Why agile is not a mindset and what it actually is

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Agile is Not a Mindset!
Here is why …
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Does a musician in an orchestra just need a «right» mindset?
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Does a soccer player just need the «right» mindset?
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Agile is an organisational capability
performed by teams
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Mindset on the other hand
is an individual «ways of
thinking and believing»
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Sure, agile organisations need agile people
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However, an agile individual doesn’t make
an agile organisation
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Furthermore, an agile mindset doesn’t ensure that someone
«acts» agile within a team.
For this, you need agile competency as well as the right
circumstances.
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Agile
Competency
Circumstances
+
Agile
Performance
=

9. Competency is also not just a mindset, you additionally
need knowledge and skills
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Methodological
Competency
Technical
Competency
Self-Leading
Competency
Leadership
Competency
Principles
&
Theories
Knowledge
Practices
&
Tools
Mindset Skills
Mindset
&
Values
Agile
Competency
Circumstances
+
Agile
Performance
=

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Thus, Agile is NOT a Mindset!
Stop blaming individuals that they dont
«think agile» yet
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Start addressing a lean-agile journey as
the organisational transformation it is!
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