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Learning Agility over Learning Agile @daniel_davis Monday, June 2, 14
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We've all caught some of the hype around "agile" and most have at least heard (if not directly seen) its benefits. In this presentation, we are going to dive deep into one key aspect - Continual Learning. We'll discuss how it has become a staple for our modern day technical careers; how if you aren't growing, adapting, and evolving, then you're stagnating and how eventually you won't outgrow your job - it will outgrow you. We'll then investigate the factors of Learning Agility and explore ways that we can use it to help us not just survive, but thrive in our current environments.
Transcript of Learning Agility over Learning Agile
Learning Agility over
Learning Agile
@daniel_davis
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Who I am?Business Improvement ConsultantAgile Practitioner/DeveloperInnovatorHackerMakerCub MasterProfessional Snowboard Instructor
Where I’ve been?Delphi
AAA LifeGeneral Motors
Blue Cross Blue ShieldCengage Learning
Delta DentalGordon Food Service (GFS)
CintasFarm Bureau Insurance
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Focus For The Session
Principles over Prescription
Discussion over Presentation
Experiential Learning over Listening
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Agile - Defined
Individuals and interactions over Processes and tools
Working software over Comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over Contract negotiation
Responding to change over Following a plan
That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.
Agile software development is a group of software development methods based on iterative and incremental development, in which
requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing, cross-functional teams. It promotes adaptive planning,
evolutionary development and delivery, a time-boxed iterative approach, and encourages rapid and flexible response to change.
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Learning Agility - Defined
Learning agility is the willingness and ability to learn from your experiences and then apply those lessons to help you succeed in new situations.
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Characteristics of learning agility...
- solicit early and direct feedback
- self-reflect
- resourceful with what’s at hand
- seek to fail fast
- always looking for new challenges
and most importantly...
- Continuously Learning
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Continuous Learning - Defined
Continuous learning is the constant expansion of skills through learning and increasing knowledge. It’s about expanding our skill-set in response to changing environments and new developments.
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Continuous Learning - Why it’s important
Being able to continuously learn has become a must within our modern-day technical careers. If you aren't growing, adapting, and evolving your skills as technologies change, then you are stagnating.
Eventually you won't outgrow your job - it will outgrow you!
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Characteristics of continuous learning...
- asking for help when something is not understood
- observing more experienced employees at work
- trying new ways of doing things and exploring alternative methods
- finding ways to improve such as taking up training programs or online seminars outside of work
and most importantly...
- practicing what has been learnt already
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Ways to support continuous learning -
Code Katas - Helps hone skills through practice and repetition.
- cyber-dojo.org
- codekata.com
- thePrimeFactorsKata ~ butUncleBob.com
- self driven ~ new ideas ~ old problems ~ unknowns
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Ways to support continuous learning -
Pair Programming -Drives shared knowledge and collective understanding. Allows for focused learning in collaboration with an instant feedback loop.
- Across the experience: • Expert with Expert
• Expert with Novice
• Novice with Novice
- Amongst the team: • Business with Development
• Development with Testing
• Testing with Business
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Ways to support continuous learning -
Online Training -
skillshare - Master real-world skills with hands-on projects. Hundreds of online classes to chose from.
pluralsight.com - A rich library of full-length online training courses for developers and IT pros, created by the best authors in the industry.
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Quotes and motivation -
“I am still learning”
Michelangelo - at 87 years old
“stop doing Agile and start being agile”
not sure - but I use it enough to claim it
“If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.”
Lemony Snicket
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Challenge -
What is one learning objective you can set for yourself today?
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Q & A
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Business Solutions Consultancy For those who value... value.
Clients collaborate with us to solve business problems.
The first step is figuring out how we can either make or save them money.
BUSINESS AGILITY
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Daniel Davis
@daniel_davis
linkedin.com/in/davisdaniel
Thank you!
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