Post-Agile: What Organizations Actually Need Now

Agile left many teams broken. Michael Mahlberg helps organizations actually work again after failed transformations. "There actually is no agile manifesto." - Michael Mahlberg What happens to the teams and organizations left behind after an agile transformation that didn't deliver what it promised? With Michael Mahlberg I talk about why the word "agile" has lost its meaning, how big consultancies pushed companies deeper into rigid structures under an agile label, and what it actually takes to help an organization find its footing again. We get into the question of what genuinely worked from the last 25 years, from fast iterations and real customer feedback to decision-making practices borrowed from outside the agile world entirely. What stays with me is Michael's point that arguing for change rarely works, but pulling people into the experience of what isn't working just might. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:43 Why Agile Lost Its Meaning 00:04:27 What Companies Got Wrong 00:07:52 Blueprints That Backfire 00:10:55 How Organizations Can Reset 00:13:04 Creating Real Urgency 00:18:38 What Actually Still Works 📘 Free e-book: The 7 success factors of software testing. 25 years of project experience in one 33-page workbook, now also in English 👉 https://tul.fm/ebook 🎯 Highlights: The Agile Manifesto is a manifesto for agile software development only, not for agile management or organizational leadership, yet companies applied it as if it covered all of those. Applying a fixed framework like SAFe pushes differentiation-phase companies deeper into rigid role structures rather than helping them adapt, because it copies organizational blueprints instead of developing fitting solutions. Fast iterations and genuine customer feedback are practices from the agile era that still hold value, but most organizations claiming to run agile no longer collect real feedback because they delay rollout. Arguing with management about dysfunction triggers automatic defensiveness, and the more a position is defended, the more the defender believes it, making direct argument counterproductive. 🔗 Links Blog Post for Episode: https://www.richard-seidl.com/en/podc... Michaels Info: https://mahlberg-and-friends.de/vortr... 🎙️ More from Richard Seidl Website: https://www.richard-seidl.com Linkedin:   / richardseidl   Podcast Software Testing: https://www.testing-unleashed.fm #softwaretesting #QA #post-agile