My name is Tobias Strandh, I live in the Capital of fika, also known as Alingsas just outside Gothenburg in Sweden. I have worked with leadership, digitization and communication since the 90’s including being a father since 1992 with six great kids in total (four girls to start with and two guys in the end)… Read more »
Trust Based Agile
A Viking approach to leadership
Even the old Vikings worked with trust based leadership, today we call it Agile Methods! This is the English compilation of the books Agile leadership for a digital age (2019) & Smooth leaders and other agile myths (2020) in Swedish by author Tobias Strandh. Working with human driving forces in a digitized world at an ever accelerating pace requires insight into how we together create success when we really know each other! This is the book for you who work with leading and coaching employees and want a wide agile toolbox to choose parts from that fit into your own business! Be inspired by methods successfully used all over the world and pick the pieces that best fit into your own business!
Book Description
With a background in the educational world, IT and digitization since the mid 90's, Tobias Strandh shares a wealth of tips with practical and tested ways to support employees to reach full potential and build organizational value together. The book goes through how an agile organization can work, how you can take support from agile methods in your business, what continuous skills development can really contribute and an insight into what it means to work with distributed teams spread across national borders.
The book mixes self-perceived examples with best practices from international experts and proven methods that can support you personally and your organization in taking the next step towards joint success. In a humorous way, spiced with anecdotes from the hectic IT industry, Tobias shares a wealth of useful insights about leadership at various levels, organizational development and digital tools that could support your own success! We take a closer look at frameworks such as Scrum, Lean, Modern Agile, Heart of Agile and SAFe, while at the same time gaining insight into the possibilities of combining these ideas with well-proven models for Modern Workplace, better communication, collaboration and how continuous competence development weaves everything together.