My first company grew from 2 to 200 people in five years. I learned a lot in those years - about leadership in particular. Here are some things I learned.

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The curriculum of a leadership program from a major university demonstrates my point, that most leadership programs do not address the things that matter to most organizations, if one considers leaders at all levels.

What has changed today is that we now have highly agile and market-dominating companies as models. Instead of following “Agile methods”, we can look at what those companies have done.

The top five project management issues that we hear about are also about a strategic issue, and all are behavioral.

How to move on from “Agile”, increase actual agility, and provide a useful job path for all those “Agile” roles.

So much has happened this year — and we have helped organizations to achieve true change! Next year promises to be the year that agility becomes powered by AI.

Offshoring is inconvenient to say the least, and is based on the premise that offshore resources are multiples cheaper than local resources. But AI is changing the equation — fast.

When AI becomes as capable as people, what will the economic transition be like? And how will businesses be affected? This article explores that question.

Elon Musk presents as dilemma. His companies are among the most agile in the world. But he often makes public statements that make us embarrassed to refer to his companies. Yet, those companies are so successful and agile that we cannot ignore them.

Today’s leadership programs cover important topics, but fall far short of what is needed to be successful in a fast-moving and complex world.

Are people under so much delivery pressure that they don’t have time to even think about how to improve things?

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It is late in the game to be focused on digital transformation. Digital operation is needed to make AI use possible, and AI is the new frontier.

An organization’s people are your best tool for figuring out how to use the new AI tools. Don’t forget to maintain their environment and their knowledge and abilities, including AI and leadership.

The age of AI has arrived. The ability to pivot quickly is more necessary now than ever. This is what it takes.

Most plans fail. That’s why the ability to shift direction quickly and effectively is so important. Especially today.

The Agile movement failed. But companies still need agility. What should they do?

Disruption is now business-as-usual. And some companies handle it better than others.

The way to cut costs is to find out what kinds of leadership people are providing, what kinds you need - and who can expand to provide more.