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The weekend of 16 Jan 2011, I joined The Lean Startup Machine in San Francisco. Here are some reflections on the experience. The picture to the left links to a book we were all given as homework to read for the event. While I did skim it, along with the Lean Startup Machine page as well as browse the lean startup circle Google group I was still incredibly surprised by how the weekend played out.

I am a member of a community of thinkers.

I believe that communities exist as homes for professionals to learn, teach, and reflect on their work.

I challenge each community in the software industry to:

* reflect and honor the practitioners who make its existence possible;
* provide an excellent experience for its members;
* support the excellent experience its members provide for their clients and colleagues in all aspects of their professional interactions;
* exemplify, as a body, the professional and humane behavior of its members;
* engage and collaborate within and across communities through respectful exploration of diverse and divergent insights;
* embrace newcomers to the community openly and to celebrate ongoing journeys; and
* thrive on the sustained health of the community and its members through continual reflection and improvement.

I believe that leaders builders in each community have a responsibility to exhibit these behaviors, and that people who exhibit these behaviors will become leaders the community’s builders.

I am a member of a community of thinkers. If I should happen to be a catalyst more than others, I consider that a tribute to those who have inspired me.

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”A community of thinkers” by Liz Keogh, Eric Willeke and Jean Tabaka is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License.

Kanban is a tool, there is no small-or-big k. The bigger perspective is Lean thinking.

Attempting to increase collaboration, and reduce competition.

Available from Karl’s blog for download. The session went well, everybody returned for the second half from the first half. I really enjoyed the simulation at the end, although we ran out of time to fully go through it. If you happen to use it, would you contact us and let us know how it [...]

I saw this with coins and would like to cite the original, if you know.

When asked any question, just reply with something like the following. Or work it in to a conversation. The team says, “look what we’ve done” when there is a good leader. A typical manager says, “look what I’ve done with this team” QA is a platform Prioritize features by risk and known market needs. Group [...]

Is it Kanban if there isn’t a WIP limit?

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I wonder who will be next?

It sounds involved.