Let's make elephants fly!

Are you looking for a keynote speaker to pep up your organisation?

Would you like to know how to make effective use of agile practices?

Then you have come to the right place!

When I started to get interested in the development of large organisations, one colleague looked at me sympathetically and said: "Patricia, elephants can‘t fly." That is not true! With dedication, enthusiasm and the right tools you are able to make them fly ...

Grab some development drive and get started!

Yours sincerely, Patricia

Speaker

Get inspired by keynotes about agile organisational development and multi-cultural management! Are you wondering how to integrate agile processes into your management system? Do you need impulses for successfully merging companies and remaining truly operational during the process? Then you have come to the right speaker! Find out about Patricia Adam's keynotes and her profession as a speaker.

Professor

Since 2004 Dr. Patricia Adam is Professor for "International Management" at the University of Applied Sciences Hannover. She teaches and researches management systems, intercultural competence and agile processes. In addition, she actively takes part in the academic self-government of the university. In case you want to discover more please go to "About".

Auditor and Consultant

Someone who is fascinated by the interaction of creative people and excellent processes also wants to contribute practically to driving the development of people and management systems. As an auditor for QM systems and an assessor for the EFQM Excellence Model, Patricia Adam leads worldwide assessment processes and facilitates strategy workshops.

Author

Most rececently, Patricia Adam's third book, "Agil in der ISO 9001" was published in the essential series of Springer Gabler (so far only in German). Originally, after finishing her doctoral thesis she had vowed to herself never to write a book again. In 2015, her textbook "Managing Internationalisation" was published by UTB in English.

Blog

Newly appointed member of Task Group 4 "Risk" of ISO/TC 176

The ISO 9000 series of standards are the most widely used management standards in the world. Almost 1 million organisations worldwide are certified according to ISO 9001. Now, for the first time, I am directly involved in the standardisation work as a representative of the European Organization for Quality EOQ and member of Task Group 4 "Risk" of ISO/TC 176.

"Digital Leadership" online at the German Organisation for Quality DGQ, Work Group "QM and Organisational Development" (German)

Was bedeutet Digital Leadership? Wie lässt sich die Soziale Identitätstheorie der Führung auf Führung im Rahmen der digitalen Transformation übertragen?

"Agile practices and agile teams fit perfectly into a quality management system! Process regulation, control and documentation are necessary. But their definition can be far more general, flexible and self-determined than many people realise."

Patricia Adam, Qualität im Focus 01/2019