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We are embarking on a transformative journey with Michael Hamman on Inner Agility: The Key to Business Agility on Our Agile Tales. Michael believes in the potential of the workplace as a catalyst for personal, professional, and social transformation. His work with many organizations, teams, and leaders has enabled them to embrace a greater holistic team and enterprise-level agility by nurturing their inner capacity for leadership agility in the face of the complexity, volatility, and uncertainty of the 21st-century world.

In this episode of Agile Tales, Michael Hamman emphasizes the importance of leadership agility in navigating the complexities of the 21st-century workplace. He addresses the impact of organizational politics, the need for a culture of transparency, authenticity, and integrity, and the benefits of collective intelligence in fostering innovation and effective action. He also shares anecdotes and insights on how leaders can create environments that promote psychological safety and challenge employees to achieve greater levels of performance and development.

00:00 Introduction to Agile Tales
01:24 The Hidden Layers in Organizations
02:44 The Importance of Authenticity
04:45 Challenges in Organizational Transparency
07:54 Disorienting Vocabularies
10:30 Developing People for Organizational Success
14:17 Leadership and Vulnerability
21:39 Handling Layoffs with Integrity
25:16 Collective Intelligence in Crisis
29:23 Conclusion

Michael Hamman is the author of Evolvagility: Growing an Agile Leadership Culture from the Inside Out. The book provides a blueprint for what it means to be an agile leader in today's complex world and offers a practical roadmap for getting there. He is the head of development at Transformation Designs and is a Co-creator at the Centre for Inner Agility.

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We are embarking on a transformative journey with Michael Hamman on Inner Agility: The Key to Business Agility on Our Agile Tales. Michael believes in the potential of the workplace as a catalyst for personal, professional, and social transformation. His work with many organizations, teams, and leaders has enabled them to embrace a greater holistic team and enterprise-level agility by nurturing their inner capacity for leadership agility in the face of the complexity, volatility, and uncertainty of the 21st-century world.

In this episode of Our Agile Tales, our discussion centers around business transformation through the lens of inner agility. The conversation delves into how informal agreements within teams can evolve into organizational culture and the importance of balancing cultural mandates with flexibility. Michael shares stories illustrating the significance of observing and responding to natural patterns in organizational behavior. The dialogue also explores the delicate balance between stability and evolution in human systems, the role of resistance in fostering growth, and the risks involved in authentic communication within organizations. The discussion concludes with insights into the negative impacts of organizational cover-ups on culture and employee behavior.

00:00 Introduction to Agile Tales
01:27 Cultural References and Informal Agreements
06:35 The Role of Resistance in Organizational Culture
12:19 Practical Examples of Organizational Resistance
17:55 Cover-Ups and Organizational Dysfunction
27:47 Conclusion and Next Episode Teaser

Michael Hamman is the author of Evolvagility: Growing an Agile Leadership Culture from the Inside Out. The book provides a blueprint for what it means to be an agile leader in today's complex world and offers a practical roadmap for getting there. He is the head of development at Transformation Designs and is a Co-creator at the Centre for Inner Agility.

Visit us at https://www.ouragiletales.com/about

Clarke “The Bottleneck Guy” Ching created the Agile TOC Method (ATM) and has been using it for more than 25 years to help CIOs, CTOs, and senior technology leaders solve the most vexing productivity problems. He is the author of Rolling Rocks Downhill, CorkScrew Solutions, and The Bottleneck Rules.

The ATM model takes teams from burnout busy to productive buzz, helps them crank out delivery while keeping everyone happy, and minimizes customer complaints by satisfying their impossible expectations.

You can find more information about Clark and his work at https://www.clarkeching.com/.

Note: In this podcast, Clark mentions the book The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt.

Visit us at https://www.ouragiletales.com/about

Clarke “The Bottleneck Guy” Ching created the Agile TOC Method (ATM) and has been using it for more than 25 years to help CIOs, CTOs, and senior technology leaders solve the most vexing productivity problems. He is the author of Rolling Rocks Downhill, CorkScrew Solutions, and The Bottleneck Rules.

