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Taking a Holistic Approach to Building Agile Organizations

Posted November 2, 2017 | Leadership |

Today’s leaders are racing to reconfigure their organi­zations to be more adaptive and competitive. However, when looking for guidance on how to do that, they will discover two competing schools of thought in the Agile community: “First fix the culture” and “First fix the org structure.” In reality, this debate between a culture-first or structure-first strategy is misguided. Leaders need to encourage a conversation that incorporates both perspectives. Through this two-sided conversation, they can guide an organizational transition that is both meaningful and sustainable.

About The Author
Jesse Fewell
Jesse Fewell is an author, coach, and trainer who helps senior leaders from Boston to Bangalore transform their teams and organizations. As a project management pioneer, Mr. Fewell founded the original PMI Agile Community of Practice (PMI-ACP®), cocreated the PMI-ACP® Agile certification, and coauthored the Agile Practice Guide®. A global entrepreneur and founder of VirtuallyAgile.com, he has distilled his experiences in the handbook “Can You… Read More
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