Achieving your dreams is easier when you are agile.
Whether you are overcoming a great challenge, handling a major unexpected event, or fulfilling a life goal, this book helps point a way forward. In whatever you seek to accomplish, ask yourself if you are being quick or hurrying, moving with ease or difficulty, in or out of balance, graceful or awkward, adapting or stuck, being resourceful or resentful.
So many people have come to believe that Agile is about formal roles, rituals, and strict processes, and yet even when they do as they've been taught by the many different “certified” coaches and trainers, they fail to experience the benefits of true agility.
I was recently introduced to a new book by Joshua Kerievsky that is I think the first Agile book that I genuinely enjoyed reading. It does a very good job of showing what real agility looks like, and what a true joy it is for a team to work this way.
You may be surprised to find that none of the formal roles or rituals are actually required. Instead, there are a set of principles that deliver the real value.
This book reminded me of what first attracted me to the Agile movement more than 20 years ago. I truly believe that companies would be better off if they ignored their process and role certifications and instead just encouraged and coached their teams to embrace the principles in this book.
Marty Cagan
Founder, Silicon Valley Product Group
What people are saying
Leaders, authors, and practitioners on why this book matters.
“This delightful book shines a light on both why and how to create agility in your organization.”
Amy C. Edmondson
Professor, Harvard Business School
“Very well crafted and told; it’s hard to imagine a more illuminating guide to this mission-critical subject.”
Harry Beckwith
New York Times Bestselling Author
“Joy is the perfect word for this book. It will be impossible to not have a dozen of these stories inspire you on your own journey to the very human Joy of Agility.”
Richard Sheridan
CEO, Menlo Innovations