Melbourne. It's not just for beginners.

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It’s not long until 1st Conference Melbourne. If you still want to register…now is the time!

Useful links:
Speakers and Facilitators - Full details of the talks (audio interviews with the opening keynotes) and facilitated sessions
Schedule - The running order of the day (and a highlights video)
Community discount page - A summary of the community discounts you can access

Here’s why you should come:

  • IT’S NOT JUST FOR BEGINNERS! Yes, using HoA is really useful for people who are starting out, but it’s also useful for those of you who want to get back to the real meaning and value of agility and why agile principles are powerful. Using Heart of Agile to underpin any frameworks or tools you use, will make you stronger.

  • If you’re experienced and working with less experienced colleagues, or people whose eyes glaze over at the merest hint of jargon or technology…imagine if you had a way of helping them to understand agility…that’s Heart of Agile. We’ve seen this at work in World Vision in Melbourne, for example.

  • Jurgen Appelo is author of a seminal agile management book, Management 3.0 and one of the most influential names in agile in the world. His current work is very useful for experienced practitioners who are having to innovate better, faster and more effectively.

    • His latest work centres on innovation, with agile and lean being important elements.

    • If you loved Management 3.0, you owe it to yourself to hear his updated thinking.

    • PS - He will only be running his 2-day course, Shiftup: Business Agility and Leadership, twice in Australia…ever. He’s hasn’t taught a course in Australia since 2014 when he was here for Dare Festival.

  • Soledad Pinter is the Head of Heart of Agile Europe and works closely with agile “godfather", Dr Alistair Cockburn.

    • She specialises in showing people how HoA can bridge to roles outside of software and IT…it’s so valuable for people who want to help people to “get it”.

    • She developed her material in close collaboration with Alistair Cockburn, the creator of HoA and also co-author of the Agile Manifesto…one of the most experienced agile practitioners. He created HoA for everyone, no matter their experience.

    • The Heart of Agile simplifies two decades of practice into four critical imperatives that amplify your effectiveness.

    • Her 2-day workshop is perfect for those newer to agility or those who want to get back to basics.

  • Facilitators for the Deeper Learning sessions about the Heart of Agile are all skilled practitioners in Melbourne. They are, Emily Jaksch, Jordana Patterson, Daamon Parker, Richard Parton, Sue Hogg, Phil Gadzinski, Karla Khoo and Alejandra Barbosa Durand. They will help you hone in on some crucial skills, that have practical value.

  • The 2 closing keynote speakers, Dr Josephine Palermo, and Cameron Schwab have inspirational examples of building better agile teams through an Organisational Psychology lens, and leadership skills built from the high pressure environment of the AFL.

  • Jurgen's latest book will be available, and he’ll sign it for you.

  • Networking drinks are included in the registration price.

  • DISCOUNT - The code COMMUNITY gets you a 10% discount.

Finally, here’s a highlights video of a previous 1st Conference, to give you an idea of what it’s like.

Soledad Pinter talking about Heart of Agile at World Vision

Soledad Pinter talking about Heart of Agile at World Vision

Adelaide. Make sure you’re 1st.

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It’s one week from 1st Conference Adelaide. If you still want to register…now is the time!
Useful links:
Speakers and Facilitators - Full details of the talks (audio interviews with the keynotes) and facilitated sessions
Schedule - The running order of the day (and a highlights video)
Community discount page - A summary of the community discounts you can access

Here’s why you should come:

  • Our 2 keynote speakers will be in the room, and are visiting Adelaide for the first time, both from Europe…

  • Jurgen Appelo is author of a seminal agile management book, Management 3.0 and one of the most influential names in agile in the world.

    • His latest work centres on innovation, with agile and lean being important elements.

    • He’s never been to Adelaide before, and he probably won’t be back for the foreseeable feature.

    • He will only be running his 2-day course, Shiftup: Business Agility and Leadership, twice in Australia…ever.

  • Soledad Pinter is the Head of Heart of Agile Europe and works closely with agile “godfather", Dr Alistair Cockburn.

    • She specialises in showing people how HoA can bridge to roles outside of software and IT…it’s so valuable for people who want to help people to “get it”.

    • Her 2-day workshop is perfect for those newer to agility or those who want to get back to basics.

  • It’s Adelaide’s original agile conference.

  • Facilitators for the Deeper Learning sessions about the Heart of Agile are all skilled practitioners in Adelaide. They are, Julie Flint, Sandra Colhandro, Lumai Tingey, Dave Clifford, Ally Ramm, Ben Dry, Elijah Eilert and  Sam Davies.

  • Why travel to Sydney or Melbourne, when you’ve got world-class speakers in the room on 24 Feb?

