Steve Williams
Steve Williams is a highly experienced engineering professional who has managed software development teams and built cultures in which they thrive for more than 15 years. Steve’s background, from being a developer in an Extreme Programming team in the late ’90s to embedded coaching in multi-national organisations, built his belief in Agile thinking and Lean cultures – leading to his founding of Expanding Box Consultants in 2017. Passionate about the environments in which great software is developed, Steve specialises in helping organisations adopt new techniques and tools. He firmly believes in encouraging curiosity, ownership and leadership at all levels.
Planning for black swan events: how to create an effective panic team
Ever experienced that unexpected and urgent crisis that needs immediate effort and expertise? No matter how agile we are I'm willing to bet every team/project/organisation experiences these interrupts - the 'Black Swan' events - on a surprisingly regular basis.