Category: Agile
Why Do We Assume Organisations Need To See Everything?
Modern organisations are built around visibility. We monitor. We analyse. We track. We measure. We justify these activities as necessary… read more Why Do We Assume Organisations Need To See Everything?
Why Am I Expected to Trust Everyone?
Every person knows this feeling. You book a holiday. You open a bank account. You use a mobile app. You… read more Why Am I Expected to Trust Everyone?

The Next Management Divide
The End of Agile as We Know It: Are Human Organisations and AI Systems Becoming the Next Management Divide? For… read more The Next Management Divide

Proposed 401 Connection Upgrade to the Ambassador Bridge
I come across a lot of content that I never publish because it never really becomes relevant but I found… read more Proposed 401 Connection Upgrade to the Ambassador Bridge
All me social app kickstarter crowdfunding
All me is a new social interaction application. All me is very different from existing social media apps because it supports… read more All me social app kickstarter crowdfunding
Top Global Lean Agile Thought Leaders and Influencers 2025
On the 10th of January Karl A L Smith was named in the Top Global Lean/ Agile Thought Leaders and… read more Top Global Lean Agile Thought Leaders and Influencers 2025
NatWest Agile Transformation History
Ways of Working Agile Transformation at NatWest (The Royal Bank of Scotland) It’s about time that someone wrote up the… read more NatWest Agile Transformation History

Being Agile
To really understand Agile we needs to understand where it came from. Agile Problem Statements – what were the issues… read more Being Agile
Story Points are an Estimation of Complexity not Time
For those that know this about Story Points, none of this post will be surprise, but given the current crop… read more Story Points are an Estimation of Complexity not Time
Agility in business Karl A L Smith talks to Engati CX
Karl A L Smith Co-Founder of Agile World talks about what Is an Agile Organization and shares some examples of… read more Agility in business Karl A L Smith talks to Engati CX
Agile Metrics are a Data View
Agile Metrics are a data view from several metrics at once in order to establish validated information from several aspects… read more Agile Metrics are a Data View
Agile does not Scale it Consumes
Agile does not Scale, first let’s be clear what scaling means, before I’m tarred and feathered. Some Definitions of Scaling… read more Agile does not Scale it Consumes
Agile does not Reduce Headcount
Agile Transformation and Change Agile does not Reduce Headcount no matter who tells you that, this view sets the scene… read more Agile does not Reduce Headcount
An Agile World is Possible in Enterprises
An Agile World is Possible in Reality based and Dream based Enterprises as its not a framework but a cadence…. read more An Agile World is Possible in Enterprises
a short guide to Dyslexia SuperPowers
Dyslexia SuperPowers new book due December 2021. Although I’m exhausted from all the different things I have been working on… read more a short guide to Dyslexia SuperPowers
Agile World
Agile World with our hosts Sabrina C E Bruce and Karl Smith talk with Dhanusha Gokhool and Harold Campbell about… read more Agile World
Agile20Reflect Festival Archive
Regional Agile20Reflect Festival Hub Pages and Events Per Hub Festival Calendar The Festival can be viewed in a number of… read more Agile20Reflect Festival Archive
Scaled Organizational Agility is the Future of Work in Agile20Reflect Festival
New Ways of Working Programmes are now quite common in major organisations, this talk and conversation is intended to offer… read more Scaled Organizational Agility is the Future of Work in Agile20Reflect Festival
A Scottish Revolution to Re Energise Agile
Regardless of the state of the world or futility that people may feel at this time something tremendous has been… read more A Scottish Revolution to Re Energise Agile
Agile Transformation
The book about Agile Transformation is not theories but real consultancy refined by the experience of working in enterprises with… read more Agile Transformation
New Ways of Working the Human Component
The Agile20Reflect Festival will have created a great focus on the past, present and future of Agile in Feb 2021…. read more New Ways of Working the Human Component
Organisational Design for Business Agility and Agile Transformation
Some things to understand before getting into the main article. Agile is based on some very human concepts around how… read more Organisational Design for Business Agility and Agile Transformation
Designing for Human Experience Paperback on Amazon
This book about what I have done for a living since 1989 in Designing for Human Experience. Here have put… read more Designing for Human Experience Paperback on Amazon
Top 100 Thought Leaders and Influencers to follow in 2020
Karl Smith named in the The Awards Magazine, Top 100 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers to Follow in 2020. Well let’s… read more Top 100 Thought Leaders and Influencers to follow in 2020




















