Achieving agility requires successful persuasion from the initiation of change to shifts in behavior and structure. The wrong message can really backfire, so Agile practitioners must excel at persuasion.
We explore a 4-step approach to persuasion from an unlikely source that bypasses resistance.

Audience
Coaches, scrum masters, transformation leaders, independent consultants, dev leads, managers, directors, project/program managers, and product owners.
Objectives
1. Persuade people to alter behaviors or messages that inhibit agility
2. Teach agile ways of working to developers without invoking common misconceptions
3. Record and relate the value of your contributions
4. Effectively convey the value of agility to executives, hiring managers and potential clients
Context
Persuading stakeholders and developers can be challenging, especially when preconceptions and skepticism abound. Resistance to Agile, however misinformed, can be deeply entrenched. Approach and Format
Exposition and individual reflection alternate using an online or paper worksheet to help the audience apply this method to a real conversation.