Name: Diversity as a Competitive Advantage: Driving Value Through Inclusion
Start: 2025-06-03T17:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-06-03T21:00:00+02:00
Location: Xebia Netherlands

🎷 **Diverse by Design: Building Scrum Teams Like Jazz Ensembles, Not Marching Bands**
*Talk & Mini-Workshop*

Most Scrum teams are built like marching bands — everyone in sync, playing from the same sheet, following a process. Predictable, yes. But innovative? Not always.

What if we built Scrum teams more like jazz ensembles?

In this engaging talk by Sarah Siebel-Janssen, we’ll explore how real agility thrives on *diverse voices*, adaptive collaboration, and intentional team design. You’ll hear why psychological safety matters more than process perfection, how dissent can spark innovation, and why the best teams sound less like a factory — and more like a jam session.

Expect stories, laughs, and a mini hands-on workshop to experience the power of difference in real time.

Whether you’re a Scrum Master, Product Owner, agile coach, or team member, you’ll walk away with fresh insights and practical tools for designing truly agile teams — built for emergence, not just efficiency.

Because Scrum isn’t a process to follow. It’s a stage to improvise on.

🎼 Let’s stop marching. Let’s start making music.

We have ample parking spots available around the office in Hilversum, and the office is within walking distance of the train station Hilversum Sportpark.

We are looking forward to meeting you!

Femke Bender

Jesse Houwing

Laurens Bonnema

Sarah Siebel-Janssen

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