5 Spicy Strategies for Leading Change
Overview
Does the word “transformation” make you hesitant or skeptical? Maybe even cringe a little? If so, you’re not alone. Traditional approaches of top-down implementation, endless training, and exhaustive coaching often fall short of making a genuine impact.
This session with David Laribee, co-founder of Nerd/Noir, detailed practical strategies that propelled his teams and clients to achieve more impactful and lasting outcomes while managing the many changes software development faced.
David explored successful strategies implemented at Nerd/Noir that challenged the status quo and offered a fresh perspective on driving meaningful change, including:
- New ideas and practical tools for effecting change in a team or an organization
- An approach to measuring engineering that centered on team empowerment and outcomes
- Questions to challenge and test current approaches to leading change
- How to feel less fear and more optimism about the radical changes impacting our space
Meet the Speaker
David Laribee
Co-founder of Nerd/Noir and Dojo Academy
David Laribee is a change strategist, international speaker, award-winning developer, and co-founder of Nerd/Noir and Dojo Academy. Over the last 25+ years, he’s helped product development teams and organizations unlock their full creative and productive potential, working across a wide variety of industries. David was an early practitioner and pioneer in several key evolutions in software development, including Domain-Driven Design, immersive learning, product thinking & agility, lean & kanban, and engineering craft.

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