In the press, and on stage
Features, Talks and Recordings.
Pieces in which I have been featured or have spoken, kept here so that they remain available whatever happens to the sites that first published them. Each links to the original, with an archived copy where I hold one.
This Under-Rated Trait Could Be Key to a Successful Career in Digital Transformation
everywoman Tech Hub · Feature · 20 September 2023 · by Sadiqa Ho
A feature written while I was leading the Centres for Enablement at Bupa, on a career led by curiosity: how I came into technology through two technical writers in the family and a habit of teaching myself COBOL, Visual Basic, HTML and CSS; why product became the passion; and my proudest achievements.
"At my heart, I am a professional problem-solver."
"It still makes me beam with pride to tell people that if you've ever ordered a pizza on the Domino's app, checked in for a GP appointment in the UK, have a Capital One credit card or used LEGO Find My Brick, those were my apps."
"Technology is a community, and in good communities, you need multiple skill sets to make things work."
The piece also describes the Centres for Enablement as an internal consulting arm and a global forum for Bupa's AI, cloud, data, digital and agile communities, and notes that my team and I had by then trained close to a thousand people in the lean, agile, SecDevOps and product management family of practices.
Embracing IT Agility: Tips for the Digital Era
everywoman Tech Hub · on-demand webinar · September 2023 · panel speaker
A one-hour panel on embracing IT agility: how large organisations adapt and integrate the technologies they have with newer, more disruptive ones, and move at the pace of the market. everywoman's framing drew on research suggesting that around three quarters of senior managers in technology believe in agile practice, while fewer than four in ten feel confident in their ability to execute it. I spoke as Group Head of Digital Centres of Enablement at Bupa, alongside Emmeline Smart, Head of Continuous Improvement and Agile Practice at SSE, and Mariya Hauffe, Global IT Enterprise Monitoring and Recovery Manager at QVC.
The recording is hosted by everywoman in Tech Forum on Vimeo and plays here with Vimeo's do-not-track setting. The original page, and an archived copy of it (PDF).
Talks
I have given more than fifty keynotes and talks across the product, lean and agile communities, most recently on product leadership, continuous discovery and building in the age of AI agents. If you would like me to speak at your event or inside your organisation, I would be glad to hear from you.
Invite Me to Speak.
Tell me about the audience and the occasion, and I will suggest a talk or a workshop to fit.