Linda Rising, Ph.D. With a Ph.D. from Arizona State University in the field of object-based design metrics, Linda Rising's background includes university teaching and industry work in telecommunications, avionics, and strategic weapons systems. An internationally known presenter on topics related to patterns, retrospectives, customer interaction, influence strategies, and the change process, Linda is the author of numerous articles and four books: Design Patterns in Communications The Pattern Almanac 2000 A Patterns Handbook Fear Less: Patterns for Introducing New Ideas into Organizations, written with Mary Lynn Manns Those of you who attend conferences or read books and articles see new ideas you want to take back to your organizations - but then struggle to make change happen. Linda will provide you with proven change management strategies to make you a successful change agent in your organization. Learn what forces in your organization drive and retard change, and learn how to plant the seeds of change for buy-in and participation - from start to finish. Linda also facilitates project retrospectives and helps teams getting going with this useful process. Her favorite implementation is the combination of project retrospectives with patterns mining to capture valuable lessons learned. What's new with Linda? She's interested in how our brains work. Check out this recent interview. She was recently on an incredible panel. On a Personal Note

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