TED profile Update
People often meet me through my work in technology, but don’t realise is that creativity has been constant throughout my entire life. I’ve just been through a really interesting process of committing to updating my TED profile and I learned…
State of Agile Culture Survey 2023 and some Agile Leadership insights
Agile World team talks to the State of Agile Culture survey team while there is still time to complete it. The first two surveys revealed that leadership was one of the biggest challenges for agile culture. The 3rd report hopes…
A new perspective with Karl A L Smith Interview
Karl A L Smith unpacks the latest technology trends in this episode, a must-listen for business leaders looking to prioritise investment. A new perspective with Karl A L Smith Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Google Podcasts Transcript Speaker 1: Ready to explore…
Being Agile
To really understand Agile we needs to understand where it came from. Agile Problem Statements – what were the issues that agile was created to solve? Alternative to document driven, heavyweight development processes Throwing work over the fence Work around…
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 of consultants talking about delivering capabilities and features using story points I think it’s time to restate this simple fact;…
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 Agility in Business. He also talks about the next normal and agile working and how HR can help other departments…
Story Points are DEAD Agile World Hot Topic S3 E6
Story Points are DEAD Agile World Hot Topic with our hosts Sabrina C E Noto and Karl Smith talk with Mark Walsh about Story Points. Insightful as always Mark describes the problem leaving our host aghast with the knowledge of…
Storming Norming Performing Agile20Reflect Festival a view from the wings
Like many great performances there are many like me who prefer to support from the wings. I have for many years avoided the celebrities and various cults of Agile, not because I don’t respect them, but because I do Agile…
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 to work and what to value. Some of these concepts are exactly the same as UX and are driven by…
Ways of Working Organizational Design Service launched Agile World Inc.
Agile World offers the service of organizational design consultancy, to meticulously define and organize the structure of companies, create job titles, and allocate resources (i.e. personnel) to improve efficiency and increase productivity including ROI.
Amateur Business Agility or Ways of Working will cause Business Carnage
No one would let someone have a go at Brain Surgery yet Company Boards will let both large Blue Chip consultancies (supposedly to manage risk) and Internal Staff (to save money) have a go at Business Agility (Agile Transformation or Ways of Working or Operational Transformation).
People not technology mindsets not toolsets and value not productivity
Agile DevOps is about people not technology, mindsets not toolsets and value not productivity