SPaMCAST 687 - 2021 Business Agility Report, No Cats Were Actually Thrown, A Conversation with Martin Foster

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today we begin Year 16 with an interview, discussion, conversation -- call it what you like -- with Martin Foster.  We covered a ton of ground, including whether the goal of any organization should be to be more agile and the 2021 Business Agility Report. During one segment we discussed the statement, “the impediments are the path.” A wonderful and thought-provoking start to Year 16!  </span></p> <p><strong>ANNOUNCING: </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Open Transformation Playbooks:</span> <a href= "https://transformationplaybooks.org/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://transformationplaybooks.org/</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">   </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A (very new) initiative to build an open, remixable, body of knowledge for agile organizational transformation.  To accompany this episode Martin and TeamForm have launched the first tranche of content. </span></p> <p><strong>Martin’s Contact Information:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">2021 Business Agility Report:</span> <a href="https://bit.ly/3GXfzBJ"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://bit.ly/3GXfzBJ</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">TeamForm:</span> <a href= "https://www.teamform.co/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.teamform.co/</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Email:</span> <a href= "mailto:martin@orchestrated.io"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">martin@orchestrated.io</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">LinkedIn:</span> <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinfoster"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">linkedin.com/in/martinfoster</span></a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Martin’s Bio </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Martin is a senior consultant at TeamForm.  His passion is working with organizations that are transforming themselves to cross-functional team structures, with all the nuances, benefits, and challenges that this bring