Mike Burrows is founder of Agendashift, the wholehearted, outcome-oriented engagement model. Mike is the author of the Lean-Agile classic Kanban from the Inside (2014) and Agendashift: Outcome-oriented change and continuous transformation (1st edition 2018, a 2nd edition due soon); his third book Right to Left: the digital leader’s guide to Lean and Agile was published in 2019 and as an audiobook in May 2020. Outside of Agendashift, he is known for Kanban’s values model, the Featureban and Changeban games, and as a strong advocate for participatory and outcome-oriented approaches to change, transformation, and strategy. Prior to his consulting career, Mike was global development manager and Executive Director at a top tier investment bank, CTO for an energy risk management startup, and interim delivery manager for two of the UK government’s digital exemplars.

Between Spaces, Scopes, and Scales: What the Scaling Frameworks Don't Tell You

In an adaptive organisation, how do the relationships between different organisational scales work? Or the same question, but for the networked organisation? And what does that mean for me? Drawing on systems, complexity, and flow thinking – models such as the viable system model, the Cynefin framework, and Flight Levels – we'll explore how to look beyond process and recognise the deeper organisational imbalances that explain many scale-related challenges. Whether or not you use a branded framework, these are important skills to develop!

From Context to Outcomes

A chance to experience a string of four exercises from the Inside-out Strategy module of Leading with Outcomes, Agendashift Academy's leadership development programme:

• Celebration-5W – our context-capturing workshop kickoff exercise
• Breakthrough, challenge, purpose – homing in on what's important
• Good Obstacle, Bad Obstacle – an exercise in framing
• 15-minute FOTO – From Obstacles to Outcomes in just 15 minutes, our Clean Language-inspired coaching game