Maja Maria Dawn Jaakson
Enabling dev teams @ Equinor
Bergen, Norway
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Maja is on the Software Development Enabling Team at Equinor. She has an academic background in philosophy, linguistics and logic and a professional background in web dev and agile coaching. Professionally speaking, she’s into stuff at the intersection of dev and design and all things process, collaboration and quality improvement. She is also one of the organizers of the Frontiers Bergen meetup group. Unprofessionally speaking, she into shiny things—parrots, tropical plants, obnoxious nail polish. Also Wittgenstein and powerlifting. Please come say hi to her if you like any of these, too. 😄
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Rescue those Retros 🛟
Retrospectives are supposed to help our teams continuously improve. But where do we turn when our retros continuously fall flat? The same issues come up over and over, but your team can’t seem to get traction on them. When you feel like you’re living the dev team version of Groundhog Day… it's time to rescue those retros.
In this workshop, you’ll take part in a variety of exercises aimed at helping you figure out how to guide a team out of its retro rut. You’ll learn about the foundations of effective retrospectives: those non-negotiable elements that must be in place for retros to succeed. And drawing from design thinking principles and W. Edwards Deming’s work on the science of improvement, we’ll help you identify what to start, stop, and continue doing to get your team’s retros back on track.
Note: If you’re on a team that has (or needs!) retros, this workshop is designed for you – regardless of whether you’re a facilitator.
Let's Get Physical!
Most of us spend an ungodly number of hours — often seated — in front of our machines. And those of us who’ve been in the game for a little while know all too well that the IT-worker lifestyle sure can take a toll on the body. 🙈
But it doesn’t have to be that way! 🎉 Join us for a unique, super hands-on session where you'll learn a ton of practical tips for offsetting work’s wear and tear on your body and mind. Guided by a developer with over 20 years of experience in physiotherapy, we’ll practice techniques for managing stress and preventing our postures from getting even worse. None of these activities require equipment beyond your desk and chair. And they’re great to practice after hours of sitting and watching conference talks! 😉
* Please note that this workshop includes some exercises involving physical touch between participants. All exercises are optional; participants can skip them if they please.
Dive into Design Thinking & Doing
This is a 3 hour workshop for people that want to get an introduction to the principles and mindset of design thinking via a practical case. We go through all 5 phases together: empathize, define, ideate, prototype and test. We will work with pen, paper and other physical workshop materials. The methodology is based on the framework of d.school Stanford. Hopefully you will have some new tools and techniques to bring back to your own work and we’ll have some fun together!
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