Agile Leadership

Because the world is rapidly transforming, a new breed of leader is required. Individuals that are capable of responding swiftly to technological innovation, changing social relations, new divisions of labour and new ways of working that are developed. The challenges we face are more complex than ever before. The tried and tested application of best practices is therefore no longer the way forward. We have come to realise that planning everything in advance makes us rigid rather than flexible. When we start with focusing on what is valuable to our customers, good practices are good enough. 

The complexity and uncertainty also call for a different form of control. Responsibilities will now be found on lower levels within the organisation. The decision-makers increasingly entrust the responsibility to the experts, and management is replaced by leadership at all levels of the organisation. 

There is a great need for competent Agile Leaders. Not in a new formal role, but rather in an informal one. Someone can be release train engineer, tribe lead, agile coach, scrum master, product owner, or agile pm, but one is only a true Agile Leader when he or she is already able to inspire others to put the agile mindset into practice. Some are more competent in this than others.