Agenda 2024

The goal of the workshop is to find answers to challenges related to a modern perspective on the personal brand of an IT manager.

CHALLENGES:
- Does the IT manager of Tomorrow still need a personal brand?
- Is it necessary to work on a personal brand, or does it build itself if one lives in accordance with their principles?
- Is the return on investment in a personal brand favorable in comparison to the effort and time invested?

The meeting is divided into two parts. The first part, which is substantive and discussion-oriented, introduces topics related to personal branding. We tend to avoid strictly defining terms (unless necessary), and based on appropriately formulated questions, we collectively seek answers.

The second part of the meeting is inspired by RPG principles (especially the recently released Netflix series and game, Fallout, which may resonate with a significant portion of the audience). In this part, we build on the outcomes of the first part, based on the statement: "Personal branding is someone else’s perception of you" (B. Tracy). Participants create their character sheets on provided materials, incorporating elements typical of RPG characters. The result is the creation of a hero-self, which serves as a starting point for working on one's personal brand. Participants take away the completed character sheets (A4 format, double-sided, consistent graphic design, etc.).

The final part of the session is the gameplay of "Welcome to Corporate Wasteland," during which participants roll multi-sided dice - each result presents a different personal branding challenge they attempt to tackle, considering their hero-selves.

A comprehensive journey from A to Z through the current state of finances (budget, financial agreements, family security, loans), participants of the workshop emerge with a financial plan and a sequence of tasks they need to address.

Outline:
1) Exploring the range of liquidity in financial instruments and crafting a financial plan
2) Budgeting and creating a safety net
3) Debt management strategies
4) Identifying and mitigating risks
5) Insurance considerations
6) Succession and inheritance planning
7) Savings strategies
8) Retirement planning
9) Investments

Top 3 key lessons:
1) Why the sequence of creating a financial plan is crucial and what the correct order is
2) How to quickly identify the initial tasks that need attention
3) How to tailor financial solutions to oneself rather than copying someone else's moves

You are invited to a workshop where you will face a situation where you will need to effectively manage a large team portfolio with a diverse technological stack. You will learn:
1. how to approach the topic from multiple perspectives,
2. what technological aspects and conditions to consider,
3. what to pay the most attention to in client collaboration,
4. how to build competencies in the team to achieve the intended goal.

We do not promise a universal recipe for solving all problems, but we guarantee that you will be inspired on how to handle a large portfolio and you will be able to look at your challenges yourself and find a solution.

Get ready for an extraordinary journey through the world of the senses! You will have the opportunity to experience various visual dysfunctions by wearing eye patches and special goggles simulating vision defects. Together in groups, we will look for unusual solutions in difficult situations, learning flexibility and adaptation by experiencing the world through the eyes of blind people. But it is not everything! By improving our communication skills, we will promote assertive and emotionally intelligent interaction to create a space where everyone can feel understood and appreciated. Come and join our exciting journey, where we not only develop as a team, but also learn respect and sensitivity towards people with disabilities.

Join our workshop where we explore the differences between AI and human activities in the Design Thinking process. Through a variety of exercises, participants will experience the difficulty of achieving expected results using AI, understand the level of uncertainty associated with AI, and compare the creativity of AI and humans.

In 2011, a wise person told me: The strength of your team will depend on the strength of your support. At that time, I found myself trapped by wondering whether there was still a place for me as a leader in an agile organization. What should I really be doing now? How to support people in autonomy? What is my role now? And so began my agile journey, which continues to this day. Year after year, I keep discovering the power of support of an agile leader - the Servant Leader. You certainly don't need another theory about management style. Today, what matters is the new, agile thinking about traditional "classic" tasks and leadership roles. If you are wondering how to create an environment or lead so that teams are ownership-driven, co-responsible, and autonomous - this workshop is for you.

How does your work cycle with employees look like, which allows you to constantly assess the performance of each individual, build awareness of their responsibilities, set goals, hold them accountable, provide conscious feedback, and, when necessary, part ways with employees gracefully? In this workshop, we will start by defining what the work cycle with people in your team looks like.

