An agile transformation in an hour.

If I was asked to transform an organisation to new ways of working (WoW); agility being the key word; and I was given an hour to complete the task ….

Imposible … hum perhaps … I’ll start by spending:

– The first 10 minutes with the CEO and leadership to establish why agility, and define the vision.

– The next 15 minutes, with the management to establish the agility gap with current culture and set up an ecosystem for agility.

– The following 25 minutes, with the teams to figure out the work context, chose the tools for the new WoW, and start practicing business agility.

– The last 10 minutes, with the entire organization to inspect and adapt and improve towards a new emergent culture.

The idea is not to acheive the impossible but start the ball rolling towards a common objective, start an iterative cycle by which the understanding gathered within the hour can be applied to advance through the transition.

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Author: Mario Aiello

Hi, I’m Mario – retired agility warrior from a major Swiss bank, beyond agile explorer, lean thinker, former rugby player, and wishful golfer. I’ve been in the agile space since 2008. I began consulting in 2012 with a Scrum adoption in a digital identity unit — and that path eventually led me to design an Agile Operating System at organisational scale. What pushed me further was frustration: poor adoption, illusionary scaling, and “agile” that looks busy but doesn’t improve business outcomes. That’s why I developed the Adaptive Fitness System (AFS) — an approach that treats agility as fitness for change: fit for purpose, fit for context, fit for execution, and fit for continuous improvement. Today, I use AFS to help organisations sense what’s real, learn fast, and adapt with intent.

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