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Agile Parenting: Bridging Work and Life. Glen Wang. Google “Agile parenting”. If you google “Agile parenting,” there will be more than 500,000 results. The outstanding ones are: Geof Lory’s “Manifesto for Agile Parenting” Bruce Feiler’s “Agile Programming for Your Family”.
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Agile Parenting: Bridging Work and Life Glen Wang
Google “Agile parenting” If you google “Agile parenting,” there will be more than 500,000 results. The outstanding ones are: • Geof Lory’s “Manifesto for Agile Parenting” • Bruce Feiler’s “Agile Programming for Your Family”
Bruce Feiler’s “Agile Programming for Your Family” • Bruce Feiler’s idea is that to deal with the stress of modern family life, go Agile. Inspired by Agile software programming, Feiler introduces family practices that encourage flexibility, bottom-up idea flow, constant feedback, and accountability.
Purpose and scope of this presentation • Advocate Agile parenting in the Scrum community • Share my understanding and practice of Agile parenting • Trigger discussion and thinking
Agile parenting: Managingnegative energy Acknowledgement: The Mind Map charts in this presentation are drawn by the tool Astah. Thanks Kenji Hiranabe for introducing the tool to me!
Summary You can begin Agile parenting by: • Applying Scrum meetings and lists, inspecting what works and what doesn’t, and adapting. • To build or transfer from an existing Parenting Club to a CoP of Agile parenting, go gradually. • Keep learning, keep sharing. • The first key is empathy, and the second is trying. Treat human beings as human beings, and try out the Agile ideas.
Summary Agile Parenting Apply Scrum meetings and lists in Family • Community of Practice: • Wisdom of Crowd • Mutual Support Pillar 1: Empathy – Treat Human Being as Human Being Pillar 2: Try – Inspect and Adapt