The Inner Game of Agility with Michael Hamman

Organizations around the globe are struggling to adapt to an increasingly complex and turbulent social, economic, technological, and business environment—whether they be banks, product development companies, or city councils. Many are responding by embracing agility as a way of working—some with a primary orientation around operational agility (Agile software development methods such as Scrum and SAFe), others focusing on customer development agility (e.g., Lean Startup), while others are embracing a broader business agility…. What we might refer to as outer agility.

In this conversation, we will explore the nature of inner agility, which refers to the sensemaking, communication, and relationship intelligence of an organization’s people. How might we concretely define the realm of inner agility? Why is it important for the success of outer agility, and the outcomes it strives to service? How can we grow inner agility—within ourselves and within the social systems on whose effectiveness organizations depend as they grapple with the challenges that are uniquely ours in 21st century business and life?

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Michael Hamman guides organizational leaders toward greater holistic team and enterprise-level agility, primarily by helping them grow their inner capacity for leadership agility in the face of the complexity, volatility, and ambiguity of 21st century life and business. His recent book, Evolvagility: Growing an Agile Leadership Culture from the Inside Out, was published in January 2019. He is co-founder, along with Clive Prout, and managing partner of Evolvagility LLC.

AGENDA

6:00 – 6:30 Arrive, mingle, pizza, network
6:30 – 8:00 Presentation/Discussion/Game/Workshop
8:00 – 8:30 Q&A & Agile book raffle

SPONSOR & COSTS

DCSUG is free, thanks to our sponsor, Excella. Excella (http://www.excella.com) is hiring! Check out the open job opportunities page ( https://www.excella.com/careers ). Excella offers DCSUG members a discount for upcoming Agile training classes ( https://www.excella.com/training ). Please contact us for the code.

CAN'T MAKE IT?

We typically meet monthly. So if you can't make it this month, hopefully we'll see you at the next meetup. Also, if you have an idea, game, workshop, or story to share with the group, then please contact the organizer to setup a presentation for a future meeting.