The Dancing Agile Elephant Meets Collaborative LeadershipPresentation available  Twenty-five thousand developers transitioning to Agile? How does that happen? In this session, Sue McKinney is joined by Pollyanna Pixton to talk about the approach and challenges to transforming the multi-thousand person globally-distributed IBM Software Group's transition to Agile and Lean Development. Come join them and learn how to inspire and motivate change in large organizations steeped in tradition, identify change agents, and discover the tools needed to enable the masses. Sue discusses how she navigates senior leadership expectations, and re-thinks the leadership model to determine what new leadership skills must be developed in teams to make a successful adoption of agile - and to maintain effective use of agile. Pollyanna describes a new, collaborative leadership style that does not attempt to control or micro-manage. It's one that asks the right questions at the right time to generate new ideas and develop creative products that customers need and want. Pollyanna explains the four areas of collaborative leadership-creating an open environment where the best people can work, learning from stakeholders throughout the enterprise, prioritizing innovative solutions based on business value, and standing back to allow the team to succeed.
 Sue McKinney, VP Development Transformation and Integration, IBM
Currently responsible for development transformational activities with IBM's software development group, her major emphasis is driving adoption of Agile and Lean principles into the mainstream of software development. Previously, Sue was a Vice President of Development for the Lotus Division where she led world wide development for Lotus Domino, IBM Sametime and WebSphere Portal. In addition to driving transformational activities within IBM, Sue works with large clients to share IBM's experience and help them scope opportunities for their own transformational activities.
 Pollyanna Pixton
Co-Founder Accelinnova, President of Evolutionary Systems, Director of Institute for Collaborative Leadership, Co-Founder APLN An international collaborative leadership expert, Pollyanna Pixton developed the models for collaboration and collaborative leadership through her thirty-five years of working in and consulting with corporations and organizations. She helps companies create workplaces where talent and innovation are unleashed-making them more productive, efficient, and profitable. Pollyanna is a founding partner of Accelinnova, president of Evolutionary Systems, director of the Institute for Collaborative Leadership, and co-author of the forthcoming book, Stand Back and Deliver: Accelerating Business Agility due out 1 July 2009. She co-founded the Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN) and chaired APLN Leadership Summits in London, Minneapolis, and Orlando. Contact her at
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