Deanna Spowart & Ashay Saxena - Reimagining DE&I with agility

Join us for an interview with Deanna Spowart and Ashay Saxena, two of the authors from the recently published report “Reimagining Agility with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion”. Learn how DE&I and agile share common values and principles and how, when these values align within an organization, they improve working conditions and business outcomes. However, you’ll also see how these opportunities are often being overlooked by agile teams, leaders, organizations, and industry bodies alike.

Deanna Spowart

I have been successful in turning corporate strategy into practical people-focused operational plans and leading global teams to implement transformational change.

I believe that people are critical for successful and sustainable business outcomes.

Designing for diverse and inclusive teams should be key to any People and Culture strategy for any organization – Startups, SMB, Corporate or Government.

My way of working is to deliver results using Human-Centered Design and Agile practices. Embracing the changes that Technology is unleashing on the workforce and building thoughtful solutions is something I am excited to be part of.

Dr. Ashay Saxena

Ashay holds a Doctorate in the field of Information Systems from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. He has extensively pursued research on understanding management approaches adopted by software teams to succeed with agile methodologies in a globally distributed format. He has conducted in-depth case studies at global MNCs such as Intel, GE, Mindtree, and ThoughtWorks. He has delivered talks as well as presented research on several international forums such as Australasian Conference on Information Systems, ACM Computers & People Research Conference, Agile Leadership Summit, India Agile Week, and Software Product Management Summit.