Agile Corporate Governance aka Building a Lean Business You Can

Evan Leybourn

Workshop: 90 minutes

Summary

Traditional models of management and corporate governance are failing to keep up with the needs of the modern economy. Change, both technological and cultural, is occurring at faster rates than ever before and companies live or die on their ability to adapt. This is where Agile, and Agile Corporate Governance, come in. Agile is change; changing how you think, changing how you work and changing the way you interact. This is important whether you are a software developer or a CEO.

The concepts in this presentation redefine what it means to do business. Taking the successful concepts and methods from the Agile movement, and based on the book by the same name, Agile Corporate Governance is a framework for the day-to-day management of organisations regardless of industry, size or location. This presentation will discuss Agile business techniques for customer integration, empowered & accountable teams and iterative delivery through a set of lightweight, adaptive, highly productive, and low waste business processes.

We will discuss processes, techniques, and case studies for the 4 key domains from Agile Corporate Governance:

  1. You, the Agile Manager – What makes a good manager and how do their responsibilities change?
  2. Integrated Customer Engagement – Collaboration and communication techniques to build trust and deliver Customer needs efficiently, with minimal waste, and to everyone’s satisfaction.
  3. The Structure of an Agile Organisation – Efficient, transparent and collaborative techniques to manage empowered staff.
  4. Work, the Agile Way – Managing all types of business functions, from software, HR, finance to legal, by using Just-In-Time planning and Incremental or Continuous Delivery processes.

Ultimately, the goal of this presentation is to make you think about your role as a leader.

More information can be found here: https://theagiledirector.com/agile_corporate_governance

Short Bio

Evan Leybourn is an experienced leader, coach and author in the developing fields of Agile Corporate Governance and Lean Business Management; applying the successful concepts and practices from the Lean and Agile movements to corporate management. Evan has a passion for building effective and productive organisations filled with actively engaged and committed staff while ensuring high-levels of customer satisfaction. Evan’s experiences when holding executive and board positions in both private industry and government has driven his passion for lean business management. As well as writing, Evan currently consults to the Australian Government in Canberra on Agile project management and governance.