Our Agile Tales

Clarke “The Bottleneck Guy” Ching created the Agile TOC Method (ATM) and has been using it for more than 25 years to help CIOs, CTOs, and senior technology leaders solve the most vexing productivity problems. He is the author of Rolling Rocks Downhill , CorkScrew Solutions , and The Bottleneck Rules . The ATM model takes teams from burnout busy to productive buzz, helps them crank out delivery whi...

Graham Scott is a Chartered Accountant, teacher, and author. Graham's journey began with studying Agriculture and Accounting at university, where he discovered his love for numbers. In 1996, he started his accounting practice and, through his role in a charitable trust, faced the challenge of negotiating a budget with the local council. This experience led him to pursue a Master's degree...

Graham Scott is a Chartered Accountant, teacher, and author. Graham's journey began with studying Agriculture and Accounting at university, where he discovered his love for numbers. In 1996, he started his accounting practice and, through his role in a charitable trust, faced the challenge of negotiating a budget with the local council. This experience led him to pursue a Master's degree...

Graham Scott is a Chartered Accountant, teacher, and author. Graham's journey began with studying Agriculture and Accounting at university, where he discovered his love for numbers. In 1996, he started his accounting practice and, through his role in a charitable trust, faced the challenge of negotiating a budget with the local council. This experience led him to pursue a Master's degree...

Graham Scott is a Chartered Accountant, teacher, and author. Graham's journey began with studying Agriculture and Accounting at university, where he discovered his love for numbers. In 1996, he started his accounting practice and, through his role in a charitable trust, faced the challenge of negotiating a budget with the local council. This experience led him to pursue a Master's degree...

We are concluding our conversation with Jurgen Appelo on Versatile Organization Design using the unFIX Model, a pattern library that he authored. The unFIX Model is a simple toolbox that helps you with versatile organization design. It facilitates gradual change, dynamic teams, and an important role to play for managers. The pattern library is inspired by innovative companies, including Haier and...

We are continuing our conversation with Jurgen Appelo on Versatile Organization Design using the unFIX Model, a pattern library that he authored. The unFIX Model is a simple toolbox that helps you with versatile organization design. It facilitates gradual change, dynamic teams, and an important role to play for managers. The pattern library is inspired by innovative companies, including Haier and...

We are continuing our conversation with Jurgen Appelo on Versatile Organization Design using the unFIX Model, a pattern library that he authored. The unFIX Model is a simple toolbox that helps you with versatile organization design. It facilitates gradual change, dynamic teams, and an important role to play for managers. The pattern library is inspired by innovative companies, including Haier and...

We are continuing our conversation with Jurgen Appelo on Versatile Organization Design using the unFIX Model, a pattern library that he authored. The unFIX Model is a simple toolbox that helps you with versatile organization design. It facilitates gradual change, dynamic teams, and an important role to play for managers. The pattern library is inspired by innovative companies, including Haier and...

We are kicking off our new season with Jurgen Appelo . Our conversation with Jurgen centers around Versatile Organization Design using the unFIX Model, a pattern library that he authored. The unFIX Model is a simple toolbox that helps you with versatile organization design. It facilitates gradual change, dynamic teams, and an important role to play for managers. The pattern library is inspired by...

In this podcast series, Mirko Kleiner goes over Lean-Agile Procurement and shares real stories of how it increases business agility between companies. Mirko is a thought leader in Lean-Agile Procurement, and his work landed him the 2018 Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply award (CIPS). He is the president of Lean-Agile Procurement Alliance,  co-founder of Flow Days, an Agile enterprise c...

In this podcast series, Mirko Kleiner goes over Lean-Agile Procurement and shares real stories of how it increases business agility between companies. Mirko is a thought leader in Lean-Agile Procurement, and his work landed him the 2018 Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply award (CIPS). He is the president of Lean-Agile Procurement Alliance,  co-founder of Flow Days, an Agile enterprise c...

In this podcast series, Mirko Kleiner goes over Lean-Agile Procurement and shares real stories of how it increases business agility between companies. Mirko is a thought leader in Lean-Agile Procurement, and his work landed him the 2018 Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply award (CIPS). He is the president of Lean-Agile Procurement Alliance,  co-founder of Flow Days, an Agile enterprise c...

