Agile For Grown Ups: Can We Be Agile in a Performance-Driven World?
- Oct 4, 2024
- 6 min read
Agile began as a breath of fresh air. In the early 2000s, when the dot-com boom was in full swing, it was the answer to the rigid, process-heavy models of work that slowed companies down and stifled creativity. Agile wasn't a methodology, but a mindset—a call to focus on customer needs, team empowerment, and continuous adaptation. Its framework of principles allowed companies to pivot, innovate, and respond quickly to changing markets. Agile thrived in an era when experimentation was rewarded, and failure was seen as a steppingstone to success.
