Remote and Hybrid Work: What Now?

The last three years have been a period of massive disruption, work has changed, and we are still figuring out what the future could be.

There is no "new normal" - every organisation, every team, and every person will need to continually evolve to find the balance of remote, in-person, synchronous, and asynchronous that will be best for them.

In this track, we will show how some organisations are learning and adapting and how to keep mental wellness front and centre.

We will also discuss how to find ways to engage our people to create a great culture without creating any out-groups and how leaders need to show up and explore how immersive 3D environments might be part of our future.


From this track

Session remote developer

The Interaction Between the Hybrid and Remote Working Revolution and Maintaining Our Mental Health

Wednesday Mar 29 / 10:35AM BST

For many professionals within the technology sector, the way in which we work with one another is changing at a phenomenal rate.

Speaker image - Helen Bartimote, C.Psychol
Helen Bartimote, C.Psychol

Principal Psychologist @Container Solutions,

Session remote developer

How to Lead Effectively in Hybrid and Remote Environments (And What This Means for Our Brave New World)

Wednesday Mar 29 / 11:50AM BST

A challenge to any leader and manager who wants to develop an engaging and best practice to working with hybrid and remote teams. Including a self-audit on current practice, skills, mindset, and a framework to support leaders and managers to get the best from their teams.

Speaker image - Erica Farmer
Erica Farmer

Co-Founder and Business Director @Quantum Rise Talent Group Ltd

Session visual tools

The Shape of Thoughts: How to Create Visual Templates to Bring Clarity, Context and Change to You and Your Teams!

Wednesday Mar 29 / 01:40PM BST

As teams have moved into remote ways of working, how we get together and collaborate needs more planning for meetings to be inspiring, creative and inclusive. This talk will help you to break out of Start/Stop/Continue columns and navigate beyond the Sailboat model for retrospectives! Learn about how to create your own visual templates. For years now, I have been creating templates for retrospectives, goal setting, product definition and more. I believe that everyone can create their own and that by harnessing the power of template creation, you can harness the power to shape; clarity, creativity, decision making, vision and more!

Speaker image - Gemma Honour
Gemma Honour

Director of Coaching @Bryter Work

Session remote developer

Remote Working: The Day 8,000 People Suddenly Worked From Home Through the Present

Wednesday Mar 29 / 02:55PM BST

The COVID-19 pandemic quickly and radically altered the way many people and organizations feel about the potential for remote work. Some people say "Now we'll never do in-person meetings again", but that's simply not the case.

Speaker image - Rebecca Parsons
Rebecca Parsons

CTO @Thoughtworks

Session

Panel: Remote and Hybrid Work

Wednesday Mar 29 / 04:10PM BST

All four of the track speakers will join in a panel discussion offering practical tips, techniques and advice on making work more effective, fulfilling and productive in the many ways of working that we experience in the unfolding and evolving environment we find ourselves in today.

Speaker image - Helen Bartimote, C.Psychol
Helen Bartimote, C.Psychol

Principal Psychologist @Container Solutions,

Speaker image - Rebecca Parsons
Rebecca Parsons

CTO @Thoughtworks

Speaker image - Gemma Honour
Gemma Honour

Director of Coaching @Bryter Work

Track Host

Shane Hastie

Global Delivery Lead @SoftEd, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods @InfoQ

Shane leads the Culture and Methods editorial team for InfoQ.com where he hosts the weekly InfoQ Culture Podcast. He is the Global Delivery Lead for SoftEd.  

Over the last 30+ years Shane has been a practitioner and leader of developers, testers, trainers, project managers and business analysts, helping teams to deliver results that align with overall business objectives. He has worked with large and small organisations, from individual teams to large transformations all around the world. He draws on over 3 decades of practical experience across all levels of Information Technology and software intensive product development. Shane was a director of the Agile Alliance from 2011 to 2016 and was the founding Chair of Agile Alliance New Zealand. Shane is an ICF registered Professional Coach. 

“I firmly believe that humanistic way of working and the agile mindset are desperately needed in organisations all around the globe today. Taking agile values and principles beyond software is important and making sure they are properly embedded is absolutely crucial for success – we’re in an industry that touches every aspect of people’s lives and massively influences society as a whole and I want to be a part of making sure that industry is both ethical and sustainable.”

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