Mike Burrows is founder of Agendashift, the wholehearted, outcome-oriented engagement model. Mike is the author of the Lean-Agile classic Kanban from the Inside (2014) and Agendashift: Outcome-oriented change and continuous transformation (1st edition 2018, a 2nd edition due soon); his third book Right to Left: the digital leader’s guide to Lean and Agile was published in 2019 and as an audiobook in May 2020. Outside of Agendashift, he is known for Kanban’s values model, the Featureban and Changeban games, and as a strong advocate for participatory and outcome-oriented approaches to change, transformation, and strategy. Prior to his consulting career, Mike was global development manager and Executive Director at a top tier investment bank, CTO for an energy risk management startup, and interim delivery manager for two of the UK government’s digital exemplars.

To 'Done' and Beyond: Coordinating, Organising, Strategising, and Trust Building with Kanban

When a standup meeting takes place at the Kanban board and it's working really well, what is really happening? More than just team members keeping each other informed, that's for sure! Beginning with the basics of Kanban as a highly effective coordination system, we'll look deeply into what it all means for the team and the wider organisation.

What Lies Beneath

Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of constraints! Here we'll be looking at them not only as impediments to flow, but as what – for good as well as ill – makes the organisation what it is. This 90-minute workshop features two classic exercises from the Agendashift / Leading with Outcomes stable, Areas of Opportunity and Full Circle. We'll then take a dive into complexity land with a much more recent exercise, Constraints Club, then Dave Snowden's Estuarine Framework, and finish with hypotheses and experiments.