54. Lean Coffee with Ukuleles in the Great Outdoors

On the eve of #SGCAL, Vic (@AgileCoffee) is joined by Brett Palmer (@brett_palmer), Dale Ellis (@thedigitaldale), Larry Lawhead (@LarryLawhead), Colleen Kirtland (@AgileBohemian) and first-time guest John Eisenschmidt (@jeisensc) for an outdoor session in sunny Southern California.

• Too many branded flavors of Agile?
• The need for Leadership beyond “Servant Leadership”
• Can you be Agile with virtual teams?
• Ukulele interlude: I’ll Fly Away
• Has your team broken Agile?
• Ukulele interlude: Blowin’ In The Wind
• Is it Agile or is it People Development?

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Final rundown of events at Scrum Gathering in San Diego:

• Festivities kick off Sunday with the CST/CEC retreat, the first-ever CSP retreat, registration and an evening mixer.
• After an beach-boogie opening on Monday, Jeff Sutherland will take the stage with a keynote address; and the first day closes with Monday Mingle – a short walk down the boardwalk at Wave House, featuring a wave machine and Woodie and the Longboards
• Tuesday starts with mashups: Chris Li, Ronica Roth, Brian “Ponch” Rivera, Nigel Baker and Sharon Bowman
• Open space will be facilitated by Allison Pollard and Jake Calabrese
• Joel “Thor” Neeb of Afterburner will close Wednesday with something fun and exciting

Vic was interviewed on episode 34 of AgileNext, a podcast by Daniel Gullo and Stephen Forte. Check it out at agilenext.tv.

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