Leadership Skills for the New Normal
Leadership Skills that focus on “Individuals and interactions over processes and tools” In volatile times like these, leaders can have a tendency to focus heavily on tools and processes. There’s also a danger that they head into micro-command-control mode through a desire to “Stay in the loop.” In doing so, leaders can easily lose the […]
7 Lessons To Help Transitioning to Virtual Workshops Easier
As a person who has a high preference for in-person workshops, transitioning to a 100% virtual delivery and facilitation has been an experience to say the least. However, there are a few things I learned in the last few weeks that helped make our workshops more fun and engaging. I’m sure there are many more […]
Business Outcome-Based Metrics: How to Effectively Measure Your Agile Transformation Journey
Outputs or Outcomes? Many organizations are stuck measuring and making decisions based on outputs – like velocity. In fact, team velocity is one of the most commonly used, abused, and misused metrics in Agile software development as well as during digital transformations. Teams, their managers, and even their stakeholders often focus on “improving velocity” without […]
“Leadership Is Language” Interview With David Marquet
In this Agile Uprising podcast, co-hosts Andy Cleff and Erik Cottrell sit down with David Marquet to discuss his latest book, “Leadership is Language”. It’s no secret we are huge fans of David Marquet’s work, including his book, “Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders” so when we were presented […]
Agile Velocity Joins the Scaled Agile® Partner Network
We are excited to join Scaled Agile’s Partner program. This worldwide network includes transformation and platform providers who help enterprises facilitate and accelerate business results through the adoption of the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®). As the world’s leading framework for enterprise agility, SAFe helps businesses address the significant challenges of developing and delivering high-quality software […]
Which Agile Scaling Framework is Right For You? SAFe® vs. LeSS
Agile transformations can do wonders for organizations across the board. Agile helps teams to continuously improve while focusing on attainable goals and timely delivery. However, implementing Agile across a large organization comes with its own challenges. Businesses that want to scale Agile across multiple departments have a range of Agile frameworks to consider to help […]
How to Run 1,000 Miles in 1 Year with Personal Agility
Sometime during my 50th trip around our star, I had a thought: I should run a marathon before I turn 60. And then those voices in my head kicked in with a nice chorus of “Yes, but…” “You can’t even run a mile without wheezing!” “Remember in high school — when you played soccer and […]
Holiday Food Drive with Caritas of Austin
Help fight hunger by participating in our Holiday Food Drive! This year, we’re celebrating the holidays by giving back to our community in partnership with Caritas of Austin. All contributions will be donated to Caritas of Austin, a local nonprofit working toward preventing and ending homelessness in Greater Austin. Please take a look at the […]
Packing for the Yellow Agile Brick Road: 5 Tips for A Successful Transition to Agile
Happy days. Your organization has made the commitment to experiment with Agile or to go whole hog and do a “rip-the-band-aid-off” transformation. Now, you’re learning about stand-ups, backlogs, and self-organizing teams. During this transition to Agile, you may be wondering, “What are we really in for?” Indeed, you may feel like Dorothy in the Wizard […]
Zombie Agility & 3 Antidotes to Eradicate Infection In Your Organization – Part 3
In the previous articles of this series, I covered the first and second antidotes to Zombie Agility, the regular and generous application of compelling Business Outcomes and ensuring your change agents aren’t already infected. Today, we’ll explore the third and final antidote: building strong teams with the capabilities to achieve the organization’s desired business outcomes–and […]