Badass Agile

Two decades into this Agile thing, we’re still struggling to get results. Why is that?

After 20 years of theory AND practice, we’re not much better off. We probably make better-quality software, and we probably make it faster – which certainly pushes up some business metrics.  But I still see too many organizations missing the point.

Courage, trust, and accountability must accompany an efficient process.  Unless used consistently, these qualities won’t create improvements.  

It won’t surprise you that these are the most challenging aspects to implement.  Courage requires us to lean into our fear zone – to do what we are uncomfortable doing.

Trust requires that we let go of our irrational – but powerful – need to hang on, to keep control of things that others are better qualified to do. 

Accountability requires that we prioritize and dedicate time to the things that matter. We must make and keep tiny – but public – commitments.  We have to show our work. 

These behaviours are tough to inspire. Here’s what you need to do to bring home the full potential of Agile:

-demonstrate these qualities by example

-create lots of safe opportunities for failure

-inspire and encourage every day

-let the victories flow

-create an environment of learning where feedback, knowledge sharing and coaching are constant activities (rather than events)

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We have got to put Agile thinking into other parts of the business.

With millions of certified professionals hitting the marketplace, you’re going to have to figure out how to compete quickly.

Here are some key areas where you need to help business react to trends, lead the industry, and solve their own problems efficiently.

1. Sustainable Business – Buyers are more actively concerned with the ways in which their suppliers impact global problems such as climate, poverty, diversity, violence, corruption, war, natural resources and politics.

2. Sustainable People – We are burning people out, and now that workers have seen a different future, things will never go back to the way they were before COVID-19. Companies that fail to get it will be disassembled and left in the dust.

3. Faster, more effective processes – from business and project planning, new product introduction, sales, marketing and support, everything will need to be both faster and more effective in 2022.

4. Creating mindset shift – The biggest challenge to transformation, automation, digitization, etc is the inability to do things differently – at the leadership and team levels. Fixing this problem is like playing whack-a-mole: If you get one handled, you have to switch to the next one and then the first one gets away from you again.  

5.  Flattening organizations – how to create flatter mini cultures for innovation. Organizations need to forget the idea that you can evolve by getting 100,000 people to row in the same direction. Creating pockets of innovation energy will allow you to get the advantage by moving fast, and delivering first.

6.  Leadership coaching, investment in leader/employee education – People are itching to leave their organizations and find something better.  It could be more money. It could be better opportunity or greater flexibility. 

7.   Decentralized Finance – creating personal and business capital need not come from a handful of powerful players.  The trend started with crowdfunding, gig economies, virtual banks and micro-loans will only strengthen.  Whoever helps build these technologies – and those who use these new sources of capital – will need to know how to prioritize and adapt quickly.

8. Crypto-currency, blockchain and Web 3.0 (Meta-verse)

You can delay or defer any of these, but what about what comes next?  Failing to act swiftly is what turns otherwise majestic companies to ash.

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We preach agility and moan about the lack of mindset change, but are we agile in ceremony, or in life?

An Agile Mind:

-Is flexible, does not get stuck on things. It doesn’t dwell on challenges, discomfort, bad fortune, etc.

-Does not judge

-Is comfortable with what IS

-Does not seek knowledge or safety

-Learns by doing

-Is self-reflective and self-aware

-Is focused on their offering – value, happiness, fulfillment of physical, emotional and mental potential.

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Our mission is to create an elite tribe of leaders who focus on who they need to become in order to lead and inspire, and to be the best agile podcast and resource for effective mindset and leadership game.

Contact us ([email protected]) for elite-level performance and agile coaching, speaking engagements, team-level and executive mindset/agile training, and licensing options for modern, high-impact, bite-sized learning and educational content.

The more we try to learn the ‘rules’ of Agile practice, the more we should be learning that there can be no rules.

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Follow The LinkedIn Page:

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Our mission is to create an elite tribe of leaders who focus on who they need to become in order to lead and inspire, and to be the best agile podcast and resource for effective mindset and leadership game.

Contact us ([email protected]) for elite-level performance and agile coaching, speaking engagements, team-level and executive mindset/agile training, and licensing options for modern, high-impact, bite-sized learning and educational content.