I delivered a keynote at the Agile Development + Better Software + DevOps conference put on by TechWell on Wednesday, November 8, 2017, in Orlando.
The feedback I received was wonderful and it seems the talk resonated with quite a few of the attendees. To the point, that I want to share it here.
At some point, I'll get a link to the video of the keynote and I'll share it here. Until then though, here's a link to the slides from the talk.
And here's a synopsis that was written by Jason Schreuder.
And, a Test
As part of the keynote, I placed a picture of a leader I admire next to each pattern, snippet, suggestion. I challenged the attendees to try and make a list of the names along with the presentation. But it dawned on me that sharing a master key to the pictures would not only be helpful, but fair. But please, only use it after you try to go through the presentation on your own.
So, here's the key:
1. Dalai Lama
2. Esther Derby
3. Jean Tabaka
4. Jeff Sutherland & Ken Schwaber
5. Bono
6. Lisa Crispin & Janet Gregory
7. Sheryl Sandberg
8. Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar
9. Tobias Mayer
10. Colin Powell
11. Ellen Grove
12. Steve Jobs
13. Simon Sinek
14. Bob Hartman
15. Linda Rising
16. Susan Cain
17. Richard Branson & Mark Zuckerberg
18. Diana Larsen
19. Dwight David Eisenhower
20. Indiana Jones, aka Harrison Ford
21. Greg Popovich & Pat Summit
22. Tricia Broderick
23. Kim Scott
24. Kent Beck
25. Tom Gilb
26. Maaret Pyhäjärvi
27. Luke Hohmann
28. Bill Bilichick
29. Johanna Rothman
30. David Hussman
31. Henrik Kniberg
32. David Marquet
33. Sandy Mamoli
34. Dean Leffingwell
35. Eric Ries
36. John Kotter & Jason Little
37. Spock
38. Dana Pylayeva
39. Jurgen Appelo
40. Oprah
41. Yoda
42. Allison Pollard
43. Mike Cohn
44. Stephen Hawking
45. Bill Joiner
46. Elisabeth Hendrickson
47. Lyssa Adkins
48. Henry Lawrence Gantt
49. Ronald Reagan
50. Stephen Denning
51. Frank Sinatra
Wrapping Up
Agile leadership, that is effective and self-aware agile leadership, is one of the next big waves in achieving true business agility. At least IMHO. And this talk, while tongue in cheek, was really targeted towards sharing some key skills and perspectives around what "good looks like" in this area.
I hope all of you "agile leaders" are paying attention...
Stay agile my friends!
Bob.