Everybody who is anybody is talking about Agile. But what is it? How can you leverage agile principles in your future projects?
In an increasingly changing world characterised by high levels of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) it is fundamental that entrepreneurs have the necessary toolbox to navigate change and adapt to uncertainty. In this context, agile principles are progressively more important to entrepreneurs.
In this Weekend Workshop, you will be introduced to the Agile principles and methodologies (such as Scrum and Kanban), as well as understand how to use Agile in the creation of a new project. Furthermore, you will leave the workshop with a foundational knowledge of a specific Agile methodology for high-cost-of-change/high-uncertainty development: Rapid Learning Cycles.
SKILLS GAINED IN THIS WORKSHOP:
- Understand the importance and applicability of Agile to today’s world
- Gain an understanding of the Rapid Learning Cycles framework that you can apply directly
- Project management in uncertain contexts, from planning, organisation, creation and execution
- Collaborate in an interdisciplinary team for faster and better results
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Participants should:
- be curious about what Agile is
- contribute to the collective class knowledge based on personal experience
- commit to learning the framework
ELIGIBILITY & SELECTION
All students and alumni of SSES member universities are eligible to apply to this weekend workshop. We get many applications and unfortunately cannot accept everyone. The selection process is outlined below.
SELECTION PROCESS
- Application is reviewed
- Selection is made and a confirmation email is sent out
- Participants must confirm their seat in order to secure the spot
- If spots are not confirmed in time, the waitlist will be reviewed and new participants selected
About the teacher
Fernanda Torre is the CEO of Next Agents, a consulting boutique with the vision to “create value for humans and the planet, today and tomorrow”. At Next Agents, Torre is an affiliate specialist of the agile framework Rapid Learning Cycles. Furthermore, Torre is a Visiting Teacher affiliated to the House of Innovation at the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), faculty in the Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship (SSES) where she teaches Trendspotting and Future Forecasting, and an Industry Leader at Hyper Island, for Design Thinking and AI Entrepreneurship. Torre has done research on the intersection between AI and innovation, both in the launch of new projects as well as the corporate governance of exponential technologies. Additionally, Torre is the vice-president of the board at Innovationsledarna (Association for Innovation Management Professionals in Sweden) and a Swedish Expert in the international technical committee for the development of the ISO standard on Innovation Management. She is also a founding member of the Speculative Futures Chapter in Stockholm. Torre has an MBA from SSE, awarded with the President’s List for outstanding academic achievement, an MFA in Experience Design from Konstfack and a Bachelor in Arts in Graphic Design from Porto University.
