Purposeful Agility: Responding to change without burning out

Agility is all about the ability to create and respond to change in order to improve and deliver better value. When our current reality is one of constant change, new data by the hour, and emerging priorities–it’s critical to develop the ability to plan fast, learn fast, and adapt. But decision-making and effective prioritization become even more challenging when everything seems important and nothing is predictable. This pace of change can exhaust our resources, time, and energy, but it doesn’t have too.

This pragmatic session is for leaders, project managers, and everyone else who is responsible for setting priorities, collaborating with stakeholders, and responding to change. You’ll walk away with equipped with practical strategies that you can use today, in the middle of whatever you are already working on, in order to:

-> adjust planning cycles to fit with your pace of change

-> prioritize and plan (and reprioritize and replan) with a virtual team

-> reducing the risk and costs of frequent re-planning

-> respond to emerging priorities without burning out

About Brandi

Brandi Olson believes that you shouldn’t have to choose between doing good, important work, and your own humanity. She knows that the best way to solve big problems, to innovate, and to deliver out of this world value is through teams who are deeply engaged, high performing, and actually happy. And that the quickest route for leaders to cultivate happy, engaged teams who are doing great work is by not adding free frozen yogurt in the lobby. But by creating cultures where people are learning together faster and better. So that when change happens, as it always will, your organization isn’t just reacting to change, you are leading change.

Brandi works in the intersection between learning, organizational agility, and human-centered design. She has over 15 years of experience consulting with leaders across diverse sectors who share a commitment to people, learning fast, and doing good in the world–from nonprofits to universities to global Fortune 50 companies. Brandi studied organizational learning and change at Northwestern University, holds a Masters of Education from the University of Minnesota and has extensive training in human-centered design and Lean-Agile transformations. Brandi has been featured in Forbes, Inc.com, and is a sought after speaker and trainer all over the world.