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Improve Your Business Agility with Flawless Execution Business Agility in conjunction with a commitment to Innovation is a game-changing reality in our world. Individuals who can create ideas and act on them to build new technologies and products are emerging as the new leaders in 21st Century society. Many technology companies in areas like Silicon Valley, university innovation labs, and institutes are cultivating countless innovative ideas and processes. With all this attention, innovation in the corporate business world at C-level execution is somewhat of a mystery and quite hard to define and even harder to master. As with any journey, it begins with a first step. What simple step can you take today to understand how innovation takes place and the factors that empower it, so you can optimize the conditions for future innovation in your organization? Intentional planning that has buy-in from all stakeholders provides a bridge from ideas to executable plans. This accelerates a company's ability to both create and respond to change in order to profit in a turbulent business environment.

Doing Agile Right - Transformation without Chaos The use of agile has exploded across the globe. and with this growth has come dangerous myths the idea that agile should reshape your organization overnight. or that agile should be used in every function for all types of work. Sadly. Agile Done Wrong leads to chaos. This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies. Fractions of PDUs may also be reported. The smallest increment of a PDU that can be reported is 0.25. This means that if you spent 15 minutes participating in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.25 PDU. If you spend 30 minutes in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.50 PDU.

Beyond Software: How John Deere Used Scrum to Transform Innovation This session will share the amazing results of John Deere's Scrum for Hardware implementation, including analysis as to why their efforts were so successful. Parts of success which will be covered are the Scrum framework and how it fits within the John Deere product development process, and the role of leadership, management, and workers in the change process. This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies. Fractions of PDUs may also be reported. The smallest increment of a PDU that can be reported is 0.25. This means that if you spent 15 minutes participating in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.25 PDU. If you spend 30 minutes in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.50 PDU.

Defrag Your Brain: A Balanced Holistic Approach to Life and Work Defragging your brain or training your mind to recognize and manage stress is a key component to a balanced healthy life. An effective employee needs to be focused, intentional and emotionally present as they partner with their teams and stakeholders. Learning to defrag your brain is a leadership skill that can be enhanced by learning to manage your time and well-being. This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies. Fractions of PDUs may also be reported. The smallest increment of a PDU that can be reported is 0.25. This means that if you spent 15 minutes participating in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.25 PDU. If you spend 30 minutes in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.50 PDU.

Implement a Sustainable EPMO for Greater Impact Recent research has shown over 60% of Fortune 1000 companies plan to implement an EPMO over the next 2 years. Don Kingsberry, Deputy Director and Leader of the Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO) for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the largest private foundation in the world, will share what he has learned over 30 years in establishing 6 different enterprise-wide PMOs across multiple industries. This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies. Fractions of PDUs may also be reported. The smallest increment of a PDU that can be reported is 0.25. This means that if you spent 15 minutes participating in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.25 PDU. If you spend 30 minutes in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.50 PDU.

Staying Human and Happy in a Virtual World How to stay human and happy in a virtual world...sounds catchy, right? Lets face it - while co-located, it is easier to connect with others. When dispersed, there needs to be a concerted effort towards team alignment and successful outcomes. A leader's responsibility is to provide structure, guidance, and a framework. However, studies show that the way you measure a healthy and happy work environment isn't the external governance guardrails, but it's around the motivation employees feel. If we can create environments that ensure our remote employees are engaged, confident, and motivated, we will increase our ability to be competitive and deliver successful outcomes to our customers. In our session, we will build a virtual house of team collaboration and discuss 5 foundational strategies, 6 core statistics, and 2 toolkits to help you and your teams stay human and happy in a virtual world. Key takeaways Learn how we each have an opportunity to influence talent retention in spite of physical location separation Understand the social and economic benefits of making an employee feel valued Practice activities that can be deployed to drive up retention & connectivity, while working remotely

M&A Beyond Day One: What They Don't Teach You When merging and acquiring organizations there are many factors to consider - not all aspects of M&A activity are reserved for senior executive leadership teams, private equity companies and legal teams. There are the obvious aspects that require blending from both companies; from finances, people/teams to the corporate image and company culture. Consider all of the aspects of an organization that exist just to run the normal course of business. Then consider all of the similar aspects of another organization that is being merged into another organization! It can be a daunting task that requires skillful organization and consideration of aspects of M&A that 'they don't teach you about'. Ben Chodor, President, Intrado Digital Media shares his personal journey of excitement and freedom from selling his first company to the experience of 'now what!?' post-sale and how he was able to navigate the big changes, build company culture, shift roles from owner to employee and take on the 'new normal' at the new organization. M&A is much more than just a financial decision People and culture cannot be overlooked Successful integration is not just HR, Finance and facilities

Enabling Agility by Measuring What Matters Sally is simply a transformer-someone who is passionate about helping teams and organizations do what they do better. In this session, she aims to help transformation leaders assess their transformation maturity in each of the 7 Pillars of Enterprise Business Agility; and understand how to accelerate their transformation by aligning teams to outcomes and removing their obstacles. What is Business Agility? Challenges and Enablers The 7 Pillars of Enterprise Business Agility The 3 Metrics that Matter Aligning Teams to Outcomes Measuring Team Health and Removing Obstacles This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies. Fractions of PDUs may also be reported. The smallest increment of a PDU that can be reported is 0.25. This means that if you spent 15 minutes participating in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.25 PDU. If you spend 30 minutes in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.50 PDU.

Enabling Agility by Measuring What Matters Sally is simply a transformer-someone who is passionate about helping teams and organizations do what they do better. In this session, she aims to help transformation leaders assess their transformation maturity in each of the 7 Pillars of Enterprise Business Agility; and understand how to accelerate their transformation by aligning teams to outcomes and removing their obstacles. What is Business Agility? Challenges and Enablers The 7 Pillars of Enterprise Business Agility The 3 Metrics that Matter Aligning Teams to Outcomes Measuring Team Health and Removing Obstacles This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies. Fractions of PDUs may also be reported. The smallest increment of a PDU that can be reported is 0.25. This means that if you spent 15 minutes participating in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.25 PDU. If you spend 30 minutes in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.50 PDU.

Climate Change as a Business Opportunity In the Emmy Award-winning TV series Years of Living Dangerously, Executive Producer Dan Abbasi and his partners spotlighted the current and escalating impacts of climate change on real people and illustrated how awakened citizens and consumers can hold corporations and leaders accountable to drive needed changes. Dan is also a longtime 'low carbon' investor who has built and led a manufacturing company to reduce emissions from aviation and power generation. Dan will talk about how he and others are acting on the conviction that climate change represents the biggest business and investment opportunity in history. This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies. Fractions of PDUs may also be reported. The smallest increment of a PDU that can be reported is 0.25. This means that if you spent 15 minutes participating in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.25 PDU. If you spend 30 minutes in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.50 PDU.