Key takeaways? You will leave with an understanding of the elements that influence the work cycle with employees, a checklist of these elements, and practiced designing this approach in your work.

Deep work is the kind of work that requires intense focus, during which new things are created that are hard to replicate and automate. During the workshop, we will determine how your company values ​​affect focused work, develop your expectations for individuals in your team in this area, and explore what you can do to help them (and not hinder them).

Key takeaways? The ability to assess how much individuals work in this way and how much they need. The skill to develop a team contract. Aligning deep work with values.

How quickly can you outpace the competition when employees are completing 12% more tasks, 25% faster, and with 40% higher quality, all while not losing even 26% on information search and filtering? It's possible, but not just thanks to AI, but primarily through universal skills and productivity strategies. During the workshop, you will learn the basics of the information interaction system and building a so-called digital brain, discover the fundamental principles of communicating with AI, and find out what the 3 levels of productivity are and how to start a company's digital transformation through a people-first mindset strategy.

Join Patrick Kozakiewicz, Director of Well-Being at Kyndryl and Mindfulness Supervisor/ Teacher at the Oxford Mindfulness Foundation take you through recent psychological findings and the latest work out of Oxford to provide the IT manager an opportunity to see more clearly both the tipping points for distress and exhaustion, and also how to flourish by appreciating work again, even in the midst of difficulties in the techno business world.
Takeaway 1: How to use mindfulness of feeling tone to notice moments of appreciation in your workday and to deal skilfully with the symptoms of exhaustion (e.g., procrastination).
Takeaway 2: How to use mindfulness of feeling tone to help turn towards difficult emotions and concerns at work.
Takeaway 3: How to see when and how the body gears up for action unnecessarily, and how to allay the busyness to allow wise action to emerge.

Internal communication is key to effective teamwork and company operations. Unfortunately, we often don't take it seriously enough and implement actions that can improve our group dynamics. We will explore tools for effective internal communication, practice handling difficult situations within teams, and discuss assertive communication. We will also talk about the consequences of poor communication. One of the challenges of modern times is communication within a dispersed team. How to conduct it effectively, what tools and methods to use, will also be discussed.

Perfect Foundations for Building Future Competencies can be found in contemporary art, which uses them in a conscious and extremely modern way. Artists, in order to succeed, are open to self-improvement and dialogue. They face the unpredictability of situations and reactions, improvisation, and treat them as a space for development, originality, and artistic freedom. That's why they exceed the boundaries of their times, break patterns, and old models.

Working with leaders, I build in them a modern perspective on achieving success and focusing on goals. During the workshops, we unleash potential and curiosity to facilitate transformation and acquisition or development of new skills. It's a time to search for motivation. I also share the richness of art, which is an exciting tool for both professional and personal development.

You don't have to be an art expert for the training to be effective and interesting! It's important that you are a curious and success-oriented person.

ART INSPIRES AND ALLOWS US TO SEE MORE IN THE REALITY WE ARE GOING TO LIVE IN.

This workshop integrates engaging activities and reflection points to recognize the complexities of motivation in the workplace. First, we will break the ice between participants based on metaphorical cards, then we will apply Liberating Structures to exchange about team motivations. In the next segment participants will explore their individual motivators in order to enhance self-awareness and understand what drives individual motivation. Next power supplies (things that energize) and energy absorbers (things that drain energy) of IT team will be identified. At the end there will time for summing up and reflection about how to think outside the box and manage teams with a new set of eyes.

Regardless of the specific IT role, proficiency in everyday, business, and technical English can significantly enhance communication effectiveness, collaboration, and overall job performance in the IT industry. However, it is managers who ultimately contribute to the success of their organizations by communicating with team members, stakeholders, and customers.

If you are one of these managers who lead teams to deliver projects on time and within budget, make sure that products or services meet quality standards, or want to keep high levels of customer satisfaction, this workshop is for you. Stay updated on industry trends and best practices to engage more effectively in global IT communities.

During this workshop, you will learn how to:
- Simplify your English for better communication.
- Improve your cross-cultural communication in English.
- Avoid the common mistakes of Polish speakers of English.