Week of 8th April 2024

My Week

What a week !! In-person Meet-up on 13th April.

One day courses. This will be a feature for few weeks as I am preparing content for these workshops and the bootcamp apart from regular classes and consulting work.

Announced 2 Programs !!

A new 4 one day classes : https://agilemania.com/one-day-classes at INR 500 per topic (and equivalent in other currencies) AND

Enterprise Agile Coach Bootcamp that runs for 12 weeks : https://agilemania.com/enterprise-agile-coaching-bootcamp

Register for these opportunities of learning!!

Giving back to the community

When think of the learners / leaders and members of Agile community whom I was lucky enough to know, always thought about constructive ways to give back. I know there are a lot of ways, but what is easy, quick and efficient ? Multiple ways to connect !!

1. If you have a question for me, if you need or plan to give a suggestion, or just want to catch up, do it so here as a 15 minute free consult.
2. You can schedule a talk / meet-up with me or my esteemed colleagues at Agilemania. Look at this LinkedIn post to know more!
3. Mentorship program in different tracks !! The current cohort is full and the next one is announced : https://agilemania.com/enterprise-agile-coaching-bootcamp
4. If you or your organization wants a service around Advisory, Consulting, Teaching and Coaching – do reach out through LinkedIn here. A simple form to fill.
5. Restarting my YouTube channel again with some interesting thoughts. You can subscribe at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCksojgSZgTI-KJDrHir3CyQ

Future

Look out for some exciting community building activities from Agilemania in the coming months.

Watchout for the exciting learning opportunity announced !!

I will be teaching an LPM class on 20-21 April online.

Books I am reading

Offline / In-person classes means travel. More time for Audible !! I will leave the book names with no comments of mine. A book is always a treasure and not knowing before exploring is a positive.

The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael A. Singer

The McKinsey Mind by Ethan Rasiel and Paul N. Friga, Ph.D.

There are 5 more books in the kitty and not enough time to listen. This is a good problem to have. A very good problem.

An Interesting Thought

If you focus on only one thing, it’s always easy to continue. This newsletter itself is a case in point. While I teach and preach about taking one thing at a time, not always easy to follow !! I have tried to drink my own medicine (words) and been now successful for half a year. Guess we need to take a step back once in a while.

A Wicked Problem and my Biased Opinion

Note : An opinion is already biased, and a bias is no more than an opinion

I am adding this section, which was a suggestion from my learners WhatsApp group (Yes, if you are part of my class you get to be part of this WhatsApp group). The ask was, “why not talk about a problem and a potential solution”. I did add my spin of Wicked Problem and Biased Opinion. If you have one, do let me know and I will be happy to answer here.

Wicked Problem: Why in-person classes are still a rarity?

Regular Answer: There are classes running in-person, some of them want flexibility.

Biased Opinion: We are too much used to the flexibility offered. We want to meet, but at the last moment now something urgent pops-up and there is always an option to fall back.

Scheduled Trainings

You can look at my Schedule here : https://agilemania.com/ashwinee-kalkura

Apr 20-21 - SAFe Lean Portfolio Management (LPM)

Apr 27 - Product Thinking Practitioner - 1 Day workshop

Apr 28 - Agile Portfolio Management - 1 Day workshop

May 4 - Value Stream Mapping - 1 Day workshop

May 5 - Design Thinking - 1 Day workshop

May 6-8 - APM (Hybrid, In-person at KL, Malaysia)

See you all soon, next week !!