GOTO Night Herding Cats: Gitte Klitgaard & Lightning talks by You

Please RSVP here (https://www.meetup.com/GOTO-Nights-Amsterdam/events/237422850/)

Venue/Host: Trifork Amsterdam
Costs: Free of charge
Speaker: Gitte Klitgaard
Food & refreshments included

Schedule
18:00 Registration & Food
18:30 Short Intro
18:35 Gitte Klitgaard
19:30 Short break
19:45 Lightning talks by You (be brave!)
20:45 Ending with beers

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"You have to be brave in order to change the world!" by Gitte Klitgaard

Abstract
You have to be brave in order to change the world! This holds true professionally and personally. “So what does this have to do with me” you might think; “I just want to do my job – not change the world.” At work we face challenges all the time that require courage; from asking for help to quitting your job; from admitting a mistake to saying that you did something good. Being brave and vulnerable is necessary. Standing by who you are, having the courage to be different, making yourself vulnerable, speaking up when there is something important to you, sharing your fears and joys requires courage. Courage is individual and there is no such thing as a little courage. Being brave is not about removing fear or not being afraid – it is about doing what is necessary even when you are afraid.

I live this personally; I have to be brave (even have a tattoo with it). And it is a big learning I try to pass on to the people, I coach. In my session I will talk about why I have to be brave and vulnerable, give examples of how I am courageous, and why being brave is a big part of my work life.

Bio
Gitte Klitgaard is an agile coach, hugger, friend, and much more. She lives and loves agile. She took the oath of non-allegiance. Why fight over methods when we can use that energy to help people?

Gitte wants to change the world by helping people make the right product, doing it right and very important: have fun doing it.

She has a great interest in how people function, how the brain works, what motivates us, how we can feel better about our selves, how to be perfect in all our imperfections. She is a geek and passionate about a lot. :)

Twitter: @nativewired (https://twitter.com/NativeWired)

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"Lightning talks" by You (be brave!)

Herding cats is about the new way we collaborate within day to day teams and across the whole hierarchy.

We would like to hear your experiences how you tackle the problems but also how you make it fun to work together. This evening we have a couple of slots for short talks (approx. 10 minutes) for you to talk.

Let us know when you want to do a talk and we will add you to the list!

• TALK 1: "Trust(ing) Teams" by Marjan Venema

• TALK 2: "How to prevent bad architecture decisions?" by Wilco Koorn

• TALK 3:

• TALK 4: