Agile Leadership - Online Program

Our online program "Agile Leadership" invites you to explore the field of agile organizations. This subject may fascinate you. Why? Because agility is not only a concept for organizations, but a mindset for every individual. Agility is about fast adaptation to changing circumstances. It is about focus on people and their needs, be it customers or organizational members. It is about creating space for innovation and creativity.

Knowledge about agile organizations also opens new opportunities for you:

• You have the skills to co-create a work place that suits you best.
• You can make a difference in your team and realize your own ideas.
• You can have more fun at work.

Structure of the program

This online program allows you to learn, experience, and try out the new input in your own pace. The 1-month learning journey is divided into four parts, each with 1-week duration. Each week you will be supplied with food for thought, to be consumed and digested within that week at your own pace.  Every program part can be worked on individually and takes approximately 6.5 hours to work on. Through instructional videos and study materials as well as a selection of podcasts and TED talks, participants learn how to develop an agile mindset and how to make their teams fit for agile working methods.

Within these 4 weeks, we offer 2 Live Sessions (via Zoom, attendance is optional):

1. In week 1, Prof. Kathrin Köster gives an inspiring input about VUCADD Leadership.
2. In the last week you have the opportunity to present a mini-pilot project. How would you try to implement more Agile processes/structures or an Agile mindset in your department or company? Get input from Prof. Kathrin Köster and interact with the other participants: ask each other questions, share experiences and talk about the challenges you have faced..

Please note that the program was designed so that participants can go through all the content and complete the mandatory tasks in 4 weeks. However, the participants will have access to the learning platform and all the materials for 6 months.

Fostering co-creation by providing impetus and opportunities for interaction

The “Got it?” feature gives participants a change to test what they have learned so far. Pieces of textual input known as “shifts” provide them with valuable impetus for reflecting on their current ways of thinking and working, and help them deepen their insight and understanding. In “spotlight videos”, Kathrin Köster explains, among other things, what agility is and what it is not. Under the heading “Connected”, participants can raise job-related issues and ask colleagues, friends and family members for their input on them. So-called “anchors” give participants and teams that take part in the program as a group an opportunity to openly exchange views and opinions with one another.

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