Remember your first two weeks on a Scrum team? It was fantastic and miserable all at the same time. And when things got difficult, your team teetered on the edge of the waterfall. What if there were a way to help teams gel more quickly and accelerate their agile learning by immersing them in it? What if there were a place where they could practice what they’ve learned in training, without interruption? Enter the Agile Dojo, a real experiment happening in a large, complex organization. Francie Van Wirkus shares her insights and learnings of creating and sustaining an agile dojo. From...Learn More
Francie Van Wirkus
Francie Van Wirkus
A conqueror of mediocrity, Francie Van Wirkus is a certified professional coach in the insurance and financial services industry, helping people of all levels take strategic, sustainable steps toward their goals. She is part of a large IT transformation in a complex organization, where she is a SAFe 4.0 Program Consultant coach. Francie is an active speaker, blogger, and author of the recently released Reveille, the first book in a business novel series on agile leadership. She hosts CL&I Radio, an internal corporate radio show, and also co-hosts Agile Bettys, a motivational podcast about living an agile lifestyle. Francie enjoys racing in Ironman competitions, and lives in Wisconsin with her husband and three delightful children.