We're stuck in agile bureaucracy - but there is hope!
Channel: Jurriaan Kamer
Date: 2022-10-13

Keynote by Jurriaan Kamer @ Agile Amsterdam 2022. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3EFU2Q0.
With the best intentions, organizations across the world have launched their agile transformation efforts. But many haven’t reaped the full benefits because they are ‘stuck’ in a form of agile that is starting to look like the bureaucracy that they initially wanted to bust. Somewhere along the way we forgot that agile is about adopting a way of working that constantly adapts to drive better outcomes. Where the people in it are able to do the best works of their lives. It is not about enforcing blueprints, frameworks, practices and certifications.
What we need to create is organizations where people can adapt the way they work, based on the business problem they are facing. Where everyone participates in evolving the organizational model after the agile transformation is ‘done’. Where we let go of agile practices that no longer seem to serve the purpose. 
There is hope. In this keynote Jurriaan presents examples of organizations that operate beyond the traditional set of agile practices, and have been able to break down the bureaucratic hierarchy by adopting radical forms of consent, participation and self-management. Finally, there are some hands-on ways to get started.