: one-day event that brings world-wide Agile Evangelists, leading Agile experts, practitioners and innovators together to share their experiences, expertise, enthusiasm and knowledge.

Playing the Agile Self-assessment Game at Agile Tour Lille
Inter-Hotel Ascotel Lille 7 Avenue Paul Langevin, Lille, FranceI will play the Agile Self-assessment Game at Agile Tour Lille, a non-profit event where people share experiences with agile within local communities.

Workshop Valuable Agile Retrospectives for Teams in Istanbul
Agile Mentor Academy Istanbul, TurkeyIn the workshop Valuable Agile Retrospectives for Teams in Istanbul on November 24 you will try out different retrospective exercises and learn how to effectively facilitate retrospectives in agile teams.

Workshop Getting More out of Agile and Lean in Paris
Paris Eifeltower, Paris, FranceFull day Workshop Getting More out of Agile and Lean with Ben Linders in Paris, November 28, 2017, at Lean Kanban France #lkfr17

Impediment Game at Lean Kanban France 2017
MAS (Maison des Associations) 10/18 rue des Terres au Curé, Paris, FranceI will be playing the impediment game at Lean Kanban France 2017. Also doing a full day workshop on November 28: Getting More out of Agile and Lean.

XP Days Benelux 2017
Elewijt Center Tervuursesteenweg 564, Elewijt-Zemst,, BelgiumXP Days is a two day conference on agile software development for and by practitioners. I have submitted a session about the Agile Self-assessment game.

Increasing Agility with Retrospectives in Istanbul
Agile Mentor Academy Istanbul, TurkeyLearn how to scale agile retrospectives by doing them with multiple teams from a project, product or organization, practice facilitation skills with different retrospective exercises, and find out how you can introduce and improve retrospectives in the workshop Increasing Agility with Retrospectives in Istanbul on February 2, 2018!

Workshop Delivering Value with Agile in London
London (TBA) London, United KingdomLearn how to apply agile practices throughout your organization to develop the right products, deliver faster, increase quality, and improve organizational agility with happy high-performing teams in London on March 8-9, 2018!

Workshop Delivering Value with Agile in Amsterdam
Trifork Amsterdam Rijnsburgstraat 9-11, Amsterdam, NetherlandsLearn how to apply agile practices throughout your organization to develop the right products, deliver faster, increase quality, and improve organizational agility with happy high-performing teams in Amsterdam on March 20-21, 2018!

Retrospective Facilitators Gathering 2018
Netherlands , NetherlandsRFG 2018 is a small invitation only gathering, which provides for an opportunity for very focused and high-density learning on Agile Retrospectives.

Workshop Valuable Agile Retrospectives for Teams in Amsterdam
Trifork Amsterdam Rijnsburgstraat 9-11, Amsterdam, NetherlandsLearn new exercises for your agile retrospectives, find out how to create a safe environment, and improve your facilitation skills in the workshop Valuable Agile Retrospectives for Teams in Amsterdam on April 17, 2018!

Workshop Delivering Value with Agile in Madrid
SQS Madrid Alcalá, 35, Madrid, SpainLearn how to apply agile practices throughout your organization to develop the right products, deliver faster, increase quality, and improve organizational agility with happy high-performing teams in Madrid on April 23-24, 2018!

Workshop Getting more out of Agile and Lean in Prague
Aguarra Training Center Kladno Ulice Váňova 3180, Kladno, Czech RepublicAre you interested in learning practices for teams and their stakeholders to develop the right products, deliver faster, increase quality, and create happy high performing teams? Come to my workshop Getting more out of Agile and Lean in Prague on September 11!

Agile Greece Summit 2018
Events Center of University of West Attica Thivon 250, EgaleoI will be attending the Agile Greece Summit on September 20 and 21, and give the workshop Making Agile Work for You on September 19.

eXperience Agile 2018
EDP Headquarters Avenida 24 de Julho, 12, Lisbon, PortugalI will be attending eXperience Agile on October 1-2 in Lisbon and cover sessions for InfoQ as an editor for culture and methods.

QCon London 2019
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London, England, United KingdomI'm attending QCon London as an InfoQ editor, a conference with patterns, practices, and use cases, from the world's most innovative software companies.

TestCon Moscow 2019
Deworkacy Bersenevskaya Naberezhnaya, 6 строение 3, Moscow, Russian FederationI will speak about Improving Software Quality with Retrospectives at TestCon Moscow 2019.

How to Improve Your DevOps Practices and Culture
Webinar Online, Worldwide, NetherlandsI'm doing a webinar on How to Improve Your DevOps Practices and Culture on Dzone on Tuesday, Dec 10, 2019 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM CET.

FlowCon France 2019
Beffroi de Montrouge Avenue de la République, Montrouge, FranceAt FlowCon France I will give a talk about Learning at Scale. The aim of FlowCon is to help all those who want to make their organizations more fluid.

Workshop Assessing your Agility at Stretch
prezi Budapest Nagymező u. 54-56, Budapest, HungaryI'm giving the full-day workshop Assessing your Agility at Stretch 2020 on February 12 in Budapest, Hungary. Ticket sales has started

Agile Tour London 2020
Online , NetherlandsI'm returning to Agile Tour London to do a mini-workshop titled How Agile are You? Join me to play the Agile Self-assessment Game online on October 21, 2020.

Improving Organizational Agility – Virtual course
Online , NetherlandsI’m giving my popular workshop Improving Organizational Agility as an online virtual course on March 2 and 3, 2021, in collaboration with Agile Actors #learning.

Improving Organizational Agility – Virtual course
Online , NetherlandsI’m giving my popular workshop Improving Organizational Agility as an online virtual course on November 18 & 19, 2021, in collaboration with Agile Actors #learning.

Problem Solving with Agile Thinking and Practices – Full-day Tutorial at Agile Testing Days 2022
Dorint Sanssouci Berlin/Potsdam Jägerallee 20, Potsdam, GermanyThis year I'm giving a full-day tutorial on Problem Solving with Agile Thinking and Practices at Agile Testing Days. Join me November 21 to learn how you can handle impediments effectively and faster and practice your problem-solving skills.

Retrospective Facilitators Gathering 2023
Golf Resort Konopiste, Benesov Bystřice 27, Bystřice, Czech RepublicRFG 2023 is a small invitation-only gathering, which provides opportunities for very focused and high-density learning on Agile Retrospectives.

Workshop Improving Organizational Agility
Agile Actors #learning 62A Ethnikis Antistasis, Chalandri, GreeceI’m giving my popular workshop Improving Organizational Agility as an in-person course on September 20, 2023, in collaboration with Agile Actors #learning.
Upcoming workshops
Workshop Fostering a Sustainable Collaborative Culture with Psychological Safety
I'm giving the workshop Fostering a Sustainable Collaborative Culture with Psychological Safety at DevOpsCon Munich Transformation Day, December 1.
December 1, 2025 at Holiday Inn Munich – City Centre
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Ben Linders
Ben Linders Consulting
Tilburg, The Netherlands