PM Insight Sunnyvale

We live in a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous) world.  If COVID-19 has taught us anything, it is the need for our organizations to be resilient and flexible in the face of change.  We've seen many organizations struggle, and we’ve seen many organizations thrive? What are the successful organizations doing that you’re not, and what do you need to do to become more effective? 

This session explores how you can learn to work smarter at the individual, team, and organizational levels based on the situation that you face, even as that situation evolves around you.  The Disciplined Agile (DA) tool kit provides contextualized and easy-to-navigate guidance for evolving your way of working (WoW) to improve your overall effectiveness. DA describes a robust, pragmatic, and comprehensive approach to business agility, teaching you how to respond swiftly and effectively to changing conditions.  

The last sixteen months have impacted life in many ways, but it seems the world is opening up
again. Workers are back in the office and in‐person conversations are acceptable. Life is getting
back to normal. Or is it?

Working from home remains a valid option for many professionals. Companies are struggling to
re‐create the pre‐COVID team culture. People are experiencing residual pandemic‐related
effects. Building and maximizing relationships have never been more important for project success.
Nurturing a network of colleagues, team members, clients and stakeholders now require a
new attitude and different skills.

This interactive session explores networking concepts and strategies to help you build
productive and profitable relationships in our evolving environment.

An Organization’s DNA is the historical reason why groups of people behave the way they do. It is the genetic code at the root of these behaviors. In this presentation, you will learn how to engage your people in a personal journey to discover your organization’s unique identity, and then use that shared identity to create truly engaged employees and a truly cohesive team.

• What is “organizational DNA?”
• How does this DNA get created and modified?
• Why an organization’s DNA is so important to shaping behavior, language, and what’s possible.
• Proven tools that enable teams to actively explore the DNA of their organization together.
• How to leverage the power of this shared DNA to achieve extraordinary results.

APPROACH: Never one to lecture, Kimberly facilitates lively and engaging “learning laboratories”. You will leave this workshop equipped with practical methodologies, tools & techniques that you can immediately apply to achieve significantly better results . . . even unprecedented breakthroughs!

To meet the rapidly changing digital market demands and customer needs, organizations need a portfolio management approach that enables them to deliver products and services faster to the market, improve business outcomes and support the company’s strategic objectives. The primary focus of lean portfolio management is to align Business Strategy with Lean-Agile Execution.

In the “The Benefits of Implementing a Lean Portfolio Management Framework” session will review the benefits of moving to an agile way of working and the challenges that occur when an organization begins to scale their agile practices. We will cover the various frameworks that are available to help manage scaling agile in your organization. Specifically, we will dive into best practices in implementing a Lean Portfolio Management Framework. Critical to this framework is to organize your teams into value streams that deliver your customer business value. We will review what a Value Stream is and the two components of a value stream: Operational and Development Value Streams. We will dive into the Lean Portfolio Management Framework (processes, artifacts, roles and responsibilities) and the benefits it brings to the organization.

Learning how to market yourself and grow your professional brand is essential in today’s business climate.  Are you someone who is passionate about continuous self-improvement and eager to learn new frameworks and techniques to better optimize your time to conduct your job search and enhance your LinkedIn profile?  

This practical and informative session will provide tips on how to focus your time to build a better brand along with tips on how LinkedIn can help you promote your expertise.

This session will be beneficial for people who are seasoned professionals and intermediate-level LinkedIn users looking for competitive edges to boost their visibility on the platform.