emma braeye - talent manager in the pocket

Thursday 22 June 2017

Emma Braeye

Talent Manager Thursday 22 June 2017

From Agile Development to Agile HR

CHANGE IS THE ONLY CERTAINTY

Nice to meet you!

What I do as a Talent

Manager?

• Implementing an Agile

way of working

• All different aspects of

HR: Recruiting,

Performance

Management, L&D,

Health & Welfare

WE’RE A DIGITAL

PRODUCT STUDIO

In The Pocket

We’re a team of 75

engineers, product

designers and strategists

with a passion to create

digital products that make

people happy and

businesses grow.

Some of the businesses we’re helping to grow

Our focus areas

Mobile

&Web

Strategy &

Product Design

Internet

of Things

Augmented &

Virtual Reality

4

61

126

162

246

892

AR / VR IoT AI

Global market size in billion $ forSource data: Statista

2020

2016

Powerful new technologies are growing explosively

COMBINED WITH MOBILE & WEB,

THE POSSIBILITIES FOR DIGITAL PRODUCTS

ARE ALMOST ENDLESS

TODAY’S STORY

20 75+

PROJECT

S

PRODUC

TS

MOBILE

“MOBILE”

IOT

AR/VR

AI

The only certainty

CONSTANT CHANGE

AGILE

AS A FRAMEWORK

We have a clear vision and mission in

which building great products is

important but people make the

difference

We value openness over politics,

fairness over bullshit and curiosity over

arrogance.

We embrace change, professionalism

and a can do attitude.

ENCOURAGE

LEADERSHIP AT

ALL LEVELS

Team and mandate

Small and multidisciplinary teams

guarantee smooth collaboration,

high focus and optimal ownership.

• Empowered: a team with a

mission

• Cross-functional:

• Generalised specialised

• T-shaped profiles

UX &

DESIGN

FE DEV

DEV

FE DEV

FE DEV

SOL ARCH

QA ENG

PO

TEAM

LEAD

Team

The anatomy of a team

The power of specialists working

together.

Product

Owner

Teamlead

Software

Engineer

Software

Engineer

Software

Engineer

Software

Engineer

Software

Engineer

QA

Engineer

Strategist

Product

Manager

Product

Designer

Account

Manager

Competence

Team Team Team Team Team Team

Account mgmt

Bus Dev

Support

(mgmt,

HR, admin)

Studio

Account manager

Visual designer

Product manager

Product owner

Team lead

Developer

Competence lead

Solution architect

QA

Strategy

Agile coach

PO

One team, one focus

We empower our leadership.

• Provide a framework

• Make sure our purpose is clear

We’re all on the same page, at all

times.

COLLABORATION

AND TEAM

SUCCESS

Transparent

collaboration

• Daily stand-up’s

• 2-weekly sprint planning

• Retrospectives

Daily stand-ups

Teamwork / Transparent collaboration

Brainstorm


2-weekly sprint planning


Retrospectives


Feedback culture

• During every meeting: good &

bad

• Continuous feedback loop

Teamwork / Feedback culture

Continuous feedback loop


Why?• Collaboration

• Self improvement

• Business improvement

How?

• Agile goal-setting

• Guided check-ins

• Objective alignment: team - individual -

organisational


SHARING

KNOWLEDGE

COMPETENCE WORK

Internal projects

HACKATHONS

Hackathons

ROCKET FUEL TALKS

IN THE ARENA

L&D BUDGET

Conference & trainings

CULTURE IS

NECESSARY (BUT

NOT SUFFICIENT)

Ultimately, our culture is what

defines us. We’re open and

positive, we help and inspire, we

observe and adapt. We never

settle, it’s never done—

ANNUAL TEAM TRIP

HEALTH EMBER

Culture / Health awareness

LESSONS

LEARNED?

Stick to the basics

Ship it & tweak it

Never compromise on values

THANK YOU

EMMA [email protected]

@EMMABRAEYE

emma braeye - talent manager in the pocket

Leadership & Management