Steve Lawrence Director & Principal Consultant, Slice Consulting Pty Ltd

About Steve Lawrence

Steve Lawrence comes from a strong commercial and delivery background with over 25 years successfully delivering solutions using both traditional and Agile ways of working.

He is a highly experienced transformation professional passionate about designing and implementing strategic change programs that successfully bring about positive improvements in organisations, systems, processes and cultures

He has led and supported many major organisation wide transformational change programs across Australia & New Zealand; including Suncorp late (2000s) , Telstra (twice), Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, and Woolworths, He has also coached, or consulted to over 45 different organisations across multiple market sectors using a blend of Agile Leadership, Agile delivery, and Program/Project Management expertise across Australia and New Zealand.

Steve is a regular conference and community event speaker.

You may have heard that Agile is dead or has failed. How can this be? We know Agile works and adds enormous value. Why is Agile seen to have failed? Why do senior executives shy away from even using words like Agile or Transformation? What on earth happened? Why have we gone so far off track?

Over the last 5-10 years, we have seen a steady degradation in applying core Agile concepts, practices, and techniques, which are now loosely called Agile ways of working. The original lightweight and practical approaches have become copy-paste rulesets brought to us by large consultancies and tool sellers.

This session will peel back the veneer of mediocrity and lean into Agile quality. I will take you beyond the mass-produced playbooks ™ to look deeper into the ‘INTENT’ and ‘WHY’ behind many key Agile events and concepts. There is enormous value to be gained when key concepts and techniques are understood and done correctly.

It is time we reclaimed what Agile and Agility are about.