Speaker

Irénée Dondjio

Senior Professor of Business Administration and Emerging Technologies at The Hague University of Applied Sciences

Embracing Diversity: Blockchain’s Impact on Inclusive Agile Environments

Irénée Dondjio is a Senior Professor of Business Administration and Emerging Technologies at The Hague University of Applied Sciences and a Lecturer in Blockchain and Entrepreneurship at Cyprus’s Nicosia University. He provides guest lectures at major institutions worldwide and frequently gives mini-guest lectures to companies on technology and business strategy.

His publications include Mathematics for Finance, Business, and Economics and Managing Your Business. And many articles on Blockchain related topics.

TOPIC: Embracing Diversity: Blockchain’s Impact on Inclusive Agile Environments

ABSTRACT:
In today’s ever-changing technological landscape, fostering inclusive and varied viewpoints within agile frameworks is critical for encouraging innovation and sustainability. This article goes into the critical role that blockchain technology plays in breaking down barriers and advocating for inclusion in agile contexts. Agile approaches may transcend conventional boundaries by embracing diversity, and this debate tries to highlight the revolutionary influence of blockchain in attaining this objective. This study sheds light on how blockchain technology functions as a catalyst for establishing inclusive agile settings by investigating decentralised decision-making, transparent collaboration, equalised access to information, and the inventive potential of smart contracts. This debate fosters a critical study of the synergies between blockchain and agile approaches, eventually paving the way for a more inclusive, dynamic, and successful approach to project management and technology progress by acknowledging problems and presenting possibilities.

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SDL2025 DAY 2
June 26, 2026
12:50 pm

Irènèe & Nana Bambara-Abban (40 mins) Lots of chocolate from Ghana Keynote Speaker 3 (40 mins)

26 June
Time:  12:50 pm - 1:30 pm
Location:  Main hall

"Scrum Beyond Software: Stories of Unexpected Transformations"
Highlighting application of Agile and Scrum in non-traditional sectors like agriculture and government (public sector), Cocoa farming, chocolate industry and Blockchain (the audience will get a chance to taste REAL chocolate from the home of Cocoa in Ghana. Their talk will
demonstrate the power of how Agile, Scrum and Kanban can transform the lives of local farmers and the whole cocoa value chain