TCZ Episode #120: Klaus Leopold: Reinventing Agile: Why High-Performing Teams Isn’t The Answer

Before, during and for sure post the immediate crisis of #Covid-19, organisations today are having to reinvent themselves faster than ever before. As a behaviour change expert working with senior teams, I tend to focus on the human system itself rather than operational systems and processes. Clearly both relationships and tasks need to be reimagined for companies to adapt and thrive.

Unpicking the spaghetti junction of a business’s operational system is not easily done, but Dr Klaus Leopold, CEO of Flight Levels Academy and Managing Partner of Leanability seems to have the knack for it. For those in the agile world, Klaus is a bit of a legend and it is his third book, Rethinking Agile that prompted me to invite him onto the Team Coaching Zone podcast to ask about how he goes about whole-systems change.

Here's some of what Klaus and I cover:

How he discovered and defines flight levels
Why agile teams have nothing to do with business agility
How flight levels work in helping to re-imagine businesses
Why we don’t need high-performance teams
The dangers of focusing on teams as islands rather than agile interactions
The relationship between flight levels thinking and three horizons thinking
Klaus’ vision for a better world

For show notes and information on Klaus including his books, his blog and how to find him on Twitter and LinkedIn go to: https://www.teamcoachingzone.com/klausleopold

120: Klaus Leopold: Reinventing Agile: Why High Performing Teams Isn't The Answer