About David – 6 Step Agile

ABOUT DAVID LOWE

BUSINESS COACH, TRAINER, MENTOR, AUTHOR AND PODCASTER.

David believes that everyone has the right to improve their work and personal life, so divides his time between coaching and training individuals, teams and organisations.

He helps people and organisations achieve their best through building awareness, empowering choice and supporting them to make regular evolutionary improvements.

EXPERIENCE

Having worked with a wide range of clients across many industries (including Ford, Ministry of Justice, NET-A-PORTER, NHS, John Lewis, GDS, Naked Wines and Shelter, Bayer, Unilever), David has a reputation for introducing and evolving successful Agile environments.

Each organisation that he works with needs a different approach so no two clients are the same.

David brings an affable and humorous approach to his work, ensuring maximum engagement from individuals, teams and organisations as a whole.

QUALIFICATIONS

David has a wealth of qualifications including:

Post Grad Certificate in Business & Personal Coaching from Uni of Chester
Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with International Coaching Federation
ICAgile certified facilitator, coach, expert coach and accredited trainer
Kanban Coaching Professional (KCP)
... and is currently conducting doctoral research into the use of humour in coaching at Oxford Brookes.

PUBLICATIONS

He has written a number of books and runs a popular podcast:

Scrum 101: The most frequently asked questions about Agile with Scrum
The Innovation Revelation: A story about how to satisfy customer needs
The Lemonade Stall: How to test and validate ideas
You're On Mute! Facilitating online workshops with a touch of fun!
Coaching Journal: A guide and journal
The Coach's Backpack

COMMUNITIES

David is the host of a number of community groups both publicly and within organisations. These include:

London Agile Discussion Group

Founded in 2012, the London Agile Discussion Group is apparently the oldest agile group in London.

Each session gathers harnesses the attendees’ collective knowledge, experience and ideas so that everyone can benefit from a shared wisdom.

London Lean Coffee

Lean Coffee is a structured, but agenda-less meeting. Participants gather, build an agenda, and begin talking. Conversations are directed and productive because the agenda for the meeting was democratically generated.