Building Agile Teams in post-pandemic world
This year LIBA’s signature event INSIGHT’21 focused on, ‘Building Agile Teams in a post-pandemic world’. Rev. Dr. Francis P Xavier, Rector Loyola Campus, Chennai, and Rev. Dr. C. Joe Arun, Director, LIBA set the tone by highlighting the importance of being agile in the post-pandemic world.
The keynote address by Mr. Stephen Sudhakar John, Advisor, Hyundai Motors India emphasized on ‘Agility and Collaboration’. The expert’s session on the topic, ‘Managing teams by emerging technologies’ began with Mr. Shailendra Naidu, Obopay, Bangalore. Mr. Derick Jose co-founder of Flutura, briefed on essential formulas for grooming into a hustler, hacker, and storyteller. Mr. Arjun Mohan, CEO, Upgrad, explained the challenges faced in introducing agility in sales and marketing divisions.
The afternoon session featured a panel discussion on, ‘Building Agile Teams in a Post Pandemic World’, between Mr. Mahesh Varadarajan, Scrum Master Manager, Accenture, and Ms. Jemima Thilagan, Vice President, IFIM Computer Management Services, moderated by Prof. M.J. Xavier, Chair, Centre for Technology and Innovation (CTI), LIBA. Following that, there was a lively Q&A interaction, which concluded with a vote of thanks.