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2021-08-01 In Agile, Leadership, Personal Agility By Jan Farkas

Agility is dangerous — CEO hospitalized

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" background_animation="none" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]Executive summary: Agile coach at large after landing CEO in hospital [caption id="attachment_2018" align="alignnone" width="725"] CEO hospitalized as the result of a successful agile experiment (picture is for illustration purpose only)[/caption] "First, I was just staring blankly ahead of me --...

2020-11-22 In Agile, Leadership, Personal Agility By Jan Farkas

Personal Agility for executives: the missing enabler for organizational agility

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" background_animation="none" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]Executive summary: Personal Agility is a simple framework to keep your private and professional life on track, while at the same time, it will help you in preparing to make your company agile. The author coaches CxOs through agile transformations...

2019-01-22 In Agile, Quote, Scrum By Jan Farkas

Is Scrum trivial?

Executive summary: "Many say that Scrum is simple and easy. But if you can't do it, it's not simple and easy." -- Jeff Sutherland I've got quite a few nice quotes from Jeff Sutherland (here's an example), but this one is my personal favorite. It's the perfect illustration...

2019-01-08 In Agile, Innovation, Leadership By Jan Farkas

How to combine layoffs with an Agile transformation

Executive summary: You decide to take corrective actions in the form of layoffs and an Agile transformation initiative. This article shows you how to succeed with this combination. Agile oils the innovation machine, enabling the delivery of complex products with increased value, speed and cost-efficiency [1]. It's...

2018-11-14 In Agile By Jan Farkas

Shadows Cast on Agile

Executive summary: I've collected some typical views on Agile from both the software industry and outside of it. Agile doesn't have a stable good standing in the software industry, and we have to be careful that we introduce it better in the industries that are about...

2018-11-09 In Quote By Jan Farkas

Quote: Sutherland on convincing executives to go agile

"You don't need to convince executives to make their organizations agile. Let their competitors convince them!" -- Dr. Jeff Sutherland, Co-creator of Scrum, Founder of Scrum Inc. I once asked Jeff Sutherland how he convinces executives that it's worth to turn their companies agile. This is...