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Leadership Tip #11: Substitute the Word Trust for Empower

Johanna Rothman

We talk a lot about empowered or self-organizing teams in the agile community. When Mark Kilby and I wrote From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams , we said the easiest way to create a system that worked for the team was for the team to create its own board. Agile Approaches Require Management Cultural Change.

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10 Tips for Creating an Agile Product Roadmap

Roman Pichler

Whenever you are faced with an agile, dynamic environment—be it that your product is young and is experiencing significant change or that the market is dynamic with new competitors or technologies introducing change, you should work with a goal-oriented product roadmap, sometimes also referred to as theme-based. 1 Focus on Goals and Benefits.

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Wartime Product Leadership lessons

The Product Coalition

I’ve spent most of my career working in the travel industry. What I have learned is travel is a highly resilient sector?—?people first there has to be the ability to travel, but that is meaningless without the confidence to travel. So what does this mean for Product teams, and specifically product leadership?

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Leadership Tip #13: For Innovation, Remove at Least One Policy or Procedure a Week

Johanna Rothman

Now, these same managers want business agility. The more we remove, the more agility or improvement we might see. As the teams used agile approaches, they requested more and more frequent deployments. Or, the person must adhere to onerous policies, especially for travel, to get reimbursed.

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Webinar: How Southwest Airlines’ Agile Transformation Helped Them Adapt to Unpredictable Challenges

Agile Velocity

For the past few years, Southwest Airlines has been building Agile capabilities within their organization to adapt to any challenge thrown their way. Their agility was put to the test when air travel halted in 2020 and continues to be challenged as the pandemic evolves. David Hawks, CEO and Founder at Agile Velocity.

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Core Values and Agility Move Southwest Airlines Through the Good & Challenging Times | Emily Beatty & David Hawks

Agile Velocity

These are the defining moments in a company’s history and have ultimately helped shape the industry of air travel. Historically at Southwest, the tough times focus around the core values of the organization: Warrior Spirit, Servant Leadership, and a Fun-Luving Attitude. About Emily Beatty | Strategist @ Southwest Airlines.

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How to Build and Sustain Organizational Resilience

Agile Velocity

After reading the Gallup Group’s article “ Remote Agile: Sustain Performance While Working Remotely ” a few things floated up in my mind. Build trust through relationships to combat anxiety in agile remote teams. Replicate agile rituals while working remotely. Leadership Agility: Shaping the System.