Talks
Upcoming Talks
Turning theory into practice - making the most of what you learn - workshop
4th-5th July 2024
Previous Talks (Selection)
Putting it into practice: Making the most of what you've learned - workshop
15th-17th May 2024
‘Get where you want to go - an introduction to Solution Focused Coaching’
27th-29th September 2023
‘Get where you want to go - an introduction to Solution Focused Coaching’
10th-12th May 2023
‘Get where you want to go - an introduction to Solution Focus Coaching’
6th-7th July 2023
‘Limit your DIP (decisions in progress)
- why decisions are hard and how to make them easier’
5th-7th October 2022
‘Get where you want to go - an introduction to solution focus coaching’
7th-8th July 2022
‘Limit your DIP (decisions in progress)
- why decisions are hard and how to make them easier’
29th-30th June 2022
‘Get where you want to go - an introduction to solution focus coaching’
Lean Agile Exchange (Virtual, at home)
27th-28th April 2022
‘Limit your DIP (decisions in progress): why decisions are hard and how to make them easier’
10th-11th September 2020
‘Kaizen To Karōshi - Burnout in Agile Teams and What You Can Do About It’
P3X - People, Product and Process Conference
31st October -1st November 2019
'Resilience – How to bring your best through the worst'
'The art of Agile' (with Kylie Yearsley)
11th-12th July 2019
‘The world's biggest ball flow game’
‘Kaizen to Karōshi - sustainable pace and performance in teams’
3rd-5th April 2019
‘Kaizen to Karōshi - sustainable pace and performance in teams’
12-13th July 2018
‘Cognitive biases, group think and other nuisances - practical methods to outsmart your team’
3rd-4th July 2018
‘Kaizen to Karōshi - sustainable pace and performance in teams’
1st-3rd November 2017
‘Kaizen to Karōshi - sustainable pace and performance in teams’
4-6th October 2017
‘Thinking systems: how to avoid anchoring, biases, group think and other nuisances’
10-12th May 2017
‘Team Design For Continuous Delivery’
Pipeline, the Continuous Delivery Conference, London
21st March 2017
‘Driving engagement – How to get your organisation behind DevOps, and why it matters’. (Agile and DevOps MasterClass Dublin 2016)
'Team Design for Continuous Delivery'. (London Continuous Delivery Meetup 2016)
‘Anchoring biases, group think and other nuisances, practical methods to outsmart your team’. (Agile In the City Bristol 2016)
Improving Quality By Changing Culture - A talk on how improving employee engagement improves quality, and what can be done to encourage it. (Test Con Lithuania 2016)
What I learnt about DevOps when my car caught fire - An ignite talk featuring five key DevOps lessons. (DevOps Days London 2016)
Succeeding with DevOps it’s not about DevOps - A talk drawing attention towards culture as one of the key enablers for DevOps. (National DevOps Conference 2015)
DevOps – Do Not Exceed The Recommended Dose – A talk considering the impacts of DevOps on an organisation’s delivery system, and the dangers of hype surrounding DevOps. (DevOps Days Warsaw 2015)
Transformation? Into what? The delicate art of balancing user needs in digital projects (Digital Transformation & Business Evolution Conference 2015)
Collaboration catalysts top tools to fuel your team - Covering the topics of Kanban and ChatOps, why they are so effective and how to apply them. (DevOps Summit 2015)
Hight Trust, Low Performance – A talk on performance management challenges and approaches in Agile environments. (Agile Cambridge 2014)
The Reluctant Change Agent’s Guide – A talk on encouraging change from ground up. (DevOps Summit London 2014)
Agile’s got it covered – so why DevOps? – A talk on the relationship between Agile and DevOps (Agile Business Conference, London 2013)
People As A Service – How Not To Build A Lasting DevOps Environment – A talk on culture and the people factors behind DevOps. (DevOps Summit London 2013)
Measuring DevOp’s Vital Signs – A talk on how to measure DevOps adoption. (DevOpsDays London 2013)
Dev+Ops+Org How we’re including almost everyone – A talk on Culture, Continuous Delivery and DevOps (DevOpsDays Goteburg 2011)