Communities Of Practice, The Missing Piece Of Your Agile Organisation
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Emily Webber
Talk Description
Agile working and cross-functional teams have the ability to silo organisations into teams, programmes and functions. This leads to duplication or work, a reduction in sharing knowledge and worse cuts people off from their support network. At a time when organisations are scaling, structures are flattening and workforces are increasingly fluid, supporting and connecting people is more important than ever. This is where communities of practice come in.
Communities of practice have many valuable benefits for both individuals and organisations. In this session, Emily will draw from her experiences of developing communities of practice at the Government Digital Service, government departments and other organisations as well as case studies from her ongoing research into this area. To show you why communities of practice are a vital piece of your agile organisation and what role they can play.
By the end of this session, you'll be able to:
- Describe what a community of practice is
- Identify the value of a community of practice
- Identify the value of connecting with others
- List different activities a community of practice can contribute towards
- Relate to ways in which a community of practice can be established
Emily Webber has been working with Agile teams and organisations for a number of years. She has a breadth of experience of delivery and agile transformation in both the private and public sectors.
She was the Head of Agile Delivery at Government Digital Service (GDS), where amongst other things she built, developed and led an amazing team of ~40 Agile delivery professionals. While doing this, she created the model used by many organisations for developing communities of practice. She has taken this model and applied it to organisations including Department for work and Pensions (DWP), Ministry of Justice (MoJ), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and Co-op Digital. As well as capturing it in her book 'Building Successful Communities of Practice'.
She is always seeking opportunities to give back to the Agile community and co-founded Agile on the Bench; a meet-up in London and a one-day Agile conference and is often found speaking at Agile and Lean conferences and meet-ups.
She is passionate about teams, communities, organisational learning and skills development, she blogs at emilywebber.co.uk and has a weak spot for vintage scooters.
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