It’s helping people realise what they can do to excel – an interview with David Lowe
David Lowe is an Agile Coach based in the UK and the co-creator and program lead for our ICAgile Accredited Agile Team Coach Cohort Program. In this interview, David shares why he is working on a doctorate about coaching and humour, how coaching helps people achieve their goals, and why it’s important to keep…
Read MoreChange. Chapter two. by Simon Powers
There is no shortage of opportunity. There is only a shortage of those who will apply themselves to the basics that success requires. ~ Jim Rohn The basics of agility. It’s been a long and hard journey to write this book. I know every author says the same thing. I have had the additional challenge…
Read MoreHow to Harness the Power of Agile Coaching to Build Highly Productive Remote Teams
We are in unprecedented and incredibly challenging times. Where the health and safety of our loved ones is paramount, yet life has this habit of marching on. With so many of us now working from home away from our teams and clients how do we continue to help them navigate the challenges they face? As…
Read MoreA Brief Explanation of the Integral Quadrant Model
Simon PowersSimon Powers is the CEO and founder of Adventures with Agile. He has over 20 years’ experience helping very large organisations to thrive in the market and to be better places to work. His approach led him to create our transformative ICAgile Certified Enterprise Agile Coaching training courses, which run worldwide and online. Simon…
Read MoreLetting The Expert Go
For previous articles in this series please see: What coaching means to me, To Coach, you need permission and An essential ingredient for successful coaching – a contract Letting The Expert Go You need experts on your organisational journey to agility, but they are not the only ones you need. An expert is someone who…
Read MoreWeaponised Agile?
“A man convinced against his will, is of the same opinion still” – Adapted from Samuel Butler’s Hudibras (1612-1680) and popularised again in Dale Carnegie’s book ‘How to win friends and influence people’ 1936. People over Process Individuals and Interactions over Processes and Tools, is a value which can be summed up as People over…
Read MoreEmbark on your Agile Journey with Adventures with Agile
We’re happy to announce that we are now accredited by ICAgile to run our Agile Fundamentals course for their ICAgile-Certified Professional certification, the gateway certificate to all other ICAgile tracks and expert designations. This two-day class is an interactive and immersive learning experience using Training from the BACK of the Room accelerated learning techniques to explore the…
Read MoreOvercome Common Agile Challenges with Michael Sahota’s Certified Agile Leadership Experience
Most organisations are working with agile practices but many are failing due to a number of shared and common challenges. From the Version 1 Survey we know that the most common challenges are due to: company philosophy or culture is at odds with core agile values lack of agile experience lack of management support The…
Read MoreHow to Change Culture
How to Change Culture There are many models for discussing Culture change that are useful in opening the conversation with leadership. Models I have found useful include: The Schneider Model Frederic Laloux model based upon spiral dynamics The Sahota model These models give us the ability to see where things are now and where we…
Read MoreMy Predictions for Agile for 2018
Not being a gambling man I usually don’t go in for predictions and the such like, however as a consultancy and community founder it is part of my role to listen to clients and the industry (most of whom are my friends!). So I thought I would share what trends I see and how I…
Read MoreConsciously Approaching Agile for Lasting High Performance
Consciously Approaching Agile for Lasting High Performance In this post, I share how to Consciously Approach Agile so we build lasting high-performance in our organizations. It’s a proven framework for creating success with Agile. Why we need a new Approach It is well understood in our industry that Agile is failing due to lack of attention…
Read MoreLaunch of Free Adventures with Agile Global Community Network
#Agile 2017 in Orlando is a huge 5-day conference that starts on Monday, that seemed like a good place to launch a global change community. In truth, AWA has been playing with global networks for the last 3 years. So really, this ‘launch’ is about inviting more people to join in from around the world….
Read MoreThe 6 Misconceptions of Agile Coaching & How to Overcome Them
The 6 Misconceptions of Agile Coaching & How to Overcome Them Agile coaching is in a muddle. This post is an attempt to de-muddle the role and offer further learning for those who want to progress on their agile journey into the world of coaching or to better define the role they are currently in….
Read MoreBBRT Members’ Meeting and Ashby’s LORV
BBRT Members’ Meeting and Ashby’s LORV I thought I would start with the least appealing title for a blog post ever – so well done if you’ve got this far. I’m about to apply the next filter- BBRT stands for Beyond Budgeting Round Table ! And finally, for the few of you who are still…
Read MoreWhat is the Agile Mindset?
What is the Agile Mindset? The agile mindset seems to be a mythical abstract quality that is hard to define and often glossed over in agile discussions. It is the outermost ring in the popular metaphor agile onion. The model tells us the mindset is the most powerful of the layers that make up agile….
Read MoreAn Agile Tale – Fishing for Pearls
Tip-Toeing down the stairs, Robbie sneaks into the kitchen. He heard his father, an Oyster Farmer, return from work an hour ago, so Robbie knew there would be a fresh load of oysters in the ice box. In the kitchen, Robbie climbs on a chair so he can reach the drawer where the Oster Shucker/Knife…
Read MoreWhy you should beware of professionals that set lean against agile
This post discusses the opinion that professionals, experts, and thought leaders consistently setting lean against agile are likely to be in discord with lean and agile mindset and foundations. This post also describes how lean/agile polyglots, that seamlessly use and mix ideas from a repertoire of lean and agile methods and practices, better serve organisations,…
Read MoreWhat is an Agile Coach?
This post follows on from What is Agile? If you didn’t read that, then please it read it now. Otherwise, this post What is an Agile Coach isn’t going to make a whole lot of sense. OK, let’s begin. What is an Agile Coach? The word ‘coach’, like the old stage coaches, can be taken…
Read MoreOvercoming the Tyranny of the Waterfall
During a retrospective with a client, we did an exercise called “5-whys” to try and uncover the underlying reason behind the lack of focus on production. One enlightened developer provided a valuable piece of insight when he noted that we *may* still be in a “waterfall mindset,” hence the lack of urgency. This is natural…
Read MoreWhy Scale Agile – Part three – The Agile Mind
Part three – The Agile Mind Part one of this series is about visibility and Part two is about Business Value. Source: From the heart The Agile Mindset is the illusive driver from which all of the process, practices, tools and values come from. The Agile Mindset is like that Jedi force which we all…
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