Adaptive leadership in the service of agility
summary
The talk connects Sun Tzu’s 13 principles (from The Art of War) to modern adaptive leadership for agile organizations, arguing that many workplace problems—lack of trust, disengagement, and human crises—stem from poor leadership. It proposes putting people first by cultivating self-leadership and adaptive leadership practices to restore trust and effectiveness, framing these skills as essential for successful agile transformation and organizational change.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:40My background
- 10:51Sunsu and adaptive leadership
- 18:00Agile transformation problems
- 23:41Human leadership needed
- 27:16Humanity and values
- 33:39Key adaptive leadership skills
- 41:15Back to basics and call to action
- 44:05Conclusion








