Speaker:  Cliff Berg

Track: Keynote

Description:

Agility is needed more than ever. So why is Agile struggling? 

It is struggling because it acquired a fixed mindset.

We are stuck in the frameworks, particularly Scrum and SAFe. Each time those are updated, we rush to the website and parse the changes.

Yet agility is an emergent ecosystem property. It does not come from a framework. Agility comes from how people react when things change. It’s fundamentally about leader behavior, and that includes anyone in any kind of leadership role. 

We need to get unaddicted to the frameworks, and ask ourselves what generates true agility and effectiveness, because agility without effectiveness is useless. 

We need to figure out what questions to ask, instead of what practices to follow. Learning is about questions. It’s about the cognitive journey, the acquisition of judgement and wisdom over time. It’s not about following someone else’s practice. 

The right question to ask ourselves is, What’s the question? 

Speakers:  Mary Thorn & Katrin Schulz
Track: Embracing AI

Description:

Enterprises often struggle with how to incorporate AI and machine learning in a repeatable, sustainable manner.

In today’s competitive landscape, AI is no longer just a trend but a necessity. Generative AI has quickly become an essential tool for businesses—and with companies expected to explain its usage and justify any lack thereof—organizations are looking for ways to leverage AI at scale.

This session provides a strategic roadmap to unlock the full potential of AI within organizations, focusing on cultural readiness, enablement, ethical considerations, and addressing biases. Attendees will gain actionable insights and frameworks to effectively and ethically operationalize AI.

Learning Objectives:

•  5 ways to Operationalize AI at scale

Speaker: Lisette Zounon
Track: Embracing AI

Description:
Are you ready to elevate your intelligence to thrive in the new Agentic Era of Generative AI and intelligent agents? As artificial intelligence transforms the way we work, learn, and solve problems, tapping into and enhancing your natural cognitive abilities has never been more essential.

In this engaging one-hour session, you’ll discover actionable insights and techniques to unlock your full potential. Together, we’ll explore:

Whether you’re a student, a professional, or a lifelong learner, this session is designed to help you thrive in an AI-driven world. Equip yourself with the knowledge and tools to unleash your super-intelligence and stay ahead in the game.

Join us and become the architect of your intelligence in the era of AI!

Are you ready to take your intelligence to the next level?

Learning Objectives:

• Mastering Your Mind: Practical strategies to improve memory, focus, creativity, problem-solving, and decision-making.
• Augmenting Human Intelligence with AI: How to seamlessly integrate AI tools to amplify your cognitive capabilities and expand your problem-solving repertoire.
• Future-Proofing Your Skills: Why combining human intelligence with artificial intelligence gives you a competitive edge in today’s rapidly evolving landscape.

Speaker:  Jim Grundner
Track: Embracing AI

Description:
The marriage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and software development is ushering in a new era of efficiency, innovation, and productivity.

This powerful combination is transforming every aspect of the software lifecycle, offering developers unprecedented tools to create, test, and deploy and support high-quality software faster than ever before. 

It is important to understand the software lifecycle and your areas of strength and weaknesses:

• The lifecycle is supported by an ecosystem array of supporting development tools
• Traditional tools support each stage
• AI is enhancing or replacing these tools, driving efficiency

There are considerations to identify where AI can be most effective for your use cases 

• How to Analyze your current life cycle and ecosystem toolsets
• Determining where AI can provide the most significant benefits
• Selecting appropriate AI Solutions: Tailored for Success

Different AI technologies suit different development aspects 

Choose AI tools that align to your areas of targeted improvement

Learning Objectives:

Host a discussion with lecture participants regarding how the marriage of an agile software development lifecycle can be supported by an appropriate ecosystem of AI assist tools. Just as the lifecycle does not have a single stage, the supporting ecosystem also needs to be carefully chosen to meet the needs of the overall cycle.  

We will discuss the stages and ecosystem options in order to most positively impact business goals

Speaker:  Una Stevenson
Track: Embracing AI

Description:

 “As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to reshape industries, agile frameworks stand as powerful structures to integrate this technology effectively and ethically. This session, led by Una Stevenson, explores how AI can amplify agile practices, from sprint planning to retrospectives, while providing strategic benefits like improved productivity, predictive insights, and enhanced decision-making.

The presentation will cover:

• High-level applications of AI within agile processes,
• Practical examples of AI-driven agile solutions (e.g., automation in backlog prioritization, AI insights for sprint reviews),
• Considerations for maintaining a people-centered approach alongside AI integration.

