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Ok, folks, you didn't really believe that headline did you?  We're not professional wrestlers, we're software professionals, right?  We all know that Kanban and Scrum are just tools to help us make things better, faster, cheaper, and more enjoyable, right?  At the January Agile Denver meeting, rather than take a "Kanban vs. Scrum" approach, we're going to have a very cordial, but vibrant and exciting, panel discussion about Kanban and Scrum.  We have assembled an all star panel, all people who…See More

Hi All,On January 25, 2013, at 7:00 am (Denver time) many will gather all over the globe for a special worldwide event: “The Stoos Connect!” (a celebration of World Stoos Day). This will be a TEDx-like event, with an aim to stream all talks across the internet. It will include well-known speakers and authors on the topics of leading and managing like: Steve Denning and Jurgen Appelo (and one of my personal connections, Olav Maassen :>). There will also be one, maybe two “Mystery Guests”…See More

Come see what all the fuss is about with the class that has begun to define the field of agile coaching. This is the last Coaching Agile Teams class in the area until December 2013.Get $150 off for members of Agile Denver: enter the code: agiledenver when registering.http://www.agilecoachinginstitute.com/class-schedule/See More

Come see what all the fuss is about with the class that has begun to define the field of agile coaching. This is the last Coaching Agile Teams class in the area until December 2013.Get $150 off for members of Agile Denver: enter the code: agiledenver when registering.http://www.agilecoachinginstitute.com/class-schedule/See More

Hi Everyone,I am facilitating a series of Lean Coffee events for the Upside Down Management group and need your help as Agilists. The group are from general management and don't know much about Agile, but would like to learn how to apply it to their business. I need 5 volunteers to help me facilitate and spread the Agile meme around. The meeting is in south Denver (Tech Center area) on Wednesday September 19 at the Innovation Pavillion. Please come help the group get started with non-software…See More

Hi Everyone,I am facilitating a series of Lean Coffee events for the Upside Down Management group and need your help as Agilists. The group are from general management and don't know much about Agile, but would like to learn how to apply it to their business. I need 5 volunteers to help me facilitate and spread the Agile meme around. The meeting is in south Denver (Tech Center area) on Wednesday September 19 at the Innovation Pavillion. Please come help the group get started with non-software…See More

Hi Everyone,I am facilitating a series of Lean Coffee events for the Upside Down Management group and need your help as Agilists. The group are from general management and don't know much about Agile, but would like to learn how to apply it to their business. I need 5 volunteers to help me facilitate and spread the Agile meme around. The meeting is in south Denver (Tech Center area) on Wednesday September 19 at the Innovation Pavillion. Please come help the group get started with non-software…See More

Hi Everyone,I am facilitating a series of Lean Coffee events for the Upside Down Management group and need your help as Agilists. The group are from general management and don't know much about Agile, but would like to learn how to apply it to their business. I need 5 volunteers to help me facilitate and spread the Agile meme around. The meeting is in south Denver (Tech Center area) on Wednesday September 19 at the Innovation Pavillion. Please come help the group get started with non-software…See More

Hi Everyone,Please join Rod Collins and I in inaugurating the first Stoos Satellite meeting in Denver on Wednesday July 18 at the Innovation Pavillion. At the Stoos Gathering in January, Rod and I committed to forming a satellite group to carry the idea of management consistent with Agile ideals into our local communities. Please help us get started. We will have a diverse group of business people and agile practitioners. …See More