66. How to achieve an Agile Mindset

Etienne is currently the CEO of Symphonise Consulting where he focuses on making a positive impact through the company’s portfolio of training and consulting services. Etienne has nearly 30 years of experience in IT Service Management, and for the last decade has focused on strategic alignment between business and IT through Digital Transformation and Governance implementation projects. 

Etienne's proudest achievement is pivoting Symphonise Consulting to become an ATO, in the turbulence of 2020, after providing training and consulting services to partner ATOs for many years.

Paul is Senior Trainer and Lead Consultant for Project Results, a training organisation accredited with APMG and AXELOS which Paul owns and operates.

Paul's focus is on helping people and organisations develop effective business cases, run effective projects and programmes, make the changes and realise the benefits at the end.

To do this Paul works with a wide range of people and organisations with training, coaching, consulting and hands-on delivery. Paul combines an in-depth process knowledge with 30 years of pragmatic hands-on experience in all of these areas. Paul is an accredited trainer in a wide range of products including AgilePM, Better Business Cases, Managing Benefits, Change Management and a range of other PPM methods.

For the past 11 years Paul has been on the organising committee for “the Project Community”. This industry group is intended as an idea sharing and capability building forum for the users Business Case, Project, Programme and Portfolio approaches.

Paul is a regular speaker for PMI in New Zealand

Paul lists his proudest achievement as being able to work with, train and develop thousands of people in building their capability across New Zealand and the wider Oceania region.

Farah is a Digital Project Manager & Agile change lead with 10 years of experience. She developed strong skills in project & product management, communication and teams empowerment in complex, fast-paced and multicultural environments. Knowledge sharing and training is Farah's passion. 

Since 2015, Farah has provided trainings in Project Management (Waterfall / Agile), I&T Governance and Design Thinking in France, Canada and Switzerland for people coming from different sectors: bank & insurance companies, NGOs, energy, consulting and IT companies, public services, railways, aviation, telecoms

Farah's proudest accomplishment is being confident enough to create her own company specialized in consulting and training (Project management, I&T Governance and Design Thinking) for young and senior professionals, along with being able to expand it to the North African region. 

Malini is a highly experienced Business Relationship Manager who specialises in nurturing high-performing BRMs and teams. She is regularly invited to deliver keynotes and presentations at professional and academic forums in Australia, USA, UK and India. Her personal BRM story titled 'Walk Fast, Walk Far' has been described as "the most impactful presentation" at BRMConnect 2017, Sydney.

In her spare time she writes about food, culture and relationships. Malini facilitates APMG accredited Business Relationship Management certification courses through ITSM Hub.

• Featured in the BRM Institute’s global list of Top Business Relationship Managers in 2019 and 20205 Global Excellence Awards, BRM Institute
• Service Excellence Award, Department of Health & Human Services, Victoria Australia

One of Malini's proudest achievements in recent times has been supporting her team to achieve six Hall of Fame inductions

Strukturen für Mensch und Organisation sind die Leidenschaft von Dieter Strasser. Diesen widmet er seit 1992 seine Aufmerksamkeit als mehrfach akkreditierter Trainer, Coach und Facilitator sowie als Reviewer, Übersetzer, Qualitätssicherer oder bei Produktentwicklungen sowie in Schemenkommittees. Als Ritter gegen Dogmen arbeitet er stets an variablen Konzepten. Überbordende Administration und oberflächliches Quatschen ist ihm ein Greuel. Seine Empfehlungen sind schlank und entspannt für den Alltag ausgerichtet.

Structures for people and organisations are Dieter Strasser’s passion. Since 1992, he has devoted his attention to these as a multi-accredited trainer, coach and facilitator. He has also worked as a reviewer and translator as well as in quality assurance, in product developments and in scheme committees. As a ‘knight against dogmas’, he always works on variable concepts. Excessive administration and superficial chatter are anathema to him. His recommendations are lean and relaxed for everyday life.