Scaling AI: From Activity to Impact

In this solo episode of  Scaling With Agility , Yuval Yeret pulls back the curtain on why so many agile, digital, and business transformations, more generally, fail. Instead of doubling down on top-down mandates and theater, Yuval explores how to foster meaningful change by treating transformation as an internal market. From empowering teams to structuring change as experiments, this episode offer...

In this roundtable edition of  Mastering Agility/Scaling with Agility Gang , hosts  Yuval Yeret ,  Rich Visotcky , and  Jim Sammons  unpack the role of courage and conviction in agile leadership . They share real-world stories—from reorganising an Israeli cyber-security scale-up to confronting “invisible electric fences” in large enterprises—and demonstrate how small, repeatable acts of bravery co...

In this special crossover episode of Mastering Agility and Scaling w/ Agility , Yuval Yeret joins Jim Sammons and Rick Visotcky to confront the uncomfortable truths about the agile industry. Together, they explore why so much agile work has drifted into activity for activity’s sake and how coaches, trainers, and leaders can realign their work to drive meaningful outcomes. The conversation strikes...

In this episode of the Scaling With Agility podcast, host Yuval Yeret welcomes Clemens Adolphs , co-founder of AIce Labs , a company specializing in helping organizations successfully implement AI initiatives. Their conversation dives into the intersection of AI and agility, exploring how to avoid the all-too-common proof-of-concept trap and instead focus on delivering genuine outcomes. From inter...

Business Agility Beyond the Theater with Jesper Boeg 🎯 Episode Overview Yuval Yeret sits down with Jesper Boeg, an experienced transformation leader. Jesper has spent nearly two decades guiding organizations from team-level agile adoption to enterprise-wide agility. Together, they explore what real business agility looks like—beyond frameworks, dogma, and agile theater. The discussion dives into...

Yuval is a guest on this episode of the Private Equity Funcast focused on Agility in Private Equity: Beyond Agile TheaterSome topics Jim and Yuval cover – - The importance of principle-driven agility over rigid adherence to frameworks. - Leveraging agility in various industries, organizational functions, and broader business operations - “Agile Theater,” where companies follow agile rules without...

In this episode of Scaling with Agility, Yuval discusses the challenges organizations face with cross-product work and dependencies, advocating for a strategy of descaling rather than investing in more program management. He explores the concept of empowered product teams, the importance of minimal dependencies, and offers practical steps for organizations to identify constraints and improve their...

Has Agile has reached a phase of disillusionment? What does that mean for the future of agile roles such as Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches? Yuval shares some useful patterns he's seen in the trenches for how organizations are evolving their approach towards enabling and stewarding agility. 00:00 Introduction: Is Agile Dead? 00:40 The Future of Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches 00:59 Scrum Guide...

Ever feel like you’re the “agile person” in the room—brought in to run ceremonies, fix Jira boards, or play Scrum cop, but never actually invited to shape real strategy? You’re not alone. In this episode, Yuval sits down with Michael Gerharz—a computer scientist turned communication coach—to dig into why so many agilists get trapped in process theater, why it’s so tough to voice uncomfortable trut...

Yuval discusses how companies can avoid the hidden costs of coordination tax by organizing around outcomes rather than traditional structures. He provides a case study of how Gillette successfully created a virtual value center for their exfoliating razor project, leading to faster development and market entry. Key strategies include focusing teams on strategic initiatives, optimizing for work flo...

Breaking Free from Agile Theater: Using Outcome Mapping to Drive Real Change In this episode of Scaling With Agility, Yuval explores the phenomenon of 'Agile Theater'—where organizations go through the motions of Agile practices without achieving meaningful outcomes. Yuval introduces Outcome Mapping, a tool learned from Jeff Gothelf and Josh Seiden, to identify and address these superficia...

Navigating Agile Portfolios: Funding Products, Making Trade-offs, and Aligning Teams This is part two of my conversation with Dave West and Darryl Fernandez from the Scrum.org Community Podcast. If part one was about seeing the portfolio mess, this one’s about wrestling with it: funding models that don’t quite fit, PMOs caught between old habits and new expectations, and the perennial challenge of...

For this episode, I’m sharing a conversation originally recorded for the Scrum.org Community Podcast. Dave West, Darryl Fernandez, and I discuss the messy realities of product portfolio management. We discuss how most organizations are still managing way too much WIP, why “empowered teams” is more than a buzzword, and what it looks like to bring empiricism and evidence-based management to the port...

What's the future of Agile? Agility? Agile as a career choice? I recently joined Jonathan Stark on his podcast Ditching Hourly to discuss the current state of Agile as a platform, how it has evolved over the years, and what practitioners should consider as the platform matures. Jonathan primarily focuses on advice for freelancers/consultants on ditching hourly billing through positioning, producti...

Ever feel like your product organization is stuck in the mud? You’re not alone. Many teams start strong, laser-focused on delivering value and achieving product-market fit. But as success scales, things get messy. Dependencies pile up, alignment fades, and suddenly, you’re running a  feature factory  instead of an empowered product organization. Why Do Product Organizations Stall? Here’s the typic...

End-to-end flow of value Continuous Improvement Autonomy and Empowerment Organizing Around Value Sustainable Pace Alignment around Outcome-oriented Goals Energized People Leaders who Serve Speed and Empiricism All worthy Agility Principles (at least I think so…)  But why should anyone care?  I mean, it’s much healthier to focus on principles than practices as a goal.  But even these principles are...

Breaking Down SAFe: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Controversies In this episode of Scaling with Agility, Notebook LM hosts provide an audio overview to Yuval Yeret and Ryan Ripley's Breaking the SAFe series. They dive into the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), exploring its strengths, weaknesses, and the controversies surrounding its implementation. They dissect various components of SAFe, such as PI pl...

In this episode, we dive into a brutally honest and all-too-common sentiment from the scaleup world: “OKRs s#Hk, but we don’t know anything better.” This quote from a Chief of Staff at a cybersecurity scaleup sets the tone for a candid discussion about the challenges and surprising potential of OKRs when scaling fast-growing companies. Yuval shares real-world insights from working with scaleups, i...

Fixing OKRs with First Principles: Aligning Objectives for Success In this episode of Scaling With Agility, Yuval explores how to effectively utilize OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) by applying first principles. He discusses the common pitfalls of OKRs becoming mere 'theater' in organizations and provides strategies to avoid these traps. Yuval emphasizes the importance of focusing on a small set...