Craig Smith

Craig Smith has been product and delivery specialist, facilitator and coach for over twenty-five years. As a recognised leader, coach and facilitator for some of the most recognised organisations in Australia, a previous director of the Agile Alliance board and co-chair of the Agile Coaching Ethics and Community Group Support initiatives, co-organiser of the Agile Brisbane Meetup Group, advisor of Agile Australia and co-host of one of the world’s leading Agile Podcasts (The Agile Revolution), Craig is one of Australia’s heaviest contributors to the Agile community. Craig has presented at numerous local and international conferences and meetups.

Craig specialises in ways of working, organisational change, executive coaching and technical excellence by helping teams and organisations move quality and delivery to the left.

As AI drives the biggest transformation in work since the Industrial Revolution, 76% of organisations now identify increasing the pace of change as either a priority or key to corporate strategy.

However, the World Economic Forum’s top skills for 2027 reveal what truly drives success: analytical thinking and creative thinking alongside crucial technical literacy in AI and areas such as cybersecurity and big data.

This session explores how teams need to accelerate delivery by evolving their structures, roles and behaviours whilst embracing new technologies. We will examine how leadership and team members can leverage AI while maintaining human-centric value delivery, and how to build teams that are both technically proficient and behaviourally mature.

We’ll explore practical frameworks for accelerated delivery that balance the promise of AI with the power of human capabilities.