At the end of 2025 and into 2026, it’s clear that generative AI (GenAI) acts as an amplifying force, making better what’s already working but making much worse any poor practices or business decisions. Any shaky foundations will be laid bare by the use of GenAI, exposing leaders to huge business risk in the form of data loss, lawsuits, and reputational damage. So where should leaders start?
It turns out that the organizational patterns that work well for rapid value delivery BEFORE GenAI are the same patterns that work well WITH GenAI: empowering teams to be ongoing stewards of value delivery, where value flow is the primary organizing principle for work. These proven, nimble practices and principles are embodied in the book Team Topologies Second Edition (2025) by Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais, which provides a clear picture of real organizational agility at scale around the world.
Join agility and transformation experts Chris Ruch (CEO, Agile Rising) and Matthew Skelton (Co-author of Team Topologies) as they explore the vital foundational principles and practices that set up organizations for success with AI transformation (and indeed, any technology-enabled transformation).
Learn how:
Organizations that double down on universal clarity, trust, and shared purpose will be those that succeed with both humans and Agentic AI.
Team Topologies provides the ‘infrastructure for agency’ in both humans and Agentic AI.
Enterprises in North America are facing the challenge of ensuring AI adoptions are secure and meet regulatory requirements, across multiple AI toolings implementations.
The foundations of an effective AI transformation lie in leaders establishing effective boundaries for trust and accountability
AI changes the way value is created and flows through an organization, Team Topologies provides an approach for creating the optimal team design to enable that flow.
Join the speakers in a live Q&A following the webinar - ask you most pressing and gnarly questions!
Speakers
Chris Ruch, CEO at Agile Rising
Chris Ruch has more than two decades of experience as a leader and executive in software development, Agile Product Management, and Lean Portfolio Management. As Agile Rising’s President and CEO, he leads our team of Enterprise Transformation Coaches and specializes in large, complex transformation strategy, lean portfolio management, and SAFe across the enterprise (from business agility, hardware, marketing, to support).
Chris is a SAFe Program Consultant Trainer (SPCT) with many years of experience overseeing agile transformations across a broad range of industries, including: Emerson Electric, Carnegie Mellon University, United Technologies Corporation, Uber ATG, PPG, Philips Healthcare, PNC, Highmark, IPC Systems, and Thermo Fisher Scientific. He gained his experience in software development and leadership in the financial services industry before going on to start the Agile Transformation Practice at Summa, which he led for 6 years. Chris has a Masters Degree in information systems management from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a certified Enterprise Business Agility Strategist, TBM Executive, and PMI-ACP and PMP. He is based in Agile Rising’s headquarters office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Matthew Skelton, Co-author of Team Topologies
Matthew Skelton is co-author of the award-winning and ground-breaking book Team Topologies, and Founder & Principal at Conflux. The Team Topologies book was rated one of the ‘Best product management books of all time’ by Book Authority and is widely used by organizations worldwide to transform the way they deliver value.
Matthew is one of the foremost leaders in modern organizational dynamics for fast flow, drawing on Team Topologies and related practices to support organizations with transformation towards a sustainable fast flow of value and true business agility.
A Chartered Engineer (CEng), Matthew brings together principles and practices from multiple disciplines for a holistic approach to digitally-enriched operating models. He combines his experience as a leader and software architect in multiple contexts (GOV.UK, ecommerce, financial services, telecoms, pharma, retail, robotics, etc.) with a strong interest in the human side of organizations for a compassionate and humanistic approach to organizational effectiveness.