Track 1
Keynote
In defence of uncertainty
60 minutes
Abeba Birhane
School of Computer Science and Informatics, University College Dublin
Programme 2019
Lean Agile Scotland
29-30 October 2026
Day 1
08:30
Welcome to Lean Agile Scotland
08:40
09:40
Refreshment break
10:10
Track 1
Case Study
AI bias and other ethical challenges we need to address
45 minutes
Kaimar Karu
Mindbridge
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Track 2
Case Study
Trunk-based development, continuous deployment and why you should adopt them
45 minutes
Neil Crawford
Findmypast
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Track 3
Hands-On
Psychological safety starts with you
90 minutes
Suzanne Morrison
Outcome Over Output
Track 4
Workshop
Questions are powerful – use them effectively
90 minutes
Tony Bruce
Independent
Track 5
Workshop
Visual facilitation - basic toolkit
90 minutes
Magdalena Kiaca
King
Monica Madrid Costa
Volvo Cars Mobility
11:00
Track 1
Case Study
Futurespectives in action
45 minutes
Aino Vonge Corry
Instigator of fun, Metadeveloper
Track 2
Case Study
Embracing collaborative chaos - running chaos days on large platforms
45 minutes
Lyndsay Prewer
Equal Experts
11:45
Lunch break
12:35
Track 1
Case Study
Maturity Mapping: Using Wardley Maps and Cynefin to create context specific maturity models
60 minutes
Chris McDermott
Contextualise Ltd
Marc Burgauer
Track 2
Case Study
Continuous delivery: a product manager’s perspective
60 minutes
Neha Datt
Mercurial Phoenix Ltd / Equal Experts Ltd
Marcel Britsch
Complex Made Easy Ltd / Equal Experts Ltd
Track 3
Case Study
A year of direction: OKRs and why
60 minutes
Andy Eley
JP Morgan
Track 4
Discussion
Icebox zero: agile UX and the lean backlog
60 minutes
Scott Showalter
Ford
Justin Beall
Skiplist
Track 5
Tutorial
Improving your listening mojo
60 minutes
Stevie Borne
Find Your Fit
13:35
Refreshment break
14:00
Track 1
Case Study
The space in between - a tale of remote teams and distributed working
45 minutes
Nick Maidment
ARM
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Track 2
Case Study
Beyond continuous delivery: learn, adapt, improve
45 minutes
Michiel Rook
Independent Consultant
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Track 3
Tutorial
Modern mindfulness practices for the nerdy agilist
45 minutes
Markus Wittwer
Markus Wittwer Collaboration Consulting
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Track 4
Workshop
The power of habits
90 minutes
Amir Peled
Independent
Track 5
Tutorial
Carrots and sticks, or the power of incentives
45 minutes
Priyanka Rao
Independent
Adarsh Shah
ShahAdarsh.com
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14:55
Track 1
Case Study
The good, the bad, the open-plan: Creating environments for collaborative knowledge work
45 minutes
Joe Wright
HexagonalWorks Limited
Track 2
Case Study
Continuous delivery and the Theory of Constraints
45 minutes
Steve Smith
Equal Experts
Track 3
Tutorial
Pursuing lagom: how to make the right decisions for your context
45 minutes
Julia Wester
55 Degrees
Track 5
Case Study
Rewrite or refactor
45 minutes
David Legge
Redgate
15:40
Social Evening
Day 2
08:30
Welcome to Lean Agile Scotland
08:40
Track 1
Keynote
People are the adaptable element of complex systems
60 minutes
John Allspaw
Adaptive Capacity Labs, LLC
09:40
Refreshment break
10:10
Track 1
Case Study
Leading within
45 minutes
Andrea Provaglio
Andrea Provaglio
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Track 2
Case Study
The lean agile specialist and the subject matter expert: combining delivery and accompaniment
45 minutes
Sophie Freiermuth
Baguette UX
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Track 3
Tutorial
Decisions, decisions: the art of collaborative decision making
45 minutes
Ewan Milne
OVO Energy
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Track 4
Workshop
Maturity Mapping: Using Wardley Maps and Cynefin to create context specific maturity models
90 minutes
Marc Burgauer
Track 5
Hands-On
EventStorming: continuous learning between multiple disciplines
90 minutes
Kenny Schwegler
DHL eCommerce BeNeLux, Weave IT
Pim Smeets
Xebia
Track 6
Hands-On
Electrify your teams with Heart of Agile
90 minutes
Soledad Pinter
Heart of Agile Europe
11:00
Track 1
Case Study
Followership - sometimes leadership can go f*ck itself
45 minutes
Duncan Nisbet
Testagility
Track 2
Case Study
Thinking more product: moving from scrum to dual-track agile
45 minutes
Suze Haworth
Consultant
Track 3
Case Study
3..2..1...Go - building and growing an agile team
45 minutes
Tom Hoyland
Sky Betting & Gaming
11:45
Lunch break
12:35
Track 1
Case Study
Re-designing a service for vulnerable users in a digital age
45 minutes
Andy Kemp
Equal Experts
Rebecca Sidwell
Policy Lead, Department of Health and Social Care
Chris Brown
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Track 2
Case Study
Managing products without stakeholders?
