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John Le Drew

Founder and Principal Consultant
Wise Noodles
Country or state 
United Kingdom
Available to 
Global
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Languages 
English
Volunteer:
Yes

Personal Details

Bio

I have spent most of the last 2 decades working in the software industry, with a focus on web technologies. After 10 years as a software engineer I moved into consultancy where I quickly learned the value of team dynamics and how most technical challenges are projecting underlying issues with collaboration. So my focus shifted to facilitating a safe, creative, collaborative environment.

Current position (1)

Founder and Principal Consultant

Wise Noodles

Presentations

Presentations (4)
Swearing, Nudity and Other Vulnerable Positions

Over 3 months John recorded over 75 hours of interviews and spoke to some of the most respected people in the industry to produce an audio documentary that attempts to answer the question “What is safety? And why is it important anyway?”

This highly interactive talk will present the findings and guide and challenge you through a journey to understanding safety. Including short interactive sessions and role play exercises to cover the following topics:

- What is safety?
- What are the elements that make a team effective?
- Is psychological safety the foundation to team performance?
- What can we all do to help foster psychological safety in our teams?
- What is the relationship between safety, stress and engagement?
- What is the profound impact of a lack of safety and engagement on society?

I have delivered this session around the world with consistently positive feedback. It's a fun dynamic session but also deeply relevant and challenging.

The 5 Pillars of Collaborative Product Ownership

While business knowledge and domain expertise is useful and essential, is this only achievable with a 'single wringable neck'? What would happen if the whole team could be encouraged to take ownership of product direction?

This session looks at how we have often created dysfunctional relationships with our product owners through both the way we collaborate (or don't) with them and the language we use to talk about the role itself.

Diversity, Chocolate and Safe Cracking.

Diversity. It's the topic of the hour. Organisations are all putting 'diversity' and 'equal opportunities' on every job ad. But, for some organisations it still seems to be a struggle.

What's the goal? Do we want diverse teams because it's the "right thing to do" or is it "good for our teams and organisations"? Are we hiring minorities to keep up with quotas or our competition?

This talk will engage the audience in a frank discussion on what diversity is, why we need it and how we might achieve it. Guiding attendees through the latest research with practical exercises and open discussion.

Diversity is no longer just a moral imperative, it's critical to effective organisations.

Punishment and Humiliation

What does punishment and humiliation look like in a professional context? Is it ever justified? Why do we use punishment as parents, as a society or as leaders? And most importantly, does it work? Or rather, does it work the way we expect?

In this interactive session we will explore what these behaviours look like in a professional context, and get to grips with the difficult question of why we do it and do we need it? And while we're at it, do we need to blame at all?

This will be a deep journey discussing, for many, challenging topics, expect to be disrupted!

Past talks (25)
Punishment and Humiliation
Agile Prague 2017
Prague, Czech Republic
2017
Swearing, Nudity and Other Vulnerable Positions
Music City Agile 2017
Nashville, TN, US
2017
Swearing, Nudity and Other Vulnerable Positions
Agile in the City: London 2017
London, UK
2017
Swearing, Nudity and Other Vulnerable Positions
Agile & Beyond 2017
Ypsilanti, MI, US
2017
Swearing, Nudity and Other Vulnerable Positions
Agile Prague 2017
Prague, Czech Republic
2017
The 5 Pillars of Collaborative Product Ownership
Agile in the City: London 2017
London, UK
2017
Swearing, Nudity and Other Vulnerable Positions
Dutch PHP Conference 2017
Amsterdam, Netherlands
2017
Swearing, Nudity and Other Vulnerable Positions
Lean Agile Manchester
Manchester, UK
2017
Swearing, Nudity and Other Vulnerable Positions
Agile in Leeds
Leeds, UK
2017
Swearing, Nudity and Other Vulnerable Positions
Lean Agile Birmingham
Birmingham, UK
2017
Swearing, Nudity and Other Vulnerable Positions
Agile Nottingham
Nottingham, UK
2017
Swearing, Nudity and Other Vulnerable Positions
Agile Sheffield
Sheffield, UK
2017
Swearing, Nudity and Other Vulnerable Positions
Lean Agile Warrington
Warrington, UK
2017
Swearing, Nudity and Other Vulnerable Positions
Agile Yorkshire
Leeds, UK
2017
Swearing, Nudity and Other Vulnerable Positions
Lean Agile Edinburgh
Edinburgh, UK
2017
Swearing, Nudity and Other Vulnerable Positions
Agile Practitioners London
London, UK
2017
Punishment and Humiliation
That Crazy Agile Thing
Leeds, UK
2017
Swearing, Nudity and Other Vulnerable Positions
Agile Manchester 2017
Manchester, UK
2017
Swearing, Nudity and Other Vulnerable Positions
South Wales Agile
Cardiff, UK
2017
Swearing, Nudity and Other Vulnerable Positions
Agile Coaching Exchange London
London, UK
2017
The 5 Pillars of Collaborative Product Ownership
Lean Agile Birmingham
Birmingham, UK
2017
Swearing, Nudity and Other Vulnerable Positions
Agile Derby
Derby, UK
2017
Swearing, Nudity and Other Vulnerable Positions
Agile North East
Newcastle, UK
2017
The 5 Pillars of Collaborative Product Ownership
Agile Yorkshire
Leeds, UK
2017
The 5 Pillars of Collaborative Product Ownership
Agile Nottingham
Nottingham, UK
2017
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Preview: Swearing, Nudity and Other Vulnerable Positions
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Swearing, Nudity and Other Vulnerable Positions (with notes)
Punishment and Humiliation
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Expertise (10)

