Agile Runs on Trust The Three Trusts Every Agile Change-Maker Must Develop

Many Agile practitioners step into their roles hoping to help teams work differently — more collaboratively, more thoughtfully, and more effectively.

Yet over time, a familiar feeling can emerge: the sense that agility is something being talked about rather than practiced, and that the change you hoped to catalyze is happening around you rather than through you.

In this talk, Elena Astilleros introduces the Trust Triad, a framework that strengthens Agile practitioners as change-makers by focusing on three forms of trust:

Trust in yourself — the identity and presence that allows others to feel confident in your leadership.

Trust in your partners — understanding the human dynamics that shape how people respond to change and learning how to work with them rather than against them.

Trust in the Agile way of working — clearly articulating the value of agility and the transformation it can create for teams and stakeholders.

Through stories and insights from real-world Agile transformation work, Elena explores how strengthening these three trusts helps practitioners reclaim their agency as leaders and support teams in moving toward clarity, ownership, and meaningful progress.

Participants will leave with new ways to think about their role as Agile change-makers and reflective questions to continue strengthening trust in their work.