Upcoming Live Event
The Agile Mindset: Principles for Collaborating and Innovating
Event Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Event Time: 11:00am ET
Speaker: Adrian Cho, IBM
Much can be learned from successful teams in other domains such as jazz, basketball, and even special forces military units. In all of these fields, multi-disciplined teams integrate innovative contributions from highly capable individuals into group and individual behaviors. They improvise and act with true agility when the path forward is unknown or unexpected challenges arise.
In this web seminar, jazz musician and IBM software development manager Adrian Cho describes the ways in which software developers can learn from jazz musicians and great performers in other domains. If you missed Adrian's keynote at the Agile Development Practices Conference in Orlando, here's a chance to catch his command performance. [ Read More ]
On Demand Event
5 Lean Automation Principles to Follow in a Tough Economy
Speaker: Eric Minick, UrbanCode
Hurry! Register by November 30th and be entered
to win 1 of 2 ThinkGeek.com $50 gift cards!
Are you ready to get lean and mean? In good economic times, teams attempt bold experiments that promise to take them to new heights of productivity. In lean times like these, few have the appetite for such speculative ventures. Any new investment needs to address immediate pain and show immediate payback. But the pace of demands haven’t slowed, and the ever increasing need to do more continues. This need to keep costs fixed while adding capacity makes improving efficiency key. [ Read More ]
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Presented By:
Adrian Cho, Software Development Manager,
IBM
With twenty-three years in consulting, research and development, finance, and intellectual property, Adrian Cho helps teams deliver innovative solutions on time. As the development manager for IBM’s Collaborative Lifecycle Management project, he manages the global development of multiple products. As a jazz musician, bandleader, and conductor, he has been described by press as “a cool guide to hot jazz” and “a musical missionary.” His book, The Jazz Process: Collaboration, Innovation and Agility, has been endorsed by a diverse collection of thought leaders while reviewers have praised the book as “a deep exploration of collaborative know-how” and “a concept of leadership and teamwork that’s well suited for the Google-age workplace.” Mr. Cho serves as an invited expert on the Eclipse Foundation IP Advisory Committee, and was a recent keynote speaker at the Agile Development Practices Conference in Orlando, Florida. | |
