Craig Smith

Craig Smith has been an Agile Practitioner, Coach and one of Australia’s premier Agile Trainers for over twenty years. As a director of the Agile Alliance, co-organiser of the Agile Brisbane Meetup Group, co-host of one of the world’s leading Agile Podcasts (The Agile Revolution), and an Agile Editor for InfoQ, Craig is one of Australia’s heaviest contributors to the Agile community. Craig has presented at numerous local and international conferences and meetups. He specialises in all facets of Agile training, 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.