Participants will leave with a roadmap for initial AI adoption within their teams and actionable strategies for driving AI alignment across organizational goals. The session will encourage leaders to reimagine agile processes with AI and inspire new perspectives on transforming workflows with this innovative tool.”

Learning Objectives:

• Recognize high-value opportunities for AI integration within agile methodologies.
• Identify key benefits of AI in agile, such as efficiency gains, data-informed decision-making, and cost reduction.
• Understand practical first steps for implementing AI without sacrificing the people-centered, flexible nature of agile.
• Approach AI adoption with actionable insights on team readiness, AI tools, and best practices for overcoming potential resistance.

Speaker:  Israel Pattison
Track: Embracing AI

Description:

A deep dive into how AI can be a transformative tool for Agile coaches, redefining professional development through data-driven insights, personalized learning paths, and interactive simulations. This session explores the intersection of AI and Agile coaching, showcasing practical tools and methods for coaches to leverage AI in assessing and developing critical competencies. Participants will leave with actionable steps for integrating AI into their continuous learning process and strategies to accelerate their development in alignment with Agile 2.0 principles.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand how AI can provide coaches with real-time feedback on their skills and areas for growth.
• Identify AI tools that offer personalized learning pathways tailored to individual coaching styles.
• Gain practical insights into using AI-driven simulations to enhance their problem-solving and adaptability in Agile contexts.
• Learn strategies for using AI to measure and improve their impact on team dynamics, supporting Agile 2.0’s evolved focus on adaptability and collaboration.

Speaker:  Diana Kirkova
Track: Embracing AI

Description:

As organizations navigate increasing complexity, rapid change, and growing customer expectations, traditional Agile practices are being pushed to their limits.

Through real-world examples, practical insights, and interactive discussions, you’ll learn how to:

Leverage AI to accelerate delivery and improve quality.

Enhance team collaboration and decision-making with AI-powered insights.

Prepare your organization for the cultural and technical shifts required to integrate AI into Agile practices.

Join us to envision the future of agility and discover how AI can help your teams deliver exceptional value faster than ever before.

Let’s move beyond agility to the next evolution of delivering value!

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the Role of AI in Agility
• Gain insights into how AI enhances traditional Agile practices to address modern business challenges like complexity, scalability, and rapid change.
• Identify Opportunities for AI Integration
• Recognize specific areas in value delivery, such as backlog prioritization, workflow automation, and predictive analytics, where AI can drive efficiency and effectiveness.
• Enhance Decision-Making and Collaboration
• Learn how AI-powered tools can improve team communication, foster collaboration, and support real-time decision-making to accelerate outcomes.
• Apply AI-Driven Techniques to Delivery Practices
• Explore practical use cases of AI augmenting Agile methodologies, such as sprint planning, risk management, and resource optimization.
• Prepare for Organizational and Cultural Transformation
• Understand the mindset shifts, skill development, and leadership strategies needed to successfully integrate AI into Agile ecosystems.
• Develop a Roadmap for AI-Augmented Agility
• Leave with actionable steps to begin experimenting with and implementing AI solutions in their teams and organizations to enhance agility and deliver maximum value.

Speaker:  George Harter
Track: Accelerating the value of delivery

Description:
While Scrum Masters keep the team on plan operating efficiently, Product Managers should ensure it always works on the “next most important thing.” But Product Managers are constantly bombarded with feature requests and ideas from users, customers, coworkers and executives. 

This session discusses how to:

• Ignore the clutter
• Identify the problems the should be solved now
• Communicate and justify priorities in a way that resonates with every stakeholder

Learning Objectives:

Attendees will understand:

• The difference between Strategic, Technical Debt and Customer Satisfaction work
• How product managers often manage incoming requests and why that process is damaging to the team and the product
• The best process for identifying and justifying feature priorities.

Speakers:  Erick Jefferies & Leslie Hobbs

Track: Accelerating the value of delivery

Description:
This session will look at Leadership Skills, Systems Thinking, Empathy, and how they work together to help solve the things ‘keeping leadership up at night’.

Learning Objectives:

A conversation around how helping with leadership’s most pressing concern(s) moves the business forward.

• Identify Leaderships most pressing challenge
• Leverage Systems Thinking
• Move the business forward
• Match Leadership’s Language
• Accelerate value delivery

Speaker:  Richard Knaster
Track: Accelerating the value of delivery

Description:

In today’s fiercely competitive landscape, Value Stream Management (VSM) is gaining momentum as a must-have strategy for businesses striving to maximize their digital transformation investments. Every organization is essentially a value delivery system, creating and offering products and services to customers. Yet, many businesses lack awareness of their value streams or an understanding of how value flows through them—often causing digital transformation efforts to fall short despite significant investments.

