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The Art of Agile Living Workshop 

Conquer Procrastination, HIt Deadlines, Reduce Stress

In the fast-paced, ever-changing world we live in, it's easy to become overwhelmed by the myriad tasks and responsibilities that seem to demand our attention at any given moment.
 

Step into a world where the daily chaos becomes a playground of possibilities!
 

The Art of Agile Living™ by A2Agile Founders Helene Gidley and Tom Meloche invites you on a journey that brings a breath of fresh air to managing the countless tasks competing for your attention each and every day.

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This program contains Helene Gidley's top secrets from over 20-years of using this "agile at home" method... now applied to anything you want to achieve from home, work or play.​

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What You Receive

  • The Art of Agile Living Book​

  • Art of Agile Living Worksheets​​

What You Learn

  • Recognizing Overwhelm

  • Core Philosophy

    • Small Chunks, Focus, and Feedback

    • Kinesthetic Brain Hacks

    • Make Your Work Visible

    • Three Things On Your Mind Now Exercise
       

  • The Art of Agile Living Process 

    • Step 1: Defining Your Work

    • Step 2: Estimating Your Work 

    • Step 3: Ordering Your Work  

    • What is Your Multitasking Story Exercise 

    • Step 4: Doing Your Work 

    • Step 5: Reviewing Your Day 

    • Step 6; Updating Your Backlog 

    • Step 7: List Your Outstanding Items 
       

  • Applying The Process to Other Activities

    • Blending Your Day

    • Working From Home

    • Doing Projects
       

  • Continuous Improvement & Next Steps 

    • Recap key takeaways

    • Selecting a focus

    • Practicing for 10 days

    • Additional resources

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Event Structure 

  • 2-hour on-line or live immersion workshop 

Workshop Fee

  • Basic Program $195 per person | 10 person minimum on-line
  • Advanced Program (call to discuss) ​​

Testimonials

"Hi Helene!
Thank you so much for that terrific session yesterday.  I have completely re-designed my daily kanban because of it.  After I have tried it for a week or two I will share with you what I have done.  Thank you also for the slides and the book material!   

I want to be part of the community that you and Tom are creating.  

Thank you again." - Duncan

“Most useful: the tactile aspect and the limitation of post-its on single sheet/day. I tend to do endless, complicated lists so I need boundaries!” -Janet Max

"It works!! I use Kanban for everything --  cracks up my employer but they see me getting it done so it must work! And it is still fun to move stickies to DONE!!" - Kathleen Osborn

"Helene is awesome and has so much knowledge and experience. She is the one who inspired my wall of done. If you have the time Helene has great insight and is very good at conveying information in remote format." - Lawrence Adams

Who Should Attend

Agile is sweeping the world. It has grown to include everyone interested in managing their overwhelm and being more productive. If the topics covered on this page spoke to you, then you should attend. You will be glad you did.
 

Experienced Agile professionals and newbies alike have talked about how much they enjoyed this class. Find out why.

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Anyone passionate about being more productive is welcome! 

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World Class Instructors

This Personal Kanban event is unique in that it is taught by world class Agile instructors: Helene Gidley and Tom Meloche. It is a special opportunity to learn Agile from people with so much real-world experience. 

Helene Gidley​

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Helene has been working as an Agile trainer, mentor, and coach for fifteen years.  A coach of coaches, she leads the annual Agile Coach Retreat in Ann Arbor MI.

 

  • She has over thirty years of experience in the IT industry
     

  • She consults and trains for the Fortune 500, startups, and mid-sized companies bringing broad Agile experience, coaching, and training to project teams

 

  • She is the founder of Agile Groupies, a Scrum Alliance Meetup, which has been running for over 15 years

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Tom and Helene believe in Appreciative Agile, growing agility with our clients by celebrating and embracing the best of their existing corporate culture. 

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Tom Meloche

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Tom was an Agile pioneer. He created and taught the very first class on Agile in Michigan in 2002.

 

  • Over the past twenty-three years he led Agile transformations in companies both large and small
     

  • Tom co-founded Menlo Innovations LLC, the company featured in the book "Joy Inc. How we built a workplace people love."

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  • He has overseen the delivery of hundreds and hundreds of Agile projects with budgets counted in billions

"I have already applied it and it changed how I work with my personal assistant.
For the first time my relationship with a personal assistant is really working.
Thank you for the class."
- Janet Benge, Author & Speaker

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