The ATM model takes teams from burnout busy to productive buzz, helps them crank out delivery while keeping everyone happy, and minimizes customer complaints by satisfying their impossible expectations.

You can find more information about Clark and his work at https://www.clarkeching.com/.

Note: In this podcast, Clark mentions the book The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt.

Visit us at https://www.ouragiletales.com/about

Clarke “The Bottleneck Guy” Ching created the Agile TOC Method (ATM) and has been using it for more than 25 years to help CIOs, CTOs, and senior technology leaders solve the most vexing productivity problems. He is the author of Rolling Rocks Downhill, CorkScrew Solutions, and The Bottleneck Rules.

The ATM model takes teams from burnout busy to productive buzz, helps them crank out delivery while keeping everyone happy, and minimizes customer complaints by satisfying their impossible expectations.

You can find more information about Clark and his work at https://www.clarkeching.com/.

Note: In this podcast, Clark mentions the book The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt.

Visit us at https://www.ouragiletales.com/about

Clarke “The Bottleneck Guy” Ching created the Agile TOC Method (ATM) and has been using it for more than 25 years to help CIOs, CTOs, and senior technology leaders solve the most vexing productivity problems. He is the author of Rolling Rocks Downhill, CorkScrew Solutions, and The Bottleneck Rules.

The ATM model takes teams from burnout busy to productive buzz, helps them crank out delivery while keeping everyone happy, and minimizes customer complaints by satisfying their impossible expectations.

You can find more information about Clark and his work at https://www.clarkeching.com/.

Note: In this podcast, Clark mentions the book The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt.

Visit us at https://www.ouragiletales.com/about

Clarke “The Bottleneck Guy” Ching created the Agile TOC Method (ATM) and has been using it for more than 25 years to help CIOs, CTOs, and senior technology leaders solve the most vexing productivity problems. He is the author of Rolling Rocks Downhill, CorkScrew Solutions, and The Bottleneck Rules.

The ATM model takes teams from burnout busy to productive buzz, helps them crank out delivery while keeping everyone happy, and minimizes customer complaints by satisfying their impossible expectations.

You can find more information about Clark and his work at https://www.clarkeching.com/.

Note: In this podcast, Clark mentions the book The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt.

Visit us at https://www.ouragiletales.com/about

Clarke “The Bottleneck Guy” Ching created the Agile TOC Method (ATM) and has been using it for more than 25 years to help CIOs, CTOs, and senior technology leaders solve the most vexing productivity problems. He is the author of Rolling Rocks Downhill, CorkScrew Solutions, and The Bottleneck Rules.

The ATM model takes teams from burnout busy to productive buzz, helps them crank out delivery while keeping everyone happy, and minimizes customer complaints by satisfying their impossible expectations.

You can find more information about Clark and his work at https://www.clarkeching.com/.

Note: In this podcast, Clark mentions the book The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt.

Visit us at https://www.ouragiletales.com/about

Clarke “The Bottleneck Guy” Ching created the Agile TOC Method (ATM) and has been using it for more than 25 years to help CIOs, CTOs, and senior technology leaders solve the most vexing productivity problems. He is the author of Rolling Rocks Downhill, CorkScrew Solutions, and The Bottleneck Rules.

The ATM model takes teams from burnout busy to productive buzz, helps them crank out delivery while keeping everyone happy, and minimizes customer complaints by satisfying their impossible expectations.

You can find more information about Clark and his work at https://www.clarkeching.com/.

Note: In this podcast, Clark mentions the book The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt.

Visit us at https://www.ouragiletales.com/about

Clarke “The Bottleneck Guy” Ching created the Agile TOC Method (ATM) and has been using it for more than 25 years to help CIOs, CTOs, and senior technology leaders solve the most vexing productivity problems. He is the author of Rolling Rocks Downhill, CorkScrew Solutions, and The Bottleneck Rules.

The ATM model takes teams from burnout busy to productive buzz, helps them crank out delivery while keeping everyone happy, and minimizes customer complaints by satisfying their impossible expectations.

You can find more information about Clark and his work at https://www.clarkeching.com/.

Note: In this podcast, Clark mentions the book The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt.

Visit us at https://www.ouragiletales.com/about