Jim Benson: Beyond Silos - Visualizing Work for Flow, Collaboration

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Summary:
Are you tired of the "DevOps as a silo" trap? Or perhaps you've experienced the frustration of forced Agile or Lean transformations that alienate rather than liberate? Jim Benson (Personal Kanban, Lean Coffee, Collaboration Equation) joins us for a dynamic webinar that explores how we can truly achieve our Lean or Agile goals by visualizing work and culture: breaking down barriers to action, fostering informed collaboration, and moving beyond superficial process changes. We'll delve into practical strategies for creating a more humane and efficient software development process that actually delivers value to your team.
This webinar will challenge the conventional wisdom of siloed teams, forced methodologies, and continuous improvement exercises that feel pointless. We'll explore how visualizing work can:

• Break Free from Other People’s Definitions: Learn how to move beyond the "You’re doing it wrong" mentality and build your own Ways of Working that foster true collaboration between teams and professionals.
• Overcome Forced Transformations: Explore how visualizing work can help you move beyond the superficial implementations of overreaching frameworks, and focus on genuine customized and relevant improvement.
• Expose and Eliminate Real Bottlenecks: Learn how to identify and address real constraints in your workflow, moving beyond the symptoms of dysfunction like cycle time interruptions to root causes like lack of agency or information.
• Improve Flow and Throughput: Discover how applying neuroscience and behavioral economics to Kanban can optimize the flow of work, reduce cycle time, and increase overall throughput in an entirely humane way.
• Foster Collaboration: Understand how shared visibility of work promotes communication, collaboration, and a sense of shared responsibility between stakeholders.
• Create a More Humane Workplace: Explore how removing information bottlenecks, fostering open communication, and focusing on team needs can reduce stress, improve morale, and lead to more effective problem-solving.
• Address Common Agile/Lean Dysfunctions: We'll examine how visualizing work can help overcome common challenges associated with Agile methodologies, such as poor communication, lack of shared understanding, and continuous improvement exercises that lack immediate value to the team.

We'll be discussing key concepts such as queue management, flow, throughput, cycle time, and lead time, all within a human context. This webinar will provide you with practical tools and insights to create a more efficient, collaborative, and humane software development environment that is driven by real needs and delivers tangible results.
Target Audience:

• Software developers
• Operations professionals
• Agile coaches and practitioners
• Project managers
• Anyone interested in improving workflow and collaboration in software development, and moving beyond superficial transformations.

Key Takeaways:

• Understand the limitations of siloed DevOps teams and forced Agile/Lean approaches.
• Learn practical techniques for visualizing work.
• Gain insights into improving workflow, flow, and collaboration.
• Discover how to create a more humane and efficient work environment that is driven by team needs.
• Learn how to move beyond superficial transformations and focus on real improvements.

Bio:
Jim Benson is the CEO of Modus Cooperandi, and co-founder of Modus Institute Community and co-creator of the popular Lean Agile Visual Management Certification Program.
A pioneer in applying Lean and Kanban methodologies to knowledge work, Jim is the creator of Personal Kanban and Lean Coffee, as well as dozens of popular Lean and Agile tools. His background in civil engineering, urban planning, software development, and business management have left him with an appreciation of the personal and the practical elements of work.
He is the co-author of Personal Kanban: Mapping Work | Navigating Life, winner of the prestigious Shingo Research and Publication Award. His most recent book, The Collaboration Equation.
Jim is a sought-after keynote speaker and humane management thought leader who coaches and supports companies and knowledge workers at organizations around the globe. His other books include Why Plans Fail, Why Limit WIP, and Beyond Agile.