Thoughts from the global scrum gathering in Lisbon
I?am trying something new this week based on feedback I received about the newsletter (if you want to provide feedback, please email [email protected]).?
This week also saw me back at my first conference in a long time. It got me thinking about why I have spent so much time and money attending conferences over the years. ?
When I first went, if you had asked me why I wanted to go, it was about learning new things, hearing new ideas or old ideas in new ways. Today, I'm not so sure.?
If all a conference is about is learning, then we can do that remotely. The last two years have proven that better than any academic study or pithy pop-psychology book. ?
Instead of flying over to Portugal for Scrum Gathering Lisbon, I could've stayed home and watched the whole thing in my pyjamas (and had better food, but that's not for now). So a conference, for me at least, is not only about learning. ?
It's about people. ?
Meeting new people, reinvigorating old relationships, and - a first for me - meeting in-person for the first time with people I've spent time with online.?
This may be obvious to many of you—an agile coach, a trainer who likes meeting people. It is an exciting perspective for a coach and trainer who is also a huge introvert.?
This week has been an excellent opportunity to reconnect with people, but, more importantly, it has reinforced the belief that in much of what we do, it's the people who make the difference.
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2 年Wow, John, I think Stellar Development Foundation had their Meridian conference in Lisbon at the same time.
Enterprise Agile Organization Designer
2 年Indeed, John. It is the people! Thx for sharing!
Product Manager, Agile Consultant, Expert in development methods and creating effective teams
2 年I agree John. Last night, Lyn and I were at a BCS event for authors. The main body of the event was some updates on BCS publishing and their strategy that could easily have been delivered online. However, what was far more useful were the conversations with people, many of whom I've not met before. There were only about 20 people there, but there were about 6 or 7 concurrent conversations, and it was easy to drift around, joining different conversations and meeting different people. While theoretically possible online, practically, it would never happen.