Food for Agile Thought’s issue #215—shared with 23,979 peers—delves into the requirements for the business agility flywheel to work; we reason about transformation failures, and we understand that Liberating Structures allow us to avoid groupthink when working on strategy.
We also learn what failure made LEGO getting serious about agility; we follow an interview on the importance of collaboration in product teams to escape the feature factory, and we get a better understanding of what customer-centricity means for product managers.
Lastly, we enjoy a new infographic comprised of tips & tricks for agile teams.
Did you miss last week’s Food for Agile Thought’s issue #214?
🗞 Do you want to get this article in your inbox in the future? You can sign up here for our weekly ‘Food of Agile Thought newsletter’ and join 29k other subscribers.
🏆 The Essential Read: The Business Agility Flywheel
: Spin The Business Agility Flywheel To Transform Your Company
Barry O'Reilly analyzes why more than 90 percent of agile transformations fail to generate the capability to adapt to changing market conditions.
Agile & Scrum
(via InnovationExcellence): Why Corporate Transformations Fail So Consistently (And How To Fix It)
Greg Satell dissects why so many executives fail to communicate the need for change and to create a sense of urgency.
: 10 Tips For Agile Teams
Viktor Cessan shares an infographic with ten tips for agile teams.
(via The Liberators): How To Avoid Groupthink When Creating Strategy Together
Christiaan Verwijs shares how to encourage different viewpoints with Strategy Knotworking and Liberating Structures.
📅 Professional Scrum Master Training PSM I — Berlin, November 27-28, 2019
Join your peers for this hands-on Scrum Master training, including up to two attempts at the Professional Scrum Master® I certification by Scrum.org. Learn everything about empiricism, self-organization & the ‘Definition of Done’ in two energizing days in Berlin, Nov 27-28, 2019.
Learn more: 📅 Professional Scrum Master Training PSM I — Berlin, November 27-28, 2019.
Product & Lean
(via Mind The Product): 📺 Minimise the Gap Between Maker and User
Henrik Kniberg discusses how creating great products requires us to reduce the gap between makers and users.
(via productboard): John Cutler on fostering collaboration within product teams
In this interview, John Cutler explains why collaboration is essential to product success and how to achieve it.
: Customer-Centricity
Marty Cagan continues his coaching series with an article on how to develop the critical trait of customer-centricity.
📯 The Liberating Structures Strategy Meetup
During this Liberating Structures strategy for Scrum meetup we addressed dealing with uncertainty — a particularly useful skill in highly competitive markets. Learn more about how to train and grow the resilience of your team when dealing with the unexpected.
Read more: Liberating Structures for Scrum (5): Strategy.
📅 Scrum Training & Event Schedule
You can secure your seat for Scrum training classes, workshops, and meetups directly by following the corresponding link in the table below:
| Date | Class and Language | City | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🖥 💯 🇬🇧 August 27-September 17, 2026 | GUARANTEED: AI4Agile BootCamp #8, August 27 – September 17, 2026 (English; Live Virtual Cohort) | Live Virtual Cohort | €499 incl. 19% VAT (If applicable.) |
| 🖥 💯 🇬🇧 Sep 28-29, 2026 | GUARANTEED: A3 Delegation System Founding Workshop (English; Live Virtual Class) | Live Virtual Class | $199 incl. 19% VAT (If applicable.) |
| 🖥 🇩🇪 Sep 30-Oct 1, 2026 | Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I; German; Live Virtual Class) | Live Virtual Class | €999 incl. 19% VAT (If applicable.) |
| 🖥 🇬🇧 October 15-November 5, 2026 | AI4Agile BootCamp #9 (English; Live Virtual Cohort) | Live Virtual Cohort | €499 incl. 19% VAT (If applicable.) |
You can book your seat for the training directly by following the corresponding links to the ticket shop. If the procurement process of your organization requires a different purchasing process, please contact Berlin Product People GmbH directly.
📺 Join 1,725-plus Agile Peers on Youtube
Now available on the Age-of-Product Youtube channel:
✋ Do Not Miss Out and Learn about the agility flywheel: Join the 6,200-plus Strong ‘Hands-on Agile’ Slack Community
I invite you to join the “Hands-on Agile” Slack Community and enjoy the benefits of a fast-growing, vibrant community of agile practitioners from around the world.
If you like to join all you have to do now is provide your credentials via this Google form, and I will sign you up. By the way, it’s free.
