Is being Agile the same as being scrum in 2024 Part 1

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

Malini has written Begin the day with a tomato - Creating connection and belonging within a team and one of her proudest achievements in recent times has been supporting her team to achieve six Hall of Fame inductions in 2021! 

Richard is responsible for developing and delivering the Agile Business Consortium's portfolio of products that advance business agility. The Consortium's products help organisations respond more effectively to the complex and volatile world in which we operate. As the professional body for business agility, the Consortium's products help individuals grow their competence in the application of agile principles. Richard has spent his career working in the advanced technology sector, in a mix of commercial and product management roles in the communications, defence, finance, and transportation sectors.

Richard's proudest achievement includes being a passionate ecologist, technologist, and practical problem solver. He has designed and built two houses with strong ecological credentials.

At HMRC (since Nov 2021), I have led and delivered complex projects (budget £10M), ensuring successful implementation while adhering to regulations. I have fostered a collaborative environment through open communication, knowledge sharing, and feedback workshops. I have also managed vital stakeholder relationships for projects like the Windsor Framework and Northern Ireland protocol. 

Sarah's proudest achievement: I'm particularly proud of achieving two milestones recently. First, I landed my first management position within the civil service, demonstrating my leadership skills and commitment to growth within the organisation. Second, I launched my podcast, showcasing my passion for neurodiversity in the corporate space and a willingness to step outside my comfort zone. Both accomplishments came after feeling stagnant in my previous roles. Taking the initiative to pursue these opportunities opened doors and gave me a sense of accomplishment and validation.  

Belinda is a business coach, trainer, speaker and author. She supports organisations and teams to adopt an agile way of working to enhance their wellbeing, productivity and growth. 

Belinda’s book, Being Agile in Business is a popular non-technical introduction to agile thinking, approaches and culture. 

Her business, works with teams across a variety of areas to adopt agile thinking and practices, helping them to grow and sustain an agile culture in their organizations. 

Belinda's proudest achievement: Alongside the publication of her book Being Agile in Business. She is incredibly proud of her work applying Agile beyond its origins in Software Development to support High growth businesses.  She's also proud of her role growing the globally recognized conference Agile on the Beach here in Cornwall. 

As the Training Catalogue Director at Netmind, a BTS company. More than 30 years of experience in product/project management, business development, and agile coaching across multinational companies worldwide. Guiding multifunctional teams, I foster agile principles, empowering individuals to drive organizational growth and excellence through effective training and coaching initiatives.

Ana's proudest Achievement: Working hard to understand customers' expectations and demands; helping them to turn problems into opportunities, leading teams to "make things happen", to think creatively. Fostering a culture of continuous improvement and empowerment within my teams