"That's just how it's always been"

"Don't bother asking, nothing changes around here"

"It's easier to just go with the status quo"

Ever heard these terms being spoken amongst your teams? Your peers? Fellow coaches?

Learned helplessness can be a pervasive parasite in your organisation, creating a persistent barrier to change and a dangerous edge to disengaged individuals.

Join us in this talk as we share practical take away's to spot learned helplessness and the tips to stop the infection spreading.

We often expect our leaders to be imbued with superpowers, effortlessly balancing the needs of the many against their own convictions and values. A leader's ability to navigate these scenarios can lead to their success or downfall. As such we don't often provide the space for leaders to admit failure or uncertainty.

"Contrary to equating vulnerability to weakness, exhibiting vulnerability offers the possibility of inspiring people and connecting on a deeper level" - Hanson

Join us in this session as we explore the concept of vulnerability in leaders and its impact on the ecosystem. We will share real life stories and tips we've learnt along the way in coaching leaders on transparency and vulnerability.

"This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes" - Matrix

Are you prepared to question your own perception of reality?

If so, join us as we learn how our understanding of reality is shaped by our own beliefs and assumptions and how these can create blind spots.

How does this relate to Agile transformation? As a Scrum Master, we often face resistance to Agile or learning concepts that would seem blindingly obvious to us. We sometimes walk away from these conversations feeling exasperated and frustrated that other's can find it so difficult to understand and adopt.

However, often the problem with others failing to see what you see, isn't purely about them. We often forget that as change agents, we bring to the mix a set of our own assumptions and self fulfilling beliefs that also need to be challenged.

The purpose of this session is to draw on some of the core principles of Liminal Thinking and how they can be applied to Agile transformations.

As practitioners of Agile and guides on changing mindsets, we often hear the same reason as to why things cannot or will not change...

"It won't work, it's more complicated than you know"

"It's not that simple...we don't do it like that here"

"That's all well and good (that fluffy pie in the sky Agile thing) but we still need to deliver"

We hear these proclamations before we have even started or tried any form of change...Why is that? Why is there a large portion of our organisation afraid to try something new?

Breaking it down further, why are teams afraid to experiment? And at it's very core, why are we as individuals afraid of challenge and learning when there is the real possibility of becoming better?

By understanding our own unconscious mindsets, we can grow our own capacity to understand other's and their resistance.

Join us as we learn about the concepts of fixed and growth mindsets and how our own unconscious tendencies can undermine our capacity for change.