Free Intensive.. Led by Jared Spool. Taking Control of Agile UX.

Feel challenged by making UX work with Agile? You are not alone.

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With the right support, your UX team will drive high-quality results from your organization’s Agile process.

Agile is a continuous learning platform. So is UX. You can make them work well together.

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Tame the chaos and take control of Agile UX.

UX and Agile are not natural enemies. Let’s stop treating them that way.

The biggest irony of the shift to Agile is that it’s exactly what the UX world has been seeking for years. Yet, now that it’s here, it seems we’re wholly unprepared for it. The tables have turned and developers are ready to iterate quickly. However, our standard UX toolbox feels inadequate for the task.

Our challenge is to become effective contributors in this Agile world. We need to start adapting to it.

We have to cut our designs into sprint-sized chunks while ensuring that it feels like a coherent, well-thought-out design when we put the pieces together.. Unfortunately, conventional thinking about Agile doesn’t help us with this.

Agile was not conceived with UX in mind — we’re on our own to make this work. Now is the time to tame the chaos and take control of Agile UX.

UX and Agile are not natural enemies.
Let’s stop treating them that way.

Get your Agile teams off of the code-delivery treadmill.

Transform your Agile UX process to deliver true value and innovation

Get your Agile teams off of the code-delivery treadmill.

Imagine 6 hour-long sessions where you:

  • Reframe your Agile efforts to deliver value, not just code. Your organization will benefit from the true promise of agility.
  • Unearth new approaches that push beyond Agile’s constraints. You’ll stop feeling stuck all the time.
  • Explore the new skillsets, toolsets, and mindsets behind successful Agile UX execution. You’ll easily upgrade your Agile team’s capabilities and rituals.
  • Transform your team’s “definition of done” to be human-centered. You’ll make satisfying your users’ needs a key delivery criteria.
  • Recast KPIs to be UX outcomes instead of delivery outputs. Your organization will now deliver products that improve people’s lives.

At the end of this Intensive, you’ll take control of your Agile UX process. You’ll see how:

  • Your Agile teams will know more about their users. They’ll have their users in mind with every decision they make.
  • You’ll describe and measure the delivery of value. Teams will have a new understanding of value as their ultimate delivery goal.
  • You’ll build up your teams’ innovation research capabilities. Users and customers will delight at the superpowers you’ll deliver into their hands.

This is what happens when you take control of Agile UX. This is how you tame the chaos and deliver better results.

Tame the chaos that is Agile UX. Take Control.

How the Take Control of Agile UX intensive works.

Are you ready to learn? Or are you ready to lead?

From March 28 - April 4 with VIP Sessions until April 7, we’ve got an Intensive package that’s perfect for where you are.

UX Learner Package — Free access to the Intensive materials

If you want to learn everything there is to know about Taking Control of Agile UX, sign up for our UX Learner Package. With this option, you get six new sessions:

  • Reframe Agile to Deliver Great UX - Monday, March 28
  • Use UX Research to Drive the Meaning of “Done” - Tuesday, March 29
  • Establish UX Metrics for Agile - Wednesday, March 30
  • Build Your Agile Team’s UX Capabilities - Thursday, March 31
  • Inspire Your Agile Teams with What Users Truly Need - Friday, April 1
  • Leading the Strategic Transformation to Agile UX - Monday, April 4

Join each one-hour session at either 2pm ET (18.00 GMT) or 7pm ET (23.00 GMT). Both sessions have a live Q&A with Jared Spool. The recordings from each session are available for UX Learners until April 11.

The UX Learner package is Free to all members of Leaders of Awesomeness (also free to join).

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UX Leader VIP Packages — Comprehensive access for great value

Ready to Take Control of Agile UX in your organization? We’ve got two perfectly-priced packages for you.

These two programs contain brand-new expertise for advanced UX leaders in larger organizations, to give them the skills and confidence to change. If you’re ready to demonstrate how great UX practices can push an organization to the next level, the UX Leader VIP Packages are for you.

Both UX Leader VIP Packages have the same VIP access to Jared Spool and the Center Centre team. Even if you attended our Take Control of Agile UX intensive before, the UX Leader VIP Packages contain all new tips, techniques, and methods, usually reserved for our high-end clients.

If you’re coming to the intensive on your own, sign up for the Individual package. You’ll get all the tools and techniques necessary to bring Agile UX to your organization, including how to:

  • Facilitate workshops with stakeholders and peers to identify your team’s Agile UX weak spots and critical challenges.
  • Avoid common traps and snags many UX leaders bump into their first time out.
  • Determine your next steps for making this happen inside your organization.
  • Empower your collaborators with powerful messaging that sells the necessary Agile UX transformation throughout the organization.

Want to bring your team? Get the entire team access for one price - $147. (When you sign up, we’ll give you an invitation link for you to give to any members of your team.)

The UX Leader VIP Packages have full access to every daily Intensive session as the UX Learner Package. They also include these additional VIP sessions:

NEW! VIP Train-the-Trainer Sessions

Taking Control of Agile UX is within reach — with the right help. We’ve created 3 special sessions to give you what you need to sell, empower, facilitate, and implement your Agile UX transformation.

