Kirsti Donaldson Head of Agile Delivery, Australian Red Cross Lifeblood

Leading Agile transformations across financial services, professional services and not for profit organisations, Kirsti Donaldson has extensive experience working closely with other senior executives to develop and implement programs of work that drive meaningful change. Kirsti has spent her career developing people, being a champion for finding new ways to deliver excellent products and solutions. In addition to the Agile transformation experience, Kirsti has a strong background in delivery with extensive experience in managing complex programs of work.

In her current role as Head of Agile with Lifeblood Red Cross, Kirsti is responsible for leading and directing the Agile transformation program, working with key stakeholders to co-design the adoption and alignment of Agile ways of working most notably through the ARTs whilst also driving enterprise engagement – all anchored in delivering strategic outcomes.

with Melissa Hay – Principal Consultant & SPCT-Candidate, Pretty Agile

We’re Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, and we’re here to help donors give life — and recipients get it. We work together, across the nation, with donors, communities and health providers. Our purpose? Life-giving donations for life-changing outcomes.

For Lifeblood, it really is about life. This is the story of Lifeblood shifting delivery to the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) using cross functional teams, DevOps and MVPs with a goal of improving the Donor Experience. It’s a three-year journey with tangible value in the form of driving more people to donate and more meaningful work for the people of Lifeblood.