Adopting Agile Across Borders: A Guide to Navigating Cultural Complexity in Agile Teams and Organizations

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G. Califano, D. SpinksAdopting Agile Across Bordershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6948-0_18

18. The State of the World

Glaudia Califano¹   and David Spinks¹

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Milton Keynes, UK

 

The Industrial Revolution had a tremendous impact on the world. One invention led to another. Capitalism and Frederick Taylor’s scientific management theory emerged to organize our financial, labor, and production techniques. These techniques have become embedded into our cultures over the last couple of centuries. Times are changing though, and a new revolution is taking place. We are now in the information age and the old tools that worked so well since the Industrial Revolution ...