Comparative Agility Meetup Group

We hear statistics like:
· According to the 17th State of Agile Report (2024), satisfaction with Agile dropped from over 70% in previous years to roughly 59% in 2024.
· Research shows that 57% of business leaders report high levels of friction, suggesting their organizations are not truly agile.
· Larger organizations are more likely to report that Agile is "not working well" (approx. 30%) compared to smaller companies.

And on and on. If working Agile has truly “won the framework war”, what happened? The same sources continue to show that working agile improves team satisfaction, results, and time to market, so where’s the disconnect?

More importantly, is there a data-driven tipping point at which a company would truly reap the benefits of the Agile transformation? This was the question on my mind as I wrote “Finish the Journey”, out of which also came the D*RAM Organizational Alignment Index.

And ultimately, I found that yes, there *is* a measurable tipping point.
The tipping point doesn’t rely solely on the Agile mindset. All the team empowerment and psychological safety in the world doesn’t translate into positive corporate movement if the organizational direction is unclear. By tracking the mindset and culture of the organization against the direction and controls of the management, we can provide a clear, data-driven assessment of the health of the organization, and how close they are, or aren’t, to unleashing the creativity and productivity within their teams.

About the speaker:
David Ramesh is an Agile Transformation & Engagement Manager, speaker, writer, and baker of exceptional chocolate chip and butterscotch cookies.

A prolific writer, speaker, and musician, David has written Finish the Journey to explain the underpinnings and reasoning behind the D*RAM Organizational Alignment Index. He has hosted and produced the Agile Beats podcast for the last four years, and in addition to a selection of non-fiction books, has authored a speculative fiction series about AI and the future of mankind called Antina: A Possible Future Universe. You can learn more about him at http://www.dram.be.

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When people first start thinking about managing their work and products as value streams, their primary goal is typically the reduction and removal of waste across a string of processes. They want to minimise idle time, kill pointless processes, and smooth handoffs. The goal is frictionless flow from idea to customer. As they become more practiced, it becomes apparent that teams are value streams, or value streams align teams, and then the organisation itself is a value stream network. Like all networks, the value streams connect to each other. Sometimes we see this as bad: they are dependencies, and we should therefore break them. But interconnectivity is a fact of life, reality. Recognizing these interconnections transforms value streams from simple efficiency tools into a backbone for service delivery and resilience, as a connected network can better absorb shocks and adapt to change. Ultimately, shifting the focus from isolated processes to this holistic network is what underpins organizational performance, turning systemic complexity into a competitive advantage. In this session, Helen will show how organisations move beyond the hunt for local efficiencies and learn how to navigate interdependencies to drive effectiveness, creating a more resilient and high-performing system.

Helen Beal is the founder and Chief Flow:er at Flowtopia and leads the ambassador program at PeopleCert for DevOps Institute, ITIL, and PRINCE2. She is a writer and speaker on DevOps, AI, and value stream-related topics at industry conferences and corporate events. She is a consultant, coach, and strategic advisor for companies large and small.

This session is part of Resilience Days 2026, a digital agile conference like no other! This event brings together industry leaders and innovators to share real-world solutions, stories of success, and the challenges they’ve overcome.
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For decades, we've been told that great leadership is about managing people, motivating them, coaching them, and removing obstacles for them. But what if we've been focused on the wrong thing all along?

As AI transforms how work gets done, a fundamental truth is becoming impossible to ignore- the work itself is where leaders need to focus their attention. When AI agents can write code, analyze data, and generate content in seconds, the old management playbook falls apart. You can't motivate an algorithm. You can't coach a language model. But you absolutely must understand and manage the flow of work moving through your organization.
Join Colleen as she explores why the principle of "manage the work, not the people" has shifted from a nice-to-have practice to a survival skill for modern leaders. Drawing on real-world transformations across Fortune 500 enterprises and fast-scaling tech companies, we'll examine three critical pillars that determine whether organizations thrive or struggle in an AI-augmented world.

Colleen Johnson has been pushing the boundaries of flow practices in tech for over 25 years and is a recognized leader in the global flow community. As CEO of ProKanban.org, she has helped grow an inclusive global learning network dedicated to advancing Kanban practices worldwide. In addition, she co-founded ScatterSpoke, an Atlassian Ventures portfolio company that drives actionable improvement through retrospective data.

This session is part of Resilience Days 2026, a digital agile conference like no other! This event brings together industry leaders and innovators to share real-world solutions, stories of success, and the challenges they’ve overcome.
Important Note: While this session is listed on Meetup, attending the conference requires you to register directly on our website. RSVP on Meetup does not complete your registration.
Registration is free. Register here.

Your organization invests millions in transformation initiatives - agile transformation, AI implementations, enterprise systems, and cultural change. Yet the large majority of transformations fail to deliver lasting results. Why? The painful truth is that organizations still treat transformation as a series of projects instead of building the capability to evolve continuously. In this session, discover why traditional change management approaches create temporary compliance instead of lasting capability and learn the architectural principles that embed change resilience into your organization's DNA. Drawing from enterprise transformations spanning tens of thousands of employees across two dozen countries and every type of transformation you can imagine, you will leave with a framework for assessing your organization's adaptive capability and concrete strategies for creating resilience that outlasts any single initiative.

Kelly Brogdon Geyer helps organizations turn constant change into a strategic advantage. With over 20 years of leading enterprise transformations across the globe, Kelly has helped thousands of professionals navigate change successfully.

Originally from the United States and now based in Austria, Kelly’s experience spans technical implementations, M&A integrations, and cultural transformations.