Agile Know-How Magazine • Fall 2017
Agility is
everyone’s
business!
Daniel Leclair :
President
Pyxis Technologies
S
o here it is: the second issue of the Agile Know-How Magazine! Let me first
mention that we are very proud of the results of this adventure. Having received
very positive comments from our readers following the publication of the first issue,
it is with confidence and great energy that we are repeating the experience.
Agility is really proving itself more and more! Well established and recognized
among software delivery teams, Lean and Agile approaches are now gaining
followers in business functions and in the delivery of physical products. It’s no longer
rare to hear people talk about Agile marketing, Agile manufacturing, Agile sales, and
Agile business in the broad sense. The different scaling approaches out there take on
a new meaning when the organization’s strategy itself becomes Agile. How do Agile
thinking, challenging our mental models, and open-mindedness equip us to face the
uncertainty and complexity of today’s world?
Though Google, Uber, Amazon, and other giants of the digital economy are taking
the traditional market by storm, Agility must not be a pretext for constant emer-
gency and chaos. True Agility requires, before all else, a strong dose of discipline,
courage, inspection, introspection, and humility in order to increase the learning
speed of our organizations. And what if tomorrow’s leadership was first a learning
leadership rather than a leadership of vision, content, and processes?
The Agile Know-How Magazine is first and foremost a tool intended for you: pass
it around, leave it on a table, suggest it to your colleagues! Agility is everyone’s
business! Thank you to our Pyxissian collaborators and, of course, to our guest
writers who have generously contributed to creating this new issue. Also, a special
thank you to our marketing team (Sophie, Marie-Ève, and Gabriel) without whom
this crazy journey would never have begun.
Enjoy!
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