Summary
We at Agile 2 Academy studied five companies that had demonstrated extreme agility at scale in terms of their ability to pivot strategically, quickly, and effectively.
We did not find any Agile practices that were common among them. In fact, the most agile of them is probably SpaceX, and their head of application software told us that they never use the word “Agile.”
What we did find common was behaviors – specifically, behaviors among their leaders.
I will explain what some of those behaviors are. Then, I will apply what is known from leadership research and behavioral psychology to why those behaviors are so effective.
Learning Outcomes
The participant will understand and be able to explain:
- What the true sources of agility are.
- What behaviors generate agility in an organization.
- Why those behaviors are so effective.
Meet Cliff Berg
Cliff is a Managing Partner of Agile 2 Academy.
As a successful tech entrepreneur, he was co-founder and CTO of Digital Focus, a startup that grew from 2 to 200 people in five years and was known for its success in rapidly building high-reliability Internet-facing business critical systems for companies like FedEx, McKesson, United Overseas Bank, and many others. It was acquired in 2006.
Cliff’s 2006 textbook High-Assurance Design documents many of the engineering and agility lessons learned at Digital Focus. Since then, Cliff has helped with more than ten Agile or DevOps transformations and is a DevOps trainer and subject matter expert.
In 2020, Cliff assembled the global Agile 2 team to reimagine “Agile” and was the lead author of the Agile 2 book. Cliff is now on the Agile Alliance team to “reimagine Agile.”
Cliff is certified in the Human Synergistics Organizational Culture Inventory® and Organizational Effectiveness Inventory® assessment tools. He has certificates in machine learning from Stanford. He has degrees from Cornell University in Operations Research, Nuclear Engineering, and Physics.
To contact me about consulting, please message Agile 2 Academy at contact@agile2academy.com.