45 minutes
Michal Pyla
Ocado
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Track 3
Tutorial
Agile leadership journey - from an old-school manager to a servant leader
45 minutes
Tomasz Kropiewnicki
UST Global
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Track 4
Tutorial
Cash to concept: bringing a legacy system under test
90 minutes
Wouter Lagerweij
Lagerweij Consultancy
Karel Boekhout
Hedgefields
Track 5
Workshop
Vader v Stark - exploring your inner leader
45 minutes
Kylie Yearsley & friends
Agile Game ltd
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Track 6
Workshop
Alchemy of trust, gratitude and compassion
90 minutes
Angela Cardoso
We Grow Beyond
Jose Ramón Diaz
Ynspira Agile Coaching
13:30
Track 1
Case Study
Domain prototyping - or "design is how it works"
45 minutes
Tobias Goeschel
codecentric AG
Track 2
Discussion
The 5 pillars of collaborative product ownership
45 minutes
John Le Drew
Rainbow Laces
Track 3
Workshop
Love the brain you're in
45 minutes
Chris Young
Linius Technologies
Kate Gray
Number Forty-One
Track 5
Case Study
Kanban in the kitchen
45 minutes
Lucy Burns
Computershare
14:15
Refreshment break
14:40
Track 1
Case Study
Going deeper with maps
60 minutes
Simon Wardley
SWARDLEY MAPS LTD
Track 2
Case Study
Bitter to better: harnessing pessimism to improve projects and lives
60 minutes
Caitlin Cleveland
Mailchimp
Track 3
Workshop
20 top fails in executive agile leadership
60 minutes
Ian Mitchell
agilepatterns.org
Track 4
Tutorial
User stories - from good intentions to bad advice
60 minutes
Track 6
Workshop
Alchemy of trust, gratitude and compassion (continued)
60 minutes
Angela Cardoso
We Grow Beyond
Jose Ramón Diaz
Ynspira Agile Coaching
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15:55
Track 1
Lightning Talks
Lightning Talks
30 minutes
Niels Kee
FanDuel
Neha Datt
Mercurial Phoenix Ltd / Equal Experts Ltd
Andy Eley
JP Morgan
16:25
Social Evening
Day 3
08:30
Welcome to Lean Agile Scotland
08:40
Track 1
Keynote
7 (plus or minus 2) ways your brain screws you up
60 minutes
Jasmine Zahno
Agile Psychologist
Joseph Pelrine
Agile Psychologist
09:40
Refreshment break
10:10
Track 1
Case Study
Using the Toyota Improvement Kata to solve hard problems
45 minutes
Adarsh Shah
ShahAdarsh.com
Hibri Marzook
Contino
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Track 2
Case Study
Maximising 10% time
45 minutes
Liz Pope
Holiday Extras
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Track 3
Workshop
Designing a high-performing team culture
90 minutes
Alison Coward
Bracket
Track 4
Workshop
Being awesome to work with
45 minutes
Julia Harrison
Government Digital Service
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Track 5
Hands-On
Extreme delivery - hands-on XP techniques without the code
125 minutes
Eddie Kenny
KenZen Ltd
Track 6
Workshop
3 cups of tea with a map: having conversations with Wardley maps
90 minutes
Jabe Bloom
Ergonautic
11:05
Track 1
Case Study
Fail better with QA in production
45 minutes
Rouan Wilsenach
Warty Pig Limited
Track 2
Case Study
Agile and agencies: a user guide
45 minutes
Martin Bate
Golden Charter Services
Track 4
Case Study
What’s in a title? - Everything and nothing
45 minutes
Maria Kedemo
Black Koi Consulting
11:50
Lunch break
12:35
Track 1
Case Study
Resilience - how to bring your best through the worst
60 minutes
John Clapham
Cotelic
Track 2
Case Study
Imposter syndrome: 2 roles, 2 viewpoints, same challenge
60 minutes
Clem Pickering
Infinity Works
Robert van Kooten
Infinity Works
Track 3
Tutorial
The false dichotomy of agile coaching: process or technical
60 minutes
Seb Rose
Independent
Track 4
Workshop
Dice tower game: risk vs value
60 minutes
Jitesh Gosai
Gosai
Track 5
Case Study
How to develop a servant leadership style in a democratic retailer
60 minutes
Natasha Ah-Fat
John Lewis Partnership
Track 6
Workshop
3 cups of tea with a map: having conversations with Wardley maps (continued)
60 minutes
Jabe Bloom
Ergonautic
13:35
Refreshment break
13:55
Track 1
Endnote
Overcoming inertia: where do we go from here?
60 minutes
Cat Swetel
Senior Director of Engineering, Nubank