The fourth XpDay London is fast approaching (25/26 November). Book before it fills up.
We have another hot programme this year, with one presenter coming from as far away as Australia, and attendees coming from Scandanavia. I'm very pleased that we have two high-powered keynote and masterclass speakers: Tom Gilb is a pioneer of incremental development, and Dave Snowden is a very major player in the world of Knowledge Management and Organisational Change.
Dave is not well known in the software development world, but has a lot to say about organisations that's very relevant to the Agile Community. Here's a taste of his style from the AOK_K-Net yahoo list:
Posted by stevef at November 8, 2004 12:25 AM[...] "resources" and "capital" represent a view of humans as disposable cogs in a mechanical process who can be sorted and controlled based on measurable competences. An absurd and dangerous notion that leads to sacrificing human effectiveness, innovation and curiosity on the altar of mechanical efficiency. When we have all been six-sigma-ed to death and everyone is applying best practice, then expect entropy death.