Challenges of an Agile Workforce: Adopting an Agile Mindset
Channel: Approach Perfect
Date: 2021-06-23

This is a talk by Chris Gagné, an Agile coach at Approach Perfect, presented by Aotearoa New Zealand's BusinessCentral at the 2020 Business Bootcamp (https://hello.businesscentral.org.nz/...).

With my host Mahi Tangaere, I examine the why of Agile and the mindset that's required for successful transformations. New and experienced Agile practitioners alike will walk away better prepared to deliver twice the value—in half the time—with ten times the joy. In this talk, we'll explore:

* [3:20] What is Agile, really? 
* [4:51] What kind of problem are you solving?
* [14:24] What is your theory of employee motivation and management? 
*  [24:05] What changes in an Agile transformation? 
* [34:01] How do I get started?
* [36:39] Questions and answers with Mahi Tangaere

Acknowledgements:

My explanation of the Cynefin framework is based heavily on Dave Snowden's talk, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7oz3....

I would like to thank Mary Poppendieck for giving me permission to transcribe her talk "The Tyranny of 'The Plan'" nearly a decade ago. This presentation includes a couple of her slides. I recommend giving her talk a watch (https://www.infoq.com/presentations/t...) as it is as relevant today as ever.

Thanks to Edwin Stoop of Sketching Maniacs for their CC-BY-SA Cynefin drawing.