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Redefining Agile: Shift to Virtual, Return to the Office

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Just as the coronavirus crisis is forcing businesses to reinvent themselves, so it is also forcing the reinvention of business agility itself. Thus, many of the practices of business agility were articulated for software development and were dependent on face-to-face meetings. Now that face-to-face meetings are often no longer possible, Agile practices need to be reformulated in more general terms so that they can be implemented virtually as well as face-to-face and more broadly so that they enable the whole organization to be agile.

When it comes to working together again in offices, firms will need to manage an array of internal and external factors. They will need to establish that the workforce is healthy enough for a return, along with properly functioning community health and hospital systems. For customer-facing firms, firms will need to ensure not only that environments are safe but also that workers and customers feel safe in returning.

These several topics will be discussed by our panel that includes:

  • Melissa Boggs (Moderator) – Co-CEO/Chief ScrumMaster for Scrum Alliance
  • Judy Carlson – Director, Software Engineering at Optum
  • Åke Sundelin – Strategy driver at Ericsson
  • Alan Taylor – Scrum Master at Mercedes-Benz.io

About the Speaker(s)

Melissa Boggs is a keynote speaker and leadership coach, uniquely positioned to help leaders and employees design an intentional employee experience that bridges the gap between them, increasing engagement and inviting joy for all. Melissa Boggs is host of the “Wild Hearts at Work” podcast, redefining our relationship with work through stories and conversations with those challenging the status quo of today’s workplace. She is a former executive with a background in leadership, business, and product development. Melissa served on the Board of Directors for both Scrum Alliance (as Co-CEO) and Agile Denver. She was privileged to present at the 2020 World Business and Executive Coach Summit and at the 2021 WomenTech Summit, and has been featured in Business Coaching, Business Agility Emergence, ValiantCEO, and Authority magazines. If you are interested in various letter combinations (certifications), Melissa is a Certified Enterprise Coach (CEC), Certified Team Coach (CTC), Dare to Lead Trained (DTL), Training from the Back of the Room Trained (TBR), Certified LeSS Practitioner (CLP), Kanban Management Professional (KMP I), and a Project Management Professional (PMP). She holds an MBA in IT Management and a BS in Information Technology from Western Governors University.

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