Banding Together a Coalition of the Willing - Colleen Kirtland | 2008

Colleen Kirtland is passionate about expanding agility beyond the boundaries of technology. She’s currently Assistant Vice President of Emerging Technology for Pacific Life. Kirtland fosters the idea of “the coalition of the willing” saying, “It’s amazing what you can do when you see willingness and desire in people.” She has applied her own passion to understanding complex, adaptive systems as the place she experienced the most growth. Colleen’s contributions to the community extend outside the agile community and into enhancing the lives and education of underserved high schoolers. Kirtland’s words of wisdom: “Find who you really are and roar.” Accenture |SolutionsIQ’s Leslie Morse hosts. Book Recommendations: – Complex Adaptive Systems – Scott Page – Thinking in Systems: A Primer – Donella Meadows – A Practice of Peace – Harrison Owens The Women in Agile community champions inclusion and diversity of thought, regardless of gender, and this podcast is a platform to share new voices and stories with the Agile community and the business world, because we believe that everyone is better off when more, diverse ideas are shared. Podcast Library: www.solutionsiq.com/womeninagile Women in Agile website: https://womeninagile.org/ Connect with us on social media! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/womeninagile/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womeninagile/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/womeninagileorg