The Balanced Team Movement

Presented at the Lean UX 2014 conference April 10, 2014

An in-depth, inclusive, hands-on LeanUX conference dedicated to designing great products, effective teams, and supportive companies.

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Transcript

1. THE BALANCED TEAM MOVEMENT Lane Halley #LeanUX14
2. @thinknow GOT IDEAS?
3. @thinknow “...this year’s conference doesn’t just focus on Lean Startup or some other method or ideology...how can people best work together, learn from each other, and develop a sense of empathy so that we can be more resilient and better adapt to these uncertain times?” @semanticwill
4. @thinknow How do we make these ideas real? @thinknow flickr.com/photos/airdiogo/4640440092/
5. @thinknow Practitioner-focused Learning community Open information sharing
6. @thinknow Conferences Social events Resources Mailing List balanced www.balancedteam.org
7. @thinknow Balanced Team is a community of technical professionals exploring the potential of cross-functional, collaborative work
8. @thinknow @balancedteam photo: @uxgrump San Francisco 2013
9. @thinknow Create trust Share experiments Celebrate failure Welcome diverse voices
10. @thinknow Balanced Team is a conversation
11. @thinknow 2009 Agile Evolution Chicago
12. @thinknow What is the relationship between UX and the Agile team? photo: @uxgrump @thinknow
13. @thinknow San Francisco Grand Rapids New York 2010 Agile UX Retreats
14. @thinknow No more “us and them” thinking @johannakoll
15. @thinknow User Experience is not a role, it’s an outcome
16. @thinknow “...a post-industrial approach to collaborative, interdisciplinary, creative team work was given serious debate.” @carl_erickson
17. @thinknow
18. @thinknow Balanced Team Conferences San Francisco 2011 Chicago 2012
19. @thinknow Balanced Team Gatherings IxDA Boulder 2011 SxSW Austin 2012 LeanUX NYC 2012 London 2013 Los Angeles 2014 SxSW Austin 2014
20. @thinknow Balanced Team is a laboratory
21. @thinknow “In the post-industrial age, we need a model that works well for creative teams addressing challenges within complex systems” @mralancooper
22. @thinknow Work in the industrial age commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hartmann_Maschinenhalle_1868_(01).jpg
23. @thinknow Focus on output
24. @thinknow Work in the digital age
25. @thinknow Focus on outcomes
26. @thinknow Balanced Team is a question
27. @thinknow How can creative teams work together to produce valuable, validated outcomes in an environment of extreme uncertainty?
28. @thinknow Balanced individuals @thinknow flickr.com/photos/25802865@N08/3799531024/
29. @thinknow @thinknow flickr.com/photos/hhoyer/3249473645/ Balanced decision-making
30. @thinknow Balanced Team is a community
31. @thinknow Not a method or process, a living community of practice
32. @thinknow A place to experiment and share what you learn
33. @thinknow Adrian Howard / Alison Austin / Alan Cooper / Alexa Roman / Andrew Korf / Andrew Malcolm / Anders Ramsay /Ariadna Font Llitjos / Becky Gessler / Bill Scott / Brittany Hunter / Cameron Wood / Chris Nodder / Courtney Hemphill / Dale Larson / David J Bland / Desirée Sy /J Calvin Hoot / Janice Fraser / Jared Spool / Jay Trimble / Jef Bekes / Jeff Gothelf / Jeff Patton / Jeremy Lightsmith / Janet Brunckhorst / Janice Fraser / Johanna Kollmann / Jon Innes / Jon Wettersten / Jonathan Berger / Josh Seiden / Lane Halley / Martina Schell / Mike Long / Moses Hohman / Paolo Lorenzoni / Paul Pagel / Robert Fan / Robert Slifka / Shawn Crowley / Steve McKiernan / Thomas G. Knight / Tim McCoy / Ward Cunningham / William Pietri / Zach Larson
34. @thinknow
35. @thinknow Balanced Team is a movement
36. @thinknow A movement requires incubation
37. @thinknow The working spaces of the enlightenment were salons
38. @thinknow http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Salon_de_Madame_Geoffrin.jpg
39. @thinknow The Agile Manifesto emerged from a salon
40. @thinknow Manifesto for Agile Software Development We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more. Kent Beck Mike Beedle Arie van Bennekum Alistair Cockburn Ward Cunningham Martin Fowler © 2001, the above authors this declaration may be freely copied in any form, but only in its entirety through this notice. James Grenning Jim Highsmith Andrew Hunt Ron Jeffries Jon Kern Brian Marick Robert C. Martin Steve Mellor Ken Schwaber Jeff Sutherland Dave Thomas
41. @thinknow
42. @thinknow Balanced Team events bring interesting people together for productive conversations
43. @thinknow Lightning Talks Austin 2014
44. @thinknow Fishbowls photo: @_aben Los Angeles 2014
45. @thinknow Open Space photo: @uxgrump San Francisco 2013
46. @thinknow Workshops photo: @uxgrump San Francisco 2011
47. @thinknow Collaboration photo: @pablohart Grand Rapids 2010
48. @thinknow Social Time photo: @uxgrump London 2013
49. @thinknow Play Chicago 2012
50. @thinknow Join the conversation! @balancedteam
51. @thinknow BALANCED TEAM SUNDAY SALON bit.ly/btapril13
52. @thinknow @jeffpatton, @jseiden, @uxgrump, @mralancooper, @aremsan, @williampietri, @cattsmall, @chemphill, @jonathanpberger, @calexity, @andersramsay, @letterpress_se, @desireesy, @testobsessed, @giffco, @mlukanuski, @zachlarson and @balancedteam zeitgeist