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How leaders and organizations need to change completely to attract the modern workforce after the pandemic
During the last year, most businesses have undergone changes that we have never seen in the past. Some companies have thrived while others have ceased to exist.
The industry aspects on who survives and who will struggle are obvious; restaurants and airlines are under tremendous pressure, while online businesses have never experienced better times.
But regardless of that, some companies have survived despite having mainly a face-to-face business before Covid.
They have done the pivot to adapt to what’s possible when everything changes.
What can we learn from them in terms of the new people challenges that we are facing and how will work look in the future, when Covid is no longer a threat? Will we go back to business as usual, or will the way we work look entirely different post-Covid? What about office spaces, remote work, and how we manage people?
In this talk, Pia-Maria will take you on a journey towards a new future, where she paints a picture of how leaders and organizations need to change completely to attract the modern workforce after the pandemic.
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This is part 1 of a two part workshop. Part 2 is in the next timeslot.
Everyone dreams of a diverse culture but creating it is a challenge. OKR (Objectives and Key Results), a framework to execute a strategy, can help to make this dream come true. Even though the idea of OKR seems easy writing outcome oriented OKR and tracking them during an OKR cycle is not easy. I’m going to explain briefly what OKR is, how to write outcome oriented OKR and possible pitfalls during an OKR cycle. After this brief introduction we are going to use the creativity of the participants. I this interactive workshop participants are going to collaborate to generate ideas and write outcome oriented OKR that will help to develop a diverse culture.
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This is part 2 of a two part workshop. Part 1 is mandatory and in the previous timeslot.
Everyone dreams of a diverse culture but creating it is a challenge. OKR (Objectives and Key Results), a framework to execute a strategy, can help to make this dream come true. Even though the idea of OKR seems easy writing outcome oriented OKR and tracking them during an OKR cycle is not easy. I’m going to explain briefly what OKR is, how to write outcome oriented OKR and possible pitfalls during an OKR cycle. After this brief introduction we are going to use the creativity of the participants. I this interactive workshop participants are going to collaborate to generate ideas and write outcome oriented OKR that will help to develop a diverse culture.
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The recognition. The gratitude. These are not just words.
When was the last moment you felt it? Or when did you express it? These are gestures expected by some, words expressed by others.
We would like it to be innate and natural in each of us, but it is not anymore. And we forgot how to practice it everyday Often it is associated with an essential quality of the leader / manager and quite simply with the culture of feedback.
But we don’t need to be a MANAGER to need to fill it! What meaning should be given to this value?
Are you able to say THANK YOU and expect nothing in return ?
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In a “manly” world, numbers eat intuition and gut feeling for breakfast.
It is considered more scientific and dignified when you can show charts to prove your progress and achievements. You look smarter. The “facts” speak for themselves. But in a complex environment numbers can easily be manipulated and mean.. well.. nothing. At least not as a sole perspective.
How can soft measurements support (or contradict) strong numerical facts and how to overcome the prevailing assumption that soft measurements apply to “women’s’ world”?
In this talk we will learn how can soft measurements support “numerical facts” and why it is so important for every organization to adopt this approach. In addition we will learn why soft measurements may consider as “womanly” and how we can overcome this in a “manly world”.
“Who run the world? Girls!”
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In an online environment, it is difficult to read and use non-verbal behaviour. We will need to reset our focus to pick up the online non-verbal signals. In this workshop we will show you how we can work around this limitation of pixeled people and get the most out of the interactions with your scrum team. We will explore how you can use body language by reading non-verbal signs and recognizing non-verbal hints. In this session we will practice how you can recognize non-verbal behaviour to use it to your team’s advantage. Recognising and using non-verbal behaviour allows you to include everyone in your team and make the most out of everyone’s personal talent.
After this session you will be able to: – Recognize different non-verbal ques – Use non-verbal elements in daily work – Positively influence your team
This workshop is suitable for anyone interesting in changing their scrum behaviour.
By Evelien Acun – Roos and Rozemarijn Geelen
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Happiness is a key to cultivating performing teams that thrive & the essence of being human.
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There are things you don’t talk about with your colleagues – and even less so with your boss.
Mental health issues are certainly a big no-no. When I first started working as an agile tester in a software development company, I kept my own history with mental illness to myself. As a result, I couldn’t speak openly about topics that I hold close to my heart: mental health and self-care.
In the Agile World however, we value respect, courage and openness. How do you reconcile this with these taboos? Can you really be courageous and open if you deny a huge a part of who you are?
When I attended my first ever testing conference, I was in awe about the openness with which psychological topics were discussed. Inspired and with a head still spinning from the experience (and a serious lack of sleep), I came clean to my boss on the very first day upon returning to work.
From that moment on, I wore my heart on my sleeve. And my life at the office began to change: Once I had started speaking up, openness came easier with every issue that came up. I would suddenly talk about my experiences with sickness and therapy as well as feeling more comfortable with sharing my thoughts and feelings about day-to-day business and goings-on at work.
Conversely, people started confiding in me, asking me for advice and talking to me in a whole different way. In this talk, I would like to share what I have learned from breaking taboos.
I will discuss how communication improved for me, which obstacles I bumped into and why I will still not shut up about the things you do not talk about at work.
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Do you feel “giving up your passion or dreams is easier than chasing them” in a culture tight place like India?
As we go through many challenges in this pandemic, what is it that our young girls do not want to inherit from the millennials (born between 1981 and 1996)?
Although the Indian IT labor force has significantly powered its rapid growth, the country is now almost at a 50:50 gender parity rate in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) graduates. Yet we see substantial low numbers in leadership roles.