Please join Richard Knaster, Chief Scientist, VSM, author, principal consultant, SAFe Fellow, and SPCT, to learn what’s driving the surge in VSM adoption and explore how you can leverage it to realize the full potential of your continuous improvement journey.

Learning Objectives:

• What is Value Stream Management?
• How does Value Stream Mapping differ from Value Stream Management? Can one work without the other?
• Why are Agile and DevOps insufficient for accelerating digital innovation alone?
• How can VSM boost your delivery of value
• Is VSM relevant outside of IT?
• How do you get started with VSM? What if your organization isn’t fully Agile—can VSM still help?

Speaker:  Catherine Louis
Track: Accelerating the value of delivery

Description:

The tech industry has been struggling with diversity and inclusion for decades. In the mid-1980s, women made up a significant proportion of the tech industry. However, by the end of the decade, their numbers had declined dramatically. What factors contributed to this decline, and how does it affect product development?

We’ll explore the various factors that played a role in the disappearance of women from the tech scene. We’ll examine the cultural and societal biases that existed at the time, the lack of support and mentorship that women received, and the impact of technological changes on the representation of women in tech.

We’ll explore the impact of disappearing tech women on product development. Research shows diverse teams lead to better products. When women are underrepresented, this can lead to blind spots and biases that affect products. We’ll explore how diversity and inclusion improve product development and how to create more inclusive teams.

Learning Objectives:

Attend this session to learn-

• The various factors that contributed to the decline of women in tech in the mid-1980s
• The impact of cultural and societal biases on women in tech
• The role of support and mentorship in retaining women in tech
• The impact of technological changes on the representation of women in tech
• How the disappearance of women in tech affects product development
• The importance of diversity and inclusion in improving product development

Join in for an important conversation on the intersection of diversity, inclusion, and product development. Discover the various factors that contributed to the decline of women in tech and learn what we can do today to promote diversity and inclusion in the tech industry and improve our products.

Speaker:  Tanner Wortham
Track: Accelerating the value of delivery

Description:

Leadership in the U.S. Marine Corps isn’t just about strategy and tactics; it’s about adapting to change, making quick decisions, and driving results no matter the circumstances. In this session, you’ll learn how military principles for decision-making, prioritization, and execution can radically improve how teams can perform under pressure.

We’ll explore how confronting problems head-on, crafting decentralized decision-making models, and experimenting obsessively can transform the way teams work, helping them deliver more effectively and more efficiently.

This talk will challenge how you think about agility and give you actionable insights that can be applied immediately. You’ll walk away with fresh insights that challenge traditional thinking and focus on delivering real, measurable outcomes.

Learning Objectives:

• Face toward the problem. Learn how to create a culture where mistakes are a stepping stone, not a setback. You’ll walk away with practical ways to embrace your missteps, correct course, and keep your teams moving forward.
• Prioritize with clarity and precision. Discover how the Marine Corps’ rule of three can build authority on demand into the hierarchy, keep your team focused, and drive better results for short- and long-term goals.
• Experiment relentlessly and learn continuously. Discover how to build a team culture that’s always iterating, improving, and experimenting—because success in the tech world, just like in the Corps, is about constantly refining and adapting. And sometimes surviving.

Speaker:  Gary Cohen
Track: Accelerating the value of delivery

Description:

In fast-paced, ever-changing landscapes, clinging to the illusion of certainty is no longer viable. Bob Johansen, distinguished fellow at the Institute for the Future, highlights the importance of clarity amidst uncertainty. Many product development practices, metrics, and artifacts remain rooted in assumptions of predictability, often leading to suboptimal outcomes.

Are we truly embracing transparency, or are we undermining it with outdated approaches? How can we better distinguish between areas where certainty is essential and those where humility and adaptability are key?

Explore balancing clarity with the reality of uncertainty across the product development lifecycle. We’ll examine practical ways to adapt our methods to the realities of uncertainty, enabling better decisions and superior outcomes in product development.

