PM Insight - Foster City Virtual Meeting: Friction to Function™: Engineering Better Teams
PM Insight-Foster City Virtual Meeting:
Friction to Function™: Engineering Better Teams
What if we could debug a team the same way we debug code? In this talk, Belle draws from her engineering background to show how technical frameworks can be applied to organizational challenges. Whether you're scaling or stuck, you'll walk away with practical tools for optimizing team design—without reducing people to parts. It's systems thinking, with empathy.
Takeaways:- Translate engineering principles into people-first organizational practices.
- Identify key components of a functional Operating Model.
- Apply systems thinking to resolve interpersonal and team-level friction.
- Reframe technical strengths as systems leadership assets.
About the Instructor:
Belle Walker
Belle Walker is an organizational clarity expert who helps growing teams design the systems they need to scale—without losing their soul. She is the CEO of Belleview Consulting, a TEDx Speaker, and the bestselling co-author of Generation Innovation: Business, Family, and the Journey to Success. With a background in systems engineering from Harvard, leadership roles at Google and HERE Technologies, and over a decade of consulting experience, Belle brings a rare mix of analytical precision and human insight to every engagement. Through keynotes, workshops, and consulting services, Belle has helped founders, functional leaders, and nonprofits turn messy growth into meaningful progress. Her work lives at the intersection of structure and empathy—because great systems aren’t the goal. They’re the support.
Meeting Leader: Larry Staley
Online Registration
PMI Silicon Valley Members: $5.00
Non-Members: $5.00
Students & Veterans: Free (Please contact Meeting Leader for the discount code)
Cancellation Policy
This event is a professional society meeting, held for the benefit of its members. The Plan Ahead registration fee paid is based on the registrant's ability to commit to attendance, ahead of time. The Plan Ahead registration fee will not be refunded for any reason, other than event cancellation, after normal business hours (5:00 PM, Pacific) on the registration deadline day. The PMI - Silicon Valley Chapter reserves the right to make last-minute changes to program content and speakers, as circumstances dictate.
Event Properties
| Event Date | 09-24-2025 6:00 pm |
| Event End Date | 09-24-2025 8:00 pm |
| Cut off date | 09-23-2025 10:00 pm |
| Individual Price | 5.00 |
| No. of Business Acumen PDUs | 2.0 |
| Location | Virtual Event |