E-MailThe Agility Factor in Agile
What does it mean to be agile? How do we describe an agile manager or an agile enterprise? What characteristics set apart the agile from the nonagile? Are there people who are more, or less, suited for agile techniques and management? Psychologists have settled -- more or less -- on five basic traits that encompass much of our personality. These five traits are often referred to, somewhat concretely, as the "Big Five," and they are extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience. While all of the Big Five traits are important to understand, and all have been examined in terms of their importance to workplace effectiveness, management, and leadership, we'll focus on the biggest of the Big Five for agile management -- openness. This Executive Update explores the personality trait of openness to experience, describes what it is, and why it can be used to partly explain the qualities of agility in IT.
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