Kanban, Leadership, Games and more with Mike Burrows

In this episode, Mike joined Shahin to talk about Kanban, Leadership, Strategy, Games and non prescriptive Agile and much more

Quotes from this session:

Leadership is about providing just the right amount of space.  Don’t give them so much space that they lose heart, control, or their  grip on what they are trying to do.
If Agile is something that happens to you, it’s pretty awful.
Rolling things out is a recipe for pain, not for success!
There is no way a leader can control anybody!
The world would be very very dull if we are only allowed one framework.
Agile can be done in investment banking.

The following has been topics of our conversation:

Kanban Through Its Values
Kanban From The Inside
non prescriptive agile and change
3 layers of leadership
Servant leadership, Host leadership, Leader leadership, Clear leadership
Mindset of integration
Descriptive vs. prescriptive models and designs
Clean language
Leader is not a therapist
Generative question and conversations

Games:

Featureban
Changeban
15 minutes photo
Celebration 5W

The following books we have referenced:

Clear leadership – Gervase Bushe
Turn the ship around

Where you can find more about Mike and his work

academy.agendashift.com
agendashift.com/mike
agendashift.com/books
agendashift.com/resources
agendashift.com/slack