We are in an age of acceleration. Everything is accelerating. Every graph you look at these days looks like things are bumping along, bumping along, bumping along, and then all of a sudden, it just takes a sharp uptick high to the right. And so in that sort of world where things are constantly changing, where technology is advancing at an exponential rate, this creates the situations where people are needing to increase their inner complexity to be more of a match for the outer complexity that the daily challenges, opportunities, problems present them with. - Lyssa Adkins
In the previous episode, we discussed what agile coaching is about. This week, I had the opportunity to speak with one of the authorities in agile coaching, Lyssa Adkins. She is a project manager turned coach and agile practitioner. The transition for that is not an easy one, as it requires a whole set of skills and mindset change to focus from getting the project done to getting a product-out that satisfies customers. Take a look at this excerpt regarding the difference.
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