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Presentation: "Organizational Change Myths - Introduction and Sustainability"

Track: People over Process in the Real World / Time: Thursday 16:50 - 17:40 / Location: Churchill Auditorium

You have great ideas. You're smart. The people in your organization are smart. Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc - the rest is easy - simply make a transition plan and transparently explain the benefits. These and other organizational change myths will be tackled by Linda's talk about introducing and sustaining new ideas.
She will provide some useful tips for helping you start on Monday morning to grow, step by step, any innovation and what can be done to keep it going.

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Linda Rising, Queen of Patterns. Author of numerous Books

Linda Rising

Biography: Linda Rising

Linda Rising has a Ph.D. from Arizona State University in the field of object-based design metrics and a background that includes university teaching and industry work in telecommunications, avionics, and strategic weapons systems.

An internationally known presenter on topics related to patterns, retrospectives, agile development approaches, and the change process, Linda is the author of numerous articles and four books: Design Patterns in Communications Software (SIGS Reference Library), The Pattern Almanac 2000,  The Patterns Handbook: Techniques, Strategies, and Applications (SIGS Reference Library), and Fearless Change: Patterns for Introducing New Ideas

Twitter: @RisingLinda
Find more information about Linda at www.lindarising.org
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