Training from the back of the room – The Connections Mindmap
Posted on 10. May, 2012 by Claudio Perrone
The first time I introduced my A3 & Kaizen presentation to the international community, I only had 30 minutes available. I was in Berlin, at the Agile-Lean Europe 2011 – easily the best community-driven conference I have attended to date. To my surprise, at the end of my session, a senior manager in a large organization [...]
What are you going to do differently this year?
Posted on 11. Jan, 2012 by Claudio Perrone
Imagine you are lost in the middle of a magnetic storm. You glance at your compass, but the needle rotates furiously. You take some steps in one direction, then you change your mind. Where are you going? You notice something you’ve seen before and you suddenly realize you’re just walking in circles. How would you [...]
Open Space Cartoons
Posted on 14. May, 2011 by Claudio Perrone
For those of you using the Open Space approach to run self-organizing conferences, I created a set of fun cartoons to illustrate its four guiding principles and “law of two feet”. The drawings are vector-based, so you can print them as big as you want. At the formidable Agile Coach Camp Italy 2011, we printed [...]
The making-of the Rise of the Lean Machine
Posted on 05. Oct, 2010 by Claudio Perrone
It’s a matter of time. Time I don’t have. I once learned that Alfred Hitchcock used to sketch on storyboards to pre-visualize the shots of his movies. What if I could apply cartooning and storyboarding techniques for my Zen-style presentations? With acceptable results, I thought, I could use those sketches as first-class citizens and incorporate [...]
Video Clip: Why Story?
Posted on 13. Jul, 2010 by Claudio Perrone
This is brief post to share with you a short video clip I just published, based on my latest talk: “Crafting Outstanding Presentations”. Other clips will follow. I’m developing decent video editing skills, so I hope you’ll like my “cinematic” intro. Why story? Well, if you read my previous posts, the answer is pretty obvious. [...]
Goldfish
Posted on 21. Jun, 2010 by Claudio Perrone
“What do you do?” I’m asked. “I am a Lean and Agile software development consultant.” My reply is patently inadequate. It is my first conference since I officially started my freelancing adventure a couple of months ago – and it shows. The small business entrepreneur in front of me has no idea of what I just said. [...]
Crafting Outstanding Presentations
Posted on 17. Jun, 2010 by Claudio Perrone
A new dream is taking shape. It all started three weeks ago, while presenting in front of a group of entrepreneurs. On the surface, the slides below illustrate pretty pictures and practical storytelling techniques. Look beyond the means, however, and you’ll discover how a single presentation can powerfully influence people and, maybe, even change someone’s [...]
Great Presentations: A good story idea
Posted on 10. Jul, 2009 by Claudio Perrone
In my previous post I revealed that, to craft a great (technical) presentation, I deliberately use storytelling techniques borrowed from contemporary screenwriting. I leverage the power of story to stimulate an emotional response, even a new behavior, in the audience. This approach comes from the realization that, although important, rational thinking has its limits. Even [...]
Duoblog: What is the secret of a great presentation?
Posted on 29. Jun, 2009 by Claudio Perrone
A few days ago, Chris Hedgate asked me to join him in a little experiment that he called duoblog. A duoblog is about writing on a shared subject in “parallel” with another blogger. Since the agreed subject is broad and we don’t see each other’s work until we both publish it (@16:00 UTC), we should [...]
ALT.NET Dublin is born!
Posted on 08. Feb, 2009 by Claudio Perrone
With unconcealed trepidation, I’m counting the days until Thursday, when the first official gathering of the newborn ALT.NET Dublin group will take place (go here for details). How does it feel to take part in a local user group right at its launch? New people come together for the first time, full of curiosity, enthusiasm [...]
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