I am incredibly happy to announce that Patrick and I will be presenting at LAG21. As you might know, we are deeply passionate about “going upstream”. Most of you will know Patrick from laying the foundations for “Upstream Kanban”, but also in our day-to-day business we often go against the current.

In a quest to find a purposeful way to engage people in the deeper thinking about organizing their work, we immersed ourselves in the fascinating world of the functioning of the brain, the philosophy of science, psychology of morality, ... This took us upstream of what is happening in the agile industry today. Rather than going with the flow of rationally teaching methods, we intuitively take people upstream looking for the source of ‘how work works’ and going back to the foundations of agile (i.e. flow-collaboration-learning). By going upstream, we not only stimulate curiosity to think differently, but we also encourage nurturing the ugly duckling, creating future possibilities of becoming …

Triggered to go more upstream yourself, then I suggest attending our sessions at LAG21 to! Here is the link to the global schedule to find out more about what they will talk. Patrick’ session is on Monday over lunch (track 3), and Arlette will talk at 4.15 PM (GMT+1) also in track 3. You can use the code: LAG21SPEAKER in the "promotion" section at checkout to receive €10 discount.

Looking forward to meeting you online in this, or another occasion. Always happy to connect for a chat about what drives us. Don't forget to have a look at our training calendar.

Kind regards,

Arlette