We are on the brink of unprecedented technological change that will fundamentally alter the way we work. It’s a crazy exciting time filled with almost limitless potential. But we can’t just follow our old paths. We need to rethink our approach to work — both as individuals and as organizations — to be the most adaptable to change. In this session, we’ll look at:
- Creating Agile organizations that elevate employees to partners in growth and innovation
- Using Agile’s feedback loops to deal with uncertainty and minimize risks
- Adopting ideas from lean startup for running experiments and making data-driven decisions
We can create the future itself by learning to tap our potential to recognize patterns, see possibilities, and adapt to the unknown.
About the Speaker:
Abby Fichtner is The Hacker Chick. She writes about creativity, the future of tech, and pushing the edge on what’s possible, and was the original hacker in residence for Harvard Innovation Lab. She’s done everything from developing bleeding-edge tech for startups, to helping large corporations like Microsoft and Pepsi operate with the agility of startups, to teaching entrepreneurship at MIT and HBS. Today, Abby teaches organizations how to thrive when everything around them is changing — by embracing their possibilities and taking advantage of their employees (in the best possible way).
Find her at hackerchick.com.
