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Its amazing when we are given the opportunity to share our personal journey with the intention to create some form of awareness. There is learning in everything, if we take a moment to really look and shift our perspective. I will be the first to say its not easy and something I have to work on daily. A good friend Natalie Dawson asked if I would be a guest speaker at a team building event. My first response was, 'what could i possibly talk about?'. That day I also happened to watch a little vid of Mel Robbins, feeling 'Stuck' and how its a universal signal that we have stopped learning/growing. This inspired the conversation. Without going into too much detail, because i believe Natalie captured it below, what I will share is the power of dreaming up new realities. Taking the team through a guided exercise. Each asked to look at their current 'Stuck', acknowledging it and parking it for a bit. The true Power came when we looked at a similar but Positive experience in the past. Looking at everything positive that was happening then and feeling its impact. Now we approached the current challenge, the 'stuck' and watched it shift to potential opportunities, based on the positive mindset. Sometimes it helps to think of someone you respect, and what they would say to you in that moment. They may not tell you what you want to hear, but you know the advice you receive from them is golden. My work in inspired by Relationship Systems Coaching and a fair bit of winging it. CRR Afrika CRR Global

Funny Story....Have you ever just taken a chance, and been surprised by the outcome? It was during a Big Room Planning event. Bevan Williams comes and asks, 'why have you not submitted anything for Agile Alliance 2024?' So we took the chance! Thank you for the nudge Bevan. A week ago, I was catching up on my emails whilst enjoying a coffee....the Acceptance email came through! Manchester, UK in July. Coffee went everywhere, excitement can be a messy affair at times. Well done Kaizania - Business Excellence Partner for this amazing opportunity that has been afforded to us. The excitement is real, cant wait to have some fun with Germaine Hendrikz on this. #agile2024 CRR Global CRR Afrika

Have you ever felt 'Stuck'? I tend to feel it every 2 years or so...it's my rhythm, when my clock needs a reset, when I need to lean into something new or uncomfortable. Being 'stuck' is a signal.....time to grow, time to learn, time for a reset or change. This message is simple, beautifully captured and powerful. ❤️

We will be running our LAST Agile Bootcamp on the 19th and 20th of March 2024. Over the last two years we have trained over 1000 people. I LOVE THAT! We are revamping the course and will be launching our NEW version in May 2024. This will be an accredited course. More information to follow….watch this space. If you are keen to join our LAST Agile Bootcamp of 2024 or know people who may find value in attending, please share and contact us. Looking forward to seeing you then.  Kaizania - Business Excellence Partner

Have you ever walked into a room as a Facilitator/Coach with a rock-solid plan and been hit with a surprise that became inspiration that changed the plan and effectively levelled you up in the moment? Luckily, it happened to me… This week I walked into a large room and was stopped in my tracks. What greeted me? Walls filled with brown paper, markers, stickies, stickers, and colour coded cards. The two Scrummies who were instrumental in setting this up were moving and shaking in preparation for the team as I stood taking it all in. This was the Bizmod first Big Room/Program Planning event in their Agile journey, and it was going down today! Despite being new to Agile, when the company said let’s try make KANBAN come to life, they didn’t ‘try’ they ‘did’ it and they did it well. Intentions were clear: IN-PERSON, COLLECTIVE VISIBILITY, FULL PARTICIPATION, PHYSICAL CARDS….limit the TECH. The key measure of success: alignment across the portfolios, awareness of the work across the portfolios and most importantly the prioritisation of work. As a coach I was inspired. Inspired by the effort, the energy, the passion that the client showed-up with, the care in the thought and preparation. This was their first Big Room Planning, and they owned it. Its not about perfection, but rather the practice of doing and leaning into the unknown. That’s what made it powerful – they didn’t know what it “should” look like so they made it their own. I was smiling ear-to-ear. This made me truly happy!!! Having been part of many PIs in my Agile and coaching journey this was one of the few times I have had such a great experience. And this, by a team of people who had never done it before! Sometimes your client is the teacher. I had my planned 40min Icebreaker & Team Alliance prepped, but like I said, once I walked into that space something happened and I got triggered with creative ideas on ‘how might we make it better’? So just like them, I took a chance using some ORSC tools and it was powerful. We don’t always know the destination when we start the journey, but when we have thought about where we want to be, what we will need for the journey, that can be enough. It’s enough not to know the answer if you have given serious thought to the important questions. That is Agile as….! Kaizania Agile of Course Bizmod marcha van Enter Ellene Pienaar-Carstens CRR Global CRR Afrika

This week I had the pleasure of Co-Training SAFe Advanced Scrum Master. Nadia Solari thank you for the magic and experience you brought to the conversation. As a coach, what I enjoyed was the opportunity to really deep dive with our fello Scrummies on multiple topics. Many touching on team engagement, intrinsic motivation, implementation of ceremonies, business agility and more. What was equally valuable but not often possible, the ability to Co-train and share our experiences as learning moments..... might as well learn from some of our pain/joy😂 Thank you for the experience, looking forward to the next. Kaizania Agile of Course

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I came across this image yesterday on LinkedIn. It was recommended that we share with our kids. Parked, in my head and carried on with my day. Its amazing how the universe flirts with us, when presenting challenges that could be grow moments. Here is me trying to do homework with my kid, reading homework.....she is not a fan. The challenge is that she does indeed struggle with reading right now and is smart enough to find ways to avoid or rush through the work. I remembered this image and drew it for her. In essence my explanation went something like so. Using climbing a mountain as a metaphor for the learning journey. You will always climb some form of a mountain, in the beginning, and definitely when we are in the grow phase, things are exciting and tough. We can choose to face it, acknowledge that it is a bit scary and move forward..... Put in the extra reading, read the page again so the words flow and are less Staccato. It will come. OR you can choose the easy way, but know you will still need to face that challenge or mountain.....YOU can influence how steep the climb will be. She promptly started reading, and gave me a few extra pages too!! Maria Pouroullis Carpenter thanks for the assist.