Agile Conversations

The Accountability Conversation

Within the feature factory, it would be unimaginable to be completely transparent about delivery and its challenges—why bother, when we’re stifled by rigid dicta at every turn? And the same lack of autonomy makes it pointless to be curious about options for varying goals and tactics, since no variation would be achievable anyway. But as we’ve built Trust, removed Fear, defined Why, and honored Commitment, we’ve become much more autonomous and unconstrained; and this level of transparency and curiosity is now possible with our final conversation: Accountability.

Executives will find that accountability leads their ...