They wanted a group that did not rely on anything other than people showing up and wanting to learn or create.
Keep in mind that the format is so simple that can be easily adopted for any discussion. Jim Benson and Jeremy Lightsmith wanted to start a group that would discuss Lean techniques in knowledge work but didn’t want to start a whole new cumbersome organization with steering committees, speakers, and such. In the future we’re going to expand the scope of topics for Lean Coffee to include Design and Digital Marketing. A couple of participants attended just to get familiar with the format of Lean Coffee and more to listen what other are discussing.” Not sure if this is the right approach for your team at the moment Try a different discussion tactic to help. Last time there were people from “non-IT” areas, but today more people attended who either “write” their projects by themselves or manage them, and these are IT-projects. Origin: Jim Benson & Jeremy Lightsmith, 2009. Guys were discussing recruitment, establishing a project team and its’ motivation, working in small teams. Vladimir who led the discussion on start-uppers’ table pointed out that the second cup indeed was different from the first one both in terms of participants’ background and areas of interest. Of course, many “trends” from the world of mobile development and DevOps.” Topics varied and were mostly technical ones – development process optimization, solving complex problems, high loads and variety of programming languages. Moderator of programmers’ table Alexander told us: “This time we had both developers and project managers at the table. In Saratov topics for the second cup of our Lean Coffee were “Development” and “Startups”, and 20 people attended to dive deep into discussions. There are currently dozens of Lean Coffees happening world-wide, including Seattle, San Francisco, Stockholm, Toronto, Boulder, New York City, and more. Conversations are directed and productive because the agenda for the meeting is democratically generated. Simplicity and flexibility are what we love about Lean Coffee 🙂įor those who do not remember, Lean Coffee is a structured, but agenda-less meeting, where people gather, build an agenda, and begin talking. So, small number of things are required – a source of information, post-it notes and at least one person familiar with Lean Coffee format to educate others. All over the world Lean Coffee events are not formal and held in cafes without thorough organization – meetings take place in the same place at the same time, participants simply get updated about the next event. Valerie Hawthorne, David Stone, Michelle Astrauskas, Robert Lighthall, Denise Ojinaga, Heather Sandoval, Aaron Henson, Jeremy Lightsmith, Nathan Stell. Since Saratov enthusiasts were already familiar with the format, which Kanbanchi team introduced in November, we decided to move on getting closer to the original concept of Lean Coffee introduced by Jim Benson and Jeremy Lightsmith. We had the second cup of Lean Coffee by Kanbanchi on January 23, 2016.
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