In this podcast Shane Hastie, InfoQ Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Pat Reed of iHoriz about value innovation, adaptive leadership and what\u2019s needed to create real business agility. \n\nWhy listen to this podcast:\n\n - Business agility is about adapting and thriving in extreme uncertainty\n - Make value visible \u2013 really understand who your customer is and how value is derived in your organisation, then focus on only doing things that truly add value\n - The management practice of \u201cdoing more with less\u201d is both delusional and counter-productive\n - We know about the need for WIP limits and the impact of context switching on productivity, yet somehow some managers believe their organisations are immune from these realities\n - Value must be measured in terms of making an impactful difference to a customer or to the business\n - Fast failure and learning are critical to innovation and sustainable organisation success\n - Being able to adapt quicker than the competition, quicker than the customer\u2019s changing needs is imperative for business success today \n\nNotes and links can be found on: http://bit.ly/2lcedge\n\nYou can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq