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Lean Coffee

David Murphy
September 20, 2014

Lean Coffee

An introduction to Lean Coffee.

David Murphy

September 20, 2014
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  1. Lean Coffee
    A flash talk by @schwuk

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  2. will not help you lose
    weight*
    *unless you are already on a diet

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  3. will help you have
    directed and productive
    meetings

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  4. good content
    means
    more attendees

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  5. more attendees
    means
    more content

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  6. but…

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  7. more content
    does not always mean
    good content

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  8. who decides
    if content
    is good?

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  9. the audience

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  10. Lean Coffee is about
    democratising meetings

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  11. the audience decides
    the content

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  12. the audience controls
    the discussion

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  13. you will need:
    Post-itⓇ notes, pens,
    some sort of timer

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  14. …and people

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  15. step 1:
    create a Kanban board

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  16. Kanban is a method
    for managing
    knowledge work
    with an emphasis on
    just-in-time delivery

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  17. 看板 (Kàn Bǎn)
    roughly translates as
    “signboard”

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  18. Kanban puts
    the “lean” in
    Lean Coffee

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  19. To Do Doing Done

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  20. step 2:
    create topics*
    *one topic per Post-itⓇ

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  21. anyone can
    suggest a topic

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  22. a topic should
    be relevant
    to the meeting

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  23. a topic could be a
    presentation, a demo, a
    pitch, or an open
    question

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  24. step 3:
    introduce the topics

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  25. step 4:
    vote!*
    *two votes each

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  26. step 5:
    prioritise!

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  27. fill the to do
    section, sorted by
    number of votes

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  28. step 6:
    action!

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  29. move the first
    topic to doing

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  30. start a timer
    for eight minutes

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  31. start the topic

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  32. when the timer is up,
    take a Roman vote

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  33. mostly thumbs up?
    put another
    four minutes
    on the timer

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  34. mostly thumbs
    sideways?
    put another
    two minutes
    on the timer

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  35. mostly thumbs down?
    move the topic to done,
    and select a new topic
    from to do

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  36. step 7:
    iterate!

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  37. (optional) step 8:
    review

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  38. not only have you
    had a great meeting…

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  39. …you’ve learnt/taught
    Kanban!

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  40. lanes,prioritisation,
    work-in-progress
    constraints, feedback
    loops, and collaboration

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  41. The principles of Lean
    Coffee can be used for
    any type of meeting

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  42. http://leancoffee.org/
    Lean Coffee™ is a trademark of Modus Cooperandi
    Colour scheme is “Annie Colour Scheme 2” from Adobe Kuler:
    http://adobe.ly/1AMlykY

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