Session Title

Letting Go of Old Norms

Abstract

The most dangerous business reality is when society and technology evolve faster than a company's ability to keep up. That is why many companies attempt to adopt Agile, Lean, or some other form of digital transformation. For a fair number of businesses, however, outdated norms do not die quickly. They hinder progress, allowing more agile competitors to outperform them in the market. In this talk, Ray Arell will explore the pitfalls around organizational change when dealing with highly resilient and rigid cultures. He will include examples of how resilient systems fail and ways to mitigate those failures. We will explore practical methods like sensemaking to identify rigidity and look at practical ways to reset your organization’s operating parameters to amplify success.

Bio

Ray Arell is a synergistic and catalyzing executive leader with a proven record of building great organizations through innovation, inspiring vision, mentorship, and empowering people to transform companies and the industry. He has been in Leadership and possess executive experience in Fortune 100 companies, 501c3/6 nonprofits, and startups. He is skilled in building global, cross-functional teams, addressing technical challenges, and utilizing practical problem-solving combined with critical decision-making. Also, he is recognized as an industry thought leader of large-scale Agile adoptions, engineering practices, Lean, and systems engineering.