Announcing My Forthcoming Book

I wanted to share some exciting news: I'm putting the finishing touches on a new book, called Joy of Agility.

I don't have a publication date yet, however, I am starting to give talks about this new book. If that interests you and your organization, please contact me via the Contact button on my Industrial Logic profile page.

So who's the book for?

I wrote this book to share the joy of agility with people in many professions. While it will be helpful to people in tech, the lessons in the book are equally applicable to teachers, surgeons, manufacturers, marketers, business leaders, etc.

What's the book about?

Here's a short summary:

One of the greatest gifts of my life has been discovering how agility enables excellence. I love finding ways to make slow and awkward things faster and easier, solving difficult problems by being readily resourceful, and adapting to change with speed and grace. It’s the joy of agility.?

In the late 1990s. I was part of a small movement that pioneered what would?become agile software development. We experimented with ways to remove anything that slowed us down or made work difficult. My interactions with colleagues became smoother, collaboration with customers became closer, feedback came faster, making changes became safer, and handling unexpected events became easier. We learned how to sustainably create more value with less waste and that ultimately helped us produce happier customers sooner.?

Several decades spent experimenting, learning, unlearning, and reflecting on the nature of agility—including helping my own company and our clients become more agile, applying agility to home repairs, health, fitness, parenting and more—led to this book.

Joy of Agility begins by tackling the widespread confusion surrounding the definition of the word, agile. It then presents six agile mantras that help make agility actionable. Finally, the majority of the book is an anthology of stories. These stories serve to clarify one or more agile mantras and come from many professions, including business, education, entertainment, sports, psychology, marketing, aviation, and more. Each story concludes with a call to action.?