Digital Change Agents Roundtable hosted by Kate Chajka & Darrell Fernandes
July 15, 2021 at 12 p.m EST
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Event Summary
Length: 1 hour 30 mins
A special forum for the change agents driving transformation within their organizations
Anyone who has successfully championed transformation initiatives within a large enterprise can tell you it wasn’t easy. Technical and digital skills can go a long way in influencing decision-making, but the most effective change agents are skilled at storytelling, relationship building and expanding their sphere of influence. If you’re on this journey and are looking to network with others who are navigating dynamics to drive change within a large organization, this roundtable is for you.
The Flow Institute is dedicated to helping transformation practitioners lead dialogue connecting the value of software delivery with business outcomes. Hosted by Tasktop’s Senior Flow Advisor, Kate Chajka, and Darrell Fernandes, Head of Product Technologies at TIAA, this confidential and interactive session includes open discussion and peer exchange to help equip attendees with a framework for inspiring enterprise-wide transformation.
Key discussion points include:
- Common internal roadblocks faced by digital change agents and strategies for overcoming them
- Becoming a better storyteller to garner buy-in and support from senior executives
- How Flow Metrics are a secret weapon in measuring and articulating the flow of value and correlating to business outcomes
- Peer success stories and challenges
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About Katharine Chajka
Katharine Chajka is a Principal Flow Advisor at Tasktop, shaping the evolution of Value Stream Management, and consulting with customers on their project to product transformations to accelerate the ability to deliver value. Katharine’s background in Computer Science/Engineering, Manufacturing, Lean Six Sigma, Cost Accounting, Project Management, and large scale system of system development lead to a passion for helping teams and organizations adopt a flow mindset, increase their value delivery, decrease waste while not limiting their ability to increase throughput while creating a win-win-win situation. Happy customers, happy teams, and happy business. Katharine has taught and coached 1000s of people across all levels of large organizations on how to pragmatically apply lean-agile and DevOps techniques and helped get them in place to see significant improvements quickly.
About Darrell Fernandes
As Head of Product Technologies at TIAA, Darrell is responsible for the design, development and implementation of technology solutions that underlie new services and capabilities supporting a fast, flawless, and simple experience for TIAA’s 16,000 institutions, more than 4 million plan participants and internal associates. Darrell joined TIAA from Fidelity, where he spent 22 years in IT roles of increasing responsibility and most recently served as the Head of Technology Strategy & Planning. His notable accomplishments include establishing and implementing the enterprise-wide strategic direction for the IT organization, including the shift of $700 million of expense out of the existing IT cost base; leading the delivery of customer-oriented, integrated platforms and experiences across all areas of the company, while working closely with Fidelity’s executive leadership team.
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