1. BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS EVAN LEYBOURN

2. Evan Leybourn Lean / Agile Business Leader and Author Melbourne, Australia @eleybourn http://theagiledirector.com

3. COMMUNICATION IS HARD

4. NSA

5. EASY TO MISUNDERSTAND

6. Ma & Pa Kettle

7. LANGUAGE BARRIERS THE NATURAL DIFFERENCE IN CONTEXT

8. Hofstede’s Power Distance Index http://geert-hofstede.com/

10. WHAT DIRECTION DOES TIME MOVE?

11. PHRASAL VERBS

12. 你好 !

13. NON VERBAL COMMUNICATION THE NATURAL DIFFERENCE IN CONTEXT

17. HIERARCHY AS AN IMPEDIMENT CULTURAL COMMUNICATION DIFFERENCES

18. COMMUNICATION IS EASY

20. COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE PROJECT MANAGEMENT COMMUNITY

21. WIIFM WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME

22. SORRY FOR THE NEXT SLIDE

23. 1.New Members Introduction; 2.Current Department Initiatives Roundtable: Where each member has 1 minute to describe what they are currently working on and how members can help each other; 3.Focus Presentation: A 20 minute presentation (as planned by the CoP chair) on a specific topic of interest. This presentation may be from CoP members, other staff or external SME’s; 4.Open Discussion / Lean Coffee: 20 minutes allocated to an open (but still moderated) discussion on any important topics; 5.Future Agenda and Next Meeting Timeframe.

24. SELF MANAGEMENT REDUCING APATHY AND PERSONALITY CULTS

25. SETUP LEAN COFFEE TO DISCUSS > DISCUSSING > DISCUSSED

28. Statler & Waldorf

29. LET’S GO!!!

30. Attention Test

31. QUESTIONS??? EVAN@THEAGILEDIRECTOR.COM @ELEYBOURN