Agile Isn't Out. You Are.

You can listen to the read-through in Duena's Read and Rants podcast here

From the Archives of Duena’s Reads and Rants, the article below was first posted on LinkedIn and Forbes in 2018

and is featuring in the She Told Us So… Segment of the week because of this -very typical- interaction with yet another insta-influencer that you can see here.

Agile isn’t out, you are.

By this time (annus domini 2018) if you work in technology in any capacity it's impossible that you're not at least vaguely familiar with Agile as a concept and the fact that it is the cornerstone of the achievements coming out of Silicon Valley.

Sadly, that's also the level most people remain at even when they are meant to be involved in practicing it in their day-to-day lives.

We all love a good buzz-feed-like list of what to do or not to do and Agile offers none of that, so it can be hard to engage at first and frustrating to continue going forward, in particular, if the people employing it have had years of working in a very different fashion.

Whether in project management, software development, marketing, sales or management, having the ability to change the methods you employ while working and adopt an Agile mindset instead is a competitive advantage and allows you to deliver more to the business and do so faster. Who doesn't want to be better?