Employment opportunities and conditions for working women have gone through a tremendous change in the last two decades. However, it is very common for an Indian woman to leave her promising career half-way as a result of societal and parental conditioning even today.
Is it a problem of culture that refuses to fade or the new ways of working that instills fears into all working moms in a culture like India?
With sparkling tips, tricks, and advice from my family, best friends, and mentor, I am all set to share the secret formula to script your journey, the Agile way.
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The Developer's 3 Pillars of Personal Branding: Social Media, Portfolio, Blogging
5 Outcomes for the audience: – Why should someone do at least one, if not all, of these three things. – The benefits of having a personal brand. – How much time and effort does it take to build a personal brand. – How to start small and grow big. – How to be consistent over time.
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This session was cancelled – Elef did not find enough time to prepare her talk unfortunately
There is a different way, a way of balancing profitability with investment in people and wellbeing.
KPI driven rat race, mental health problems, burnout, significant churn as your team mates realise they’re not ready to sacrifice personal lives to keep meeting targets…
It used to be the expected way for an ambitious startup to get off the ground and eventually succeed. Not any more.
There is a different way, a way of balancing profitability with investment in people and wellbeing. A way of structuring your company which means people are respected, trusted, and act from a place of power (not fear), while also being very clear about their accountabilities.
*Three takeaways*
– Key principles of what it takes to build a transparent workplace
– How to create a culture of empowerment (including getting your people to set their own salaries)
– How to encourage self-management and how to recruit for self managing teams
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Learning how to read the room is key to building better relationships.
Relationships are the cornerstone to improving business and building your network. If you can quickly read the room, you will improve your chances of success in any environment! The differences between high emotional intelligence and narcissism can be destructive to your organization if you are not aware. What are the characteristics of a toxic boss? How do we cope with them? Lynn will show you how to practice reflective listening and exhibit high emotional intelligence.
Lynn will teach you to become a master of quick nunchi! Let Lynn show you how to rise above the chaos and you will leave with a concrete plan.
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My whole career, I’ve typically been the only woman in the room. I never wanted to be the token female, and yet, as I looked around the room, I wondered if I truly belonged. To not feel like an imposter, I developed camouflage so that I could fit in with my male-counterparts. As I talked to several of my female colleagues, we all realized that we all at one point wore the camouflage: some still wear it, others shed it, others wished they had not taken it off. How many more women are struggling with this idea?
The thought that you achieved your position because of a quota that needed filling feels horrible. No competent woman I know ever wants to feel like the “token female.” And Imposter Syndrome is real (Clance and Imes, 1978) when you doubt your abilities and question whether you deserve to be in a position. It applies to both women and men. As a result, when you couple Imposter Syndrome with “tokenism,” women tend to start less secure in their positions than their male peers. This problem is potentially debilitating for women in their early careers.
We need more women in leadership positions because they bring a diversity of thought and a different life experience and approach to problem-solving. So, when is the best time to shed the camouflage and be ourselves?
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Team diversity refers to differences between members of startup team. Those differences can include demographic differences (like age, race, sex, ethnicity), personality (extrovert, introvert, and differing Myers-Briggs types) and functional (as in skill sets, like engineering, design, copywriting, and marketing).
How does team diversity impact your customers’ experience from the moment they learn about you through their journey with you? You will attract and relate to customers how look like you. They will understand your messaging and you will understand their needs. If you don’t represent the right dimensions of diversity, you are leaving an amazing experience behind.
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Build better interpersonal relationships and create successful products
Cognitive scientists tell us that we are more productive and happier when our behavior matches our brain’s hardwiring—when what we do and why we do it matches the way we have evolved to survive over tens of thousands of years.
One problematic behavior we humans have is that we are hardwired to instantly decide who we trust. We generally aren't aware of these decisions—it just happens.
Linda explains that this hardwired “trust evaluation” can get in the way of working well with others. Pairing, the daily stand-up, and close communication with the customer and others outside the team go a long way to overcome our instant evaluation of others.
As Linda helps you gain a better understanding of this mechanism in your behavior and what agile processes can do to help, you are more likely to build better interpersonal relationships and create successful products.
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Lean Coffee meetings uses a lightweight framework where attendees create the agenda and focus is maintained with effective time keeping
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We use leancoffeetable.com to run the Lean Coffee.
https://www.leancoffeetable.com/TaskBoard/View/178d08f0-6069-4ca9-b763-609f049e2362?guest=true
The session will be recorded.
Lean Coffee is based on an idea from Jim Benson, you can watch an intro video when you are new to Lean Coffee.
You participate in the Lean Coffee by following the Zoom invite link (when you are logged on, so see a video icon to click).
The Lean Coffee will be facilitated by Harry Nieboer.
You can choose how you want to participate.
You can participate as a viewer. In that case, just stay in the Zoom session and watch the Lean Coffee Table on the screen Harry is sharing.
You can also participate actively on the Table, that works best when you have a second screen.
After a short introduction, Harry will share a link to the Lean Coffee Table in the chat.
At the Lean Coffee Table you create a guest account (just enter a name, no need to enter more details now) and you'll be given the option to watch a short introduction.
You can add topics you would like to talk about by just entering a title. The topic will be added to the table with your name on it. When we're done entering topics, we give topic ‘owners' the opportunity to give a two sentence long pitch on the topic. After that we vote on the topics we prefer most and the facilitator starts the discussion.
We start with the topic that received most votes. Spend some minutes on the topic and then add some more minutes or proceed to the next topic.
The Lean Coffee Table is open early, so you can add your topics before the session.
(If you want to take a look already, you can follow this link).
The Agile Online Summit 2020 described Lean Coffee Table (the tool we use) as follows:
Lean Coffee Table is ideal for distributed meetings, as the lightweight format ensures that: