The Vision Behind "Govern Agility"

Learn more about the authors and the principles driving our approach to modern governance, as outlined in our groundbreaking book.

"Effective governance creates a responsive, transparent framework that enables organizations to thrive in rapidly changing environments."

When we wrote this book, we wanted to ensure that we portrayed the landscape of governance from what we have seen organizations experience and, more importantly, the foibles and frustrations of holding onto the methods of the past while attempting to move forward.
It’s our explicit hope that we provide you with the compass to guide you to a better way to enable your organization to deal with the new now and adapt to the next problems the future might throw at you.
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Tony & Phil

Our Mission

Having been at the forefront to agility adoption at scale over nearly 40 years combined effort, we see the same patterns playing out in most organisations. All start with best intent and inspirational visions, and then get bogged down as their current systems and ways of working exert pressure and draw the change agents back to the core before benefits are realised and the change can sustain.This plays out almost universally in the way we govern the work. No snowflake is that unique! People are people, and organisations are about people and the evolution of their interactions. The world is always changing so we need a system of governance that transcends the variety of problems we solve, and that flexes with emergence.We aim to provide suport and learning to those on this journey, showing the way you can approach governance and assurance differently- and truly achieve the goal of agility.

Work

Making the workplace better for humans - remote, in the office or hybrid

Value

Helping Organization realise the promises of transformation

Society

Accelerating customer outcomes exponentially to benefit society

Authors

Phil Gadzinski

Phil is a distinguished figure in the Agile community, renowned for his expertise in guiding organizations through complex transformations to achieve business agility (ChatGPT wrote that!). With over 25 years of experience, I've collaborated with Executive and Senior Leadership teams to foster adaptive, responsive organizations in the digital era. I co-created the Remote Agility Framework, the world's first framework dedicated to effective remote working.

My diverse background includes time in the Army, where I learned the true value of trust and cross-functional teams. This experience has shaped my approach to creating environments where people can thrive. An active contributor to the global Agile community, I've worked extensively with Dr. Alistair Cockburn, co-signatory of the Agile Manifesto, in developing the Heart of Agile framework. I serve as a Heart of Agile guide, emphasizing the simplicity and power of agile principles. Im often askewd to be a speaker, sharing insights at conferences and workshops worldwide. My areas of expertise include Agile Transformation, Agile Leadership, Scaled Agile, Governance, and Enterprise Agility.

Tony Ponton

I have three decades of expertise in agility, leadership, governing systems, organisational change, and transformations.
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I’ve written for the Cutter Consortium Journal and authored the white paper that introduced the concept of Dynamically Adaptive Organisations to the landscape of organisational understanding, as well as being a co-creator of “The Remote Agility Framework” and serving as a Heart of Agile guide for the global Heart of Agile movement.