Badass Agile

By Fuse Chamber, IncTechnology

Badass Agile episodes

April 15, 2019 Badass Unscripted – If It Doesn’t Challenge You, It Won’t Change You
I read this quote somewhere.
Too often, now, we seek to avoid challenge. We look for ‘low hanging fruit’ ‘low-risk, high-reward’ opportunities.
There’s only one problem with that…..we don’t learn anything. This is my big issue with certainty and safety.
By continuously doing what we know will work, what we believe to be safe and certain, the way we’ve always done things, we don’t ever have to shift.
We have learned the mechanisms, the steps , and the routines, that get you to the finish line.
6 min
April 15, 2019 Badass Unscripted – Leverage
In this episode, I think out loud about why getting leverage is an Agile leader superpower. Getting Leverage refers to your ability to tap into another person’s intrinsic motivation to act and to change. Without leverage, you will often get stuck trying to ‘force’ people to change mindset or behaviour by calling in another leader, or building a logical/rational case for change…sometimes forcing a ‘bakeoff’ between two approaches or solutions.
5 min
April 14, 2019 Episode 92 - Fear, And Failure To Commit
When fear shows up as a failure to commit fully to Agile, we experience one of the most common behaviours associated with Agile failure - failure to commit.
* Fear of Change, Fear of Failure, and Fear of Loss of Significance all roll together to create a failure to commit
* Very Slow Agile Adoption - Planning to Plan
* "Backsliding Into Waterfall"
* Insisting on specific processes or artefacts - BRD’s, Charters and Business Cases, Dashboards and Reports
* “The Only Way Is the Old Way"
* Summary Bullets
14 min
April 13, 2019 Toronto Meetup Announced - "Becoming Badass - Essential Qualities of An Agile Leader"
Join me on Wednesday May 8 AT NOON For a Meetup in downtown Toronto. I'll be discussing the leadership qualities necessary to make Agile change in large organizations. We'll discuss the Badass Agile ethos and learn how real heroes operate in the face of adversity and high stakes.

RSVP to join in person - I'd love to have you in my meetup group "Toronto Agile Leadership" - find it here:

https://www.meetup.com/Toronto-agile-leaders/events/260451884/ (https://www.meetup.com/Toronto-agile-leaders/events/260451884/)

You should also follow me on Instagram. If you can't attend in person, you can join the livestream on IG Live.

https://www.instagram.com/badassagile/ (https://www.instagram.com/badassagile/)

Location will be announced within 2 weeks of the date so make sure you sign up on meetup.com for updates.

See you there,

CW
2 min
April 11, 2019 Badass Unscripted - If It Doesn't Challenge You, It Won't Change You
I read this quote somewhere.
Too often, now, we seek to avoid challenge. We look for ‘low hanging fruit’ ‘low-risk, high-reward’ opportunities.
There’s only one problem with that…..we don’t learn anything. This is my big issue with certainty and safety.
By continuously doing what we know will work, what we believe to be safe and certain, the way we’ve always done things, we don’t ever have to shift.
We have learned the mechanisms, the steps , and the routines, that get you to the finish line.
6 min
April 09, 2019 Badass Unscripted - Leverage
In this episode, I think out loud about why getting leverage is an Agile leader superpower. Getting Leverage refers to your ability to tap into another person’s intrinsic motivation to act and to change. Without leverage, you will often get stuck trying to ‘force’ people to change mindset or behaviour by calling in another leader, or building a logical/rational case for change…sometimes forcing a ‘bakeoff’ between two approaches or solutions.
5 min
April 08, 2019 Episode 91 – Redefining Business Agility
What’s the common interpretation of business agility, and is it the best interpretation?
– Business Agility is too often understood to mean Agile Software Development in support of business initiatives
– Business Agility should mean the use of Agile mindsets, habits and patterns in the execution of daily business
– It also has to reflect the adaptable nature of Agile – we should apply it where it fits, bend it where it makes sense, and leave it alone when it doesn’t.
9 min
April 08, 2019 Badass Unscripted – No Longer A Choice
Strategically, Agile is not something you can politely decline. Agility is not something you MUST convert all operations too, but rather a tool in the toolkit that should be applied when the conditions support it. However, if you don’t embrace it, you will eventually lose your ability to compete.
4 min
April 07, 2019 Episode 91 - Redefining Business Agility
What’s the common interpretation of business agility, and is it the best interpretation?
* Business Agility is too often understood to mean Agile Software Development in support of business initiatives
* Business Agility should mean the use of Agile mindsets, habits and patterns in the execution of daily business
* It also has to reflect the adaptable nature of Agile - we should apply it where it fits, bend it where it makes sense, and leave it alone when it doesn’t.
9 min
April 03, 2019 Badass Unscripted - No Longer A Choice
Strategically, Agile is not something you can politely decline. Agility is not something you MUST convert all operations too, but rather a tool in the toolkit that should be applied when the conditions support it. However, if you don’t embrace it, you will eventually lose your ability to compete.
4 min