You’ll gain insights on:

• Product development cycle stages where certainty is critical
• Embedding continuous discovery for learning and clarity
• Building flexible teams that thrive in ambiguity
• Leveraging OKRs to drive focus without rigidity
• Reducing the cost of accelerated progress

Learning Objectives:

This session is designed to achieve the following learning outcomes for session attendees:

• Distinguish where in the product development cycle we need to act with certainty and where we need to acknowledge what we don’t know 
• Apply techniques that promote learning and clarity in the face of uncertainty

Speakers:  George Hack, Tom Gilmore, 
Track: Beyond Agility

Description:
Agile is often misunderstood and seen as a mere change rather than a true transformation. Historically, transformation success rates hover around 30%, but Agile implementations see only 10-20% success. This low rate is due to the confusion between change (adopting frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe) and transformation (a comprehensive, multidimensional shift).

Implementing Agile frameworks without a complete transformation portfolio leads to disillusionment. True transformation involves a complex mix of interdependent initiatives, such as baselining organizational culture and behaviors, redesigning organizational structure, applying change management, and shifting from training to continuous learning.

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will understand the difference between change and transformation and can explain it within their organizations.
• Participants will recognize the importance of baselining organizational culture and behaviors before starting a transformation and why these are critical.
• Participants will be able to outline the key initiatives in a transformation, their interdependencies, and intersections.
• Participants will comprehend why the benefits and values from Agile, DevOps, or Business Agility transformations occur at the transformation level, not just the change level.

Speaker:  Dan Parsons
Track: Beyond Agility

Description:

Whilst agile introduced many benefits to the way we work, have you found that the organization you work in has remained highly complex and high pressured?   

Do you notice there’s a lack of alignment across leadership and delivery teams? Which adds to the complexity. 

And think about the other systems we must interact with too, such as education, healthcare and other government services. They can be frustrating too.

In the absence of reducing complexity within the systems we operate in, we’re left with the conversations we have with people to help us navigate what we need to have happen.   Success happens when we have better conversations.  

Join me in an interactive talk to learn how having better conversations can help us be more effective in complex environments. Having better conversations is also imperative to effective leadership and building high performing teams, it impacts all levels of an organization.  

You may not be able to reduce complexity in the world we live and work in but you can have better conversations to help you and your team navigate to more effective outcomes.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn how your ‘state’ can affect how you approach a conversation, and how it may evolve.

• Learn how to apply the “traffic light” model to help guide you to achieve the outcome you’re wanting in a conversation.

• Use some simple questions to validate assumptions you may be making when you’re in a conversation that could lead to better outcomes.

Speakers:  Art Pittman & Jason Schreuder
Track: Beyond Agility

Description:

 Have you ever had a conversation with a team where you spent all the time talking about what was going wrong and zero time spent on what was going right? Have you ever met with a leader who only talked about all the problems and never talked about what they actually wanted to have happen instead? If these and similar situations plague your days as a Scrum Master, Agile Coach, Team Manager, etc., then this session is for you.

This interactive workshop session is a solution focused approach for leaders and teams. In it, you’ll not only learn what it means to be “solutions focused” but also how the simple technique differs from the more business accepted “problem focused” approach. You’ll learn and practice the subtle art of asking questions and communicating in a way that yields a more effective and positive solution implementation.

If you like learning, challenging yourself while practicing something new and useful, then this session is for you.

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will be able to define and explain a solution focused approach
• Participants will practice solution focused conversations and questions
• Participants will understand the effect of focusing on problems for teams and leaders
• Participants will be able to recite the subtle differences between “typical” questions and solution focused questions

Speaker:  Ashish Bhojane
Track: Beyond Agility

Description:
In today’s fast-evolving business landscape, traditional Agile practices are no longer enough to stay competitive and responsive. True agility requires a culture of continuous experimentation – one where teams are empowered to test ideas, embrace uncertainty, and learn quickly from successes and failures. This hands-on workshop, Beyond Agile: Building a Culture of Experimentation, is designed to equip participants with practical tools to foster an experimentation mindset within their teams. Through engaging activities, including group-designed experiments and interactive feedback sessions, attendees will learn how to turn ideas into small, safe-to-fail experiments that drive real insights. By the end of this session, participants will have developed actionable strategies to implement a culture of experimentation, pushing beyond Agile frameworks to foster innovation and adaptability.

Learning Objectives:

•  Understand the Principles of Experimentation in Agile: Participants will learn the core principles of agile culture, including hypothesis-driven development, fast feedback loops, and safe-to-fail experiments.
• Develop Skills to Design Effective Experiments: Through group activities, participants will gain practical experience creating small, focused experiments that validate assumptions, measure impact, and support continuous learning.
• Apply Customer-Centric Metrics to Evaluate Experiments: Attendees will explore key customer engagement metrics and learn how to apply these in their experimental setups to measure the effectiveness of new ideas.
• Cultivate a Learning Culture: Participants will leave with strategies for fostering a team culture that values learning and adaptation, going beyond Agile practices to embrace a mindset of continual improvement and flexibility.

