Leadership and management meetup // StretchCon 2020 edition

Join this special edition meetup featuring potential speakers for Stretch Leadership and Management Conference 2020 focusing on mental health at the workplace and its leadership aspects. You will get a 20 minute teaser of their talks plus 5 minutes of Q&A with the speakers. The program committee of Stretch will be on hand to decide which talks to include in this year’s programme and you can influence them with your applause. The winners will get the chance to share the extended version of their talk on the stage in front of 500+ leaders on February 13-14, 2020 at the conference (www.stretchcon.com/2020).

One lucky attendee will win a free conference ticket to Stretch 2020. Terms and more info about the raffle will be available at the registration point at the meetup.

Program:

• 18:00 Gates open, snacks and beverages

• 18:30 - 19:30 Talks

• 19:30 Networking, closing

Speakers and topics

Ivett Ördög - Hard decisions: when rationality fails you

About 2 years ago I faced the hardest decision in my life. It had nothing to do with my role as a leader, it was a personal decision. That decision has changed not only my life, but also how I view decisions in general, because it was so profoundly harder than any decision I had to make before. I had to learn a new set of skills just to grapple with it. So what makes a decision hard? Is it always true that the wrong decision is better than no decision at all? How can you make a choice when your rational arguments fail? What if you cant course correct once you committed to your choice?"
Ivett is a Lead Developer and a frequent speaker at conferences around Europe. As a founding member of Emarsys CraftLab - the dedicated coaching team of Emarsys - she has taught university courses, talked at numerous conferences and visited multiple companies as an external consultant. Her passion for short feedback loops drove her to create Lean Poker (http://leanpoker.org), a workshop where developers have the opportunity to experiment with continuous delivery in a safe environment. She is also the creator and host of the Morning Commute YouTube channel (
https://prez.is/3bzt5cs/) inspiring the next generation of developers to broaden their knowledge.

Crux Conception (Stacey Jenkins) - The Message

No matter what profession you’re in, our jobs can contain a variety of stress factors, which are unknown to individuals looking from the outside.
“The Message” is a lecture-based on research that recommends corporations should devote in IT-specific employee assistance agendas. Working as a Developer, Specialist, Designer, Engineer, Expert, Manager, and Technician demands a high level of precision over an extended period, and any minute lapse in one’s job could be disastrous.
Crux’s approach derives from his experience as an adjunct professor (psychology & group dynamics) and experience as an interrogator/profiler and hostage negotiator.
Aside from offering awareness and education, Crux will share with the audience an unfortunate incident, which happened to him. His experience with said incident will display his passion for mental health advocacy and the desire to make a difference in someone’s life.

Note: the schedule of the event might change

Venue & catering:

We thank our friends at Prezi (http://www.prezi.com/) who are supporting our movement with a very nice venue and some food & beverages.