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Conflux @confluxhq.com · Sep 3

Holistic innovation creates an environment where continuous improvement extends far beyond traditional product development.

What specific performance measures encourage innovation in your organization?

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Conflux @confluxhq.com · Sep 2

How do you achieve both speed and scale?

Victoria Morgan-Smith, Renee Hawkins, Tom Watson and Matthew Skelton will guide you through approaches that enable empowered excellence across teams and AI agents.

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Conflux @confluxhq.com · Sep 1

Holistic innovation creates continuous improvement across your entire organization.

Benefits include:
✔️ Improved efficiency across all areas
✔️ Innovation tightly coupled with value creation
✔️ Continuous improvement as organizational DNA

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#TeamTopologies #Conflux

Conflux @confluxhq.com · Aug 30

Aligning IT/Engineering with business saves millions while accelerating value delivery.

Benefits of implementing regular alignments include:
✔️ Reduced waste (avoiding $109M loss per $1B spent)
✔️ Technology as a competitive advantage
✔️ Accelerated market responsiveness

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Conflux @confluxhq.com · Aug 30

Preparing for AI demands organizational readiness. The Team Topologies 2nd Edition details essential guidance for AI adoption.

Join us for the online launch event on 25 September, and meet authors Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais.

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Team Topologies Second Edition book launch - meet the authors and discover success stories — Conflux

Join Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais, authors of Team Topologies, as they unveil the second edition featuring real-world success stories from 10 organizations across six continents. Two featured case…

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Conflux @confluxhq.com · Aug 29

Join Matthew Skelton, Victoria Morgan-Smith, Renee Hawkins, and Tom Watson on 2nd October for an exclusive leadership roundtable exploring how to achieve both speed and scale simultaneously.

Thursday 2 October, 14:00-16:30, Queens Hotel, Leeds

Join the waitlist:

Leadership roundtable — Achieve both speed and scale through empowerment-first thinking — Conflux

Discover how empowerment creates the conditions for organizations to achieve speed and scale simultaneously. Explore practical strategies across Team Topologies, psychological safety, Active…

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Conflux @confluxhq.com · Aug 28

We’re proud partners of the Team Topologies 2nd edition launch.

Two of the ten featured case studies in the latest book showcase Conflux clients who achieved extraordinary results through strategic implementation of Team Topologies.

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Conflux @confluxhq.com · Jul 22

"If we need to reorganize or redesign into new enterprise capabilities or a new platform play, we have the playbook." — Nicole Casellini, VP Lean Enterprise Office, EBSCO IS

Explore EBSCO's transformation here — buff.ly/2zULf4I

#TeamTopologies #SoftwareDelivery #Leadership #DigitalTransformation

A data-driven approach to fast flow using Team Topologies principles at EBSCO — Conflux

EBSCO leveraged Team Topologies with Conflux's support to optimize its organizational dynamics for software delivery. After seven years of using SAFe, EBSCO’s existing ART structure was experiencing…

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Conflux @confluxhq.com · Jul 10

What would it take for the team to own the whole service?

This question from Conflux prompted EBSCO to imagine a different operating model — one with fast flow and no handoffs.

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Conflux @confluxhq.com · Jun 23

You can't reduce costs without knowing what you're running.

EBSCO's digital transformation delivered an unexpected benefit: their first comprehensive application inventory.

This provides the foundation for future application rationalization and strategic technology decisions.

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A data-driven approach to fast flow using Team Topologies principles at EBSCO — Conflux

EBSCO leveraged Team Topologies with Conflux's support to optimize its organizational dynamics for software delivery. After seven years of using SAFe, EBSCO’s existing ART structure was experiencing…

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Conflux @confluxhq.com · Jun 17

You've invested in AI tools, but your skills gap keeps growing. Sound familiar?

Our latest guest writer, tech leader, facilitator, and ADHD coach, Georgina Shute, shares her experience at our CTO Craft Con roundtable, where 30 tech leaders tackled this exact challenge — buff.ly/qtd9pxD

#GenAI

Tales from the Roundtable: AI won’t close the skills gap — Conflux

Georgina Shute reflects on a roundtable led by Matthew Skelton and Renee Hawkins, revealing why building adaptive teams requires more than technology. Organizations are pouring resources into AI…

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Conflux @confluxhq.com · Jun 9

🎉 Conflux wins Breakthrough Culture Award!

These awards evaluated thousands of companies and interviewed over 20,000 people to identify organizations where people genuinely thrive.

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Conflux named among Breakthrough Culture Award winners for 2024 — Conflux

Conflux receives the prestigious Breakthrough Culture Award, celebrating our commitment to a progressive, people-first workplace that embodies the principles we champion for clients: team-centric,…

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Conflux @confluxhq.com · Jun 6

Working within deliberately defined service boundaries is liberating. Teams execute and innovate more quickly, focusing on core missions rather than reinventing existing capabilities.

See how EBSCO revolutionized its platform approach —

A data-driven approach to fast flow using Team Topologies principles at EBSCO — Conflux

EBSCO leveraged Team Topologies with Conflux's support to optimize its organizational dynamics for software delivery. After seven years of using SAFe, EBSCO’s existing ART structure was experiencing…

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Conflux @confluxhq.com · May 29

Holistic Innovation — where every person contributes to improvement and innovation.