Speaker:  Dr. Patrick (Mack) McConnell
Track: Beyond Agility

Description:

The discourse on the relevance of Agility took a bleak turn in 2024, with a number of ‘thought leaders’ and some large organizations declaring that, “Agile is dead.” If it is, let’s have a criminologist-lead discussion of three likely suspects responsible for its demise. And along the way we’ll also lay out some hope for the future of Agility and some ideas for rescuing adoptions that may be teetering on the brink.

Learning Objectives:

Participants will leave with an understanding of three of the most common causes of agile transformation failure, counterarguments to deal with naysayers, and ideas to salvage outcomes in organizations that may be questioning the relevance of Agility going forward.

Speaker:  Charlotte Fouque
Track: Beyond Agility

Description:

In contrast to the tech hiring boom of the pandemic, the field of Agile Coaching looks and feels grim today. Mass layoffs of Agile roles, a much reduced hiring outlook, and dramatic “Agile is dead” headlines might paint a picture of a world where Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, and other Agile leader roles no longer have a place. But is it really the end of the road? Should we pack it in and get our PMPs to ride the new wave of project management?

This talk will address what’s changed, what team/organizational needs remain for determined Agile practitioners to continue fulfilling, what skills and tools can serve us in the new landscape, and how to weather the storm by leaning into the values and principles at the root of Agility.

Learning Objectives:

• Understanding of how and why Agile coaching approaches of the past may no longer resonate with teams and organizations
• How coaches at all levels can adapt to meet the needs of their organization “where they are”
• Overview of skills, tools, and suggested reading for coaches, Scrum Masters, and other Agile leaders to thrive in the unknown of what comes next!

Speaker:  David Frink
Track: Beyond Agility

Description:

There are two simple questions leaders should ask to guarantee that a delivery team will succeed.  

Actually, that isn’t true. Success is a combination of many factors and the right answer to these two questions doesn’t guarantee success. However…the wrong answer to either of these two questions will guarantee failure 100% of the time in a team-based delivery environment.

Leaders, specifically leaders with formal authority, have a lot of influence on how these two questions are answered. And leaders are often sidelined by agilists and ignored as the key influence over team performance and success.

If you’re interested in learning what those questions and their right answers are, join David Frink for an interactive session where he will share lessons he’s learned as an executive coach and technology leader.

Learning Objectives:

You will:

• Learn how to encourage leaders to create the conditions for team success
• Hear stories of the most common challenges teams face and how to solve them
• Come away with specific ideas that you can try on your team, next week, to improve team performance

Speaker:  Ken Pugh
Track: Beyond Agility

Description:

Adopting agile practices aligned with your context provides effective value delivery. Teams often embrace practices in a predefined framework. Chet Hendrickson emphasizes the twelve practices of Extreme Programming (XP) worked for his team and suggests teams identify what works best for them. Cliff Berg, in Agile 2 discusses approaches that encourage teams to adapt thoughtfully rather than adhering to a rigid prescription.

We delve into the diverse contexts agile teams operate in and consider; application areas, customer profiles, and the unique skills and experiences of team members. Participants will engage in collaborative discussions within small groups to compare their contexts and practices.

Workshop Exercises to compare with the group:

• Understanding Your Context: Share and compare your context examining similarities and differences.
• Current Practices Analysis: List practices your team employs and discuss the rationale behind each.
• Practice Improvement Discussion: Identify a practice that isn’t working effectively. Discuss potential modifications, alternatives, or reasons for abandoning it.

Learning Objectives:

• Contextual Adaptation: Understand the importance of tailoring agile practices to the unique context of your team, rather than strictly following predefined frameworks.
• Practice Evaluation: Critically assess your current agile practices, understanding the rationale behind them.
• Iterative Improvement: Learn to approach changes in practices iteratively, testing new practices, and continuously refining your approach based on feedback and results. 

Speaker:  Matt Phillips
Track: Beyond Agility

Description:

 In short: Studies in Organizational Development show that there is a 97% chance that your business processes are not your problem. Do you know where else to look?

Unlocking organizational potential requires a menu of strategic insight, diagnostic tools, and actionable improvements. But more often than not, there is an immense focus on process improvement with little investment elsewhere. This presentation explores high-impact focus areas beyond processes – emphasizing tools, metrics, and powerful questions that drive better business outcomes. Attendees will leave equipped with practical strategies to elevate their organizational effectiveness and improve business outcomes.

