“Take many more much smaller steps”. It's blind advice, to people whose detailed context one really doesn't and can't know. But in the great majority of cases, blind though it may be, it's actually terrific advice. a cornerstone of successfully harvesting the value of change. Let's break it down: why it goes against our intuition, why it actually works, and why it covers so many contexts of change, from code, to product, to organization, to the world.

[Speaker – GeePaw Hill] GeePaw Hill is an independent software development coach. A geek for nearly 40 years, he has been doing, teaching, and coaching software using the various techniques of agility since the late '90s. He has worked with large teams and tiny ones all over the world, creating everything from satellite control modules to desktop graphics to that old standby, it-puts-the database-on-web-browser. As a speaker, he is well known for a humorous mixture of irreverence and insight. GeePaw lives in central Virginia at an intentional community, with his glorious and ever-growing family.

[Meeting Agenda]

• 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM – Presentation

[Meeting & Platinum Sponsor – QCI]

Since 1995, QCI has grown to be one of the largest, Iowa-based, technology consulting firms, one client at a time. There is no secret to our success. We simply hire the best people and support a culture that is obsessed with delivering excellent service to our clients. In QCI, our clients have a partner that is large enough to provide highly skilled consultants across a wide area of expertise. Our dedication to client service has resulted in a long-term relationships through which we understand that placing the interests of our clients first is the key to being a trusted partner.

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[Platinum Sponsor – Source Allies]

Source Allies is a local technical consultancy who values collaboration, craftsmanship, and an ownership mentality. We provide a home to our teammates where we encourage each other to grow not only technically, but as peers & consultants. This is evident in the quality software we deliver to clients.

Learn about our “ownership mentality” at: http://www.sourceallies.com