12. Exercise
• Which of the elements was most
interesting or curious for you?
• What is the impact on the work you do
of that or any of the elements?
• Is there one where you would like to
move your score?
• How might you do that?
13. Personal Agility = New Idea
Leonardo da Vinci
15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519
Seven Principles
• Curiosità – An insatiable and unrelenting
quest for continuous learning
• Dimostrazione – Learning from experience
• Sensazione – Sharpening the senses
• Sfumato – Managing ambiguity and change
• Arte/Scienza – Whole-brain thinking
• Corporalità – Body-mind fitness
• Connessione – Systems thinking
14. Quest for continuous learning
“The desire to know is natural
to good men” – Leonardo
24. Developing Personal Agility
See the bigger picture and the
connections beyond your work
Look for possibilities before you
look for problems
Appreciative Inquiry
25. Developing Personal Agility
Learn how to put people at ease
http://www.your-brain-at-work.com/files/NLJ_SCARFUS.pdf
The SCARF model was developed by David Rock, Neuroleadership Group, author of Your Brain At Work
26. Developing Personal Agility
Live the Agile Values
• Individuals and interactions over
processes and tools
• Working software over
comprehensive documentation
• Customer collaboration over
contract negotiation
• Responding to change over
following a plan
29. What would Leonardo do?
What will you do?
• Find a partner
• Each describe one action you’ll take to improve personal agility
• Trade contact details
• Share permission to follow up
• Take action
• Follow up
31. References Connect
Personal Kanban:
Mapping
Work/Navigating Life
Jim Benson
Tonianne DeMaria Barry
How To Think
Like Leonardo Da Vinci
Michael J. Gelb
Mindset: The New
Psychology of Success
Carol Dweck
Sue Johnston
sue@itsunderstood.com
@itsunderstood
http://itsunderstood.com