Readings and exercises for the Strategic Skills for Emerging Leaders program. This page is for the Leadership journal session on 15 September 2020. Session outline Facilitated discussion: Presentation: Journalling and reflective practice Henna Inam (2017) To be an effective leader keep a leadership journal Bullet Journal method - a combination of task management and information …
Learning as we go
Readings and exercises for Strategic Skills for Emerging Leaders. This is the list for the Learning as we go session on 15 September 2020. Session outline Facilitated discussion: responses to the pre-reading (see list below); and reflections on building your professional network Presentation: leadership journal Pre-reading For everyone: Nina A Bowman (2016): Four ways to improve your …
Lessons from lockdown
Readings and exercises for the Strategic Skills for Emerging Leaders program. This page is for the Lessons from lockdown session on 1 September 2020. Session outline Facilitated discussion: where are we now and where do we want to be; responses to the pre-reading Presentation: building your professional network Pre-reading Venkatesh Rao (2020): Leverage curves vs …
Strategic Skills program launch
Reading and resources for the kick-off session of Strategic Skills for Emerging Leaders held on 18 August 2020. Session outline Facilitated discussion: introductions and getting to know each other; setting expectations - what we want from this program, how it works; understanding our individual and group learning preferences Learning preferences Charles Jennings describes four ways …
Resources for the Strategic Skills program
Readings and exercises for the Strategic Skills for Emerging Leaders program in 2020, grouped by topic: Program launch (kick-off session) 18 August 2020 Lessons from lockdown - 1 September Learning as we go - 15 September Leadership journal - 29 September Ideas and opportunities - 13 October Complexity and decision-making - 27 October Co-designing the …
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Are you listening?
When was the last time you really listened to another person with your full attention? No interruptions, no distractions, no rehearsing what you’re going to say next. Every day we tell ourselves stories about what’s happening: we try to explain how things work, and our opinions and choices are shaped by the environment in which …
Introducing tech tools to an online group
Making your work visible is a central tenet of Agile projects. Sharing your work - showing your work to others, at all stages of the project - invites constructive input and active collaboration. It builds trust and stimulates new ideas. For the Friday Retro program we use a Google Jamboard to share individual retronauts' answers …
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Adapting the Agile retro model
You may already be familiar with Agile methodology, which is where the ‘retro’ or ‘retrospective’ format comes from. In an Agile project team you would normally meet at the end of a sprint – a specific piece of work – to review the team’s performance and progress. But our Friday Retro program doesn't quite fit …
Getting to know you, remotely
In designing the Friday Retro program, we wanted to encourage our retronauts to make meaningful connections with each other. That's a really big ask in a group of 10 or more strangers. We're using two tactics to foster those meaningful connections. First, we invite people to turn up 10 minutes early for each retro session. …
Friday Retro kicks off
A few weeks ago I posted a crazy idea - what if we could run an Agile-style retrospective ('retro') meeting for a group of strangers from many different workplaces? Could it work? Would it help people to navigate this period of upheaval? Today Sally Newton and I hosted the first Friday Retro for members of …
