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.
We partner with businesses across diverse industries, including finance, insurance, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, technology, engineering, transportation, hospitality, entertainment, legal, government, and military sectors.
Genus Breeding Ltd
Kongsberg Maritime
Freadom
CR2
Epic Games
Xceptor - Process and Data Automation
Workday
Flowmaster (a Mentor Graphics Company)
Sage
Alignment Healthcare
Emerson Process Management
MacDonald Humfrey (Automation) Ltd.
Ericson
Philips
Schlumberger
Capita Secure Information Solutions Ltd
NIT A/S
Lean SA
Department of Work and Pensions (UK)
Nottingham County Council
New Hampshire Supreme Court
Washington Department of Enterprise Services
Ghana Police Service
Washington Department of Transport
Sage
Genus Breeding Ltd
Lean SA
NIT A/S
Freadom
YearUp.org