Category: te(a)chings

How to deliver a kick-ass tech talk and multitask heavily at the same time

Have you been speaking at remote conferences and regularly feel overwhelmed or drained afterwards? You want to deliver a great talk and deal with all the dialogues happening in the live chat at the same time? You can manage expectations about interactivity upfront or even ask the organisers for a remote moderation partner. Then you […]

Why ranting is challenging

Recently I wrote about middle aged white seemingly successful “dudes” sharing and hyping only stuff from other dudes. Well, I didn’t just write about it. I did rant about it. In a private setting. It truly bugged me to see that all they have and know seem to be other DUDES. It bugged me to […]

Uncovering teams’ blind spots

This week I was joining “that informal morning coffee conversation” of a team I’m coaching – and we made some team coaching magic happen. The team made progress, “just” with basic professional skills like listening and visualization. It felt like a true remote-work achivement that made the Agile Coach in me very joyful. Some context […]

Back to the sources: Retrospective Basics – Part One – Groundwork

Inspired by a mentoring I did with a friend and by the “This is retrospective facilitaton podcast” episode with Gitte Klitgaard I decided to write this multi-part article on (some) basics for retrospectives: Part One will be this intro and I’ll share the my very basics or the groundwork so to say. Part Two elaborates […]

Lean Coffee Online – Tipps for Facilitation and Tools

Already before the COVID19 pandemia I’ve been enjoying open[1] LeanCoffee online events. I’ve been joining the Lean Coffee people from Cologne, who sometimes offered an online edition as an experiment, and Emily Webber who runs Agile in the Ether. Every time as an attendant, I was AMAZED by the variety of topics, by the effectiveness […]

Start with Why. Thoughts about Vision, Mission and Strategy…

Here it is: my first short #StayTheFHome article. Yesterday I needed a break from work behind the screen – so I went decluttering some old folders, stuff I wanted to do for a long time. Today I needed a break from remote work again – so I decided to write this article. Dance with what […]

10 reasons why you should _NOT_ start Bullet Journaling (IV)

Okay, I see… you are either (still) curious about Bullet Journaling or you are already on your journey of regular written (self-)reflection and find it useful. (Pssst, I tell you a secret: either way I am very happy about that! :)) With this fourth and closing part (see parts one, two, three) I share two […]

OOP 2020 – Into the Unknown – My Sketchnotes

What sums up already many learnings and inspiration I got at OOP ‘software meets business’ conference 2020 are my sketchnotes. As they already got requested in high-res and downloadable, this is my first addition to my OOP 2020 – Minimum Viable Blogpost. Enjoy! Btw: High-res downloads are here. 🙂

10 reasons why you should _NOT_ start Bullet Journaling (III)

Do you still keep your structured daily journal? Or even worse: are you still keen on starting one? Obviously you didn’t read parts one and two of this series. Wait, you DID?? And you’re still convinced that you should start with Bullet Journaling pretty soon? Then here are two more arguments that should finally stop […]

Talk on ‘AgileChain – Innovate. Think. Do’ and Impromptu Networking experiment @ AgileTable Bodensee [*DE]

Liebe AgileTableBodensee-Community, vergangenen Montag durften wir mit dem 21. Agile Table Bodensee (in Kooperation mit der GPM Regionalgruppe FN) wieder bei der Firma Avira in Tettnang zu Gast sein. Avira unterstützt den AgileTable als Gastgeber mit grossartigen Räumlichkeiten, Verpflegung und perfekter Organisation nahezu seit Anbeginn in 2016. Herzlichen Dank dafür an Kim Ehrlinger und Loretta […]