Learning Objectives:

Attendees will leave this session with the understanding of the four focal areas for organizational improvement. Participants will gain familiarity with three powerful tools, metrics, and questions designed to reveal, diagnose, and work with organizational impediments. Additionally, the session introduces a playbook to support ongoing refinement of business outcomes.

Speaker:  Josh Anderson
Track: Beyond Agility

Description:

 I’m going to draw parallels to the agile world and the world of The Matrix. With a last name of Anderson, I get the “Mr. Anderson” quote a lot. However, the parallels don’t stop there. Just as Neo learns to be aware that there actually is “no spoon”, I want to re-center all of the attendees of the core of agile. Just as Neo struggles to realize his potential and begins to understand the difficulties of being “The One”, delivering on the promise of agile is equally challenging, especially in today’s commercialized version of “agile”. It can be easy to slide back into “the matrix” and lose sight of what really matters, which is why remembering/returning to the core value(s) of agile is something we must routinely do.

Learning Objectives:

•  What agile greatness actually looks like
• What are the common distractions companies fall into that prevent greatness
• How attendees, and their company, can achieve greatness by focusing on the core of agile
• Key ways to prevent all of the noise and commercialization of agile from distracting one’s self and their team(s)

Speaker:  David Rasch
Track: Beyond Agility

Description:

Scrum isn’t the problem; it’s you!

Is “management” or “the business” getting in the way of your team(s) being fully agile? This session will help us unpack how we cast ourselves as agilists into the “victim” role. Time to invert the script by remembering our biggest allies, management! No longer are managers the folks we bring in only when we want something!

Together with whoever else shows up, you can build a plan to engage with those mysterious managers, practice and pressure test your plan, and claim your seat at the leadership table.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn the language managers speak
• Identify language you use that’s hurting you
• Think like and become a detective to discover their problems
• Learn techniques to get creative and find common causes
• Flex your leadership muscle and get them on your team

Speakers:   Tony Bonfante & Sujatha Mudunuri
Track: Beyond Agility

Description:

 Agile coaching is fundamentally an influencing activity. Through various means, we are attempting to alter others’ behavior. We may employ various strategies and tactics such as training, advising, coaching, mentoring, or facilitation, but unless we have a clear, actionable model for self-mastery, we are often caught in a maze of conflict, confusion, and ambiguity regarding our own success, lacking clarity on the boundaries and overlaps between ourselves and our clients. The workshop is based on the Egg model from the soon to be published book, Unscramble Your Egg, by veteran agile coaches, Sujatha Mudunuri and Tony Bonfante. It articulates three fundamental components of conscious experience analogous to an egg. Essential Self (as described in ORSC and other body’s of knowledge) is the core, sentient perceiver, analogous with the egg’s yolk. Ego, analogous with the egg white, is the internally experienced psychological self with all its memories, desires, wisdom and conflicts (as described in Co-Active, Positive Intelligence, and general psychology). Finally, Personas, represented by the egg shell, form our externally visible tendencies, our social selves, as described by models such as DISC. Self-Mastery, and ultimately coaching success, depends on our ability to unscramble these three components, understanding the role of each in our experience and the experience of others. We “unscramble” our egg when we understand how to maintain a healthy, practical separation between the three, enabling us to balance authenticity (Essential Self) with social flexibility (Personas) through a deeper understanding and management of triggers and values (Ego).

Learning Objectives:

Ability to flex social personas to match external circumstances without being inauthentic. Ability to understand, tolerate, and work with others’ triggered reactions without being triggered. Ability to recognize, appreciate, and leverage diverse personalities by first understanding one’s own with greater clarity. Ability to stand amidst client storms as a calming, inspiring influence.

Panelists:  Kimberly Andrikaitis, Rhiannon Galen-Personick, Catherine Louis and Mary Thorn

Moderator:  Bob Galen

Track: Beyond Agility 

Description:

In this panel discussion Bob Galen will ask Kimberly Andrikaitis, Rhiannon Galen-Personick, Catherine Louis, and Mary Thorn to reflect on their careers to-date as Agilists. They’ll share pivotal moments in their journey, what has inspired them and provided them direction in their careers. They will also share times that challenged them and how they met those challenges. Finally, they’ll share their hopes and dreams for the future. Come to this session to be inspired AND to consider your allyship with these and other women Agilists in your own journey.

Learning Objectives:   N/A