Pia-Maria Thoren - Agile People: A Radical Approach for HR & Managers (That Leads to Motivated Employees)

When Leila started to work with HR in the IT community, she soon realized there was a lot to learn from IT. She infiltrated the competence network that focused on Agile practices and then started to build an HR function from the base principles of Agile. They called it Agile HR back then. Nowadays, she keeps finding ways of using Agile values to evolve people and cultures to be the best they can be. She strongly believes we all have the leadership within us to grow and work hard to create an inclusive atmosphere with an impact on results.

Matti thinks motivated and happy people make really innovative and amazing products that delight their customers! He gives organizations, groups, and individuals tools and guidance. He helps them remove obstacles and waste to make it easier for them to grow and develop to be competitive and adapted to change. With twenty years of experience in systems and software engineering, Matti is a true believer in DevOps and Agile movements.

Bonnitta works with a network of leaders who are bringing participatory practices into the workplace. She is founder of APP Associates International and a member of the European Center for Leadership Practice. She designs transformative practices for individuals and hosts collective insight retreats for groups at Alderlore Insight Center.

Bjrn has worked in various positions within HR and has been deeply involved in major transformations and changes, inspired by Lean | Agile. By getting into what it really was about, he realized it was possible to start developing next generation HR. Its a necessary step to be able to sustainably support businesses facing a fast - changing and complex world.

Fabiola is the CEO of Just Leading Solutions, a New York - based consultancy for Lean | Agile People Operationsthe 21st century HR approach. She helps enterprises to accelerate their Agile transformation by focusing on their crucial asset: their people.

Riina has been recommended internationally by peers and strangers as a brilliant Agile and people professional. In 2010, she followed her passion and founded her own consultancy to drive the Agile organization development and Agile HR scene forward. Her company, Peoplegeeks Ltd Oy, is a modern people and business consultancy helping clients succeed in business through modern HR, Agile transformations, Agile management, people analytics, and by digitizing people services and developing and building modern leadership and collaboration across the organization.

Cecilia is a business - driven , curious, passionate leader focused on engagement and change management. She possesses extensive experience in most areas of strategic organizational development, performance, productivity, change management, employee and client engagement, workplace strategy, workforce planning, organizational design, and strategic implementation. Over the last fifteen years, shes worked in human resources, with jobs in management and at the director and VP level.