In the second live special edition of Agile Lean Europe (ALE) 2025 in Munich, Ina Galinski and Carsten Rüscher, together with guests from the audience, delve deeper into key Kanban topics. In English, they discuss value streams in large organizations, unusual visualizations, practical tips and tricks, major "fuck-ups," and personal moments of success with Kanban.

Topics & Highlights

🌊 Value streams in corporations:

• Opportunities & pitfalls in visualization – why different perspectives are worth their weight in gold.

👀 Impressive visualizations:

• From lipstick development to South Park cards – creative examples from practice.

🛠️ Tips & tricks for boards:

• Why Definition of Ready/Done does not belong in separate columns, "Martins Gate," and gamification with stamps & sounds.

💥 Biggest fuck-ups:

• When Kanban boards suddenly look like Waterfall – and what coaches learn from it.

🌟 Success stories:

• The "spark moments": Teams realize that focus, flow, and transparency really work.

Key takeaways

• Value stream mapping creates transparency – but often also political discussions.

• Unusual visualizations (AI images, physical boards with webcams, gamification) can inspire teams in new ways.

• Tips & tricks: Keep boards short, avoid "spaghetti processes," work consciously with policies.

• Failure is part of the process – every supposed "fuck-up" provides valuable learning opportunities.

• Successes are often the simple things: when teams find focus, break down barriers, and experience real flow.

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Thanks to all participants who joined our session and gave us their questions. We are very thankful, have had you in the session and gave this episode its own flavour.