DENVER, April 21, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SCRUM
ALLIANCE®, the largest, most established and
influential professional membership organization and certifying
body in the Agile community, announces the formation of a Learning
Consortium for the Creative Economy. The Learning Consortium
comprises a diverse group of organizations in different sectors
around the world that are exploring management innovation in the
emerging Creative Economy.
Learning Consortium organizations include agile42, Autodesk,
Brillio, C.H. Robinson International, Ericsson, hhpberlin, Magna
International, Menlo Innovations, Microsoft, PENSCO Trust,
SolutionsIQ, and SWIFT.
The Learning Consortium will explore the leadership and
management practices emerging to deal with a marketplace that
requires continuous customer-driven innovation. The Consortium will
study ongoing transformational shifts in management, away from
hierarchical bureaucracy and toward more Agile and creative
approaches to the structure and coordination of work,
communications, goals, and metrics. Its purpose is to enable
peer-to-peer learning and sharing resources and experience in a
context of integrity and trust.
"Many organizations are already making a shift," said Scrum
Alliance Board of Directors member Steve
Denning. "They're moving from the goal of maximizing
shareholder value to a focus on adding value to those for whom the
work is being done. They're evolving from the practices of
hierarchical bureaucracy to the collaborative leadership and
management practices of the Creative Economy. And they're
expanding, from metrics limited to financial goals to metrics that
reflect contributions to the prosperity of individuals,
organizations, and society."
The members of the Learning Consortium will select five
organizations that are already implementing some of the leadership
and management practices of the Creative Economy and organize
one-day site visits at their locations. Each host organization will
make presentations and hold discussions about what it is doing, how
it is doing it, and what it is learning. Once the site visits are
complete, Scrum Alliance will organize a retrospective conference
to review what has been learned.
"The Learning Consortium is designed to shed light on some of
these important questions," said Scrum Alliance Chairman of the
Board Harvey Wheaton. "What are the opportunities? What are the
constraints? How much change is actually happening on the ground?
What are the benefits, costs, and risks? The idea of the Learning
Consortium for the Creative Economy is exciting. We look forward to
the discoveries that will be made over the coming weeks and
months."
The Learning Consortium will produce a report based on its
findings and make it available to the public. For more information
about the Learning Consortium and the Creative Economy, visit
https://www.scrumalliance.org/why-scrum/learning-consortium.
About SCRUM ALLIANCE®
Founded in 2001,
SCRUM ALLIANCE® is the largest, most established and
influential professional membership organization in the Agile
community. SCRUM ALLIANCE® is a nonprofit association
with more than 400,000 members worldwide. Its mission is to
"Transform the World of Work" by guiding organizations to become
prosperous and sustainable, to inspire people, and to create value
for society. Scrum is at the foundation of all its products,
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