The Illusions And Magic Of Project Management

Many product organizations out there are adding new value by initiating and managing projects, lot’s of them. As such not necessarily a bad idea but many underestimate the influence this has within their organizations possibly ending up with mere illusions and real magic performed on the work-floor. This talk will guide attendees through a story of illusions and real magic so that one can recognize when it occurs and also get some ideas on how to organize things differently.

Scrum Or Ditch?!

A talk to explore why most organizations out there should ditch Scrum as it has been implemented or change it to something more appropriate. After this talk the audience will never look at Scrum the same way as they did before. It’s about the heart of Scrum and a simplified, yet highly effective, version of it.

How Organizations Go Nuts

A talk that incrementally shows you how fast and easily organizations end up with very complicated structures by taking the easy way out. Ending up with some pointers to how things could be done differently, keeping organizational structures simple, flat and adaptable. Generally performed with live action drawings to increase overall impact towards the audience.

Outcome Based (Product) Backlogs

Many organizations out there run their operations based on giving tasks to teams, in this talk we explore why giving outcomes or problems might be a better choice. We explore an alternative way of managing (product) backlogs. Attendees leave with a hands-on tool to try out in their organization.

The Product Owner Obeya

How does (a)po team truly collaborate?

A somewhat advanced topic for people running Large-Scale Scrum alike environments where many teams collaborate on a single Product. It provides insights in a structured, yet lightweight, setup for product owners or business people to collaborate, define and follow up on effective strategies.

Re-Thinking The Organization For Agility

Exploring how organizational structures influence the level of self-management and as such the level of adaptability it has to adjust course according internal and external market demands.

Financial Improvements?!

A talk that explores the differences in ROI and other financial aspects of more traditional organized systems versus Agile systems and how Scrum might help you improve on your finances. Financials are like the air we breathe, we should not focus on them, just like we don’t live to breathe, but without good air we die, without good financials we die as well.

The Perfect Problem Breakthrough

In this talk you’ll get insights on how to use Christopher Avery’s Responsibility Process in the context of handling problems and thus change. You get insights in the 3 keys to responsibility and how to gain control/power of the situations at hand. The talk applies learning from the Leadership Gift program we are following with Christopher Avery and provides insights related to the Responsibility Process and Keys to Responsibility. As a result you get some very powerful tools and techniques that will change your world.