Culture Trends in 2022

In this NZ Business Agility talk, Otaki-based InfoQ.com editor, and global agility expert, Shane Hastie, summarises the state of play in workplace engineering culture drawing on the latest content published in InfoQ.com over the last 12+ months.

Key points explored in the talk:

• Hybrid work needs careful redesign and reassessment of the workplace and will be a significant challenge going forward
• Culture matters more than ever before as people are reassessing their options around workplaces and styles
• Culture can and should be made visible and tangible
• Teams are tired, and burnout is a serious problem the industry needs to tackle
• Team topologies and being deliberate about team formation are aspects of culture design that can support better outcomes
• The gaps between good and bad workplaces are widening and people are voting with their feet (or video conferencing cameras)
• Leadership styles and approaches need to evolve to support the needs of teams and individuals today
• Paying attention to physical and mental wellness matters and can’t be treated as an afterthought

## Structure of the talk:

This is an interactive 45-minute conversation where Shane will introduce a topic, highlight the research and articles relevant to the points being made and then seek feedback from the participants about their own experiences and how they see the topic playing out in their own organisations and communities.

Each topic will be timeboxed to 5 minutes to ensure the content is covered in the time available.

Participants will see evidence of the trends as identified in the InfoQ research and will have links and resources to explore further the topics for themselves.

## About Shane

Over the last 35+ years Shane has been a practitioner and leader of developers, testers, trainers, project managers and business analysts, helping teams to deliver results that align with overall business objectives.

He leads the Culture and Methods editorial team for [InfoQ.com](https://www.infoq.com/) where he hosts the weekly InfoQ Culture Podcast.

He spent nearly five years with ICAgile as the Director of Agile Learning Programs and then Director of Community Development. Before joining ICAgile he spent 15 years as a professional trainer, coach, and consultant specialising in Agile practices, business analysis, project management, requirements, testing and methodologies for SoftEd in Australia, New Zealand and around the world.

In February 2022 he re-joined SoftEd as Global Delivery Lead.
He has worked with large and small organisations, from individual teams to large transformations all around the world. He draws on over 35 years of practical experience across all levels of Information Technology and software intensive product development.

Shane is a TBR-certified Trainer for both the in-person and virtual versions of the course and is authorized to teach the Facilitating Exceptional Remote Learning class from Judy Rees.

Shane was a director of the Agile Alliance from 2011 to 2016 and was the founding Chair of Agile Alliance New Zealand.

He is an ICF registered professional coach.

He was one of the authors for both versions of the Agile Extension to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge and a member of the core team for BABOK V3.

He is co-chair of the Agile Alliance Agile Coaching Ethics initiative, working to produce a code of ethical conduct for agile coaching. He is an ICF registered Professional Coach.

He is co-author of the recent book #noprojects - A Culture of Continuous Value, available on Amazon and from InfoQ
“I firmly believe that humanistic way of working and the agile mindset are desperately needed in organisations all around the globe today. Taking agile values and principles beyond software is important and making sure they are properly embedded is absolutely crucial for success – we’re in an industry that touches every aspect of people’s lives and massively influences society as a whole and I want to be a part of making sure that industry is both ethical and sustainable.”

Contacts:
Email: [shaneh@softed.com](mailto:shaneh@softed.com)
Twitter: @shanehastie
LinkedIn: shanehastie
InfoQ Author Profile