How can an organization employ an agile mindset if there is still inequality between genders, races, and even geolocations? This has proven a difficult conversation, but for a global enterprise to be truly agile and have high-performing teams then they have to talk about global pay equity, remote work, the future of diverse teams without the constraints of borders. So why is there so much resistance to this change? There is a long history to overcome and new ways of thinking to incorporate by those in positions of power and leadership.

In today's live, Agility for All's Founder and CEO, Indra A. Books, walks us through how to approach tough conversations. While we can't control how others receive what we share, we can control how we show up and deliver the message with mindful intent. This is S04E06 in the series on Leadership Next Level.

In today's live, Agility for All's Founder and CEO, Indra A. Books, will explore the idea of weakness vs opportunity. We often hear the expression thrown around "It is not a weakness it is an opportunity for improvement." Is it one or the other? Is it neither? This is S04E05 in the series on Leadership Next Level.

We are in the era of change or perish. Not just because a pandemic that has rocked the world’s economy, but because we are in an era when customers want services and products on their terms. They don’t want to knock around a website looking for answers. They want rapid fast service with a smile and apps that respond to their needs as well as security and optimization of their mobile devices.

In today's live, Agility for All's Founder and CEO, Indra A. Books, talks about how to encourage innovation through experimentation within an organization as part of not only psychological safety but in creating an environment of empowerment. This is S04E04 in the series on Leadership Next Level.

If we bandy about the phrase Fail Fast, Fail Often we should just append it with Create Chaos because a team cannot survive and produce value if they are constantly trying to stabilize from frequent and often unnecessary change. In today’s blog we explore what fail fast is really meant to be and how we can use it to our advantage in a psychologically safe way.

In today's live, Agility for All's Founder and CEO, Indra A. Books, takes a look at psychological safety and what failure looks like in your organization. Is it OK for failure to happen in the spirit of innovation and experimentation? This is S04E03 in the series on Leadership Next Level.

When you tend towards seeing yourself as inadequate, feeling that it’s all your fault, or that life is in some way unfair – you are experiencing the common side effects of a fixed mindset. It’s also likely you see your abilities or intelligence in one or more areas as fixed and unchangeable. The alternate perspective (or filter) you can apply is that of a growth mindset.

In today's live, Agility for All's Founder and CEO, Indra A. Books, explores the Growth Mindset and how without it you cannot be an agile leader embracing the agile mindset. This is S04E02 in the series on Leadership Next Level.

It was only months later that I was struck by the similarities in how we were choosing to use (or abuse) this metric and how I’ve seen organizations historically misuse them. I had fallen into two of the many Metrics Traps I’d so often cautioned my clients to avoid. Once the “Ah-ha” moment sunk in and we course-corrected, our approach completely transformed for the better.