flow
/fləu/-
Everyday language:
to move along in a steady, continuous stream
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Psychology:
the mental state in which a person is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the activity performed.
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Music:
the delivery of a rap music vocal performance, defined by prosody, cadence, and speed
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Lean / Kanban:
The uninterrupted and uniform movement of work in small batches through multiple, aligned subsystems.
Who we are
We are Andreas and Susanne Bartel, Kanban and agile coaches and trainer based in Hamburg, Germany.
We equip teams, leaders, and organizations with modern management tools to design their work systems single-handedly in a way that maximizes their effectiveness. We teach you how to fish rather than fishing for you!




What inspires us and keeps us going
Wir sind gerne in der deutschen und weltweiten Kanban Community unterwegs und lieben Bücher die unseren Horizont erweitern oder auch mal unser bisheriges Bild auf den Kopf stellen.
Diese Leute und ihre Bücher haben uns besonders geformt, beeindruckt und inspiriert:
- David J. Anderson, Mike Burrows und gesamte Lean Kanban-Community
- Eliyahu M. Goldrat’ Theory of Constraints
- Dave Snowden’s Cynefin Modell
- Bücher wie “Turn the ship around”
Next Events
(Deutsch) Kanban System Design (Kanban Management Professional I) – VIRTUELL
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(Deutsch) Das Handwerkszeug um mit dem eigenen Kanban-System durchzustarten!
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Services

Agendashift Assessments
und Action Workshops
Agendashift Assessments
und Action Workshops
We are Agendashift TM partners. Agendashift stands for clean conversations, coherent collaboration, and continuous transformation.
We’re evolving new ways to facilitate organisational change – helping practitioners and client organisations to share in a highly participatory and refreshingly non-prescriptive approach to Lean-Agile transformation.
Contact us for more details about the survey, tool support, and flexible workshop concept.


Agile
Coaching
Agile
Coaching
As experienced Agile Coaches we support your transformation to (more) agility. Besides working in and with teams, we work at the interfaces and with the leadership in the organisation.
We strongly believe in “teaching how to fish”.

Kanban University-certified
Kanban Training
Kanban University-certified
Kanban Training

As KU-accredited Kanban trainers we offer public and private training classes. In both cases you will get official certificates of attendance / designation. Classes can be held in English or German.
Team Kanban Practitioner – the 1-day kickstarter into Kanban, also well-suited for whole teams. Puts attendees in the position to apply Kanban the next day.
Kanban Management Professional I (“Kanban System Design”): Imparts well-founded knowledge about the core of the Kanban method, supported by several hours of simulation. Makes attendees familiar with STATIK, the proven and humane approach to design and implement Kanban systems.
Course Description KMP I (English) (1214 downloads)
Kanban Management Professional II (“Kanban Systems Improvement”): Advanced class for professionals already working actively in and at Kanban systems who want to further deepen and improve their work systems. Delivers more in-depth concepts and opens space for experimentation in a simulation, exchange and reflection.
Kursbeschreibung KMP II (deutsch) (1670 downloads)Please see the “Events” section for upcoming courses.
Voices of course attendees:
“Susanne is a great trainer who prepared for the attendees well in advance. Awesome class, thanks! Expectations fully met.”
“Got the principles and delivered an 80/20 approach for my organization in just 2 days, great!”
“Playfully cut to the chase. Thanks!”

Kanban
Coaching
Kanban
Coaching
Als ausgebildete “Kanban Coaching Professionals” verfügen wir über umfangreiche Kenntnisse nicht nur über die Kanban-Methode selbst sondern auch die Dynamiken sowie erfolgreiche, erprobte Ansätze bei der Einführung.
Wir glauben an die Kraft evolutionärer Veränderung und freuen uns darauf Sie auf diesem Weg zu begleiten.
Dabei unterstützen wir Sie auch dabei, den Blick aus der Teamebene heraus nach links und rechts, oben und unten zu erweitern. Mit Service-Orientierung können Sie Ihr Geschäft schrittweise marktgerechter aufstellen.


Kanban
Kickstart-Workshops
Kanban
Kickstart-Workshops
You want to quickly kick off your Kanban system?
Based on your situation and needs, we design a tailored workshop offering the right mix of Kanban theory, experiencing principles in simulations, analyzing your work environment, and designing your system.
This way, you will be prepared to start working with Kanban within one to two days.

