Speaking
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I speak at conferences, workshops, and team offsites on AI adoption, systems thinking, organizational agility, and product development. I've been doing it since 2004 and still find it worthwhile.
Topics
- AI pipelines and organizational readiness
- Change management and AI adoption
- Kanban and flow-based methods
- Decision-making systems and feedback loops
- Agile at scale in government and enterprise
- Managing technical debt
- Customer discovery and product analysis
Selected talks
Kanban at the US Department of Labor
Kanban University Central Europe, Hamburg, Germany
Going Agile at the Department of Labor
Agile 2017 National Conference, Orlando, FL
Thrive, Survive, or Die: An Adventure into the Kanban Cadences
Lean Agile US, Fort Lauderdale, FL — with T. Hone
Managing Technical Debt Using A Kanban System
Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C.
No (Lab) Jacket Required: Designing Experiments for Learning
Washington D.C. Business Agility Meetup, Washington, D.C.
Greater capability with fewer people: Modify your way of working
Kanban University Global Summit, Alexandria, VA
Full history
2020
- Getting to Yes using the Kanban Method
- Thrive, Survive, or Die: An Adventure into the Kanban Cadences
- No (Lab) Jacket Required: Designing Experiments for Learning
2019
- Managing Technical Debt Using A Kanban System
- Thrive, Survive, or Die: An Adventure into the Kanban Cadences
- Greater capability with fewer people: Modify your way of working
2018
- Getting to Yes using the Kanban Method
- Organizational principles to help manage your non-profit projects
- Using the Kanban Method to make good decisions
2017
- Kanban at the US Department of Labor
- Going Agile at the Department of Labor
- CMMI and Kanban
- Kanban and CMMI
- Kanban @ The Department of Labor
- Agile From The Inside — Success with Kanban at Department of Labor
- Kanban in Context – Project Management and Business Analysis
- What happens after you put up your Kanban board?
- Managing a small business using the Kanban Method
2016
- Using Kanban to measure and improve your team's performance
2014
- Overcoming the Content Management Challenge: How AAAS is Taming the Beast
2013
- Using Sketchboards in Support of Designing Active Learning Spaces
2009
- Web Site Analytics
2004
- Creating a Simple Website Management System Using .net Technologies
Get in touch
If you'd like to invite me to speak, send an email with some details about the event, audience, and topic you have in mind.