Nov

06


2024

2024 November Meetup

Wed (06:00 PM - 08:30 PM)

Summary

The Agile Yorkshire November 2024 meetup is set to be another fantastic event, featuring insightful talks from expert speakers. We are excited to welcome David Westgarth, Delivery Manager at BJSS, who will present real-world AI use cases for agile teams, exploring how AI can amplify effectiveness and streamline workflows. Also joining us is Clement Pickering, an independent coach and consultant, who will share his expertise on managing impostor syndrome in the tech industry, drawing from his extensive background in software engineering and leadership. Both talks promise valuable takeaways for professionals looking to enhance their agile practices and team performance.

Programme

AI Powered Agile
AI has arrived and it's here to stay! But are you leveraging its full potential to amplify your agile practices? This session explores real-world AI use cases for scrum masters, product owners and agile teams to increase effectiveness. Through demos and discussion, discover new possibilities for streamlining workflows, enhancing collaboration and driving continuous improvement using cutting-edge AI applications and tools.
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David Westgarth
David works as DM at BJSS and has held numerous roles and extensive experience in agile delivery and tech, ranging from developer to manager across several industries. He's an active advocate of agile and works to enhance teams and workplaces by promoting agile ways of working, principles and values.
Impostor Syndrome: Is It Just Me?
Impostor syndrome is a well-known but often misunderstood topic. One look at LinkedIn, Facebook or Instagram highlights how prevalent the term is and the huge range of conflicting views and opinions. As both someone who manages their own feelings of impostor syndrome, and as an impostor syndrome coach, through this talk Clem aims to demystify the subject, looking at what it is and isn’t, who it affects, and the different ways it can show up. He shares his own personal experience with the phenomenon and provides tips on how to settle your own impostor feelings – because yes, it’s likely everyone will feel like an impostor at times. And while impostor syndrome isn’t constrained to one particular industry, group or profession, the tech industry does seem to be affected more than most. The talk will look at examples relevant to tech and explore strategies to prevent it from becoming overwhelming, debilitating and holding you back in your career.
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Clement Pickering
Clement is an independent coach and consultant focused on helping tech leaders increase both their impact and personal fulfilment through compassionate, people-focused leadership. He combines a background in technology and consultancy with his ICF-accredited coaching practice to help individuals and organisations create the conditions for better communication, high-performing teams and inclusive, engaging company culture. Clem brings experience based on an extensive career starting in software engineering and from a wide range of leadership roles spanning dev, test, architecture, people operations and tech academies. He’s helped several highly successful organisations on rapid growth journeys from start-up to scale and worked as a consultant helping both private and public sector clients adopt modern approaches to software delivery and operations. Clem is known for his empathetic and warm style and strongly believes that organisations that put humanity first are the most successful.