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Presented by Parker Stephenson

Today, a vast majority of organizations globally have undertaken the challenge of an Agile transformation or have plans to do so in the near future. The challenge with this is HR traditionally has taken a back seat to this major organizational change initiative, often leaving those responsible for supporting cultural change for much later in the change cycle. This interactive presentation aims to provide both contextual knowledge with techniques to reclaim your seat at the table of change within your organization. 

At this lab, Parker will help you:  

• Understand the “tipping point” supporting the need for organizational change and transformation efforts.
• Learn how Agile HR helps both enable and accelerate change within your organization.
• Mapping your Employee Experience as an Organizational Value Stream.
• Implementing immediate change using Objectives & Key Results (OKRs).

With a personal motto: “change is easy in theory…but hard in practice!” - Parker Stephenson focuses his energy on the human-centric approach to change management. In today’s fast-paced ever-changing world, organizations no longer have a choice about embracing the new world’s way of working. Adopting Agile practices is no longer just about technology and software development…we are now operating in a modern age of Business Agility, one that embraces all areas of an organizations structure. Having spent many of the last 20 years working in Agile ways of working from Lean practices to scaling organizational agility, Parker has become a thought leader within the global Agile community focusing on 2 of his passions: people & products.

Currently serving as the Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer at Cornerstone Agility Inc., he supports clients as an Executive & Agile Coach while also supporting his organization as the head of People & Culture. In addition to serving clients in various supporting roles, he has consistently been ranked in the top 1% of global instructors supporting the Scaled Agile Framework. An avid traveler, he loves spending time at home with friends & family, enjoying live music, and enjoys burning things on the grill when the weather is nice in Tulsa, Ok where he currently resides.