Chris Tuohy - Agile coach of Coaches, Spark - What is Agile?

So Agile first and foremost is a mindset, which we call the growth mindset, and that’s associated with four values and twelve principles. We very much focus on that mindset piece, and that’s all about being agile and fronting up as an agile practitioner on a day-to-day basis.

The way that Agile shows up in your structure is a simplified approach to the organization - we call it de-layering the organisation. In the simplest terms at Spark, that is three layers across the entire enterprise. This allows very quick communication up and down the chain, as well as an omnidirectional flow of communication, so leadership can speak down through the tribes and squads, and squads can communicate back up through the tribes and leadership quickly and effectively.