Today’s guest is Mark Kilby. Mark is coaching, teaching and writing books on successful distributed agile teams. (Mark co-authored “From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams: Collaborate to Deliver” with Johanna Rothman.)
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“Organizational coach, author, consultant, community (re)builder, distributed agilist, dad/husband, and habitual collaborator.”
“I was noticing how people struggled to collaborate on solutions, and in the early days of agile, I was presented with a new toolbox for collaboration.”
“Collaboration, flexibility, and focus are rare in the early 21st century. Agile helps with all of this.”
“Help them find and align on their vision and use that as a guide to continually (re)build the organization.”
“I'm constantly filling and emptying the toolbox. Some of my latest tools are in my book. The next book will probably focus on facilitation tools in distributed teams.”
“Yes, though, I often find it challenging. I get connected to the people. In my latest challenge, I was asked to support nine teams but needed to pull myself up a level to do it. That means very little time for the teams.”
“My kids - they all have learned unique ways of inspecting, adapting, and collaborating. 😉 They have taught me much about my coaching.”
“Not finding the right language to use with an executive. I would suggest many solutions to what he would ask for, but I didn't always seek the question behind the question.”
“Metaphors.”
“Bob Galen's blogs — Bob shares great pragmatic insights at his rgalen.com blog and the new AgileMoose.com blog where he is more candid. I also recommend the Age of Product newsletter to many as it gives a great summary of the agile community. Just follow John Cutler on Twitter if you want some in-depth insights on product management.”
“That’s tough as there is not a good general “intro” book. However, I now have dropped my long list of ScrumMaster book references and just point them to Geoff Watt’s ScrumMaster book. I’ve seen previews of his Team Mastery also, and that will be a gem too.”
“Geoff Watts, Judy Rees (and or Olaf Lewitz), Bob Galen.”
“Find me at MarkKilby.com, on Twitter, or LinkedIn."
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Agile Movers & Shakers — the interview series.
Agile Movers & Shakers (2): Diana Larsen.
Agile Movers & Shakers (4): Dave West, CEO of Scrum.org.
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