The Courage to Continue and Cultural Intelligence — Insights from Agile Practice i...
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Three years of bottom-up work in a 250,000-employee group produces a clear playbook: a company Agile guide sits unused for years then becomes helpful to a scrum team after persistent effort; run a quarterly Manabi Fest learning festival, focus on the ~16% early adopters from the chasm model, cut prep to about 5% of organizers’ time, use canvases and executive interviews for product management, invite leaders into communities, and adopt one-day sprints in high-uncertainty work to get immediate feedback while sustaining long-term change.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction and welcome
- 1:12Agile journey in Japan
- 4:29Cultural challenges in adoption
- 7:45First challenge: spreading agile
- 10:10Overcoming adoption barriers
- 12:19Second challenge: executives alignment
- 14:06Engaging leadership effectively
- 16:35Summary and key insights
- 18:39Reflection and closing
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