FRONT EDGE Innovation and Leadership Summit
Rzeczpospolita Conference Kraków 16-17.04.2018
Culture of innovation directly influences business effectiveness that is the
fundamental purpose of the functioning of an organisation. Building the culture of innovation is not possible without leadership of growth – modern approach to management based on building strong, creative, independent and self-organising teams. In modern innovative organisations, a leader is not appointed but becomes one in situations that require leadership.
During the conference, we will meet experts and practitioners from organisations which consciously implement and develop culture of innovation. We will share knowledge regarding innovation and leadership, good practices, case studies and finally, our falls and failures from which we learn the most.
For Whom Conference?
for organisations and companies
for representatives of start-up environment
for product companies
for decision-makers and persons managing companies
for all persons who are interested
for leaders, directors, managers and heads
for specialists
for all persons who are interested
Overall Schedule
DAY 1
Influential Speeches & Lectures
Ice & Fire Debates - disputes and clashes
Discussion and questions from the audience
DAY 2
Workshops in 4 paths:
- Innovation Culture
- Talent Development
- Project Management
- Leadership
We’ll cover these themes:
- Building culture of innovation
- Product, organisational, process, design etc. innovations
- Self-organisation of teams
- Leading vs. managing
- Culture of failure and a permission for making mistakes
- Management and development of talents
- Horizontal organisations
Our Workshops will include:
- Modern leadership (Management 3.0)
- Work based on strengths
- Democratic management – opportunities and risks
- Values which encourage innovations (trust, responsibility, autonomy, learning, permit for wandering)
- Modern management of projects (Lean Startup, Design Thinking, Agile)
These are our goals for the conference:
- A platform of knowledge exchange in the scope of innovation at various levels
- Development of theory and sharing practice in the scope of modern leadership
- Sharing knowledge in international environment – Cracow as European center of good ecosystem for development of innovation
- A place that brings together experts – practitioners, leaders of organisations, scientists, representatives of research and development centers
- Learning practical aspects of development of innovation and leadership in a form of interactive workshops (day II )
The conference is about and for companies which build their competitive advantage based on innovation.
- Not only do innovative companies have innovative products, but they are also characterised by friendly working environment based on respect and trust.
- They create a workplace attracting the most talented persons and give them autonomy to creative activity.
- We will discuss such organisations, their model of management, values which guide them and tools which are used in their everyday activities.
- We invited leaders of innovative organisations to share their knowledge and experience.
- We will think about factors influencing their innovativeness and what tools and processes shall be implemented in order to be innovative and achieve business success.
Keynote Speakers
Who's Speaking?
DAY 1 - Speeches Debates Prelections
16 April 2018
DAY 2 - Workshops
17 April 2018
Track 1 - INNOVATION CULTURE
Innovation. Innovative. Inno..#$%#^@$
Trainer: Marcel Dziedzic
Language: Polish
The goal of the course
We all claim that our products are innovative and innovation is an inherent element of development in our companies. We are investing huge resources in order to make those words come to life.
Ineffectively.
In spite of the common excitement about companies “being innovative” there are not many that actually are. Those few companies understand differently what innovation is and what’s more important, what it is not. They do not really pay attention to BE innovative and follow the crucial rules of this trend. Strange? Innovation is ephemeral and unintuitive. It’s hard to define and enormous to subjugate but thanks to that it is unusually beautiful.
Key topics/ problems/ skills
Our discussion workshops “The Culture of Innovation” will try to catch up the unparalleled by bringing the subject matter up:
- Innovation in the DNA of the organization. How the organizational culture of the innovative companies should look like.
- The analysis and examples of companies which know how not to kill the innovation.
- Think more while doing less – The power of the simplicity.
- A better Agile – how to accelerate the agile design methodologies.
- An unsuccessful attempt of explaining the being to the innovation with the help of the cosmology phenomena of quantum physics and a few other which the workshop’s trainer completely doesn’t comprehend.
You will learn
Workshops will be a dynamic and light discussion full of examples, proof and “analyses of few innovators” and the manner of their actions. Its main goal is to throw participants off grated and stereotyped ruts and to help them on getting to the crazier paths heading towards the innovation. Because.. “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.”
Design Thinking Workshop
Trainer: Seweryn Rudnicki, PhD
Language: Polish
The goal of the course
This workshop is a hands-on introduction to design thinking – a widely acknowledge approach to developing innovations. This method, codified at the Stanford University, may be applied on different levels, from large organizations to start-ups, helping to turn ideas into succesful products.
Design thinking is one of the most popular approaches to developing innovative products and services. This method, codified at the Stanford University, is widely applied on different levels, from global corporations to small start-ups, helping to turn ideas and technologies into successful products. This workshop will give you a lot of first-hand experience of design thinking process, a little theory to organize it and a lot of inspiration to use it.
Key topics/ problems/ skills
- What is the difference between design thinking and traditional approaches to solving problems
- Why understanding the user’s perspective is so fundamental
- Why it is good to go for quantity
- Why it is better to show ideas instead of telling them
- Cases & examples
You will learn
- First hand-experience of a full cycle of design thinking process
- Understanding the design thinking foundations & elements of the process
- Understanding why the designerly mindset is now fundamental for so many businesses
Open coffee bar will be available during the entire conference and workshops.
Track 2 - TALENT DEVELOPMENT
A practical guide to Agile People Operations
Trainers: Patrycja Szostakowska, Aleksandra Wiśniewska
Language: Polish
The goal of the course
Together with participants through series of practical exercises we will gather best practices and experience in area of Agile People Operations. We will analyze real cases from various companies to see how People Operations can support agile transformation. Finally we will discuss about agile mindset in People Operations and implementing it into a daily work of teams.
