What comes to mind when you hear the word agile? If you’re a techie, more likely than not Agile software development methodologies like Scrum will come to mind. For everyone else in large organizations, however, the word suggests business agility.
At the inaugural Business Agility Conference in New York this November, organizational consultants, HR experts, and others will explore issues of agile organization design, leadership, HR policies in agile organizations, and business innovation. Discussions of technology generally, and Agile software methodologies in particular, will be primarily tangential to the focus of this business-centric crowd.
There will be a few notable exceptions, however. Angel Diaz-Maroto, Certified Enterprise Coach and Certified Agile Leadership Educator at Agile training and coaching firm Agilar, will be running a workshop for the Scrum Alliance’s Certified Agile Leadership program.
Scrum has proven to be the most popular Agile software development methodology, and the Scrum Alliance is “the largest, most established and influential professional membership and certification organization in the Agile community,” according to its web site. As a nonprofit association, one of the Scrum Alliance’s most important roles is to develop the certifications like the ones Diaz-Maroto puts in his title.
Given the broad confusion between Agile (capitalized to indicate the software development philosophy) and agile (as in business agility), I spoke with Diaz-Maroto to get his take. “The Certified Agile Leadership program (CAL) is the first thing from the Scrum Alliance that is entirely outside the IT world,” Diaz-Maroto explains. “It’s about what mindset do people need to get the holistic understanding of agility.”
Read the entire article at http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbloomberg/2016/09/12/rethinking-agile-learning-and-leadership-for-business-agility/.
Angel Diaz-Maroto will be presenting his Certified Agile Leadership workshop November 17 – 18. The Business Agility Conference takes place November 15 – 16. Both events are at the New York Marriott Marquis in midtown Manhattan. Click here for more information.
Intellyx publishes the Agile Digital Transformation Roadmap poster, advises companies on their digital transformation initiatives, and helps vendors communicate their agility stories. As of the time of writing, none of the organizations mentioned in this article are Intellyx customers.