In this podcast series, Mirko Kleiner goes over Lean-Agile Procurement and shares real stories of how it increases business agility between companies. Mirko is a thought leader in Lean-Agile Procurement, and his work landed him the 2018 Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply award (CIPS). He is the president of Lean-Agile Procurement Alliance,  co-founder of Flow Days, an Agile enterprise c...

Natal Dank is a workplace, culture, and people development expert. She is a pioneer in the Agile HR movement and coaches clients across all industries, from innovative tech companies to not-for-profits, to global banks, in how to embrace an Agile mindset and reinvent their people practices. She hosted the first Agile HR Meetup in London in 2016 with the aim of building a community of like-minded d...

Natal Dank is a workplace, culture, and people development expert. She is a pioneer in the Agile HR movement and coaches clients across all industries, from innovative tech companies to not-for-profits, to global banks, in how to embrace an Agile mindset and reinvent their people practices. She hosted the first Agile HR Meetup in London in 2016 with the aim of building a community of like-minded d...

Natal Dank is a workplace, culture, and people development expert. She is a pioneer in the Agile HR movement and coaches clients across all industries, from innovative tech companies to not-for-profits, to global banks, in how to embrace an Agile mindset and reinvent their people practices. She hosted the first Agile HR Meetup in London in 2016 with the aim of building a community of like-minded d...

Natal Dank is a workplace, culture, and people development expert. She is a pioneer in the Agile HR movement and coaches clients across all industries, from innovative tech companies to not-for-profits, to global banks, in how to embrace an Agile mindset and reinvent their people practices. She hosted the first Agile HR Meetup in London in 2016 with the aim of building a community of like-minded d...

Natal Dank is a workplace, culture, and people development expert. She is a pioneer in the Agile HR movement and coaches clients across all industries, from innovative tech companies to not-for-profits, to global banks, in how to embrace an Agile mindset and reinvent their people practices. She hosted the first Agile HR Meetup in London in 2016 with the aim of building a community of like-minded d...

Sally Elatta, CEO and founder of AgilityHealth , found herself in uncharted territory as she engaged in a different kind of transformation: a once-in-a-lifetime revolution in her home country, Sudan,  which toppled a 30-year-old dictatorship. From meeting with Sudan's Prime Minister to developing Sudan NextGen, a nonprofit organization with a vision of transforming Sudan in pursuit of a share...

Sally Elatta, CEO and founder of AgilityHealth , found herself in uncharted territory as she engaged in a different kind of transformation: a once-in-a-lifetime revolution in her home country, Sudan,  which toppled a 30-year-old dictatorship. From meeting with Sudan's Prime Minister to developing Sudan NextGen, a nonprofit organization with a vision of transforming Sudan in pursuit of a share...

Evan Leybourn, the founder of the Business Agility Institute, has been many things throughout his career: a satellite engineer (not what it sounds like), a library assistant (exactly what it sounds like), a koala (long story), a Business Intelligence developer, and a manager amongst others. In all of these roles, he has made mistakes and has failed. Anyone who has heard him speak before should kno...

Evan Leybourn, the founder of the Business Agility Institute, has been many things throughout his career: a satellite engineer (not what it sounds like), a library assistant (exactly what it sounds like), a koala (long story), a Business Intelligence developer, and a manager amongst others. In all of these roles, he has made mistakes and has failed. Anyone who has heard him speak before should kno...

Evan Leybourn, the founder of the Business Agility Institute, has been many things throughout his career: a satellite engineer (not what it sounds like), a library assistant (exactly what it sounds like), a koala (long story), a Business Intelligence developer, and a manager amongst others. In all of these roles, he has made mistakes and has failed. Anyone who has heard him speak before should kno...

Evan Leybourn, the founder of the Business Agility Institute, has been many things throughout his career: a satellite engineer (not what it sounds like), a library assistant (exactly what it sounds like), a koala (long story), a Business Intelligence developer, and a manager amongst others. In all of these roles, he has made mistakes and has failed. Anyone who has heard him speak before should kno...