Leadership
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Education
Agile Empathy Psychological safety Collaboration Diversity

Reviews

Testimonials (8)
  • John has spoken a couple of times at the community group I organise called Agile Yorkshire. His sessions have always been excellent and have generated top scoring feedback from our attendees. His choice of topics has been refreshing, his performance engaging and his preparation very professional. Before and after the event he was easy to contact and communicate with and I never had any doubt he would be a reliable and dependable speaker. If you get the chance book him.
    Royd Brayshay
    NewRedo
    Director
    Verified
  • John was a very engaging, informative and entertaining speaker, and shared lots of really useful insights into why, in a complex work environment, punishment and humiliation is totally counter-productive. (If you're interested, you can watch the talk here:
    The Agile Roundabout # 19 - Punishment & Humiliation
    I enjoyed a fascinating discussion with him afterwards and I'd definitely recommend him for learning about psychological safety.
    Gordon Mullan
    Lead Business Analyst
    EPAM Systems Ltd
    Verified
  • John delivered his Swearing, Nudity and Other Vulnerable Positions presentation to our meet up in Manchester at the end of September. Our original speaker unfortunately had to withdraw and I was luckily referred to John who agreed to step in at really short notice and really helped as this was a key part of our meet up. He was really engaging and the whole presentation was very interactive which always makes a huge difference. I’d definitely recommend John to anyone and would be interested in
    Joe Hattley
    Software developer
    LTP
    Verified
  • I went to one of John's talks "Swearing, Nudity and Other Vulnerable Positions" at Agile Yorkshire and I found him to be a confident and engaging speaker who led the audience on an interesting journey to understand safety in the workplace. There was useful activities which John ran the audience through and I actually left the talk with useful takeaways which I could talk to my team to when I got to work the next day. I would recommend attending John's talks to anyone. Event: Swearing, Nudity and Other Vulnerable Positions
    Mala Benn
    Principal Developer
    Sage
    Verified
  • At the Dutch PHP Conference 2017, I attended John's talk "Swearing, Nudity and Other Vulnerable Positions". A talk about the very important topic of psychological safety. John is an engaging speaker and he included some interactive elements in this talk to demonstrate what psychological safety means and feels like. I very much enjoyed this talk and would certainly recommend John as a speaker. I hope to be able to attend more talks by him in the future!
    Marieke Bednarczyk
    Verified
  • John Le Drew is a passionate speaker and knowledgable in the world of emotions and software development. He pulls you into his sessions with an intriguing title and abstract and then delivers on all promises. John's speaking style is friendly and inviting while also asking the audience to participate. He backs up his statements and theories with facts and case studies. If you are ever interested in hearing more about human interactions in the work place, look up John's talks!
    Heather Tooill
    Verified
  • I asked John to come to talk at Agile North East in Newcastle after seeing a recorded talk recommended by a friend. John was super easy to deal with when arranging dates and times for our meet up and the talk itself had everyone in the room participating and having a great time. Feedback after the event suggested we all learned a lot and John's style of delivery made some very abstract concepts concrete for the audience. We would love to John back to talk again as soon as he is able.
    Derek Graham
    Verified
  • John has been a regular speaker at my agile conference series for the past couple of years. He's professional, thoughtful, kind and considerate and always brings his whole self to my events. Easy to deal with and well-organised - he makes it a delight for me and my team to work with. Highly recommended.
    Mark Dalgarno
    Verified
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Showing leaders why fostering psychological safety is the core to effective collaboration.

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