PM at in the AM  Chapter Event, April 1^st, 2026, 7- 8 AM CT

 A zoom link will be sent after registration

Speaker Name: Chris Williams

Presentation Title: The next wave of product and project management. How The Best Companies Enable innovation with Agile Principles. 

Speaker Bio:

Chris Williams is a seasoned Agile Coach, Business Outcomes Partner, and Storyteller. He has been in the technology industry for 35 years and has worked with some of Canada's best-known brands. Since 2017, he has been the author and host of the Badass Agile Podcast, creating 500 episodes heard in over 150 countries. His signature learning experiences (The Forge, Forge Lightning, Forge Genesis and others found at https://learning.fusechamber.com) give leaders confidence and elite skills they need to market and deliver massive value to organizations. You can find him at www.badassagile.com.

Presentation Description:

Imagine for a minute you're a billion-dollar company. What's the biggest problem you have? 

One of them will be keeping current at the speed of change. Customer demand and interest changes quickly. But companies of scale survive on predictability and repeatability. They have oodles of process and definitions in place so that everyone's clear on roles and steps within the larger picture. 

The problem is, in a connected, global market, customers demand change the minute they become aware of new options. If we can't service them, they'll leave us. If you're helping your company innovate, you're helping them go extinct. It's time to shift the value of a Project Manager or Agile Coach/Scrum Master away from enforcing process and reporting status. We need to help our companies and clients turn strategies and challenges into outcomes. 

In this mind shifting topic, Chris will share his experience working with highly innovative companies. He'll explain how they innovate faster and better, and how they create more certainty - not through forecasts and predictions, but with bold experimentation and evidence-based strategy. 

You'll learn how to enhance standard waterfall or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) toolkits with Agile principles to create safe containers in which to experiment and learn quickly, bring value to the market faster and with less risk, and to delight customers and shareholders in a way that makes YOU more valuable to the organization. 

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