Shannon Ewan will speak at the DC Lean + Agile Meetup on Wednesday, December 11 at 12pm ET.
Topic:
The agile movement has had an interesting couple of years. Spirited debate about its future abounds on LinkedIn and echoes through the halls of underpopulated conference venues. While some see this as an existential crisis, others see it as a normal evolution and an opportunity to determine what’s next on the journey of helping organizations “achieve their purpose no matter what the future brings.”*
In times like these, we often excel at positing causes, but are not as quick to look in the mirror.
This talk takes a candid, lighthearted approach in challenging us to contemplate where we, as agilists, may have overcorrected or underachieved in implementing more humanistic, adaptive, and modern ways of working. Times where we’ve lost sight of the larger goal, or occasions where a few miscues have snowballed out of proportion…
In addition to sharing personal stories and anecdotes from the field, this interactive talk will leverage industry insights and invite the audience to decide next steps on their path to “just right.”
*From Business Agility Institute’s definition of Business Agility
About our Speaker:
Shannon Ewan currently serves as the CEO for the International Consortium for Agile (ICAgile) in Alexandria, VA. She is an agile leader, coach, facilitator, and trainer with extensive business and Information Technology (IT) experience in the commercial and government sectors. In addition to her work coaching and leading agile organizations, she has spent several years studying and working outside of the US, including a two-year stint as a Small Enterprise Developer in the US Peace Corps / Cameroon. Shannon is also a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC).
