In this podcast Shane Hastie, InfoQ Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Pat Reed of iHoriz about value innovation, adaptive leadership and what’s needed to create real business agility.

Why listen to this podcast:

- Business agility is about adapting and thriving in extreme uncertainty

- Make value visible – really understand who your customer is and how value is derived in your organisation, then focus on only doing things that truly add value

- The management practice of “doing more with less” is both delusional and counter-productive

- We know about the need for WIP limits and the impact of context switching on productivity, yet somehow some managers believe their organisations are immune from these realities

- Value must be measured in terms of making an impactful difference to a customer or to the business

- Fast failure and learning are critical to innovation and sustainable organisation success

- Being able to adapt quicker than the competition, quicker than the customer’s changing needs is imperative for business success today

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