Category: Events
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A list of links after Agile in the Ether IRL 2026
In February 2026 I went to Liverpool for Agile in the Ether’s 3rd one-day, in-real-life annual event. For lots of info on how the event worked and what sessions we had, see Emily Webber’s write up: Agile in the Ether IRL 2026: No Slides, Just Vibes. I always come away from these events with piles…
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Deliver Sessions: Don’t Panic!
I co-organise Deliver Sessions meetup along with Chris Burns and Zoe Rigley, and try to write a few notes after each one so I remember all the great topics we cover. For the September 2025 meetup, we got Matt Thornhill, one of the meetup’s founders, back as an attendee — next time we’ll need to…
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Deliver Sessions: This meetup has potential
July‘s Deliver Sessions was at Greater Manchester Digital Security Hub (DiSH) near Deansgate, where Barclays hosted us. We had two talks, one on hiring for potential and one on unlocking the potential of your teams. A nice pairing! Where do we draw the line at potential? Why it’s important to hire for potential and the…
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Lots of links from LeadDev’s LDX3
I went to London for LDX3 in June 2025. This brought 3 other conferences together for the first time (LeadDev, StaffPlus and LeadingEng) into one huge conference with lots of tracks, activities and attendees. I came away with a long list of links to look into later. This post should be handy for me to…
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Deliver Sessions: From Oops to Eureka
April 2025’s Deliver Sessions was at Forward Role‘s offices, just off Deansgate in Manchester city centre. This time, we had two talks about getting better at problem solving. Harry and Agnieszka have both had lots of experience with issues that come from rushing into work and challenges, and stories of how taking time to think things…
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Deliver Sessions: We need to talk about strategy
I help organise Deliver Sessions meetup, and in February 2025 we had our first meetup of the year at Booking.com’s office in Castlefield. This is on the site of the old Granada TV Studios, where the Beatles made their first TV appearance. I could write a whole post about these studios (including how they briefly had…
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Agile in the Ether, IRL: 2025 edition
I’ve been part of the Agile in the Ether online meetup for years, and in 2024 we had a one-day, in real life event in Liverpool. It was so good we decided to do it again this year. Emily Webber has posted about how the overall event was planned and run – a good read!…
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Deliver Sessions: Getting better all the time
In November 2024 Deliver Sessions meetup was hosted at Northcoders’ office in Manchester Technology Centre, for an evening of talks about how people have got better at what they do. We asked speakers to think about: Here’s a few notes on what they put together. From Engineer to Head of Product Delivery: Hard Lessons and…
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Notes from Agile Cambridge 2024
I spent 3 days at Agile Cambridge conference in October 2024. Great range of sessions and attendees to spend time with, all based at Cambridge university – an ideal location to put you in a learning mood. I’ve had a few weeks to think it over, and now I’m ready to write this “What would…
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Deliver Sessions: Back to school
Deliver Sessions meetup took a Summer break, then returned in September 2024 – this time, to Auto Trader‘s office in Tony Wilson Place. We had a range of speakers sharing what they’ve learned from trying out new things at work. The power of “I don’t know” Chris Burns (head of product) has been reflecting a lot…