Given some sort of crisis: can you relate to that ambiguous desire to “actually do something” while, at the same time, feeling an urge to “just hide under a blanket until this is over”? I can.

Crises always bear something new, something that wants to be uncovered  and tended… besides all the easily visible “unwanted” things that come
along. When we humans find ourselves in uncertainty, we all too often find ourselves oscillating somewhere between ‘numbing’ and ‘over-action’.

So, as change supporters, as leaders, what can we do?
What can I myself do to support other human beings through change?

What can I do, is a question I asked myself A LOT of times “just for work” with teams in organizations. Now in a crisis of a magnitude like the ongoing pandemic this question got a whole different scope.

This keynote will take you on a little journey, I’ll share some of my own experiences with change… what worked, what didn’t… and most important: what I learned on that journey.

Be prepared to do less… and be more.

https://womeninagile.org/launching-new-voices/

Vera was mentored by Amir Peled

Meena was mentored by Lizzy Morris

Bernice was mentored by Anu Smalley

Call for new voices and mentors for the BERLIN Women in Agile 2021 event.
Looking for three new (European?) voices

This is part 1, the workshop continues after the break.

Agile is deeply rooted in certain basic values, beliefs, and principles, and therefore largely a matter of mindset rather than methodology.

Thus, “Speaking Agile” is not only about being fluent in technical terms related to agile methods and practices. The language we choose in speaking (and thinking!) about our observations, opinions, needs, aims and intentions is strongly shaped by – and, reversely, shapes – our mindset.

In this workshop, we will have a look at Agile vs. Waterfall “vocabulary”, experiment with ways of (re)phrasing everyday conversations in a way that effectively reflects an Agile mindset, and explore how individual backgrounds (e.g., role experience, gender, …) may have an effect on how easily we become “fluent” in speaking Agile.

Note: Some workshop exercises will also be available in German.

It is a space to be, to transform, to blend, and to further differentiate as possible solutions are uncovered.

An Open Space is a session format with just enough structure (five principles and one law) to engage the wisdom of the crowd and transform itself into new knowledge, new solutions, deeper understanding of one another.

And there are important pre-requisites for a session like this to deliver that magic, we’ll talk about these.

Growth is the lifeblood of most organizations. But most growth focuses on product traction. Trying desperately to convert that hockey stick curve you envisioned into reality. But can you really do that alone?

You need people; good people. And good people need growth. Personal and professional growth. If you don’t give them that, they will starve — feel unrecognized, often disgruntled, and won’t perform at their best. Or simply leave and find another cause. Consequently, your product growth will stagnate or die.

So join me as I discuss five steps to creating a team or organization that focuses product growth on people first.

This is part 2, the workshop starts before the break.

Agile is deeply rooted in certain basic values, beliefs, and principles, and therefore largely a matter of mindset rather than methodology.

Thus, “Speaking Agile” is not only about being fluent in technical terms related to agile methods and practices. The language we choose in speaking (and thinking!) about our observations, opinions, needs, aims and intentions is strongly shaped by – and, reversely, shapes – our mindset.

In this workshop, we will have a look at Agile vs. Waterfall “vocabulary”, experiment with ways of (re)phrasing everyday conversations in a way that effectively reflects an Agile mindset, and explore how individual backgrounds (e.g., role experience, gender, …) may have an effect on how easily we become “fluent” in speaking Agile.

Note: Some workshop exercises will also be available in German.

When you think about Agile ways of working, it has never been more relevant than right now. Agility means finding ways to increase the value you bring to your clients and how you train your technical teams. Before Covid-19, enterprise organizations were already confronted with the need for speed to transition to all things digital—COVID-19 only escalated that requirement.

Discover for yourself the power of learning-by-doing in this hands-on workshop!

You don’t want to miss it if you are in Learning and Development, Customer Success, Sales Enablement, Product Development, or a Trainer of Technical tools.

We look forward to seeing you there! By the way the winner’s will be enrolled in a raffle to receive a really cool prize! So, Are you up for the Origami Challenge?

As we all navigate the ever-changing world we live in, Carol hopes that by sharing her journey and these principles with you, you will be able to make the decision; is it time to change or is it time for a change.

Have you experienced your light bulb moment? Diana has.

She will share how to take it slowly, re-framing this scary, confusing time from fearsome and inhibiting to an opportunity to learn, to inquire, to improve conventional wisdom to include new realities.

As trusted advisors and leaders, we all must find ways to learn and plan incrementally, with opportunities and threats, aspirations and mitigations, in mind.

Let’s talk about staying curious and moving through to the path forward, even in turbulent times – through pandemics, social unrest, wildfires, job insecurities, and more.

Come ready to take notes!

