Beyond "Make It Better": Orchestrating AI Agents To Transform Your Work

Most teams are using AI to optimize what they already do: "Summarize this retrospective." "Draft this user story.” But the real value is going beyond 'making things better.’ Instead of running faster on the same treadmill, think about transforming the work itself. Learn from the three-person startups disrupting billion-dollar industries by disrupting business models.

This talk isn't about prompt engineering tips. It's about the shift from asking AI to help you work better, to designing AI agents that proactively monitor, analyze, and alert you to what matters. Think: an agent that watches your sprint data and tells you on Day 6 that you're heading for spillover before it happens. Or one that detects hidden bottlenecks in your delivery flow and simulates "what-if" scenarios for your next improvement experiment.

In this session, you'll learn how to transform traditional prompts into agentic ones, whether you're a Scrum Master, Product Owner, or on the delivery team. You'll leave with role-specific examples, a framework for building your own agents, and one powerful prompt you've crafted for your actual work context. No AI experience required. Just bring your curiosity and your most stubborn delivery challenge.

Bio
Dave Sharrock is the visionary behind IncrementOne, a continuous process improvement practice focused on building organizations that use their agile delivery capability to respond quickly to fast-moving, uncertain environments. He has led transformations in numerous industries, from financial services to gaming to manufacturing, as well as federal government, municipalities, and education. Dave specializes in applying a product-centric philosophy to iterative and incremental organizational change, achieving business impact while focusing on the human interactions that make change sustainable.

Dave has been working closely with Scrum Alliance since 2010, becoming a Certified Enterprise Coach (CEC) in 2011 and a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) in 2013. Dave’s passion is helping others appreciate what Lean and Agile can do for a delivery organization. With a PhD and an MBA, Dave believes in lifetime learning. Dave also brings to the table executive management experience and over two decades in accelerating product delivery, making his trainings and keynotes a unique blend of knowledge and experience. Dave is the co-host of the Definitely Maybe Agile podcast, and a frequent speaker at company events, local meetups, and international conferences.