Key topics/ problems/ skills
- Agile Leadership
- Change Management
- Employee Engagement
- Learning & Development
- Agile Recruitment
You will learn
- What it means to have an agile mindset in Talent Management
- What are best practices and tools of Agile People Operations in areas like: organizational structures, recruitment, performance management, employee engagement, learning & development
- How to support leaders and organizations in their agile transformations
- How to use agile tools in People related projects on a daily basis
Strenghts Finding Workshop
Trainer: Monika Gorzelak Paweł Zapałowski
Language: Polish
“People have several times more potential for growth, when they invest energy in developing their strengths instead of correcting their deficiencies.” T. Rath
The goal of the workshop is to learn how to focus on your talents, develop in the most comfortable way and be successful in your life.
You will learn:
- What is a talent and how to discover it.
- Different strengths – how to recognize them
- How to cooperate easily within the team using strengths
Key topics/ problems/ skills
- Working on talents vs. correcting weaknesses
- Finding personal strengths
- Leadership based on strengths
Open coffee bar will be available during the entire conference and workshops.
Track 3 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Event Storming – learning and knowledge management technique that fills the gap between business and IT
Trainers: Sławek Sobótka, Mariusz Gil, Michał Michaluk
Language: Polish
The goal of the course
During the workshop we will create model of the sample business domain.
We will distill both: what a system should do and how should it work.
So we will end with both process model and business domain model.
We will work also on the meta-level. Why does the Event Storming work
so well and how to introduce this method to your team.
Key topics/ problems/ skills
- How to focus on the clue of the problem using events
- How to dig for important rules
- How to divide large problem and distill sub-domains
- How to introduce Event Storming to your organisation
- How to not scare out non-technical stakeholders
You will learn
You will learn the complete Event Storming process with tips and tricks
that can hack special cases.
Kanban Project Management
Trainer: Piotr Sarecki
Language: Polish
The goal of the course
Workshop focused on implementation of visual management tools in Project & Programme Management. Kanban, system based on lean manufacturing (Toyota), properly applied to organisation improves efficiency and quality of project work and is a perfect tool to foster collaboration.
We will talk about the principles of Kaban. Together we will build a Kanban board, talk why limiting Work in Progress boosts speed & quality of the system and, how this all can be implemented in teams based in remote/different locations.
Key topics/ problems/ skills
- Does visual management improves Project Management?
- How pull system enhances resource allocation
- What are main principles for creating Kanban Board
- How to identify bottlenecks and reduce waste in system
- Application of Kanban to virtual teams
You will learn
You will learn basic concepts of Kanban, practice building a Board and see how this all improves your existing project management ecosystem.
Open coffee bar will be available during the entire conference and workshops.
Track 4 - LEADERSHIP
Management 3.0 Motivation through empowerment
Trainer: Piotr Sarecki
Language: Polish
The goal of the course
Employee motivation is one of the most important factors for any organisations’ success. With evolution of leadership concepts we move away from top-down management to influencing, inspiring and collaborating. Structures are more flat than they used to be, leaders become partners, employees become colleagues. Motivation methods are changing as well. We will talk about what really motivates employees, why they do what they do and how play Moving Motivators game.
Key topics/ problems/ skills
- What motivates us in workplace
- Management as a group responsibility
- What is the difference between responsible and accountable
- The Seven Levels of Delegation
- Empowerment as a motivation tool
You will learn
You will learn why extensive bonus schemes do not work, how proper delegation techniques improve employee engagement & motivation and, what to do to create a workplace your employees would enjoy.
Coach – Approach for leaders. How to reach glowing results with your team.
Trainers: Aleksandra Chrapko ACC ICF, Anna Raimann ACC ICF
Language: Polish
The goal of the course
“Coach – Approach for leaders” is a practical skills workshop in which we show how to use coaching in the daily work of a leader.
Key topics/ problems/ skills
- We will show you what team coaching is and how leaders can use it
- We will discuss the competences of the leader as a coach and situations in which they can be used.
- We will present specific and practical tools to work with teams.
- We will practice deep listening, coaching approach and asking powerfull questions.
- We will show specific tools and exercises to work with team’s goals and to increase commitment and responsibility.
You will learn
During the workshop you will learn how and when to use team coaching tools. How to build and create commitment. How to “open” teams for cooperation, self-organization and taking responsibility for themselves. We will mainly deal with the informal approach, and will look for opportunities for coaching in the daily tasks of the leader.
Open coffee bar will be available during the entire conference and workshops.
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Travel Information
Venue
AGH University of Science and Technology
Al. Adama Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków
Pawilon B-1 (EAIIB)
Transport
Balice airport – 30 minutes by car
Parking available, Public transport nearby
Kazimierz district – 30 minutes walk
Main Square – 15 minutes walk
Lunch & Coffee breaks
Lunch & open coffee bar will be available during the entire conference and workshops
The largest Polish technical university, established in 1919. One of the best universities in Poland. AGH is located 15 minutes walk from the Krakow Old Town and the Main Square.
16 - 17 APRIL, 2018
AGH - Pawilon B-1
Al. Adama Mickiewicza 30, Kraków,
POLAND
Contact
Justyna Pawlak – Mihułka
PROGRAM DIRECTOR
justyna.mihulka@rp.pl
Michał Grabowski
SPONSORSHIP MANAGER
michał.grabowski@rp.pl
Hanna Beister
EVENT MANAGER
hanna.beister@rp.pl