Last week LitheSpeed and 🔑 Sanjiv Augustine 🎯 pulled together the Global Agility + Innovation conference. It was a great program with a diversity of writers, researchers, and storytellers sharing perspectives on how we might expect the art and science of program management to change and accelerate with the use of AI. If you didn't make it this year, it's definitely something I'd put on the calendar for next year. It was really a privilege to hear Nevine White speak about a topic that's near and dear to my heart - agile resourcing. She told a story about how a previous employer completely banished budgets while maintaining high levels of growth, fiscal discipline, and something like $1.6Bn in revenue. She told a story about how financial experts, integrated into frontline teams were able to support a basic guidance of "Do better than last quarter" Finance and agility aren't usually two words you hear together. The reality is that when we talk about "shifting left" there's no further left than planning and resourcing. It is the most abstract concept of time and labor. Want to go fast and have great results at the same time? Get rid of your budgets. Integrate financial discussions into the daily business. Get your financial experts out to the field and integrated into the teams where those plans are turned into action. Agility in finance is definitely the next plateau. So glad there are leaders who have been building lessons along the way for us to learn from.
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2moJohn, appreciate the kind words. Our team had a blast, and the entire experience was simply exhilarating! Stay tuned for Nevine White’s magic, we have something in the works.