Week of November 27th

My Week

We finalized the details for our announcement, which was done on 12th November. Check the latest post here with your mentors. Do register for this unique opportunity to be mentored by the best in the business !! I will be joined with Satyajit Gantayat , Atulya Krishna Mishra and PadmaPriya Devarajan on this !!

I am running the RTE class apart from some more advisory work.

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 !! Register here https://agilemania.com/agile-mentoring-program and get mentored by the best. We are starting the program from 23rd December 2023.

Future

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

Do register to the following webinars.

6th December - 7 PM IST - Descaling teams on an Agile Release Train (ART) - Register here

12th December - 11:30 AM IST - From Small Teams to Large Scale Agile : How to make the transition successfully - Register here

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 McKinsey Way: by Ethan Rasiel

There are 4 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

Keeping the same thought as of last week as I experimented the hybrid class in my in-person private class at Singapore. Watch out for my learnings from here.

Read this post for few tips on Hybrid class here.

And, we utilized these tips to the fullest !!

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: Can Agile and non-Agile Teams coexist ?

Regular Answer: Agility needs to be implemented across the organization.

Biased Opinion: Agility is work, and it's not about implementing one framework over the other. As long as there is a common goal and understanding of the overall system, the way of implementing is just a means and not an end goal.

Scheduled Trainings

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

Implementing SAFe? - 7th to 10th December in South East Asia/India friendly hours online

SAFe RTE - 13th to 15th December in South East Asia / India friendly hours online

SAFe LPM - 16th to 17th December in South East Asia / India friendly hours online

Implementing SAFe? - 21st to 24th December in South East Asia/India friendly hours online - PLAN TO MAKE THIS HYBRID with In-Person at Bangalore.

See you all soon, next week