"Without passion, nobody cares."
"Without responsibility, nothing gets done."

Sound familiar? Forcing smart people to do agile practices without asking is not the best way to "transform" a company or engage the people. Forcing 'agile' is actually quite DUMB.

A better approach might be to demonstrate respect for people, by including the folks in the decision to change. Imagine including people in the decision.

Executives that have seen forced-march 'agile transformation' fail in a big way will get the most out of this session.

We'll run down what it takes to engage people, why engaging people is essential, how everyone needs a sense of control, and belonging, and how to explain all of this stuff to executive decision-makers in 3 minutes. Just like that.

We'll also discuss why the issue of imposing change on people is by far the largest "elephant in the room" of the worldwide Agile industry. And how otherwise outspoken "thought leader" incumbents who have absolutely nothing to say about this are in fact perpetuating the problem.

Everyone exists with a toolkit of PDF checklists from my classes, and also some other resources. When we discuss tools, we'll be focusing on the use of Open Space Technology to bring some humanity and indeed, some fun....to the difficult task of organizational change.

Those who are wondering when things are going to change will get the most from this session.

Executives want business agility – the ability to deliver value predictably to their customers faster, with high quality, and sustainably. But they are not interested in Lean-Agile, just perhaps that they need to use it. This talk will show you how to introduce value streams to executives as a way to explain what an organization has to do. It will show how attending to value streams can increase innovation, speed time of delivery, lower risk, and reduce costs. All the while helping align the organization.

Here is an article that illustrates what I’ll talk about – only I’ll have a lot more detail.

Today's organizations are choking on red tape and top-down decision-making. Managers spend too much of their time granting permission, and when employees closest to the work sense an urgent need for change, they're left stranded. It’s little wonder that more than 85% of employees worldwide report feeling disengaged from their work. It’s becoming increasingly obvious that) the way we work isn’t working

Holacracy practice is an agile alternative to the conventional management structure. It provides a framework for self-management that distributes decision-making, scales easily, and fundamentally empowers employees by allowing them to work with alignment and autonomy.

In this talk, Holacracy co-founder Brian Robertson will outline five concrete steps organizations can take to implement self-management using Holacracy. Whether or not you decide that self-management is right for your company, you’ll learn how to make your meetings more efficient, create a system that empowers your team, and increase organizational clarity.

Communities are springing up everywhere - driving growth & innovation in Web3 and crypto, just as they did for Web2. But building and leveraging a successful community is no easy feat for any product or game. In this illuminating presentation, you’ll discover how the teams behind breakout hits like Rock Band, The Sims, Netflix, and Slack used social game design to shape their product decisions. You’ll also learn 3 ways to harness the power of community-first design into your own work.