The Agile Mindset unleashed new creative potential, one the was realized through rapid Learning Cycles.
But Agile became a trend in management and, like all trends, it is dying. It is no longer seen as fashionable.
Agile lost its way when it was absorbed into the dominant corporate culture. A culture defined to maximize production efficiency. What Laloux refers to as "Orange" organizations. more here
To cash in on agile, consultants sold practices to companies with the promise of increasing production efficiencies for code development. It became a management fad often with inflated expectations. Once deflated, cynicism took root threatening to doom agile to the dustbin of history.
But the fact that agile has been missold does not mean that its transformative meaning is lost. We must reclaim it and unleash our Creative Genius.
To do so, we need to dive deep, not only to the mindset but, I would argue, the consciousness that emerged from it. A consciousness that has been hidden to many but, we believe, has the potential to be illuminated.
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