Emily is an experienced public speaker who has spoken at various agile, product and technology conferences around the world.

She speaks on the topics of agile, lean, digital, people, growing capability, organisations and communities of practice. Below are upcoming and previous public speaking engagements.

Please get in touch if you want to invite me to speak at your conference or event.

For her speaker bio, please head over here

“Amazing keynote, extremely good slides, lots of humour made it entertaining, and important message! One of my favourite talks this year.”

participant at People, principles and pragmatism

Upcoming public appearances

Nothing booked in at the moment

Audience Feedback

“great session Emily with easy to implement takeaways. Thanks a million. #TuringFest”

Billy McDiarmid

“A wonderful keynote to kick off @agilemanc day 2 from @ewebber with important messages and numerous amusing animals. #AgileManc”

Matt Eyre

Previous appearances

2021

• Turing Fest, (conference) Edinburgh, UK. The Magic of human connections slides
• Lean Agile Exchange (conference) UK / online. Keynote The magic of human connections
• P3X — People Product Process eXchange (conference) UK / online. The magic of human connections slides
• SEACOM (conference) UK / online. The value of Communities of practice
• Romanian Testing Conference (conference) Romania / online. Keynote: The magic of human connections | slides

2020

• SEACON (conference) UK / online. Networks, Serendipity and the flow of ideas | blog post | video
• Agile Tour London (conference) UK / online. Consequence Scanning workshop
• Agile India (conference) Bengaluru India / online. Communities of practice, the missing piece of your agile organisation | slides | video

2019

• Map Camp London (conference) London, UK, Capability Profile Mapping | slides | video
• Agile testing days (conference) Postsdam, Germany. Why Not Become a Speaker at ATD? | slides

2018

• Agile Testing Days (conference) Potsdam, Germany. Whole-team responsibility | slides
• Mind the Product London (conference) London, UK. Communities of Practice | slides | video
• Lean Agile Scotland (conference) Edinburgh, UK. Whole-team responsibility: why really working as a team leads to great delivery | slides
• TODO conference (conference) London, UK. People and (agile) teams | slides
• TestBash Brighton (conference) Brighton, UK. Communities of Practice, the missing piece of your Agile organisation | slides
• Internal DWP Delivery Conference Leeds, UK. How Silos affect your flow

2017

• Agile Testing Days (conference) Potsdam, Germany. Keynote: People, principles and pragmatism | slides | video
• ASAS (conference) Arhnem, The Netherlands. Communities of Practice, the missing piece of your Agile organisation | slides
• TODO (meetup) London, UK. The Value Of Communities Of Practice
• Offgrid Sessions (conference) Essex, UK. How Big Change Comes in Small Packages
• Agile on the Bench (meetup) London, UK. What learning to knit reminded me about learning
• Google Firestarters (meetup) London, UK. Scaling learning through communities in digital transformations | slides
• CukeUp! London (conference) London, UK. Keynote: The Power of the Community of Practice | slides
• New Crafts conference Paris, France. Communities of Practice, the missing piece of your Agile organisation | slides
• Agile Manchester (conference) Manchester, UK. Keynote: People, principles and pragmatism | slides
• Craft (conference) Budapest, Hungary. Communities of Practice, the missing piece of your Agile organisation | slides
• UX Budapest (meetup) Budapest, Hungary. Three ways to break down silos in your agile organisation | slides | video
• Agile in the city Birmingham (conference) Birmingham, UK. Workshop: Are your standups and retrospectives really working? | slides
• Agile on the Bench (meetup) London, UK. Avoiding groupthink and echo chambers: diversity and the multidisciplinary team (with Lakshan Saldin)

2016

• YOW! Conference (conference) Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney, Australia. Communities of Practice, the Missing Piece of your Agile Organisation video
• Agile in the City Bristol (conference) Bristol, UK. Workshop: Are your standups and retrospectives really working?
• Lean Agile Scotland Edinburgh, UK. Communities of Practice, the Missing Piece of your Agile Organisation | video
• GOTO Copenhagen (conference) Copenhagen, Denmark. Communities of Practice, the Missing Piece of your Agile Organisation | video
• Agile Cambridge (conference) Cambridge, UK. Workshop: Agile is not just for software: creating an agile workflow
• Turing Festival (conference) Edinburgh, UK. Embracing Change or Bracing for Change: Fostering a Culture of Continuous Improvement in Product Teams | video and slides
• Agile Cymru (conference) Cardiff, UK. Building successful communities of practice
• Spark the Change (conference) London, UK. Connected organisations: why we need communities of practice and how to help them succeed
• Agile in the City London (conference) London, UK. Workshop: Agile is not just for software: creating an agile workflow
• Agile on the Bench (meetup) London, UK. The Agile team onion or how many pizzas does it take to feed your team?
• Agile Manchester (conference) Manchester, UK. Building Successful Communities of Practice
• Pre Agile Manchester (meetup) Manchester, UK. The Agile team onion or how many pizzas does it take to feed your team? | slides

2015

• London Continuous Delivery London (meetup) London, UK. Continuous Learning Through Communities of Practice | video
• Agile Cambridge (conference) Cambridge, UK. The Minimum Viable Book (with Amy Wagner) | video
• Agile on the Beach (conference) Falmouth, UK. Agile in the real world (with Amy Wagner) | video
• Agile in the City London (conference) London, UK. Connected organisations: why we need communities of practice and how to help them succeed
• Agile Manchester (conference) Manchester, UK. Gaming Agile: A Guide to cheating at Agile & Lean (or how to spot the anti-patterns)
• Agile in Leeds (meetup) Leeds, UK. Connected organisations: why we need communities of practice
• Kanban Coaching Exchange (meetup) London, UK. Continuous learning through communities of practice

2014

• Agile 25×20 (meetup) London, UK. What learning how to ride motorbikes taught me about being agile | slides
• Agile Cambridge (conference) Cambridge, UK, Building a Delivery Community

2013 / 2012

• Agile Practitioners (meetup) London, UK 2013. Scaling agile practices (with GDS as an example)
• Boring Conference, (conference) London, UK 2012. London Shop Fronts