What Value does an “Agility Change Chef” Offer?
Most people have an idea what value an agile coach brings — but what value do they typically not offer? This piece makes the case for the "Agility Chef": someone who goes beyond the usual coaching toolkit to bring deep transformation and change expertise, situational leadership (including Tipping Point Leadership when coaching isn't the right move), and minimized confirmation bias (because agility is a means to an end, and sometimes not the right answer at all). It also argues for an antidote to WaterScrumFall, BigBangScrum, and cynically applied frameworks, plus an appreciation that in the 21st century, resilience matters more than "better, faster, cheaper." Plus a look at Spiral Dynamics Integral as a tool for more effective conversations with difficult stakeholders, a few honest reflections on framework bias (CSTs recommend Scrum, Kanbaners recommend Kanban), and an invitation to influence the thinking through pairwise surveys.
Agility Chefs (ACe) – flipping the system and changing the game
What separates an "agility chef" from a typical Agile coach? Beyond promoting any single framework, agility chefs bring deep transformation expertise, situational leadership, and minimized confirmation bias to organizations where coaching alone won't move the needle. This post argues that resilience now matters more than "better, faster, cheaper" — and calls for agility and change thought leaders to finally come together.