Leadership roundtable - Skills pathways for fast flow
Explore practical strategies for creating a joined-up approach to innovation, skills uplift, and practice-sharing across teams. Discuss ways to avoid wasteful duplication of effort, and make upskilling more collaborative and aligned across departments, while avoiding the costly pattern of creating new silos with each innovation wave.
Available from 90 minutes to a full day for individual organizations or as conference workshops — contact us to discuss format and pricing options.
Product Code: P657a
“We, like many organizations, seek ways to maximize our AI opportunities while maintaining organizational flow. The discussions on maintaining domain fidelity, democratizing GenAI skills, and avoiding new hand-offs provided valuable insights.”
— Iago Martínez, Director of Engineering at FundApps
The business impact
Organizations implementing connected skills pathways aligned with fast flow principles report improvements in team effectiveness and business outcomes.
By focusing on empowerment and avoiding the creation of new silos, technology leaders can expect to:
Reduce duplication of learning efforts across teams
Accelerate technology adoption while maintaining quality
Enhance team autonomy and innovation capacity
Build sustainable capabilities rather than chasing trends
Improve team engagement through meaningful development
Sustain fast flow during rapid technological change
Innovation, skills uplift, and practice-sharing across teams
With GenAI accelerating higher-level coding abstractions such as prompt engineering and workflow configuration, technology leaders face tough questions: How can organizations upskill effectively without chasing short-lived trends or investing in soon-to-be-obsolete skills?
Explore practical strategies for creating a joined-up approach to innovation, skills uplift, and practice-sharing across teams.
Discover ways to avoid wasteful duplication of effort, and make upskilling more collaborative and aligned across departments.
Debate techniques for guiding upskilling that balance staying ahead of trends with building lasting, adaptable skills, while generating excitement and alignment throughout the organization.
This roundtable provides practical ideas for fostering skill development that prepares teams for the future while avoiding the pitfalls of chasing every new tech fad.
Deep insights from real-world implementations
Curated by Matthew Skelton, CEO at Conflux and co-author of Team Topologies, and Renee Hawkins, COO at Conflux, and Woman of the Year at the 2021 Women in Tech Excellence awards, this leadership roundtable shares insights and proven approaches from global customer engagements.
What you'll gain
Using perspectives from HR, COO, and CTO/CIO, we explore mindsets and techniques for getting ahead and staying ahead of the trends, fads, and red herrings. Guiding you through approaches that generate genuine enthusiasm and broad alignment.
Explore the implications of GenAI for current technology practitioners in areas such as specifying safety and domain constraints, as well as configuring agentic workflows.
Learn effective routes to upskilling and cross-skilling, and understand how to avoid investing in skills that will become obsolete within 12 months.
Gain a coherent approach to innovation, skills uplift, and sharing practices, in order to avoid wasteful duplication of effort in isolated teams, making upskilling less individualistic and more joined-up.
Session structure
Choose from a focused 90-minute session or our half-day and full-day formats, perfect for organizations seeking deeper strategic discussions and more thorough collaborative problem-solving.
Discussion topics:
Avoiding “skills gravity” in tech — Open discussion
Back to the Future: AI/ML traps — Group discussion
Innovation or waste at speed — Open discussion
Alignment, engagement, trust — Group discussion
Who this is for
Leaders focused on sustainable capability development that enhances fast flow.
Managers interested in effective routes to upskilling and cross-skilling.
All decision-makers looking to make upskilling less individualistic and more joined-up.
Technology leaders navigating AI adoption.
Conference organizers seeking interactive sessions that deliver real value beyond traditional presentations.
Start this conversation in your organization
The skills gap won't close itself, and AI isn't the answer. Real transformation happens when leaders create space for teams to connect, learn, and evolve together.
Let's facilitate this discussion with your teams, choose the format that fits your needs. Whether you require a focused 90-minute session or want to invest in a half-day or full-day deep dive, we'll tailor the experience to deliver maximum value.
Contact our Customer Success team at enquiries@confluxhq.com quoting “P657a Leadership roundtable - skills pathways for fast flow”.