Responding to Change without Burning Out

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Join us for a lunchtime zoom meeting!

Agility is all about the ability to create and respond to change in order to deliver better value. When our current reality is that of constant change, new data by the hour, and emerging priorities--it’s even more critical to develop the ability to plan fast, learn fast, and adapt. But decision-making and effective prioritization become even more challenging when everything seems important and nothing is predictable. This pace of change can exhaust our resources, time, and energy, but it doesn’t have too. Our human change capital is renewable, but it’s not unlimited.

In this pragmatic and interactive talk, organizational designer and agile coach, Brandi Olson, will lead a conversation to unpack practical ways to leverage agile practices in times of unrelenting uncertainty and change, so that we can continue doing the work that matters most.

Brandi Olson believes that you shouldn’t have to choose between doing good, important work, and your own humanity. She knows that the best way to solve big problems, to innovate, and to deliver out of this world value is through teams who are deeply engaged, high performing, and actually happy. And that the quickest route for leaders to cultivate happy, engaged teams who are doing great work is by not adding free frozen yogurt in the lobby. But by creating cultures where people are learning together faster and better. So that when change happens, as it always will, your organization isn’t just reacting to change, you are leading change.

Brandi works in the intersection between learning, organizational agility, and human-centered design. She has over 15 years of experience consulting with leaders across diverse sectors who share a commitment to people, learning fast, and doing good in the world--from nonprofits to universities to global Fortune 50 companies. Brandi studied organizational learning and change at Northwestern University, holds a Master of Education from the University of Minnesota, and has extensive training in human-centered design and Lean-Agile transformations. Brandi has been featured in Forbes, Inc.com, and is the author of the upcoming book FLOW: start less, finish more, and stop the flood of organizational multitasking forever (Fall 2020).