You want speed, adaptability, resilience.
You invest in Scrum, Agile, Kanban, DevOps.
But then you ignore the hard part:
agency.
Without agency, your teams can’t own outcomes.
Without agency, your Product Owners can’t own value.
Without agency, your Scrum Masters can’t own effectiveness.
Instead, you get cosmetic ceremonies, fake backlogs, and teams going through the motions.
Kanban, as an observability pattern for value delivery, won’t save you.
DevOps, as the union of people, process, and products to enable continuous delivery of value, won’t save you.
None of these strategies work without the human system having the agency to act.
If you are serious about agility, you have to be serious about enabling people to own what they are accountable for.
Where in your system have you invested in agility but refused to invest in agency?
If you've made it this far, it's worth connecting with our principal consultant and coach, Martin Hinshelwood, for a 30-minute 'ask me anything' call.
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Jack Links
Ericson
Healthgrades
Brandes Investment Partners L.P.
Lean SA
Bistech
Slaughter and May
Capita Secure Information Solutions Ltd
MacDonald Humfrey (Automation) Ltd.
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SuperControl
Philips
Emerson Process Management
Boeing
Boxit Document Solutions
Schlumberger
Higher Education Statistics Agency
Kongsberg Maritime
Department of Work and Pensions (UK)
Washington Department of Transport
Nottingham County Council
New Hampshire Supreme Court
Ghana Police Service
Royal Air Force
Big Data for Humans
Microsoft
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Qualco
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