Does Agile culture discriminate against the neurodiverse
As organisations have become more agile and try to build “high-performing” teams, they have started to hire for cultural and team fit. As a result they search for people who can collaborate and are team players; who are willing to develop a deep trust in each other and in the team’s purpose; who freely express feelings and ideas; who engage in extensive discussion; who are adaptable and embrace change and who are comfortable managing constructive conflict towards a better outcome.
There are however, many people who do not meet that criteria, and for various reasons, may struggle to meet that criteria in the future.
Everyone brain is wired slightly differently and not everyone’s wiring fits the mould described above.
Does the exclusivity of the above criteria result in certain people missing out who could have significant positive value.
Outline/Structure of the Interactive
This will be a workshop / facilitated discussion around the topic.
The presenters have no expert knowledge in this area at all, and are interested in provoking some new thoughts and seeing where the discussion goes.
Learning Outcome
Does hiring for cultural fit result in a less diverse workforce?
Are there circumstances where it is more or less necessary to be less diverse?
What are the implications of that? Are opportunities being missed or is the cultural fit more important.
Target Audience
Anyone interested in exploring the types of people who may not fit into typical Agile culture.
Prerequisites for Attendees
Some preconceptions of the types of people a good Agile company (or your company) likes to hire
schedule Submitted 5 years ago
Call for Proposals CLOSED
Ended on Jun 6 '18 11:30 PM AEST
This conference is about learning and sharing from our colleagues. Over the years we have come to value the following things;
- Interactive sessions over presentations
- Specific tools and techniques over general frameworks
- Learning from mistakes and failures over sharing sanitised success stories
- Diversity of content over following industry best practices
- Evidence based approaches over novel ideas
That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.
Craig Brown
Hengzhi Shao
Gabor Devenyi
Hamdam Bishop
Tony Fifoot
