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What is an Agile Mindset? Attributes of Personal Agility

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Prof. Arup Barman
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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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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

 
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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

 
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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

 
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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

 
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Rob Powys-Smith
Analyst, United Kingdom
 

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Discussion Topics
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topic 6 Principles to Create an Adaptive Organization (Reeves)
topic Leading in Challenging Times: Creating Agile Organizations
topic The Main Barriers to Building an Agile Organization
topic Structuring an Organization Using Value-Based Teams
topic 3 Laws of Agile Organizations
topic Increasing the Agility of Human Capital
topic Team of Teams
topic What is Agile? History and Meaning
topic Beware of Fake Agility ('Fake Agile')
topic How to be an Agile Leader?
topic 5 Cogs of Innovation (Appelo)
topic Rapid Response Management
topic The Need for Ruthless Prioritization in Agile Leadership
topic Digital Business Agility
topic How to Become Agile in Organizational Change?
topic The 3D Agile Leader Model (Collet)
topic 5 Types of Agility (Prasad)
topic How to Become an Agile Employer?
topic What is Agility and Why is it Important?
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Do you know a lot about Organizational Agility? Become our SIG Leader

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