Beyond Agile @bol.com

This February meetup will be about: Beyond agile

There will be three session during this meetup:

Talk #1: Wat comes after agile? - Jurriaan Kamer
Your agile transformation is done, but the organization as a whole is still not flexible and responsive. What causes this and what can you do about it? Building on his article “Beyond agile: why agile hasn’t fixed your problems”, Jurriaan will share his vision on what you can do to truly become a future-proof end-to-end agile organization.
link: https://medium.com/the-ready/beyond-agile-why-agile-hasnt-fixed-your-problems-aabdde9b5ef8

Jurriaan Kamer: Agile change agent and Organization designer at The Ready. Jurriaan moves organizations from a 'plan and predict' minsdet towards a 'sense and respond' way of working that is better suitable for the 21st century. (www.jurriaankamer.com)

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Talk #2: How does IT work at bol.com? - Q&A with Menno Vis
The videos titled ‘How does IT work at bol.com?’ are shared across the globe. Have you seen the video’s and are you curious to learn more about how bol.com has scaled agile? In this session Menno Vis, IT director will answer all your questions.
link: https://medium.com/@agile_cio/scaling-agile-bol-com-69a11a47418

Menno Vis: It Development Director at bol.com with many years of experience leading technology teams at fast growing/fast paced organizations. Successful in building up, growing and running agile IT departments. Very interested in developing teams.

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Talk #3: Holacracy at bol.com - Harm Jans
The traditional hierarchy is slowly replaced by self-managing teams, even outside of bol.com’s IT department. Harm Jans introduced ‘Spark’, a light-version of Holacracy. In this session he will share how this works and how he has started the transformation.
link: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-spark-fireworks-first-18-months-change-bolcom-harm-jans/

Harm Jans works since 2008 at bol.com and is an experienced and energetic leader in E-commerce logistics and supply chain management with strong vision and a knack for getting things done. Firm believer in a purpose driven organization where teams and individuals can work together effectively across departments, functions and seniority and are empowered to achieve awesome goals.

Schedule:

18:00 Food & drinks

18:45 Plenary programme

21:00 Networking & beer