Badass Agile

Coming up with a ‘code’ is easy.  Getting the team to stick by it – to integrate it – can be far more challenging.  Check out this episode to learn about the simple commitments and discipline necessary to get your team modelling their self-proclaimed ideals.

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I had a great whiskey-fuelled conversation with Trish Lynch, an Agile Coach who is also co-organizer of AgileTO.  (I said co-founder in the episode….I stand corrected).  For those of you not in the know, TO was the short form for Toronto, Ontario.  That was later renamed T-dot (although its not really shortened…its longer to type and has the same number of syllables) before Drake rebranded it to ‘The Six’.  Which also requires explanation….that’s short for ‘416’ which is our area code, unless you count 647 and all the other new ones.

Anyway….Trish is an ORGANIZER.  She makes community happen in this town and that’s what I appreciate most about her.  On June 13, 2020, she’s hosting her very first Open Space.  Details on how to reach her are below.

LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/trishly/

AgileTO Meetup – https://www.meetup.com/AgileTO/

June Agile Open Space – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/agile-open-space-2020-tickets-104808334550

For the past three years, Badass Agile has been creating unique content, going against traffic and challenging convention.  It has become obvious and urgent to me to take the concepts of agility and break free of the conventions and established rules.  To teach everybody everywhere not how to ‘be agile’, but how to explore their own limitlessness, to be part of something special…and generally how to crush life.

As the world is changing today in watershed moments rather than gradual shifts; so must we change, and advance something new.  I’m not sure what it is yet, but I hope you stay with me as I respond and adapt.

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Know what you can do with all this spare time?  Put the good stuff in your leadership fuel tank….check in on your vision.  Everyday.  Connect with it deeply, and let it inspire you to do more, do next.

Those who stay in tune with their purpose will have an easier time adapting in chaos and leading from ‘where they are’.

There’s something about a badass – an authentic leader – that exudes certainty and natural presence.

If your conversations are littered with scripts that you learn in a course or read in a book, eventually everyone starts using the same ones.  Your conversations sound rehearsed and inauthentic.  “Holding space” and “honouring your journey” become overused and deteriorate your credibility.

So don’t buy into scripts.  Focus on being in real conversations with real people consistently (not just when things blow up), and the right thing to say becomes automatic.

So you’re a certified so-and-so…don’t let an industry or a job description define you. Be distinct.  Start building your hero genetics.  We’re overstocked on sameness and average.  Ditch the script from the mothership and do something uncommon.   I have three suggestions for you this week.  They might just speak to you.  Try ’em out.  This could be your edge.

Stay badass, my people.

Welcome to my new segment, “Agile In Toronto At Night”!

This is all about meeting with the great minds and personalities on the Toronto Scene.  Who better to share my first round with than The Legend – Jason Little.  If you haven’t checked out his work – please do.  He’s THE name in Agile Change Management.  By the time this airs you will have missed the start of his current class, but check out his upcoming schedule.

PS – the Greek place was Penelope on King.   The Mexican place remains a mystery.  Like The Legend Himself.  Alright I’ll stop now.

Find Jason here:

https://cleverweapon.com

Twitter – @jasonlittle