Webinar Series: Adaptive Leadership

What, if anything, about the way people are leading today needs to change in order for leaders to be successful in a complex, rapidly changing environment where we’re faced with seemingly intractable challenges and an insatiable demand for innovation?  from Brené Brown, Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts

Agile Velocity hosted a series of online conversations exploring the most crucial leadership questions of the day.

Each session included a panel of distinguished guests who provided their honest and hard-won perspectives.

Links to recordings are below.

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Catalyst: The Next Level of Leadership

with Bill Joiner

Recorded webinar available via the Agile Uprising Podcast

Bill is a sought-after international thought leader and author of Leadership Agility. He focuses on the new mindsets and skillsets that leaders need for a new business environment that is complex, uncertain, and very fast-paced.

Leadership: Making Sense in Times of Uncertainty

with Dave Snowden and Andrea Tomasini

Recorded webinar available via the Agile Uprising Podcast

Dave Snowden is the founder and chief scientific officer of Cognitive Edge. His work is international in nature and covers government and industry looking at complex issues relating to strategy and decision making.  He has pioneered a science-based approach to organizations drawing on anthropology, neuroscience, and complex adaptive systems theory.  He is a popular and passionate keynote speaker on a range of subjects and is well known for his pragmatic cynicism and iconoclastic style.

Andrea Tomasini is one of the founders of agile42. His background includes experience in product development, system architecture, business, and strategic analysis, lean coaching, organizational change, and agile leadership. Andrea has trained and coached a diverse range of teams and helped many companies in various industries in implementing agile methods like Scrum. These days, Andrea works primarily as a Strategic Coach, supporting Agile Leaders in the process of transforming their organization, strategy, and culture to achieve greater agility and resilience. Being an international expert in the area of Agile Leadership, he is currently pioneering data capture and analysis methods in complex organizational structures and working on a book on ORGANIC agility.

Women and Leadership

With Lyssa Adkins and Carolyn Dragon

Listen to the recorded webinar via the Agile Uprising Podcast

Lyssa Adkins is an internationally-acclaimed, inspiring coach and teacher. Her current focus is on improving the performance of top leadership teams through insightful facilitation and organization systems coaching.

Carolyn Dragon is an engaging and highly talented coach, facilitator, and presenter. Visionary, enthusiastic, and grounded in results, Carolyn is a leader in learning, growing, and inspiring women’s personal and professional leadership development.

Lyssa and Carolyn co-lead TENWOMENSTRONG – a group that brings together circles of dynamic and inspiring women leaders to live their life on purpose.

Leadership is Language

With David Marquet and Andy Worshek

Listen to the recorded webinar via the Agile Uprising Podcast

Leadership is Language with L. David Marquet

Expert on adaptive leadership, former submarine commander, and author of Amazon #1 Best Seller: Turn the Ship Around!, Captain David Marquet imagines a workplace where everyone engages and contributes their full intellectual capacity, where people are healthier and happier because they have more control over their work, and where everyone is a leader.

Andy Worshek is a keynote speaker, guest contributor, and Intent-Based Leadership expert. He served with Captain Marquet on the USS Sante Fe as Combat Systems Department Chief, later advancing to Chief of Boat on the USS Cheyenne.

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