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When agile thinking meets traditional management

Sep 08 2015 by Dawna Jones
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Agile development methodology has applications way beyond the confines of software development. The Agile Manifesto has the potential to bring the entire business culture to a point at which it can adapt to uncertainty rather than fight and resist change.

But when one world focused on adapting to uncertainty - Agile - collides with traditional management values of stability and continuity, tension can often erupt.

In this video, an excerpt from a longer program with Rod Collins and Stephen Denning on the Scrum Alliance Learning Consortium website, Dawna Jones explores how you can use your decision-making powers and brain science strategies to bring these opposing forces together.

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