March Lightning Talks

What's the Format?
There will be three talks for this event - each speaker will get a 20 minute slot (including 5 minutes for Q&A) for their talk.

Why Lightning Talks?
It’s a great way to give new voices in the community a chance to share something they’re passionate about without the need to create a one-hour presentation. It also opens up ACE to a lot more speakers from many different backgrounds that want to share their experience but who prefer a shorter format.

What Are the Talks?

1. When will it be done? by Damian Crawford
   Join Damian as he talks about the journey of metrics at two companies MOO and BT. Discover how teams and the business benefitted from using better data to improve delivery and delight customers sooner. You will come away with all his tips, tricks and references to try with your team.

About Damian - With over 20 years experience in I.T. Damian is a coach and leader who helps teams to align and collaborate around outcomes. Currently he is helping teams on their agile journey at BT.

2. Blending Leadership into Agile Culture by Bazil Arden
   Leadership is a subtle and illusive skill. Working in an Agile way requires a reimagining of leadership – this talk will outline a framework that shares many values with Agile – Intent Based Leadership (IBL). We will discuss how a medium sized company (400+ engineers) adopted the new principles and practices over the last 1 year. Expect to hear some of the lessons we learned and techniques we evolved to incorporate these practices into the daily life of engineers.

About Bazil - Bazil has been working with companies adopting Agile ways of working for 15 years. His particular interests range from the use of metrics to create psychological safety and see the bigger systems, to team structures and appropriate models of leadership and behaviours.

3. Change is not an event. It's a skill by Toby Sinclair
   It's typical for people to view change as a moment in time. The epiphany when the world changes and you see with a new perspective. Whilst change can happen like this. It's rare. Change is constant and there are skills you can learn to maximise your success. In this talk, I'll share 5 skills that can help you adapt to change continuously.

About Toby - Toby helps individuals, teams and organisations improve. He's a professional coach, teacher and advisor. He has a passion for learning.