Training and Bootcamps

Product, Innovation & Design Thinking

Create your  Innovation Strategy.  Learn how to build out an intentional innovation ecosystem and create buy-in from competing stakeholders with our Innovation workshops.  

Got a wicked problem? 

Ideation sessions can provide dozens of ideas for new products or services. Follow-up by validating an experiment with Design Sprints or Design Thinking workshops.

Learn how to gain deeper empathy with your customers, unleash ideas that will delight users, validate the features they will buy or use, and create a rapid prototype.

Pulling from the toolkits provided through Stanford’s d.school, Google’s “Sprint,” and Eric Reis’ “The Startup Way,” these workshops are fast-paced, interactive, and collaborative.

Business Agility, Coaching & Leadership

Training for the Agile mindset, behaviors, and practices: courses developed for practical application in your day-to-day.

  • Business Agility for leadership & management
  • Lean Portfolio Management
  • Objectives and Key Results
  • Value Stream Mapping
  • Workshop by Design (for content creators)

Agile for Managers

A series of 2-hour workshops designed for the Agile manager, focusing on soft skills and practices that empower people and enable flow. This series is suitable for anyone who wants to strengthen or evolve their servant leader stance while leveling up their management approach. This series is available for licensing with a Train-the-Trainer element for Learning & Development or Agile Coaching Teams.

Agile Requirements

How to go from Idea to Backlog: Break down a new initiative from idea to backlog

Agile Requirements: A robust, hands-on course developed by Ellen Gottesdeiner, co-author of “Discover to Deliver.” Learn how to apply the 7 Product Dimensions to your refinement activities. Includes requirements visualization techniques, non-functional requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria.

Phase I: Preparation

Participants in this workshop receive the most value when there is a partnership with the business to prepare 2-5 days of jam-packed value specific to your domain.

Phase II: Execution

  • Intro to Business Agility
  • Create a Vision and Product Canvas for each initiative
  • Validate ideas and create action plans
  • Create a system to self-manage as a team

Phase III: Reinforcement 

Consulting, Coaching, or Training as needed

  • Product Management / Product Owner Bootcamp
  • Design Thinking Workshops