Agendashift roundup, January 2025

Posted on by Mike Burrows

In what has been a relatively busy month for the blog, this roundup has updates in two main categories, Wholehearted (i.e. book 5 and related) and Leading with Outcomes (curriculum changes, TTT/F, etc).

Wholehearted: Engaging with Complexity in the Deliberately Adaptive Organisation

One appendix aside, book 5 is all but complete. I’m happy with the main content, it’s being received well by reviewers, and I’m at the stage of reaching out to publishers. That last part could be a long process though! Two related posts meanwhile. First:

We still welcome new submissions to the global survey by the way. That means 1) you don’t need to wait for the book to see how the assessment is worded, and 2) that you can contribute to the research. Also, there are other ways in which it can be used; check out that post for details.

And second:

Thought-provoking, I hope! Like most posts on this blog, it is closed for comments, but it is discussed on LinkedIn here.  Reactions welcome!

Two upcoming events are also Wholehearted-related – or at least my contributions to them will be:

Leading with Outcomes

The next online Train-the-Trainer / Facilitator comes in late February and incorporates a number of recent improvements. They’re laid out here:

I won’t repeat it all here, but let me pull out this bit:

Not everyone joins TTT/F with the aim of becoming a Facilitator or Trainer. Some come for the challenge to existing ways of doing things that Leading with Outcomes brings. Some come for the conversation. Some come to hone their coaching skills, to add a strategy dimension to those, or, conversely perhaps, to bring a coaching dimension to their work as manager or consultant. Whatever your role, if you’re looking for participatory, outcome-oriented, and generative alternatives to managed change and the solution-driven rollout, you’ll be in the right place. Book now:

24-27 February, four 4-hour sessions online, afternoons UK time:
Leading with Outcomes: Train-the-Trainer / Facilitator (TTT/F) (tickettailor.com)

Upcoming

Mentioned already, but brought together in the usual format:

February

March

Top posts

Similarly, three of this month’s top 5 most-read posts have been mentioned already. In positions 4 and 5 there are two popular classics, both of them Wholehearted-related:

  1. The (Wholehearted) Adaptive Organisation Assessment, 2025 edition (January 2025)
  2. Four weeks until the February TTT/F (January 2025)
  3. Verbing the nouns of business agility (January 2025)
  4. Your organisation in 5 networks (November 2022)
  5. What Lies Beneath (Spoiler: Constraints) (October 2023)

Leading with Outcomes from the Agendashift Academy
“Leadership and strategy in the transforming organisation”

Leading with Outcomes is our modular curriculum in leadership and organisation development. Each module is available as self-paced online training or as private, instructor-led training (online or in-person). Certificates of completion or participation according to format. Its modules in the recommended order:

  1. Foundation module:
  2. Inside-out Strategy:
  3. Adaptive Organisation:
  4. Outside-in Strategy:

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