by Jurgen Appelo | Feb 11, 2015 | Workshop
About This Full Day Workshop Between 8 and 30 people will seated in groups of 4 to 6 people to do games and exercises, experiment with tools, and have discussions about management topics, with an emphasis on storytelling. We use Delegation Boards to clearly communicate which key decisions areas are delegated to participants, and at which level. We practice making Personal Maps and having Improvement Dialogues that will address the participants and workshops themselves. There will be an opportunity to discuss Salary Formulas as a way of achieving fairness and transparency in organizations. There is a Kudo Box to get people to appreciate each other’s contributions, and a Celebration Grid to evaluate the experiments. We discuss and explore a Metrics Ecosystem and Problem Time, in order to understand performance and progress. And we even apply a Merit Money system to allow participants to distribute 10% of the workshop’s profits among themselves! Download the Management #Workout flyer for more details Get Tickets Online Ticketing for Spark Toronto – Day 2: Management Workout powered by Eventbrite What To Expect from Jurgen Dawna Jones from Stoos Sparks, one of our media sponsors, woke up at an insane hour on the west coast (PST) to host a chat with Jurgen (CET) and Jason Little (EST). How’s that for dedication to Spark! About Jurgen Jurgen calls himself a creative networker. But sometimes he’s a writer, speaker, trainer, entrepreneur, illustrator, manager, blogger, reader, dreamer, leader, freethinker, or… Dutch guy. Since 2008 Jurgen has written a popular blog at www.noop.nl, covering the creative economy, agile management, and personal development. He is the author of the book Management 3.0, which describes the role of the...
by Carlos Oliveira | Feb 11, 2015 | Workshop
The Lean Startup presents a paradigm shift in how we manage and solve problems under conditions of uncertainty. It is a proven method for building innovation that also works for introducing and managing complex change. This workshop will teach you how to use principles and practices of Lean Startup to engage and empower your people to improve work, energize new business models and delight customers sooner. How do you build a high-performance organization that is adaptable and resilient to changing market conditions while at the same time focused and efficient at executing the existing business model? Through case studies and hands-on exercises, you’ll learn how to use new management techniques to introduce Lean Startup inside your organization and grow a virtuous cycle of process and product innovation. Each participant will receive complimentary tools and resources that can be taken back to work and implemented right away. Testimonials: “Carlos did a great job at facilitating and having the afternoon mostly a workshop kept the energy level up throughout the day. A few takeaways that I can now integrate with my team going forward.” “Training was amazing, I normally have a hard time staying alert and active in training sessions but not this one! Carloswas an amazing instructor that you can tell has lots of experience with this topic and was very natural presenting. Materials were great, very relevant and fitting so that everyone could relate and they sparked a lot of great conversation. Looking forward to taking what I learned and putting it into action!!” What you will learn: Lean Startup principles and practices for established organizations – why they...