Okaloa
Flowlab Simulations
Okaloa
Flowlab Simulations
Many seemingly easy concepts and issues around how work flows can only be fully understood once experienced.
Okaloa Flowlab is a set of board play business simulations that let you experience different obstacles that prevent work from flowing and how this affects agility.
As Beta Tester and authorized Flowlab Facilitator, we bring Okaloa Flowlab to you to help you get a deeper understanding of flow – in general and relating to your work system.

Discover
Don’t miss our upcoming public classes and events:
- Meet Susanne with her experience report from applying the Kanban Maturity Model as a coaching tool in June at Enterprise Agility Europe 2019 in Bilbao, Spain.
- Meet Andreas and Susanne with Learning Labs on Portfolio Management and Kanban Techniques at Lean Kanban Global Summit in May.
- Open Kanban Management Professional II class with Andreas in Hamburg June 24/25.

News
More NewsKanban Eurasia (Minsk, March 2020)
We were really glad to be invited to Kanban Eurasia! So in March, we travelled to Belorussia. It was a…
AgileAmped Podcast “Die sechs Stufen des Kanban Maturity Models”
While I was at the Agile Lean Europe in Frankfurt in November 2019, I was asked to record an episode…
Agile-Lean Internation Frankfurt 2019 – Applications of the Kanban Maturity Model (Slides)
Abstract As part of the KMM Beta Workgroup, I have applied the Kanban Maturity Model for almost a year now…
#Toyota, admired by so many for TPS, though within the top few, is no longer a leading company reg. quality or economics of manufacturing: e.g. margin per manufactured car.
Kudos to my buddy @Dimitar_HK and the whole gang @KanbanizeInc! Yesterday I learned that my customer for #Kanban training had picked @KanbanizeInc as their tool after considering 3 options. And they’re really happy with their choice. So am I as a trainer and consultant!
Thank you @KanbanUni for supporting us running a successful business. Great partnership! Let’s continue to make a difference with #Kanban twitter.com/KanbanUni/stat…
#Kanban System Design (KSD) ONLINE findet nächste Woche definitiv statt! Für Kurzentschlossene, jetzt noch schnell anmelden und Fluss mit Hilfe von @OkaloaFlowlab erleben. Wir sehen uns! twitter.com/trichromacy/st…
Just out of a review session about how Classes of Service for features worked out in the first 6 months after introducing. Great to see how they show up in data and well these work to create transparency and act as stressor to improve the #kanban system and customer orientation!
Today, similar to a few years back with the physical version, we again pioneered something magnificent from @Okaloa for our #Kanban training. We successfully run the Beta version of @OkaloaFlowlab ONLINE in our new KSD online class. Applaus to @PatrickSteyaert & @ArletteVercamme pic.twitter.com/jrSYl2eEJY
What a treat! Thanks @neilhimself and crew! I think I‘ll need to re-watch the show now :-D twitter.com/neilhimself/st…
Interesting talk by Denis Bartolome at #kanbanEurasia. Fascinating to see #Kanban language in Russian, can actually understand a few things :) pic.twitter.com/6XKine6sK9
On the train home from a week training new #kanban trainers with @prawi. Great international group from Brasil, Turkey, Spain, Poland, Rumania, Peru, and 4 of them women yay! You all rock, now Kanbanize the world :) pic.twitter.com/wMkJr0N66N
Enjoying @natarctica‘s presentation at #alifra about a real-world journey with OKRs. Thanks! pic.twitter.com/qCNAgILJLw
Thanks to @AgileAmped for inviting me to the Podcast series. Had a great chat with @AlexBirke at #alifra about the state of #Kanban and the use of the KMM as a coaching tool. pic.twitter.com/9cB1kUDBsF
#Kanban Maturity Model posters freshly arrived from the printing service, pick yours up from the @KanbanUni desk! #alifra #alicon pic.twitter.com/3naVwR5i4Z
Having a great time at #alifra today. Kicked off the #Kanban track, now enjoying other speakers. pic.twitter.com/Y0c65dyoCD
Danke @DB_Bahn für eine entspannte ICE Fahrt von München nach Hamburg, und sogar 3 Minuten zu früh angekommen. Das muss auch mal gesagt sein, so :) Schönes Wochenende!