A characteristic of this is how operational improvements are celebrated as innovation and are closely tied to value creation, improving efficiency, team satisfaction, and business outcomes.

What's your approach?

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Conflux @confluxhq.com · May 19

EBSCO achieved a remarkable $9.1M in recurring annual cost reduction after implementing Team Topologies principles with expert guidance from Conflux.

Download the complete case study to discover how this transformation unfolded — buff.ly/yQ7dmLY

#Conflux #TeamTopologies #FastFlow

A data-driven approach to fast flow using Team Topologies principles at EBSCO — Conflux

EBSCO leveraged Team Topologies with Conflux's support to optimize its organizational dynamics for software delivery. After seven years of using SAFe, EBSCO’s existing ART structure was experiencing…

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Conflux @confluxhq.com · May 14

A conservative estimate is that a single hour of daily wait time for a mid-sized organization translates to around $8 million wasted annually.

Calculate the cost of your organization's dependencies and discover strategies to mitigate them — buff.ly/fzzli84

#Conflux #FastFlow #TeamTopologies

The Hidden Millions: What are blocking dependencies really costing your organization? — Conflux

Flow matters. Blocking dependencies create long wait times between teams, and imposing significant drains on your organization’s resources, but few leaders really quantify the actual financial impact…

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Conflux @confluxhq.com · May 13

We're having a great day at #Leeds Testing Atelier, speaking with and listening to many inspiring people.

Clem shared what it takes to empower teams to perform & how using analysis tools can move organizations towards knowledge sharing and a generative culture.

#FastFlow #TeamTopologies #FastFlow

Conflux @confluxhq.com · May 9

The most successful transformations start with understanding ALL perspectives.

Using our benchmarking tool, you can gather diverse perspectives from your peers and better understand your organization's effectiveness and alignment.

Take the assessment today — buff.ly/9IC3yuN

#FastFlow #Conflux

Conflux @confluxhq.com · May 5

Business-IT alignment.

When it comes to achieving fast flow and maximizing value delivery, misalignment is a significant source of friction and inefficiency.

Could your organization benefit from better aligning IT/Engineering with the rest of the business?

#Innovation #TeamTopologies #FastFlow

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Conflux @confluxhq.com · May 3

Drive better organizational outcomes and human wellbeing — Join Clem Pickering at Leeds Testing Atelier!

Explore how software delivery self assessment tools can help you move to a product-centric, fast flow operating model.

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#Leeds #Testing

Leeds Testing Atelier 2025 — Conflux

How can an engineering maturity assessment catalyze and drive a culture of excellence and performance? Join Clem Pickering, Principal Consultant at Conflux, at Leeds Testing Atelier on May 13th, 2025…

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Conflux @confluxhq.com · Apr 30

We're looking forward to Leeds Testing Atelier!

Clem Pickering will be exploring how something as simple as a software delivery self assessment tool could be a catalyst to help teams and organizations drive better organizational outcomes and human wellbeing.

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#Leeds #Testing

Leeds Testing Atelier 2025 — Conflux

How can an engineering maturity assessment catalyze and drive a culture of excellence and performance? Join Clem Pickering, Principal Consultant at Conflux, at Leeds Testing Atelier on May 13th, 2025…

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Conflux @confluxhq.com · Apr 24

Assessed your current and near-future capabilities with our free benchmarking tool?

Gain valuable insights into your strengths and opportunities, make data-driven decisions, and strategically prioritize fast flow initiatives.

#OrganizationalAlignment #LeadershipInsights #fastflow #TeamTopologies

Conflux @confluxhq.com · Apr 12

Team Topologies provides robust, AI-native team structures for AI/ML organizations, creating clear boundaries that guide human and AI agents, manage cognitive load, and enable fast flow, even in complex ML environments.

Livestream & full article — buff.ly/Eq3CqnN

#CD4ML #AI #MachineLearning

Team Topologies in action: Effective structures for Machine Learning teams — Conflux

Structuring teams for AI adoption is a challenge for every organization, but how do you structure your teams if you are working within Machine Learning and AI development? Is Team Topologies still…

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Conflux @confluxhq.com · Apr 8

Read how ABC Glofox achieved success with #fastflow, with analysis and commentary from Conflux experts to help you relate the ABC Glofox approach to your own situation -

Fast flow success showcase ABC Glofox — Conflux

We’ve teamed up with ABC Glofox to showcase how they achieved success with fast flow. With analysis and tips, this fast flow success showcase will inspire you to apply these changes in your…

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Conflux @confluxhq.com · Apr 7

Are you at DevOpsDays Singapore 2025?

Matthew Skelton will share what effective operating models look like in a world driven by AI-enhanced speed and innovation and how larger organizations adapt to AI's rapid changes.

Secure your spot —

DevOpsDays Singapore 2025 - The AI-savvy operating model — Conflux

Join Matthew Skelton, CEO/CTO at Conflux and co-author of Team Topologies, at DevOpsDays Singapore 2025 where he’ll discuss what effective operating models look like in a world driven by AI-enhanced…

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