Many approaches to implementing agile focus primarily on the adoption of common practices at the team level. While this focus on practices is important, recognizing that agile is a set of overarching values and principles is also important. Adopting agile “at scale” in organizations often means a culture change needs to take place. To facilitate change, we must understand culture, its levels, and how we can influence it. Agile transformations often stall because those leading the transformation fail to view it through the lens of a cultural change. Ebenezer Ikonne shares agile culture...
Ebenezer Ikonne
Cox Automotive
Ebenezer Ikonne works for Cox Automotive (a business unit of Cox Enterprises) where he helps teams develop and deliver software solutions that are transforming the automotive industry. Ebenezer has held a wide range of senior leadership positions in software product organizations, services organizations, and startups. A champion of agile and lean solutions to problems posed by an ever changing business landscape, Ebenezer is passionate about evolving the way work gets done in order to deliver products and services that make a difference in society. He blogs, is on Twitter @eikonne, and can be contacted on LinkedIn.