We are living in a world where we need to respond quickly to changes, whether they be social, environmental or economic. On top of rapidly responding to the change, we need to do so in such a way that the change doesn’t overwhelm us. From the public sector’s point of view, this means having strong governance and responding to the citizen’s needs.
Agile working has gained significant attention and adoption in some of our workplaces. However, there are numerous misconceptions around this concept, leading to confusion and ineffective implementation.
Tune in as IPANZ Executive Director Kay Booth is joined by Shane Hastie, SoftEd Global Delivery Lead, where they will explore and debunk these myths, offering an introductory understanding of agile working and its practical applications in the public sector setting, including:
- What is agile working and its main principles and values
- What are the most prevalent myths, and present evidence-based insights to challenge and explain these myths
- Explore what are the benefits of agile working (on productivity, employee wellbeing etc.)
For those who register for this event, there will be prizes up for grabs! We have some Bassline GO | Boompods to give away to the to the best questions asked on the day. So register now to join in on the discussion.
About Shane Hastie
Shane Hastie is SoftEd’s Global Delivery Lead
Over the last 40+ years Shane has been a practitioner and leader of developers, testers, trainers, project managers and business analysts, helping teams to deliver results that align with overall business objectives. He spent 20+ years as a professional trainer, coach and consultant specialising in Agile practices, business analysis, project management, requirements, testing and methodologies in Australia, New Zealand and around the world. He has worked with large and small organisations, from individual teams to large transformations all around the world, across all levels of Information Technology and software intensive product development.
Shane was a director of the Agile Alliance from 2011 to 2016 and was the founding Chair of Agile Alliance New Zealand. He is co-chair of the Agile Alliance Agile Coaching Ethics initiative, working to produce a code of ethical conduct for agile coaching. He is an ICF registered Professional Coach.
He leads the Culture and Methods editorial team for InfoQ.com where he hosts the weekly InfoQ Culture Podcast. He is co-author of the recent book #noprojects - A Culture of Continuous Value, available on Amazon and from InfoQ and The Rock Crusher – a flow-based model for backlog management , available from IIBA Press and on Amazon
He was the Director of Community Development for ICAgile from 2017 to 2022. He has re-joined SoftEd as the Head of Global Delivery from February 2022.