Work shouldn't suck. We can
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Learn how with the Starting Kanban online video course.
The guaranteed results of our 8-part plan.
- Unhide work
- Get organized
- Clarify priorities
- Stop overburdening
- Overcome gridlock
- Deliver predictably
- Collaborate efficiently
- Communicate effectively
- Reduce emergencies
- Eliminate rework
Life is too short for work to suck.
Stop living life feeling buried. It’s possible to outsmart the chaos. Starting Kanban will teach you how.
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Meet Your Instructor.
Brendan Wovchko was the engineer-turned-manager you'd never want to work for—perpetually leaving a wake of distraction and disruption behind him. That is, until Kanban.
Drawing from his experience as both a maker and a stakeholder, Brendan teaches that perfect leadership and flawless execution isn’t a requirement to be the team that everyone trusts—it's mastering key strategies for improving the flow of work on your team.
Starting Kanban brings you inside the classroom, on to real teams and into private sessions between Kanban’s most celebrated experts.
Brendan Wovchko
What's Included
- 4 hours of bite-sized lessons
- Expert interviews
- Audio & transcript versions
- Printable, color workbook
- Student community
- Lifetime access
- Earn up to 6 Category E SEU's
- 30-day money back guarantee
Lesson Previews
"This class set the stage for doubling delivery."
Lesson Plan
Introduction to Kanban
An overview of the basics of Kanban and the traits of a team that does it well.
The 8-Part Plan
Our unique approach to teaching Kanban clearly defines a proven path to success.
Metrics
You can't improve what you don't measure—and the measure that matters most.
Agility
How Kanban's systems thinking approach to organizational agility unlocks business growth.
Potential
The Flow Potential Quiz helps you determine the upside of Kanban for your team.
Workflow
Successful teams can clearly identify the activities they perform to create value.
Boards
How a Kanban board creates clarity and becomes a team's primary sense-making device.
Columns
Understand the proper use of column types and when commitment happens.
Associations
How emotional associations prevent us from embracing behavior change.
Interruption
Addressing the epidemic of interruption and how it impacts knowledge work.
Multi-tasking
Explore the Zeigarnik Effect and how multi-tasking impacts executive brain function.
Finishing
How Little's Law works and why limiting work in progress increases focus and delivery.
Motivation
How our impulses to learn and growth can have adverse effects when left unchecked.
Approach
Explore the impacts of work being assigned to everyone and owned by no one.
Pull
Great teams pull, chaotic teams push, and abusive teams shove—learn how to pull.
Swarm
How to make key decisions that dramatically improve delivery time and increase output.
Slack
What slack time is, why you should embrace it and why ignoring it is costing you.
Missing
How hidden work creates gridlock and frustrates stakeholders.
Perfect
Why perfection is the lowest possible standard and how to discover the antidote.
Vague
How unclear requests cause rework and how Kanban overcomes it.
Big
Why big work is more likely to create confusion and move slowly—and how to fix it.
Risk
The impact of a due-date driven culture and how to find a better way to plan.
Class of Service
Kanban's system for reacting to requests effectively—even under pressure.
Kanban Meeting
Reinvent your daily team meeting and discover the cure for stale stand-ups.
Replenishment Meeting
How to get key stakeholders engaged early in work your team is about to start.
Recap
Review key topics and learn mnemonic devices which aid in memory retention.
Closing Thoughts
Pragmatic next steps for kicking-off your journey of continuous improvement.
The Investment
Our pricing is designed to make Starting Kanban accessible to everyone while also encouraging group learning.
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