Our mental and emotional well-being should always be of paramount concern. During this pandemic, it's even more important to have the knowledge and skills needed to thrive.
Agile workplaces need employees and leaders who are also emotionally agile, able to rebound quickly from stressful situations in ways which are healthy and contribute to growth. This is, in essence, the definition of resilience.

This interactive and self-reflective session will focus on developing resiliency strategies to enable you to recover quickly, with confidence.

What you will take away is a greater understanding of what personal resiliency is, as well as why and how you can develop it with simple but effective tools.
Don't expect a tech presentation. However, you can expect a science based approach to this topic. It's all about you: as an individual and as a team member.

‘Do our customers feel the difference?'
‘Are we more predictable?'
‘Are our employees happier?'

These are the questions to ask after you have implemented agile ways of working at scale. If the answer to any of these is ‘No', then you are not alone.

In this talk, Deepika Gupta as an experienced agile leader shares what it takes to actually benefit from your agile organisation.

Ideate. Radiate. Celebrate.

Prepare and equip yourself to drive the change.

Playing.

Meaning Mankind Playing. We all have played. We still play. And as human species will play forever. This playful mindset and behavior are innate.

In my Search of Homo Ludens I observe that many interviewees separate playfulness from serious work. In professional serious life there is no space for playfulness. Play is ‘not done’. But in play there is always space for seriousness. While – today – finding novel, innovative products and services needs creativity, imagination and failingforward, fueled by playful mindsets.

Homo Ludens, where is she? Have you seen her lately?

In this workshop we explore our playful mindset and actions. We search, try and feel. We do it together. How Might We tap into our innate, own personal source of play again, to enrich our ability to connect humanly, in order to serve and lead others?

Let’s take the first steps.

¹Homo Ludens , a Study of the Play-Element in Culture – Johan Huizing (1938)

If you play Monopoly it’s clear, that you only win, if someone else loses. That’s how the game works and that’s what the rules say. Compared to organizations we might have Monopoly Rules in place – especially in established organizations. If we want real change we not only need to change the system but to change the whole game. That means establish new rules in order to achieve different behaviour and more diversity.

This talk will start with an impulse to give insights in existing rules from a systemic point of view, how these rules influence the culture, and the rules of systems, what needs to change in order to achieve more diversity and new rules

In an interactive part we together will find ways to act as game changers and create new rules.

And it makes me wonder….

Yes, I am a woman
Yes, I am colored
Yes, I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth
Yes, I work in a man dominant environment

And guess what, I'm a vegetarian too

Who cares? What you give attention grows negatively or positively.
Join me for my panel. I am going to show you diversity has more faces but that's ok.
What matters is how you can discuss this subject with the people around you.

Resulting in extra responsibilities and the fatigue which comes with it all. But we are Agile right? Is there a point when we are too flexible and pivot too often? We ask our teams to collectively create success but can we do that at home? Particularly in 2020?

The data shows that women are bearing the financial, emotional and workload burden of the epidemic. How can we “take it to the team” and create a different type of support community thru boundaries,  strategies, and creativity. Come connect, discuss and explore!

There will be room for 30 attendants.

“Build projects around motivated people. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done.”

Most of you will recognize this fifth agile principle. Did you ever ask yourself how to motivate those individuals?
Spoiler: this is unfortunately not possible!

But there are ways to “unlock” motivation to support finding motivated people and help them stay motivated and continuously grow.
In this talk, we will provide you with an introduction to motivational psychology. We will do a deeper dive into the example of Joyn's growth framework, which is based on more than hierarchical and professional growth.

Learn how eduScrum supports the development of 4k-skills and how it is designed to give the responsibility to the students for their own educational process. The workshop is hands-on, we will work together using different online tools: Google tables, online boards, we will work in Zoom breakout sessions and listen to the speaker both.

How it is related to the conference: Supporting the development of the Agile mindset we provide the possibility to be successful in the fast-changing VUCA-world and with eduScrum we create the environment where every student is able to evince the best qualities and develop the unique personality in the team educational projects.

This is part 1 of this 90 minute session. You need to participate in part 1 in order to participate in part 2.

Learn how eduScrum supports the development of 4k-skills and how it is designed to give the responsibility to the students for their own educational process. The workshop is hands-on, we will work together using different online tools: Google tables, online boards, we will work in Zoom breakout sessions and listen to the speaker both.

How it is related to the conference: Supporting the development of the Agile mindset we provide the possibility to be successful in the fast-changing VUCA-world and with eduScrum we create the environment where every student is able to evince the best qualities and develop the unique personality in the team educational projects.

This is part 2 of this 90 minute session. You need to participate in part 1 in order to participate in part 2.

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