BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//OpenACalendar//NONSGML OpenACalendar//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Lean Agile Edinburgh - Open Tech Calendar BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6103@otc.opentechcalendar.co.uk URL:https://opentechcalendar.co.uk/event/6103-lean-agile-edinburgh SUMMARY:Lean Agile Edinburgh DESCRIPTION:Diversity\, Chocolate and Safe Cracking.\nA talk by John Le Dre w\, 45 mins.\n\nSummary:\nDiversity. It's the topic of the hour. Organisat ions are all putting 'diversity' and 'equal opportunities' on every job ad . But\, for some organisations it still seems to be a struggle. What's the goal? Do we want diverse teams because it's the "right thing to do" or is it "good for our teams and organisations"? Are we hiring minorities to ke ep up with quotas or our competition?\n\nThis talk will engage the audienc e in a frank discussion on what diversity is\, why we need it and how we m ight achieve it.\n\nAfter John's talk\, we will run a short Lean Coffee (h ttp://leancoffee.org/) discussion to cover topics surrounding John's talk. If you have some thoughts or questions you'd like to discuss\, please bri ng them along with you.\n\nSpeaker Profile:\nJohn has spent most of the la st 2 decades working in the software industry\, with a focus on web techno logies. After 10 years as a software engineer John moved into consultancy where he quickly learned the value of team dynamics and how most technical challenges are projecting underlying issues with collaboration. So his fo cus shifted\, while still being very involved technically\, his first focu s is on facilitating a safe\, creative\, collaborative environment.\nTwitt er: http://twitter.com/antz29\, website: http://wisenoodles.com\n\nThere w ill be beer and pizza kindly put on by our hosts\, Amazon.\n\nSee you all on the night!\nhttps://opentechcalendar.co.uk/event/6103-lean-agile-edinbu rgh\nPowered by Open Tech Calendar X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Diversity\, Chocolate and Safe
Cracking.
A talk by John Le Drew\, 45 mins.
Summary:
Diversit
y. It's the topic of the hour. Organisations are all putting 'diversity' a
nd 'equal opportunities' on every job ad. But\, for some organisations it
still seems to be a struggle. What's the goal? Do we want diverse teams be
cause it's the "\;right thing to do"\; or is it "\;good for ou
r teams and organisations"\;? Are we hiring minorities to keep up with
quotas or our competition?
This talk will engage the audience in a
frank discussion on what diversity is\, why we need it and how we might a
chieve it.
After John's talk\, we will run a short Lean Coffee (htt
p://leancoffee.org/) discussion to cover topics surrounding John's talk. I
f you have some thoughts or questions you'd like to discuss\, please bring
them along with you.
Speaker Profile:
John has spent most of th
e last 2 decades working in the software industry\, with a focus on web te
chnologies. After 10 years as a software engineer John moved into consulta
ncy where he quickly learned the value of team dynamics and how most techn
ical challenges are projecting underlying issues with collaboration. So hi
s focus shifted\, while still being very involved technically\, his first
focus is on facilitating a safe\, creative\, collaborative environment.
Twitter: http://twitter.com/antz29\, website: http://wisenoodles.com
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br>There will be beer and pizza kindly put on by our hosts\, Amazon.
See you all on the night!
More info: https://opentechcalendar.co.uk /event/6103-lean-agile-edinburgh
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