How Project Managers Reduce Risk by Delivering Earlier
📅 Date: May 14, 2026
🕒 Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30pm EST
🌐 Venue: via Zoom
🎟 Registration: Open to members and the public for a fee
Speaker Bio:
Mike Lyons is an experienced agile coach and course creator who's spent decades helping teams cut through the noise and deliver what matters. From state election systems to global non-profit apps, he's helped thousands master agile practices across government, corporate, and non-profit sectors. He brings a straight-talking, story-driven approach to leadership, project delivery, and learning. He co-founded KaiRise to equip the next generation of agile professionals with practical tools and tough questions, because agility isn't theory, it's what you do next.
Description:
Project managers can get stuck in a lose/lose cycle. The more uncertainty you have, the more the organization demands plans and status updates. And the more time you spend managing the plan, the less time the team spends producing evidence. In this fast-paced talk, Mike Lyons will show you how he helps PMs reduce delivery risk by delivering value earlier—even when the environment isn’t “perfect Agile.” It’s a simple shift: stop trying to predict everything up front and start creating fast, visible proof that the work is on track.
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize why more planning and status reporting can actually increase delivery risk in uncertain environments by reducing the team’s ability to create real evidence.
- Identify practical ways to reduce risk by delivering earlier through small, visible increments of value instead of relying only on upfront prediction.
- Apply simple flow-, team-, and learning-based practices to help project teams surface blockers sooner, adapt faster, and build confidence through evidence.
Interactive Session - Lean Coffee
The second part of the event will shift to an interactive Lean Coffee–style discussion, facilitated by Mike Lyons, using IdeaBoardz to brainstorm, retrospect, and collaborate in real time.
During the event, Mike will provide a live IdeaBoardz link to all attendees. Participants will collaboratively raise topics, share insights, and explore challenges most relevant to their current work. No advance preparation is required—attendees can simply join and contribute during the session.
