Business Agility Accelerator

You Will Learn How To

• The mindset and culture that business agility instills 
• A model for change that is based on current management thinking and human dynamics 
• The techniques to help examine and improve your work practices 
• How to define your customer(s) and how you add value to them 
• How to treat everything as an experiment, with a value test and hypothesis that is either validated or disproved with real empirical data 
• How to use value stream maps, Kanban values, principles and practices, A3s and lean thinking to eliminate waste and create space for innovation.

Important Course Information

Prerequisites:

• A willingness to challenge traditional thinking and a desire to deliver outcomes for the organization.

Certification & Exam Information

• ICAgile accredited course: The ICP-BAF Certification from ICAgile is granted on the successful completion of this course. This certification is part of the ICAgile Business Agility Track.  
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• Scrum Alliance: This course has been approved for Continued Education Units (SEUs). Sign in to your Scrum Alliance account and add 1 SEU (on your Dashboard, under “Manage SEUs”) for each hour of in-class time under Category B.5. If you do not have a Scrum Alliance account, contact Learning Tree and we will register you for your credits.
• This course can help you earn ICAgile certification. Click to view our options for ICAgile Certification Training ›

Course Outline

• The genesis of business agility - where these approaches came from and why they work
• Reality check, understanding the evolving needs of our customers and rising threats from new competitors and volatile markets
• Creating a growth mindset
• Complexity theory and how it applies to the business environment
• Understand how to measure value
• Experiment to transform uncertainty into knowledge
• How to reframe all work in terms of performance criteria that create value
• Creating space for ideation and innovation
• Learning to identify and eliminate waste
• Understanding and leading change
• Building customer value and empathy
• Personal agility and building a personal brand
• Breaking paradigms
• The Business Agility Framework
• Working effectively in empowered teams
• Listening and collaboration skills
• Building a Personal Agility Plan to take back to work
• Where to from here?