“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 […]
Zombie Agility & 3 Antidotes to Eradicate Infection In Your Organization – Part 2
In the previous article in this series, I covered the first antidote to the Zombie Agility contagion, the regular and generous application of compelling Business Outcomes. Today, I’ll jump into the second antidote: ensuring your internal Agile change agents aren’t carrying the virus themselves. Antidote #2: Make sure your Agile change agents aren’t infected themselves […]
Zombie Agility and 3 Antidotes to Eradicate It In Your Organization – Part 1
Preface: The author assumes the reader has a working understanding of zombies and is open to the possibility they are real. (Hint: They are.) Disclaimer: “Every analogy breaks down eventually.” – Marc Escobosa,1998. “Zombie Agility is here. I seen it.” – Erik Cottrell, 2019. Zombie Agility takes over when the goal of an organization is […]
“Behind the Agile Curtain: Why Leaders Choose Agility” Panel Presented at Keep Austin Agile 2019
In this panel at Keep Austin Agile, Erik Cottrell (CEO, Agile Velocity), Nicole Tanzillo (CO-Founder & COO, Ceresa), Ron Dovich (Assistant VP of Technology, AT&T Cybersecurity), and Amy Green-Hinojosa (VP, Project Management Office, Texas Mutual Insurance) shared an inside look into what it takes to convince leaders of Agile, the challenges and rewards of leading […]