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DD#012 – Don’t Stop Moving

The challenges facing CIOs are never going to stop evolving in the face of technological advancements and changes in the business landscape. But how do

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DD#011 – Talent Matters

Any technology leader understands that talent is the lifeblood of a successful organisation, especially in the ever-evolving digital landscape. Attracting, developing, and retaining top-notch tech

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DD#010 – Constant Change

Change is an inevitable part of life, something that’s particularly true in today’s constantly evolving world. Whether we like it or not, it’s a natural

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DD#007: Lost in the Scrum

Last month, the RFU announced some changes: tackle height in the amateur game is to be reduced to waist level for next season. This will

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DD#006: Time for change?

Should you be giving your team beanbags and football tables if you want them to innovate better?   Well it might help but realistically you can’t

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DD#005: The Future’s Bright

…the future’s, driverless. Driverless cars… whether you like the idea or not, they’re on their way. I recently spoke to someone who didn’t share my enthusiasm, saying ‘It’s a

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DD#004: Is Agile Dead?

Someone said to me the other day that agile is dead, which I thought was a bold statement.  But it got me thinking, is agile

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Coach & Facilitator

ELENA VAN LEEMPUT

I like my work best when I can motivate and help other people. I constantly strive for excellence in everything I do and I’m open to different ideas that challenge my views. I believe in constant change which drives my innovative mindset. My background is both in technology and business with more than 15 years’ experience ranging from demand, development to service management. I enjoy taking initiative and carry out new ventures.

I try to keep things simple and bring my skills when I coach and facilitate to inspire people and help them innovate. I’m passionate about all forms of facilitation and coaching be it face-to-face or virtual facilitation. I also enjoy creating different e-learning training, holding innovation workshops and design thinking hackathons.

I also find it very important to nurture my creative side along the way (visual arts: photography, sketching, videography and all areas of design) through both my work and hobbies – which I’m happy to say I get to do often enough.

elena.van.leemput@sofigate.com

Coach & Facilitator

THOMAS HUGHES

I work as coach and facilitator in the Business Technology Academy. My focus is business simulation games such as the DevOps simulation. I consider myself a full-stack Business Technology professional of sorts. During the past 20+ years, I’ve worked in wide range of various IT and business management roles in and with organizations ranging from global enterprises to startups in a variety of industries.

I enjoy looking for new perspectives to phenomena and challenging myself and others to continuously develop ourselves and to expand our thinking. Being in the discomfort zone is the way to grow. As a coach I like to cross breed theoretical frameworks, practical examples, illuminating stories and humour. I see simulation games as a perfect way to combine these into an engaging and fun day.    

I enjoy exploring life through various projects and experiments. Some of these involve focused self-development both physically and mentally, while others focus more on creative aspirations related to areas like photography, writing and digital media.