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Flavius Stef

VP at Syneto

Flavius likes to be part of teams that make things happen. At Syneto, he leads the efforts of the engineering team producing the hardware design and operating system of the company’s data storage products (Illumos, C, PHP, ZFS). As an agile coach for Mozaic Works, he worked with tens of teams sprinting, stumbling or going in circles on their path to agility.
He cares deeply about creating environments that encourage the heart and challenge the mind. His current interests are containers and big data analytics.

Is Management Dead?

May 10, 2016

The Agile movement has done a great deal to bring more democracy to the workforce. Power has shifted from managers to individual contributors. As a result, we got empowered teams, self-organization and higher engagement. Now, some are saying that we are ready to get rid of management altogether.

 

So what is the role of the manager in the new agile organization? Is there one anymore?

 

Based on his own experience in managing teams and coaching others, Flavius sets out to identify how responsibilities are shuffled in the agile organization puzzle. What should the team do? What responsibilities does the manager retain? What new concerns need to be addressed that she wouldn’t have considered in the “old” organization?

 

If you’re a manager or team leader, this talk will make you reconsider the power distribution between you and team. If you’re a team member, I hope to give you a few things to talk about during upcoming retrospectives.
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