The reality is that people do not always feel a part of the whole and quite often feel that they are intentionally not a part. Most of us can come up with at least one example of when we felt on the outside or that the situation we found ourselves in was just awkward. We can probably also name a time or two when we just didn’t feel we could speak up or if we did that nobody would listen. Imagine that being how you felt every day at work. Maybe it is how some of you feel. As leaders we need to create a culture of inclusion for everyone in our organisation.

Agility for All's Founder and CEO, Indra A. Books, discusses how to capture ideas and ensure they don't get lost in the noise of daily operations and become value-based change.This is S02E05 of our Live series on Team Collaboration.

Founder and CEO, Indra A. Books, will be talking about Retrospectives beyond just "what did we do well?" and "what could we have done better?" This is S02E04 of our Live series on Team Collaboration.

In the second part of this story, Indra Books, founder and CEO of Agility for All, describes how she used agile and Kanban techniques to sell her house in Washington, D.C. while on lockdown in Spain, in the middle of a global pandemic. Learn how she went from a fully furnished home to a sold house in 15 days, all through the power of teamwork and agile planning and execution.

Founder and CEO, Indra A. Books, talks about how your teams can stay connected no matter where they are working. This is S02E03 of our Live series on Team Collaboration.

As the COVID-19 pandemic began to unfold in Europe, I started to question my timeline. As it expanded to the U.S. and I witnessed the lack of national response, I became even more worried. I decided to change my tickets and escalate my timeline. Then, the U.S. announced a travel ban. I made a very quick decision to cancel that travel as well. I would apply the skills I teach to others and manage the process of selling my house remotely from Spain.

Founder and CEO of Agility for All, Indra A. Books talks about easy collaboration techniques that you can implement today. This is the second in the second series of six Lives about Team Collaboration.

Quite often, I am asked the question “How do I introduce Agile (or insert a framework) into my organisation to get them to change?” My answer to that is “You don’t.” If you lead with a statement such as “We are going to implement Scrum”, how would you expect people to react?

Founder and CEO of Agility for All, Indra A. Books talks about what we as leaders need to do to ensure everyone has a chance to participate and collaborate in a safe setting. This is the first in the second series of six Lives about Team Collaboration.

Any gardeners reading this will be familiar with the truism that you need good soil in order to raise healthy plants. Leadership is somewhat the same I think – some amount of good self-leadership will help you recognise the qualities worth following in others; to know that the leaders you choose can help you move in the right direction. Mindfulness in essence is exactly that.