If you weren’t at the virtual Hands-on Agile 2025 conference earlier this month, you missed an incredible opportunity to explore the shift from concept-based to context-based agility with nearly 800 fellow agilists. But don’t worry – I’m here to share some of the key takeaways and insights!
Check out the slides from the Live Stream speakers below; I will keep you posted on the availability of the recordings.
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If you weren’t at the virtual Hands-on Agile 2025 conference earlier this month, you missed an incredible opportunity to explore the shift from concept-based to context-based agility with nearly 800 fellow agilists. But don’t worry – I’m here to share some of the key takeaways and insights!
As someone in the agile trenches for years, I’ve seen my fair share of organizations struggling to apply agile frameworks without considering their unique context. It’s a common mistake and one that often leads to frustration, resistance, and even failure. That’s why I was so excited to see this year’s Hands-on Agile Barcamp focus on the importance of adapting agile principles to each organization’s specific needs and challenges.
Throughout the three-day event, we had the chance to learn from a fantastic lineup of speakers who shared their experiences, strategies, and hard-won wisdom:
Cliff Berg: Leadership Behaviors That Lead to Actual Agility
Sandrine Olivencia: Lean Engineering Practices to Scaling Craftsmanship in the Digital World
Fabrice Bernhard: The Lean Tech Manifesto: Scaling an Agile Culture
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Lynn Kelley: Change Questions: The Keys to Implementing Organizational Change That Sustains
Johanna Rothman: Fake Agile is the Norm: How to Instill Agility, Not Agile Practices – Hands-on Agile
Peter Merel: The Agile Way
Maarten Dalmijn: The Five Obstacles to Empowered Teams
David Pereira: How to Overcome Common Mistakes with Product Discovery
Roman Pichler: Common Strategy Mistakes: The Top Reasons Why a Product Strategy Fails
Jonathan Odo: AI Methodology and Operating Model Evolution
So, what did I take away from this event? Three key things:
What’s been your experience with context-based agility? What challenges have you faced, and how have you overcome them? What questions or concerns do you have as we move forward?
Please share your thoughts in the comments below – let’s keep this conversation going and learn from each other.
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