Companies take away the key ingredients which got them success, in an attempt to hold on it. As the story from Fitbit shows, it does not work that way. Autonomy and being Agile go hand in hand
Can Law be Agile? We carry stories from two legal teams from Lonely Planet and Financial Times this edition and how they evolved new Agile ways of working.
Every company worries that the energy and risk taking of the start-up phase will reduce in the scaling up phase. Agile and its core principle of iteration gives companies an opportunity to remain in an entrepreneurial mode, even as they...
Staying in perpetual beta has a certain swag to it. It denotes your ability to listen and iterate. Read the stories of Kayne West and Gmail in perpetual beta
For change to stick it requires persistence. This persistence must stem from experiments and learning from these experiments. Persistence and experimentation working in cyclical tandem is the key to change. One without the other isn’t worth much.
Servant leaders serve by leading and lead by serving. Can middle managers be servant leaders? Here is a story from LEGO and the real experiences of their middle managers
How did leaders at Lego leverage Agile to combine the best of the old and new leadership skills. One that set clear goals and ensured work got done without being directive or prescriptive.
Agile teams have to be face-to-face to work well. The Agile Manifesto lays this down as a working principle. This principle though has for long divided proponents and followers of agile methodologies. One camp argues that being face-to-face is not...