The document discusses learning agility and continuous learning. It defines learning agility as the willingness and ability to learn from experiences and apply lessons to new situations. Continuous learning is defined as the constant expansion of skills through learning and increasing knowledge in response to a changing environment. Characteristics of continuous learning include asking for help, observing others, trying new methods, and training. The document provides examples for supporting continuous learning, such as code katas, pair programming, and online training courses. It emphasizes that continuous learning has become essential for technical careers.

1. Learning Agility
over
Learning Agile
@daniel_davis
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2. Who I am?
Business Improvement Consultant
Agile Practitioner/Developer
Innovator
Hacker
Maker
Cub Master
Professional Snowboard Instructor
Where I’ve been?
Delphi
AAA Life
General Motors
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Cengage Learning
Delta Dental
Gordon Food Service (GFS)
Cintas
Farm Bureau Insurance
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3. Focus For The Session
Principles over Prescription
Discussion over Presentation
Experiential Learning over Listening
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4. Agile - Defined
Individuals and interactions over Processes and tools
Working software over Comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over Contract negotiation
Responding to change over Following a plan
That is, while there is value in the items on the right,
we value the items on the left more.
Agile software development is a group of software development
methods based on iterative and incremental development, in which
requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-
organizing, cross-functional teams. It promotes adaptive planning,
evolutionary development and delivery, a time-boxed iterative
approach, and encourages rapid and flexible response to change.
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5. Learning Agility - Defined
Learning agility is the willingness and
ability to learn from your experiences
and then apply those lessons to help
you succeed in new situations.
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6. Characteristics of learning agility...
- solicit early and direct feedback
- self-reflect
- resourceful with what’s at hand
- seek to fail fast
- always looking for new challenges
and most importantly...
- Continuously Learning
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7. Continuous Learning - Defined
Continuous learning is the constant
expansion of skills through learning
and increasing knowledge. It’s about
expanding our skill-set in response
to changing environments and new
developments.
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8. Continuous Learning - Why it’s important
Being able to continuously learn has become
a must within our modern-day technical
careers. If you aren't growing, adapting, and
evolving your skills as technologies change,
then you are stagnating.
Eventually you won't outgrow your job -
it will outgrow you!
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9. Characteristics of continuous learning...
- asking for help when something is not understood
- observing more experienced employees at work
- trying new ways of doing things and exploring
alternative methods
- finding ways to improve such as taking up training
programs or online seminars outside of work
and most importantly...
- practicing what has been learnt already
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10. Ways to support continuous learning -
Code Katas -
Helps hone skills through practice and repetition.
- cyber-dojo.org
- codekata.com
- thePrimeFactorsKata
~ butUncleBob.com
- self driven
~ new ideas
~ old problems
~ unknowns
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11. Ways to support continuous learning -
Pair Programming -
Drives shared knowledge and collective
understanding. Allows for focused learning in
collaboration with an instant feedback loop.
- Across the experience:
• Expert with Expert
• Expert with Novice
• Novice with Novice
- Amongst the team:
• Business with Development
• Development with Testing
• Testing with Business
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12. Ways to support continuous learning -
Online Training -
skillshare - Master real-world skills with
hands-on projects. Hundreds of online
classes to chose from.
pluralsight.com - A rich library of full-
length online training courses for
developers and IT pros, created by the
best authors in the industry.
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13. Quotes and motivation -
“I am still learning”
Michelangelo - at 87 years old
“stop doing Agile and start being agile”
not sure - but I use it enough to claim it
“If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be
waiting for the rest of our lives.”
Lemony Snicket
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14. Challenge -
What is one learning objective
you can set for yourself today?
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15. Q & A
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16. Business Solutions Consultancy
For those who value... value.
Clients collaborate with us to solve
business problems.
The first step is figuring out how we can
either make or save them money.
BUSINESS AGILITY
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17. Daniel Davis
ddavis@pillartechnology.com
daniel.davis.tech@gmail.com
@daniel_davis
linkedin.com/in/davisdaniel
Thank you!
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