  • VIP Train-the-Trainer: Identify Your Current Agile UX Weak Spots - Tuesday, March 29
  • VIP Train-the-Trainer: Planning Your UX Research Strategy Improvements - Wednesday, March 30
  • VIP Train-the-Trainer: Planning Your UX Metrics Strategy Improvements - Thursday, ​​March 31

All Train-the-Trainer sessions are at 11am ET (15.00 GMT) with Jared Spool. We’ll record each session for those who can’t attend.

Great leaders start with a plan. As a VIP, you’ll get an Agile UX transformation planning document that will get you started. Allocate time to work with your team to discuss and fill out the document. An hour each day should be enough.

We’ll discuss your plans in each Train-the-Trainer session. We’ll talk about any challenges you encountered and your strategic options for establishing your organization’s Agile UX transformation.

Work as a team to get the most value from the Intensive. Bring your management into the discussions. You won’t regret it. Folks tell us these are the week’s most valuable sessions.

VIP Guest Expert Discussion

We’ll host a special Q&A with industry expert Chris Risdon to guide you on succeeding at your Agile UX transformation. (We’re still confirming the details, but we can tell you, you don’t want to miss this!) Only subscribers to the UX Leader VIP Packages will have access to the session and its recording.

(We’ll get you the details as soon as our guest expert confirms the session. So stay tuned for the announcement!)

VIP Special Sessions: Lead Your Agile UX Transformation

Hit the ground running, ready to make the changes necessary in your organization. Meet with Jared Spool to plan your next steps and discuss any challenges you’re facing. Overcome your obstacles.

We have three limited attendance sessions, reserved only for UX Leader VIP Package subscribers: (Pick one)

  • VIP Special Session #1: Lead Your Agile UX Transformation - Wednesday, April 6, 2pm ET (18.00 GMT)
  • VIP Special Session #2: Lead Your Agile UX Transformation - Wednesday, April 6, 7pm ET (23.00 GMT)
  • VIP Special Session #3: Lead Your Agile UX Transformation - Thursday, April 7, 11am ET (15.00 GMT)

This will be the perfect send-off for your VIP Take Control of Agile UX intensive experience. Make awesomeness happen in your organization.

NEW! VIP Extended Recording and Notes Availability

UX Leader VIP Package subscribers will get access to the recordings and notes for all sessions until May 9, 2022. Team package subscribers can share the recordings and notes until that time with other team members, even if they couldn’t make the original sessions.

We’re excited to provide this extended time for our VIP package subscribers.

Users and customers will delight at the superpowers you’ll deliver into their hands.

Led by Jared Spool, Maker of Awesomeness.

Everything you learn in this 5-day Intensive comes directly from Jared’s years of working across industries, discovering the best practices for organizations to deliver well-designed products and services.

His experience, working with design leaders of organizations like IBM, NASA, GE, Fidelity Investments, GM, Exxon Mobil, and the Obama White House, has taught him exactly what teams need to mount strategic, influential UX research initiatives.

You’ll love his stories, his ability to demonstrate every point with a simple, concrete example, and his comically adorable attempts at trying to draw out his ideas. (You can’t fault him for trying, though.)

Most importantly, you’ll love how much smarter you’ll feel after spending a few minutes absorbing his experience-informed wisdom. Don’t pass up this opportunity to glean everything you can from Jared.

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Which package do you want for the Take Control of Agile UX intensive?

UX Learner Package

Free
  • Attend 6 one-hour live sessions with Jared Spool from March 28 – April 4.

  • Receive detailed Agile UX transformation planning documents, to establish a plan for your own transformation.

  • Personally join the dedicated community space with extended resources.

  • Retain access to all session recordings and notes until April 11.

JOIN FOR FREE

UX Leader VIP Package for Individuals

$97
  • Attend 6 one-hour live sessions with Jared Spool from March 28 – April 4.

  • Receive detailed Agile UX transformation planning documents, to establish a plan for your own transformation.

  • Personally attend 3 one-hour VIP Train-the-Trainer sessions with Jared Spool from March 29 – 31.

  • Personally attend the Guest Expert Discussion.

  • Personally join the smaller, more intimate UX Leader VIP community space to get exclusive content and support for Taking Control of Agile UX in your organization.

  • Retain access to all recordings and notes until May 9.

JOIN AS AN INDIVIDUAL

UX Leader VIP Package for Teams

$147
  • One price access for everyone on your team.

  • Attend 6 one-hour live sessions with Jared Spool from March 28 – April 4.

  • Receive detailed Agile UX transformation planning documents, to establish a plan for your own transformation.

  • You and your team can attend 3 one-hour VIP Train-the-Trainer sessions with Jared Spool from March 29 – 31.

  • You and your team can attend the Guest Expert Discussion.

  • You and your team can join the smaller, more intimate UX Leader VIP community space to get exclusive content and support for Taking Control of Agile UX in your organization.

  • You and your team can retain access to all recordings and notes until May 9.

JOIN AS A TEAM