  • The 2 closing speakers, Dr Josephine Palermo, and Jordana Patterson have inspirational examples of building better agile teams and using Heart of Agile in a non-software environment.

  • Jurgen's latest book will be available, and he’ll sign it for you.

  • Free parking at the inspirational Tonsley Innovation Precinct venue

  • Close to Clovelly Park train station.

  • Networking drinks are included in the registration price.

  • The Community page, linked to above, gets you a discount.

  • MOST IMPORTANT - Improve the way you work with agility and keep ahead of the pack!

How to get the most out of 1st Conference

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How to get the most out of 1st Conference

This is the final video in our series about the Heart of Agile and how 1st Conference is using the 4 areas of, "Collaborate", "Deliver", "Reflect" and "Improve", to assist you to self-educate and then improve agility in your place of work.

In this video, Alistair gives you some ideas for how you can approach your experience at 1st Conference (or at any learning event), to get the most out of the experience. For those of you more inclined to read than watch, I've summarised what he had to say in text below the video for you.

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An exercise to drive collaboration

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An exercise to drive collaboration

If you've been following the series of videos about Heart of Agile and how 1st Conference is using it, you will have heard about some of the thinking behind HoA and how it can act as a bridge to Organisational Agility..

In this video (5 of 6), Alistair suggests a practical exercise to help you start improving collaboration within your organisation.

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Heart of Agile as the bridge to Organisational Agility

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Heart of Agile as the bridge to Organisational Agility

In this edition (number 4 of 6) - Alistair simplifies the idea of Organisational Agility in a way that clearly articulates what it means, and then steps you through how each of the Heart of Agile quadrants can be used as markers to take you there. It's an incredible way to explain something, and really worth spending the time to watch and digest. It's my favourite part of the entire interview.

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Using the Heart of Agile for Self Education

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Using the Heart of Agile for Self Education

This is the third part of a series of 6 videos from a 30 minute interview with Alistair Cockburn, that are being published in the next couple of weeks. We hope it helps you understand why 1st Conference is structured around the Heart of Agile, give you some tips on how you can use Heart of Agile, and help you think about how you could get the most from coming to the conference.

In this video, Alistair encourages me to explain the idea behind using the Heart of Agile as the format for 1st Conference this year, and what our intention is in doing it. We also hope it aligns with our goal of developing content that adds value over time and helps you to learn and develop your skills.

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4 words to achieve Organisational Agility

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4 words to achieve Organisational Agility

Recently, I completed a 30 minute interview with Alistair Cockburn, in a conversation designed to talk about the Heart of Agile, Organisational Agility and 1st Conference. 

This is the second part of a series of 6 videos from that conversation, that are being published in the next few weeks. We hope it helps you understand why 1st Conference is structured around the Heart of Agile, give you some tips on how you can use Heart of Agile, and help you think about how you could get the most from coming to the conference.

We also hope it aligns with our goal of developing content that adds value over time and helps you to learn and develop your skills.

In this video, Alistair talks about the four words of the "Heart of Agile", and explains why they sit at the core of agility, and as an overlay for organisations to ensure they're finding the right balance to empower their people.

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Things you may not know about Alistair Cockburn

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Things you may not know about Alistair Cockburn

As you probably know, Alistair Cockburn is an original signatory to the Agile Manifesto. He is also the creator of the "Heart of Agile" framework, his take on "scraping away…decorations" that have built up on top of the basic principles of agility. You probably also know that he likes coming to Australia, and we have been lucky enough to have him here several times, although unfortunately he can't be at 1st in 2018.

We thought it would be interesting to find out a few things about Alistair that are a bit less well known, in the short video (3:30min) that's a part of this post.

This is the first part of a series of 6 videos that will be published in the next few weeks. We hope it helps you understand why 1st Conference is structured around the Heart of Agile, give you some tips on how you can use Heart of Agile, and help you think about how you could get the most from coming to the conference.

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4 Things to know about the Australian Workforce and How to Prepare for the Change

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4 Things to know about the Australian Workforce and How to Prepare for the Change

In Part Two, my intent is to help you understand what the opportunities are for us in the Australian workforce, and where you can start learning to inform your thinking for approaching the issues and capitalising on the opportunities coming in the future.

I've taken a different approach to Part One, this time I've gone through and extracted the four key themes that I'll unpack in my article below.

  1. Why we can do great things in Australia, it's the right environment for change
  2. Why the goal is to unlock the human potential in your organisations
  3. That we should learn from each others experiences and mistakes, but forge our own paths
  4. That all the information you need to change is out there, you just need to know where to look (and be looking)
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