Presenting Agile Kata

Wednesday, June 12 from 11:00 am – 12:30 pm ET

According to a study conducted by McKinsey in conjunction with Agile Alliance in 2022, three out of four Agile transformations fail. The number one reason is the lack of cultural change.

Using a waterfall process for a transformation, as many companies do, is the wrong recipe for success. Culture does not come alive in PowerPoint decks or fancy framework illustrations. Culture changes when people change behaviors and do things differently. And those behaviors don’t change overnight.

Enter a different and unique approach — the Agile Kata.

Originating in martial arts, a “Kata” involves deliberate, repetitive practice to master a form. And so the “Agile Kata” is a pattern for driving change by deliberately practicing it until it becomes a new habit.

In this talk, Joe Krebs shares how the Agile Kata is fundamentally different and how you can apply this universal pattern to improve your Agile transformation, reach a higher degree of business Agility, and improve your Agile team processes. It can even be the starting point for introducing any Agile change into your organization.

In this presentation, Joe will focus on the opportunities the Agile Kata presents to Agile teams and Agile coaches.

Meet Joe Krebs

From Ascii to Agile. Joe Krebs is the creator of the Agile Kata and the Agile Kata certification program. He is a lifelong learner, host of the www.Agile.FM podcast, an author, and a certified trainer who certifies Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, and Leaders. Joe has delivered an Agile curriculum to thousands of professionals around the globe. His quest for helping organizations to change to a new way of working and agile ways of thinking is directly linked to the creation of the Agile Kata, a universal agile change management pattern. Joe founded Incrementor, an Agile coaching and training company located in New York back in 2009. Three years in a row, Incrementor made the prestigious INC 5000 list.