In this week’s episode of Ongoing Mastery: Presenting & Speaking, Kirsten and Kellie talk about incorporating adaptability into workplace culture. Find out why collaboration is like taking care of house plants.

Our favorite moments::

• <01:30> Adaptability has to be a corporate culture
• <02:48> Roles are the framework, but people drive how things connect and the work gets done
• <05:50> Changing corporate culture requires space to practice, fail, and grow
• <07:20> Ongoing mastery in skills is how everyone works
• <08:43> If you say “agile” daily, actually be agile
• <09:43> Upper management needs to involve L&D in the decision-making process
• <10:21> Change cannot just be surface level, like rainbow-washing for Pride in June
• <11:53> Ted Lasso’s suggestion box
• <14:12> Kellie’s takeaway
• <15:20> Kirsten’s takeaway 

If you enjoyed this conversation about adaptability and changing workplace culture, check out Season 2, Episode 16: Interview: Vanessa Zamy, the Business Defibrillator. The link is in the shownotes.

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• Yasmin Goris’s LinkedIn profile
• Amanda Johnson’s LinkedIn profile
• Ted Lasso, S1, Ep2, “Biscuits”
• What is the Progressive Pride Flag?
• Urban Dictionary: Rainbow-washing
• Agile software development – Wikipedia
• Central Massachusetts Conference for Women June 2023 | Speakers
• Interview: Vanessa Zamy, the Business Defibrillator – Ongoing Mastery: Presenting & Speaking

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Kirsten Rourke CEO of Rourke Training

Kirsten Rourke is the mouth and mind of Rourke Training, LLC. She is on a mission to create engaging communication in online and in-person presentation and speaking spaces. Kirsten is the creator of the Prep, Practice, & Pivot method for elevating presenting and speaking skills. She works with leaders to transform online educational, sales, and corporate events to meet business and learning goals. She has spoken, coached, trained, and facilitated for thousands of companies internationally since 2000. She speaks on and provides expert coaching on Public Speaking, Running Virtual Events, Instructional Design, Storytelling, and Creating Online Engagement. In addition to being a Certified Technical Trainer and Certified Online Training Professional, she also has a Master’s of Education in Instructional Design. She also runs a podcast and community, Ongoing Mastery: Presenting and Speaking, to support development and improvement in creating successful, targeted results in pitches, sales presentations, training, and high-stake events.