Fwd: [AgileLN Bengaluru] Invitation: Agile and its impact on Leadership
Tathagat Varma
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Date: Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 12:10 AM
Subject: [AgileLN Bengaluru] Invitation: Agile and its impact on Leadership
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Friends,
In the Ten years that Agile Manifesto has been in existence, we have experienced phenomenal changes about how software is delivered to customers.
Organizational leaders have realized the benefits and challenges of implementing Agile and Lean in their organizations. Slowly, steadily and surely, these techniques have become mainstream in software delivery and are now even spreading their wings beyond software. In this environment, it is vital for leaders to understand, appreciate and promote objectivity and a mindset of collaboration and servant-leadership within their organizations.
Agile Leadership Network Bengaluru is pleased to invite you to two very interesting sessions on the theme of Agile and its impact on Leadership, driven by two leaders in the field.
Agile Leadership in Driving Cultural Change
Sujatha Balakrishnan, COO & Delivery Head for Valtech India Systems Pvt Ltd
This talk will review the concept of Agile Leadership as it is described in the Agile Manifesto, within the context of well-known leadership concepts and methods.
Agile is about Adaptive Leadership and is more than simply removing impediments or driving tasks to completion, but rather managing and embracing the tension of being both leader and servant, task master and coach depending on the situation.
Adaptive leadership requires a fundamental shift in mindset and this can be win-win condition for the individuals and organization. Management has to move to a facilitative leadership style and break down traditional hierarchies.
Business Case for Agile – Time for ROI Check
Tathagat Varma, Head of Strategic Programs, Outsourced Product Development and Business Operations at Yahoo!
Agile movement formally started over a decade back, and agile thinking has now gradually permeated at all organizational levels. Very similar to the lean linking, where it is more important to optimize the whole rather than the parts, the agile world now stands at crossroads – what was initially designed as a development paradigm for software teams is now stretched across the entire value creation chain of software development. However, if other parts of this chain still operate in traditional methods, the ROI of agile thinking might fail to accrue desired benefits. What is the real story? Let’s do an ROI check.
When: 19-July-2012, 5:30pm to 8pm
Where: Valtech, Maas Unique – 30/A, 1st Main Road Industrial Suburb, 3rd Phase J.P. Nagar Bangalore – 560078, Phone: +91 80 26079000
Parking advice: Visitors need to park their vehicles on the road near the mini forest outside Valtech office.
For more information about the speakers and the agenda, visit: http://alnbengaluru.wordpress.com/chapter-meetings-and-events/
We would like to thank Valtech for hosting the meeting.
(On behalf of the Organizing Team)