Agile Community Network
Work is changing. What does that mean for your career, your team, and how your organization gets things done? Agile Community Network brings practitioners and leaders together for candid conversations about AI, shifting job markets, leadership, and the everyday challenges of working with agility. Each month, host Ray Arell, our cohosts, and callers from the community compare what they’re seeing across industries, share what’s working, and wrestle with questions that don’t have easy answers. We explore how Agile and Lean thinking can help people adapt, deliver value, and build workplaces where people can do their best work. Expect practical experience, different perspectives, and room to challenge the usual advice. Listen to the podcast or bring your own questions to our monthly live conversation. Visit acnpodcast.org to register or learn how to support ACN as a supporting member or sponsor.
Agile Community Network
Can Agile Scale Without Exhaustion?
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Scaling Agile can leave people spending more time coordinating work than doing it. In episode 115, the ACN community examines the exhaustion that builds when new frameworks sit on top of old systems and people become the glue holding everything together. Practitioners share successes and differing views on how much consistency teams need, where local decisions help, and how organizing around products can reduce dependencies. The conversation returns to shared values, respect for people’s time, and changes we can make from wherever we sit. What are we actually trying to scale, and what is it costing the people doing the work?
Join Shawna Cullinan, Jörg Pietruszka, Diana Larsen, Sheila Eckert, Sheila McGrath, April Mills, Hendrik Esser, Ray Arell, and all the callers to the monthly live event as we explore this topic. For details on the next live event or how to support our show, please visit acnpodcast.org.
