‘Presentations’ Category Archives
Mar
My Monolith is Melting talk from PIPELINE CONF 2015
by Meri in Conferences, Leadership, Operations, Presentations

Thanks for the enthusiastic reception at PIPELINE CONF today. Here are my slides from my talk:
Books Mentioned in this Talk
- My Iceberg is Melting by John Kotter. How to go about lasting change that sticks
- First Break All The Rules by Marcus Buckingham
- Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink
- If you don’t have time to read Drive, watch this fab sketchnote video of one of Dan’s talks
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Jan
Stealing PM Lessons from Artificial Intelligence – DPM UK
by Meri in Conferences, Leadership, Management, Presentations, Project Management
Thanks for the great reception at DPM UK today; and for all the folks who braved the snow!
Books Mentioned in This Talk
- First Break All The Rules by Marcus Buckingham
- Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink
- If you don’t have time to read Drive, watch this fab sketchnote video of one of Dan’s talks
- Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World Class Performers from Everyone Else by Geoff Colvin
- Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
- Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
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Oct
Baking In Accessibility — Fronteers 2014
by Meri in Conferences, Development, Diversity, Presentations, Web Design & Development
Thank you so much to the Fronteers Conf 2014 crew for inviting me to Amsterdam to speak about hacking people & process to make accessibility and other good practice intrinsic in how we work.
Books Mentioned in This Talk
- Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World Class Performers from Everyone Else by Geoff Colvin
- Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
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Oct
Stealing Project Management Lessons from Artificial Intelligence
by Meri in Conferences, Diversity, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Presentations, Project Management
I was delighted to speak today at the Digital Project Management Summit 2014 in Austin, Texas. Below are my slides, and the links to the books and resources that I mentioned.
Books Mentioned in This Talk
- First Break All The Rules by Marcus Buckingham
- Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink
- If you don’t have time to read Drive, watch this fab sketchnote video of one of Dan’s talks
- Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World Class Performers from Everyone Else by Geoff Colvin
- Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
- Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
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Sep
Awesome People Management with Agile
by Meri in Conferences, Diversity, Management, Personal Development, Presentations
As promised, here are my slides from my Agile on the Beach 2014 talk.
I also mentioned my Coaching & Mentoring talk which you can find here (including video kindly published by the Dare Mini folks).
Books Mentioned in This Talk
- First Break All The Rules by Marcus Buckingham
- Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink — there is also a wonderful sketchnote video of his talk from RSA
- Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World Class Performers from Everyone Else by Geoff Colvin
- Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
- Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
- Not listed in the presentation, but an excellent couple of coaching books are The Inner Game of Tennis and Coaching for Performance
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May
Stealing Management Lessons from Artificial Intelligence
by Meri in Career, Conferences, Diversity, Leadership, Management, Presentations, Project Management, Publications
Was delighted to speak at Thinking Digital 2014 in my adoptive UK hometown of Newcastle.
As promised here are my slides:
I also mentioned my Coaching & Mentoring talk which you can find here (including video kindly published by the Dare Mini folks).
Books Mentioned in This Talk
- First Break All The Rules by Marcus Buckingham
- Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink
- Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World Class Performers from Everyone Else by Geoff Colvin
- Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
- Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
- Not listed in the presentation, but an excellent couple of coaching books are The Inner Game of Tennis and Coaching for Performance
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Apr
Creating Space for People to Be Awesome: Highland Fling Sessions
by Meri in Conferences, Diversity, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Presentations
Today I was in Edinburgh speaking at Highland Fling: Sessions. It was a very enjoyable day, with a theme of “in the trenches”, i.e. how we get things done day-by-day.
My talk centred around people management and inclusion, on what people need to get & stay motivated in their work, and how to make our spaces more inclusive. The slides are embedded here or can be viewed directly on Slideshare.
Books Mentioned in This Talk
- First Break All The Rules by Marcus Buckingham
- Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink
- Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World Class Performers from Everyone Else by Geoff Colvin
- Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
- Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
- Not listed in the presentation, but an excellent couple of coaching books are The Inner Game of Tennis and Coaching for Performance
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