John Le Drew

Over 3 months John recorded over 75 hours of interviews and spoke to some of the most respected people in the industry to produce an audio documentary that attempts to answer the question “What is safety? And why is it important anyway?” This highly interactive talk will present the findings and guide and challenge you through a journey to understanding safety. Including short interactive sessions and role play exercises to cover the following topics: - What is safety? - What are the elements that make a team effective? - Is psychological safety the foundation to team performance? - What can we all do to help foster psychological safety in our teams? - What is the relationship between safety, stress and engagement? - What is the profound impact of a lack of safety and engagement on society? I have delivered this session around the world with consistently positive feedback. It's a fun dynamic session but also deeply relevant and challenging.

While business knowledge and domain expertise is useful and essential, is this only achievable with a 'single wringable neck'? What would happen if the whole team could be encouraged to take ownership of product direction? This session looks at how we have often created dysfunctional relationships with our product owners through both the way we collaborate (or don't) with them and the language we use to talk about the role itself.

Diversity. It's the topic of the hour. Organisations are all putting 'diversity' and 'equal opportunities' on every job ad. But, for some organisations it still seems to be a struggle. What's the goal? Do we want diverse teams because it's the "right thing to do" or is it "good for our teams and organisations"? Are we hiring minorities to keep up with quotas or our competition? This talk will engage the audience in a frank discussion on what diversity is, why we need it and how we might achieve it. Guiding attendees through the latest research with practical exercises and open discussion. Diversity is no longer just a moral imperative, it's critical to effective organisations.