An introduction to Lean Coffee.
Lean CoffeeA flash talk by @schwuk
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will not help you loseweight**unless you are already on a diet
will help you havedirected and productivemeetings
good contentmeansmore attendees
more attendeesmeansmore content
but…
more contentdoes not always meangood content
who decidesif contentis good?
the audience
Lean Coffee is aboutdemocratising meetings
the audience decidesthe content
the audience controlsthe discussion
you will need:Post-itⓇ notes, pens,some sort of timer
…and people
step 1:create a Kanban board
Kanban is a methodfor managingknowledge workwith an emphasis onjust-in-time delivery
看板 (Kàn Bǎn)roughly translates as“signboard”
Kanban putsthe “lean” inLean Coffee
To Do Doing Done
step 2:create topics**one topic per Post-itⓇ
anyone cansuggest a topic
a topic shouldbe relevantto the meeting
a topic could be apresentation, a demo, apitch, or an openquestion
step 3:introduce the topics
step 4:vote!**two votes each
step 5:prioritise!
fill the to dosection, sorted bynumber of votes
step 6:action!
move the firsttopic to doing
start a timerfor eight minutes
start the topic
when the timer is up,take a Roman vote
mostly thumbs up?put anotherfour minuteson the timer
mostly thumbssideways?put anothertwo minuteson the timer
mostly thumbs down?move the topic to done,and select a new topicfrom to do
step 7:iterate!
(optional) step 8:review
not only have youhad a great meeting…
…you’ve learnt/taughtKanban!
lanes,prioritisation,work-in-progressconstraints, feedbackloops, and collaboration
The principles of LeanCoffee can be used forany type of meeting
http://leancoffee.org/Lean Coffee™ is a trademark of Modus CooperandiColour scheme is “Annie Colour Scheme 2” from Adobe Kuler:http://adobe.ly/1AMlykY
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