Network Testimonials

“Although technology has sped forward in the last 20 years, organizational management is largely the same now as it was in the mid-industrial age. The Agile Lean Leadership Network provides an opportunity to harmonize organizations and the work they do, serving customers more effectively, while creating a better balance in the workplace and more value for all stakeholders. I chose to become an ALLN member because I believe there is a better, more modern way to run today’s complex organizations and I am eager to be part of that drive.” Paul Norton, MA USA.

I took the Scrum Master and Product Owner Courses. That was my first introduction to Agile and Lean Principles. Those courses peaked my interest as a lot of what I learned through them I could relate to organizations I had experienced. I started picking out potential areas of improvement in those organizations. When I first got introduced to Agile Lean Leadership (ALL) it immediately occurred to me that this would be the change that is needed in our Kenyan government offices and private organizations. Since then, I have been an active advocate of ALL and currently trying to find a training partner to help implement it in East Africa. 

As one discovers the principles and methodologies of ALL, one can’t help but see how useful it would be to actually deeply think about the origin of current organizational practices. We need to look at our past and current practices and ask ourselves the question, why? For Africa, we need to look at our future and ask ourselves if we are at par with what is happening in the rest of the world, and are we growing in that direction or are we stagnating in the comfort zone that is actually harming us more than helping us? I dare say that the future of work in Africa and the transformation we so need in our institutions is in Agile and Lean. Deborah Jeruto