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Psychological Safety and Remote Work

Over the last four years, the world has experienced an unprecedented shift to remote and hybrid work environments. This poses questions for those interested in high-performing teams, because physical distance from our teammates has created challenges to fostering and increasing psychological safety. With collaboration from Amy Edmondson and Mark Mortensen, this talk presents original research …

Creative Constraints

You, (yes, you, reading this right now), are endlessly creative.Especially when you’re in a tight spot. Do you frequently feel that you don’t have enough people / money / time? That you’ve no idea how to do that one thing you need to do? Perhaps you think that coming up with creative solutions to problems …

May the odds be ever in your favour

We can’t be certain about the future! In this talk we’ll explore ways in which you can stack the odds in your favour when delivering work and prevent falling victim to the illusion of certainty. We’ll dive into techniques and metrics we can use to manage expectations and make decisions at the earliest possible opportunity.

Boredom – A Secret Sauce to Creativity

Organisations are obsessed with churning out new products and growing monetary value, which results in burnt-out people. I am on a mission to convince organisations to give their people the time to get bored. Through that boredom comes creativity, innovation, and adept problem-solving. Let’s move away from rushing and introduce one hour of boredom. This …

The Power of Empathy in Agile Delivery

What’s at the heart of successful delivery? It is not just the iterative processes or the focus on deliverables but a foundational element that binds all aspects of Agile delivery – empathy. This presentation will explore the transformative power of empathy in Agile delivery, demonstrating its far-reaching benefits. Empathy, often underutilised and misunderstood, is the …

The missing perspective

Whether it is the execution of an ambitious strategy, the adoption of new approaches to developing products or services, or the creation of a new business function, organisational stability is no longer feasible and organisational change is becoming a continuous challenge. And yet, in the majority of cases, such attempts routinely fall far behind the …

Connecting to Create: How Strong Work Relationships Ignite Creative Genius

Synopsis: the importance of psychological safety in nurturing environments where people are at their creative best has been gaining prominence in organisational literature for decades. A worker in today’s knowledge economy requires a mix of social and technical expertise to thrive and a person’s emotional intelligence is the primary enabling skill that contributes to the …

Agile Sustainability, Evolving Our Practice

As Agile practitioners product & organisation sustainability is our responsibility. In this session we will delve from the business case for Sustainability (& debunking top excuses) right into the responsibility in shaping efficient, modular and natural-capital aware products and systems. Not just by the mantra of “less is more” (simplifying & optimizing), we’ll explore the …

What’s my value?

As individuals, we strive to ensure that our teams are always delivering value, but how do we know if we’re delivering value in our own roles? Join Joanna as she talks through different ways of tracking and communicating your value to stakeholders to give you the edge on contract negotiations, performance reviews and just proof …

Establish rapidly thriving collaboration with Flight Levels®(In a time when frameworks and transformations are becoming too slow)

The increasing number of topics and their complexity that companies need to coordinate pose significant challenges. Pure technology and/or innovation advantages no longer make the difference here. Rather, what decides is who can build collaboration for implementing relevant topics or new opportunities within the company, and how quickly they can do so. When we look …