Victoria Morgan-Smith is Director of Delivery for Engineering Enablement at the Financial Times, where she has been helping teams succeed since 2009. Before this she was a developer for 9 years, a background which fuels her interest in finding fun ways to coach, energise and motivate teams into self-organising units. After seeing the impact of internal tech conferences on the culture at the FT, she joined forces with Matthew Skelton to write a book about it. Currently, she is loving her work with Enablement teams – made up of people who are motivated by making the working lives of others easier.
Keynote: What 5 Cats Can Teach Us About An Enabling Environment
What does it take to create a team environment that inspires ambition and creativity?
How do we create a culture of generosity?
How can internal technical conferences help move the needle towards a culture where people want to help each other out, and so actively want to enable each other?
Like many people, I bought a cat during lockdown, and he is my latest obsession. So I am going to introduce you to my cat, along with 4 others, and we’ll look at their environment to see what helps
them and what is hard for them. I’ll then talk about some of the things that could help them – and your teams – to thrive in your environment.