Recorded at Øredev 2019, Fredrik talks to Stephanie Gasche, who decided to use her skills from the agile software development world to make the larger world better.
Stephanie started thinking about wanting to make a positivt impact, and how in many consulting jobs you can give a lot without getting to see a big-picture impact of your work. The refugee movement in 2014-2016 made her realize this was an area where she could make an impact. She started working helping refugees arriving in Austria, and eventually realized something really missing was one good single starting point for refugees.
We also discuss why there are so few people doing similar things. It’s hard to get funding in general, and even harder if you don’t fit in specific enough slots that might have specific funding. Also: slow processes.
Also: how hitch-hiking can change the world.
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Links
Stephanie Gasche
Stephanie’s consulting company
2015 refugee crisis
Stephanie’s Øredev 2019 talks - How we introduced agile to the non-profit sector and Measuring performance of a scrum master
Stephanie’s videos for refugees arriving in Austria
refugee.at
New Austrian coding school
MTOP - More than one perspective
I am refugee
wawiwa.at
Wawiwa on Facebook
Titles
Making an impact, in any way I can
Making an impact on people’s lives
I rolled into the agile world
Knowledge never ends
I was doing everything for other people
I thought I was going to write a book
How hitch-hiking can change the course of the world
It was a new situation
Democracy moves a bit slower
We use what we know for a situation that has never happened before
I think I can actually help
Full-time from the inside
Lots of interesting press
Being the glue
A very agile approach
We can’t really fail