The Software Process Improvement Network is comprised of individuals dedicated to improving the software engineering practice. Regional groups called "SPINs" meet and share their experiences - initiating and sustaining software process improvement programs.
High-Frequency Leadership: How real change happens
Most leadership teams want meaningful change—but many unintentionally slow it down.
High-Frequency Leadership is about breaking that cycle by increasing the cadence of how leaders listen, align, decide, and act. Instead of operating on long, infrequent cycles filled with overloaded calendars and reactive fire drills, high-frequency leaders intentionally create slack for reflection, coaching, prioritization, and improvement. They stop being victims of their own schedules and start designing them.
In this talk, we’ll explore how leadership teams can apply Scrum-like rhythms to their own work: ordering change by impact, planning change collaboratively, creating shared visibility, reviewing progress often, and reflecting as a team to get better. We’ll cover practical habits such as high-value 1:1s, targeted listening, crafting a clear and persistent vision, and using empirical signals (not gut feel) to steer transformation.
You’ll hear real stories from a leadership team that completely reinvented how they operated—moving from slow, fragmented decision-making to a high-frequency, high-alignment, high-trust engine of change. Attendees will walk away with a leadership operating system they can immediately apply to accelerate improvement, build healthier organizations, and make real change actually happen.
Date and Time
Thursday, 01/15/2026
5:30 PM - 6:15PM Free Food and Networking
6:15 PM - 7:45 PM Presentation and Q&A
Location
Concurrency Inc 13600 Bishops Ct, Brookfield, WI 53005 Click here for map.
Cost
FREE - Thanks to our sponsors!
Speaker Bio:
Chad Beier: Chad is an organizational agility advisor, external change agent, and Professional Scrum Trainer (PST) with Scrum.org. He promotes organizational agility and positive pressure for change through speaking, advising, coaching, and training.
As a trusted advisor, he works with all levels of the organization to optimize your business to respond to change. Developer, project manager, product owner, business owner - Chad has a diverse background that helps him connect with people throughout the entire organization.
In addition to speaking at conferences across the United States, Chad is active in the Wisconsin agile community - organizing meetups in multiple regions (Mad City Agility and Central Wisconsin Agile) and founder of the Mad City Agility Conference.
Jeff Bubolz: Jeff is a Professional Scrum Trainer (PST) with Scrum.org, organizational agility advisor, and speaker. He has been a Product Owner, Scrum Master and Development Team member and has worked with companies ranging from enterprise to small start-ups.
While working with many teams across many companies Jeff has found that most problems are not technology problems, but are organizational structure, process, and people problems. Jeff brings storytelling, a broad array of experience, along with a collaborative approach to teaching and speaking.
Jeff is the co-host of The Agile Wire podcast where he speaks with industry leaders around the world. He also speaks at conferences across the United States. Jeff is active in the Wisconsin agile community - organizing meetups in multiple regions (Mad City Agility and Central Wisconsin Agile) and founder of the Mad City Agility Conference.
Thanks to Wisconsin Agility: https://www.wisconsinagility.com/
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