Celebrating another succesful Startup Weekend Auckland event.
HNY! Seven Agile things to get excited about for 2023
Kia ora from sunny Aotearoa!
Happy New Year team, we made to 2023! Here are 7 things I’m excited about in the world of Business Agility for the year ahead:
Continued evolution of agile frameworks: Agile frameworks, such as Scrum and Kanban, will continue to evolve and adapt to the changing needs of organizations. This means that there will be new tools and techniques available to help teams work more efficiently and effectively.
Increased focus on agility at the enterprise level: As more organizations adopt agile principles, there will be a greater emphasis on implementing agile at the enterprise level. This will involve not just individual teams, but entire departments and even the organization as a whole.
Greater integration of agile with other methodologies: Agile principles can be applied to a wide range of areas, including project management, product development, and even marketing and sales. As a result, we can expect to see greater integration of agile with other methodologies, such as Design Thinking and Lean Startup.
More emphasis on agility in remote work: The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the trend towards remote work, and agile principles are well-suited to this type of environment. Expect to see more teams and organizations embracing agile practices to facilitate collaboration and communication in a distributed setting.
Increased use of agile in non-software development contexts: Agile has traditionally been used in software development, but it can be applied to a wide range of industries and contexts. Expect to see more organizations adopting agile principles in areas such as manufacturing, healthcare, and education.
Greater use of agile metrics: Agile teams rely on metrics to track progress and identify areas for improvement. In 2023, we can expect to see more organizations using agile metrics to measure the effectiveness of their agile practices and make data-driven decisions.
Continued growth of agile communities: The agile community is a vibrant and supportive network of practitioners who share their experiences and insights. Expect to see continued growth and engagement in agile communities, with more opportunities for learning and networking.
Overall, the future looks bright for Agile in 2023. Which of these resonate with you? Have you got any to add to the list? Feel free to share in the comments.
P.s. We’re hosting another https://www.agileonthebeach.co.nz/ in Nelson, NZ in 24th to 26th March 2023. Will we see you there?
A short meditation on organisational culture at Agile Tauranga 2018
The Episode With Colart Miles Being Beautiful, Good and Lean
Colart Miles talks with Adrian Reed and Joe Newbert about broadening the conventional definition of business to consider a worldview of prosperity, purpose, people and planet
In this episode:
Joe and Adrian play a game of 'Guess what I'm talking about' [00:42]
The four P's of what a beautiful business might look like inside and out [02:01]
Balancing an equilibrium in the dilemma of finding common stakeholder purpose [08:14]
Bringing more meaning and community to what a business does [11:55]
Empowering with ‘no-code revolution' will further evolve business/product/service work [16:03]
Monitor innovative ideas to cultivate a culture of people that live innovation [22:02]
Does Aotearoa need a Manifesto to guide our Startup Ecosystem?
A: Not without our help they can't...
This is a call to action for New Zealanders
to support our entrepreneurs.
Read and share the Manifesto:
https://genglobal.org/new-zealand/manifesto/So here we are... 2020 gone in a flash and 2021 in full swing… Does anyone else feel like there’s a great evolutionary filter being applied to our economy. Like, only the fittest businesses will be allowed through the COVID19 filter to survive and perhaps thrive eventually on the other side.
It’s becoming a numbers game... like gambling, the more chips you play, the better the odds are of winning. How you play your hand influences your success.
Only in this pandemic game version, all our current bets are with the stock of existing businesses built for calmer conditions. Many of which are barely getting by on their wits (and government grants).
Are our broader economic outcomes sensitive to what happens now, especially with our startups?
Simply put, we need to increase the volume and quality of entrepreneurial activity in NZ.
Our good friend, Dan Khan has been carrying the torch for this conversation in New Zealand for as long as I can remember after launching the amazing "Start NZ Up" initiative: https://medium.com/@dankhan/start-nz-up-an-action-plan-for-a-more-entrepreneurial-economy-in-aotearoa-new-zealand-d1a301769f11
More recently, the local chapter of the Global Entrepreneurs Network published a manifesto to galvanise a country wide response to foster entrepreneurship... You can find out more about how this came about from our friends at NZ Entrepreneur Magazine: https://nzentrepreneur.co.nz/startup-ecosystem-releases-entrepreneurship-manifesto-for-government/
"There’s no going back to the old normal.
Innovation, agility, resilience, and a lot of
hard work will be required to build our new
economy on a more sustainable basis
post-Covid19. The people with experience
doing this are entrepreneurs,
and it’s never been more important
to encourage and support
entrepreneurial activity."
-- Global Entrepreneurs Network NZ
If you think this is important then show your support. Join us in helping our entrepreneurs succeed: read and share the Entrepreneurship Manifesto and talk about it with people who can make change happen!
https://genglobal.org/new-zealand/manifesto/
#entrepreneurship #manifesto2020 #gennz #entrepreneurs #community #newzealand #nzstartups
#Joekub: Agile and Monkeys
I had the pleasure of joining Joe Auslander and Jakub Jurkiewicz on their podcast: #JOEKUB to talk about #Communities and #Agile in an age of disruption…
You can find the episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3hBV5NXlQYF7j3mOHCSeqL
“… Episode #11 brings an interview with Colart Miles, a well known agile personality and a source of inspiration for Joe and Jakub. Together with Colart we explore the concept of communities, why they are important and how they shape our world.
…”
150 Agilists attended Agile On The Beach NZ and you won't believe what happened next!
Agile on the Beach NZ returned to Mount Maunganui for 2020, with an even bigger and better ever for the agile community.
With participants from as far away as Sweden and Canada, the UK, Singapore, and Australia; we combined the best of our local talent with well-known speakers from overseas too.
Are we getting #Sparklab back?
In 2015, Spark launched an awesome series of inspiring talks for their huge small and medium sized business customers. #Sparklab was created to give kiwi SME’s access to cutting edge ideas and it WAS AWESOME!!
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/better-business/87134548/spark-lab-series-charts-path-to-success-for-new-zealand-businesses