Speaking
As an accomplished and engaging speaker and facilitator, I regularly speak at conferences, meetup groups and internal events.
Topics I’m particularly passionate about include compassionate leadership, psychological safety, impostor syndrome and effective feedback, as well as coaching. I’m able to offer both talks and workshops on all these subjects.
Please get in contact if you’d like me to speak/facilitate at a company event, meetup or participate in a podcast.
Coaching Corner podcast
Coaching Corner started as an online webinar hosted by James Milner and Clem Pickering and is now a podcast and has a series of online videos.
Both James and Clem are passionate about using coaching practices and principles to develop human centric leadership practices.
In the podcast James and Clem chat with people who share their passion, or have expertise, in human centric leadership to create high performing teams.
Listen on Spotify or Apple, or watch on YouTube
2025 Talks and Events
2025
Rebel Meetups 17th June - Impostor syndrome. Is it just me?
Software Engineering Leadership @ WRK Digital 29th May – A fractional future
Leeds Testing Atelier 2025 13th May – Empowered excellence
Exalto Round table 3rd April - Mind the Gen Gap: How to lead multi-generational teams effectively
Agile Yorkshire 5th February - Silence Isn’t Golden: Psychological Safety and High Performing Teams
Previous conferences and events
2024
Agile Yorkshire 6th November - Impostor syndrome. Is it just me?
Agile Cambridge 2nd-4th October – Rescue higher education from grave peril while cutting some groovy Team Topologies shapes
Leeds Digital Festival 26th September – What to pack for a career in tech. Developing your skills for starting and thriving as a technologist
Software Engineering Leadership @ WRK Digital 30th May – Silence isn’t golden. Why psychological safety is fundamental to high-performing teams
CTO Craft Con London 8th-9th May – Do you have a minute? A better approach to feedback culture
Leeds Testing Atelier XI 23rd April – Do you have a minute? A better approach to feedback culture
2019
Lean Agile Scotland 2019 — Imposter syndrome: Two roles, two viewpoints, same challenge
Leeds Digital Festival 2019 — M is for MVP (or is it)?
Agile Manchester 2019 — The impostor’s dilemma: two roles, two viewpoints, same challenge
2018
Agile Manchester 2018 — Increasing engagement through visual roadmaps
2017
TestCon Vilnius 2017
Testbash Brighton 2017
2016
Leeds Testing Atelier
2015
Leeds Testing Unconference
