Aubrey Wade
A Boundary Pushing, Positive Disrupting, Way Maker - I make good trouble
About
Aubrey Wade is a seasoned consulting professional, speaker, coach, and blogger with a passion for transforming workplace relationships and driving positive change. Based in Memphis, TN, she specializes in helping organizations improve processes, build strong teams, and guide C-suite leaders in driving company-wide transformation. With a hands-on, results-driven approach, Aubrey isn’t afraid to challenge the status quo to help companies reach their full potential. Armed with a degree in Psychology and over 20 years of experience in technology, Aubrey has successfully partnered with multiple Fortune 300 companies to enhance team dynamics, streamline processes, and deliver consistent, successful releases. Her expertise spans organizational transformation, enterprise reporting, and optimizing performance at all levels. Outside of her consulting work, Aubrey is a devoted wife, sister, and mother to three daughters, and she enjoys speaking and teaching across the country. Her greatest passion is helping people grow — starting with herself — through personal development, professional coaching, and leadership guidance.
The 3 legged stool: AI Won’t Fix Your Agile Problems
Description
Agile frameworks promise adaptability and speed — but even in the AI and digital age, many teams struggle with unclear roles, brittle dependencies, and communication breakdowns that slow delivery and burn people out. The 3‑legged stool is more than a metaphor— it’s a simple systems model for understanding why agile teams succeed or fail. When roles, collaboration, and communication are balanced, teams are stable and productive. When one “leg” is overloaded, ignored, or missing, the system wobbles — no matter how good your AI is or good the tooling or framework looks on paper.
In this session, we’ll explore how the 3‑legged stool analogy can be used as a practical diagnostic and alignment tool across modern agile environments. Drawing on real-world experience working with teams navigating today’s increased complexity — remote work, hybrid structures, and constant delivery pressure — you’ll see how this model helps surface hidden constraints, clarify ownership, and manage dependencies more effectively.
Rather than prescribing yet another framework, this talk focuses on how to create shared understanding between engineers, product, and leadership — so teams can make better decisions inside the frameworks they already use.
Whether you’re building software, coaching teams, or leading transformation efforts, you’ll leave with a lightweight model you can immediately apply to improve team health, delivery flow, and long-term sustainability.