The word transformation has become an overused and cliché term in business today.  Few companies undergo any dramatic change in such efforts, and most don't change at all.  So what is going wrong?  Join Ray Arell as we explore the flaws in the current approach to transformation efforts.  Then together, we will examine ways to rebalance those efforts to more force on key catalysts that enable your teams and business to evolve continuously - helping your company prosper and grow.  

One of the biggest inhibitors to personal agility is having too much work in progress and no system to help visualize and manage your work. This ultimately inhibits you from entering what Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi calls flow—a happy state of concentration or complete absorption with the activity at hand. In this talk, Ray Arell examines the concepts around flow and Kanban and how these can be applied to journaling. We will also explore examples of how to set up your journal with this method and how to use this system to manage your day more effectively to promote flow.

Innovation programs within companies have fallen into the trap of chronic misuse of the word, to the point most programs are shoehorned into traditional project management frameworks that focus more on the word than addressing the needs of the innovator.

Nothing rattles a company more than having unknowns, but this is mostly because we lack the situational processes and frameworks that enable us to maneuver effectively in uncertainty and complexity. Ultimately hurting our ability to deliver high customer value. In this talk, Ray Arell will outline the ways that you can effectively identify unknowns and use proven methods to gain knowledge quickly. This will include helping to identify the right decision-making context with Cynefin and other complexity methods. Plus, ways to establish experiments that can exploit novel and emergent behaviors to amplify you to high knowledge faster.

#AgileTalks is a space on everything Agile created by SoftwareDevTools. Visit us at https://softwaredevtools.com/ On this chapter, we talk to Ray Arell (https://twitter.com/elmoray), founder at nuAgility and Corporate Outreach & Business Development at Agile Alliance. Hosted by Luis Ortiz (https://twitter.com/luiserortiz), Growth + Community at Nearsoft.

Nothing rattles a company more than having unknowns, but this is mostly because we lack the situational processes and frameworks that enable us to maneuver effectively in uncertainty and complexity. This ultimately hurts our ability to deliver high customer value. In this talk, Ray Arell will outline the ways that you can effectively identify unknowns and use proven methods to gain knowledge quickly. This will include helping to identify the right decision-making context with Cynefin and other complexity methods. He will also discuss ways to establish experiments that can exploit novel and emergent behaviors to amplify you to high knowledge faster. More details: https://confengine.com/agile-india-2019/proposal/9646/dealing-with-unknowns Conference Website: https://2019.agileindia.org

Ray Arell read an agile project management book on a long flight to India, and, like all good reactionary development managers, he was sold. http://starwest.techwell.com But the agile/Scrum adoption was not without strain on development, test, and other QA practices. Join Ray on a retrospective of what went right and, more importantly, what went wrong. If agile is in your future, come discover what you're in for, traps to avoid, and how to be successful. If you're not ready for agile, you'll learn some new approaches that can be applied to traditional processes.

In this webinar series, Steve Denning will lead a discussion with thought leaders and business leaders about how Agile means more than development only — it enables business! Joining us for the first webinar will be Ray Arell. He is an Agile thought leader and former Director of Engineering at Intel Corporation. Ray will share his insights from a 5-year adoption of Agile development that encompassed over 20,000 employees at his former company.

Hear from leading industry analysts as they discuss the latest trends and emerging best practices around Agile software development. Learn how the most successful software organizations are utilizing Agile to drive business performance. Find out how the latest innovations in Agile practices continue to mature as development organizations deploy Agile further across the enterprise. This year's theme is Agile Trends and Future Directions. Join us to hear unique perspectives and gain industry knowledge from this year's participants. Moderator: Jim Newkirk VP Cloud Development at CenturyLink Panel Participants: Rebecca Parsons, CTO at Thoughtworks Tom Grant, Senior Consultant at Net Objectives Ray Arell, Founder and Principal Coach at nuCognitive Steve Denning, Author and Independent Management Consulting Professional