An IT department or team can be inspiring to see at work; passionate engineers working on new ideas, innovating new technologies, and never stopping talking about it. However, this is not the case for each team or department in our industry. It is difficult to create and maintain such an inspiring environment to work in.
As a consultant, I work in teams where this is not always the case, yet. This slows down potential projects and innovations. More importantly, people are not enjoying their work as much as they could. In those teams, I always try to turn this around. Make it fun, inspiring, and interesting to work every day.
In this talk, I'll share with you what and how I started motivating teams to share their knowledge, their learnings, and their experiences. I will elaborate on the importance of identifying and mitigating the painful parts of the processes. And what I introduced to make teams proud of their work and accomplishments.
You will walk away with inspiration to improve fun and passion in your teams. It will be fun!
As a consultant, I work in teams where this is not always the case, yet. This slows down potential projects and innovations. More importantly, people are not enjoying their work as much as they could. In those teams, I always try to turn this around. Make it fun, inspiring, and interesting to work every day.
In this talk, I'll share with you what and how I started motivating teams to share their knowledge, their learnings, and their experiences. I will elaborate on the importance of identifying and mitigating the painful parts of the processes. And what I introduced to make teams proud of their work and accomplishments.
You will walk away with inspiration to improve fun and passion in your teams. It will be fun!
Paulien van Alst
OpenValue
Paulien is a passionate software engineer in love with readable, reliable, and testable code, independent of the language or technology used. At OpenValue, she works on helping companies set up better software. Lately, she has been giving presentations and workshops about what she encounters during her day-to-day work. In her free time, she likes to practice sports and to cook, whenever she is not rebuilding her house and garden.