"It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change "- Charles Darwin

In life and work, we all experience change - big, small, good, bad, dramatic, sometimes it comes in a huge wave, and other times it trickles gently. Despite the presence of change all around us, individuals and organizations, by nature, are resistant to change. They would rather stay in their comfort zone and status quo than change

Change is inevitable not only in life but in business too. The modern workplace is defined by constant change . Organizations are continually being forced to transform and evolve as a result of competition and technology. We may not always agree with changes, but when companies change, so must we.

In this fast-paced world, being adaptive and willing to embrace change guarantees that we see change as an opportunity to learn, explore, and thrive even in the face of adversity.

Research has shown that the ability to embrace change is key for growth in individuals and has a massive impact on the happiness and success of people.

In this talk, through the medium of engaging storytelling, you will learn why do people resist change, explore a tool that aids in enabling change at an individual, team, and organizational level, and learn its practical application through a Case Study.

HIGHLIGHT: You will discover and explore a new model, the "AAAAHA Model" (the original model of the speaker). It is a six-step model for embracing change, which will enable you to accept change naturally and use change as an 'opportunity' and 'strength' to transform your life.

Have you found the secret sauce that makes you stand out in a stack of resumes? It is the special thing that makes YOU, find it and make a brand out of it. Use this mark to express and communicate your skills, personality and values. Your brand will draw people and opportunities to you. Gone are the days when personal branding was only for CEOs and celebrities. These days people are taught and encouraged to use their mark to express and communicate their skills personality and values.At whatever stage you are in your career, your brand with help you advance it.Building a personal brand takes time and effort, but it’s worth it. At this time and age, the traditional practices of brand development does not quite match up with pace of change. This talk introduces the concept of an "agile personal brand" and presents how we can develop our personal brand and use it for professional development in an agile way, embedding the agile principles. 

Being iterative,value driven, consistent , asking for feedback, collaborating and being adaptive are the principles discussed with examples linked to real world technology projects. 

Digital disruption is all about how fast you can deliver customer and business value in a most efficiently to beat the competition. Most of the transformation efforts are spent on IT as a function and local optimizations but time to value goes far beyond only IT functions. Digital transformations need to focus on several aspects across business and IT. In this session, participants will learn holistic approach of transformation which enables the organizations to truly build products and services in a most disruptive, efficient and innovative ways.

Any transformation journey usually has a roadmap that focuses on process, tools, technology and people. Studies have shown that some key reasons why transformations fail are due to cultural aspects. However, culture is often ignored and we expect magic to happen quickly. Hence, a transformation needs to weave in culture shift as a critical part of the roadmap.

We delve into…

• What constitutes culture?
• Why should a transformation look into culture shift?
• A ‘culture gauge’ as a tool to calibrate the cultural aspects
• The E3R model as a recipe to plan the culture shift journey
• The elements of ‘thin slice’ and ‘1% improvement’ as key ingredients

… we weave in our stories of failure, some good practices and envision how we would use the culture gauge and E3R model.