What is an Agile Mindset? Attributes of Personal Agility

What is an Agile Mindset? Attributes of Personal Agility

Lately we read a lot about organizational agility. To make organizations agile, we need agile people. An agile mind-set accepts everything as lessons, adjusts actions according to feedback or requirement (i.e. adaptiveness), proceeds toward desired outcomes, and works for continuous improvement.
A person or individual with an agile mind attacks his work with a positive attitude, provides and receives suggestions to overcome obstacles. People with an agile mindset believe that "there is no failure, failure is only feedback".
Here are 5 common attributes of individuals with an agile mindset:

1. POSITIVE ATTITUDE
   
   1. They believe "there are challenges everywhere".
   2. They understand people are only human and make mistakes.
   3. Everything and everyday can not be perfect and can't go well.
   4. They never give up, even when facing a failure.
2. THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE
   
   1. They never think "I am doing my best", but perceive there still is plenty room for improvement.
   2. They have an inquisitive mind and like to study more to get more knowledge.
   3. They adapt easily, use experience-based techniques, and make use of exploratory testing.
   4. They ask five "Ws”: Who, What, When, Where, and Why is this relevant to their work.
3. GOAL OF TEAM SUCCESS
   
   1. They share knowledge.
   2. They aim to lessen key person dependencies while at work.
   3. They have a common understanding of the goals to achieve and the resources needed to achieve these goals.
   4. As a team member they are always ready to move from their comfort zone.
4. PRAGMATISM
   
   1. They always consider analyzing feedback useful.
   2. They try to spot where there are still defects or issues.
   3. They identify the real constraint(s).
5. WILLINGNESS TO FAIL & LEARN
   
   1. They learn from failures.
   2. They diagnose the causes of failures.
   3. They never hide failures.

⇒ Do you agree these are the main traits of agile persons? Or am I missing one?

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		4 Gera Teacher, Kenya
	People are Human So? Thanks for the various points that are well outlined. But the point that says "people are only human... Sign up

		2 Jan Palencar
	Human / non Human @Gera: Dear Gera, I was thinking about it for a while. And I came to conclusion that maybe comparing... Sign up

		5 Jaap de Jonge Editor, Netherlands
	People are Only Human So they Make Mistakes Perhaps the meaning of this attribute (trait) is that agile persons not only allow mistakes, but emb... Sign up

		4 Prof. Arup Barman Professor, India
	People are Only Human I wrote about people who are agile in nature. They assume or understand 'people are only human, so t... Sign up

		2 Rob Powys-Smith Analyst, United Kingdom
	Athletes with an Agile Mindset This is the essence of successful athletes and competitive sportspersons, as characterised in 'Black... Sign up

		5 Jaap de Jonge Editor, Netherlands
	Personal Agility Test I developed a quick 1-minute "test" to find out what is your personal agility score score 😃:... Sign up

		1 Prof. Arup Barman Professor, India
	Agile Personality Test Haha, I assessed myself and I came out as a very agile person in all attributes in my given situatio... Sign up

		1 KOEHL Maryse Professor, France
	Research on Attributes of Personal Agility It would be interesting to test each attribute of personal agility in several managerial situations ... Sign up

		2 Maria Salter Manager, United States
	Personal Agility and Emotional Intelligence I might add that people who have an agile mindset are also emotionally intelligent. They understand ... Sign up

		2 OLU Student (University), United States
	How an Agile Person Reacts to Mistakes Made by Others ‘People are only human and can make mistakes’ could also be understood in terms of the attitude of a... Sign up

		1 Sathya Devarakonda Project Manager, India
	To Make Organizations Agile, we Need Agile People The original agile framework as I understand it is from the world of software engineering where ther... Sign up