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AgileTODAY is a blog that serves as the beating pulse of the Agile Australia community.

Gathering builds our capability

Spending two days at AgileAus25 reminded me: gathering builds capability. And that matters because productivity is built on capability, and capability starts with people.

The top 5 reasons your peers are heading to AgileAus25

AgileAus25 is fast approaching, taking place on June 23–24, 2025 at Sofitel Sydney Wentworth - and curious minds from across the country are preparing to gather for two energising days of ideas, insights and connection.But why are so many making the trip? We asked...

Harnessing AI at AgileAus25

At AgileAus25 (23-24 June 2025, Sofitel Sydney Wentworth) we’re not just talking about AI. We’re showing you how to use it with purpose – guided by product thinking, empowered teams, and practical, lived experience.

Agile around the world – a chat with Cristina Welle

We recently had the pleasure of an illuminating chat with Cristina Welle, an Agile Coach and volunteer for the AgileAus Conference who shared what keeps the wind beneath her wings.

In conversation with Elise Aplin

Elise Aplin has been a speaker, volunteer reviewer and stream chair for Agile Australia over many years and her contributions have been invaluable to the special sauce of the AgileAus community!
Most recently, Elise has been living the island life in Mauritius and will soon be returning home to Australia. We caught up with her to have a chat about what she’s been up to.

Accelerate

Accelerate

Check out an extract from Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations by Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble and Gene Kim (IT Revolution, 2018).

The AgileAus Holiday Reading Guide

The AgileAus Holiday Reading Guide

There’s no better time than the holiday break to kick back and relax with a book! Whether you’re looking for poolside reads, inspiring stories, or books to help you step into 2019 with your best foot forward – we have you covered! Plus, check out some recommended reads from members of the AgileAus community.

Agile Lessons from AI

Agile Lessons from AI

Melinda Harrington reviews Made by Humans: The AI Condition by Ellen Broad (Melbourne University Press, 2018). Melinda is a Lead Consultant at Elabor8. She is an Agile coach, a speaker, a writer, a blogger, and a passionate believer that we can always improve the way we work.

Reading The Mind of the Leader at Book Club @ AGL

In November, AgileTODAY was warmly welcomed into Book Club @ AGL – a fortnightly reading group held in AGL’s Melbourne offices. Over the two sessions documented below, the book club discussed The Mind of the Leader: How to Lead Yourself, Your People and Your Organization for Extraordinary Results by Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter (Harvard Business Review Press, 2018).

What we are looking for at AgileAus19!

What we are looking for at AgileAus19!

  You may be aware that in 2019 AgileAus will be accepting Expressions Of Interest (EOIs) to shape a program that aims to represent, nourish, surprise and delight the community. What are we looking for? Building the AgileAus program is more art than science, and...

Building the AgileAus19 program

Building the AgileAus19 program

AgileAus19 is to be held on 25-26 June 2019 at the Hilton Sydney and we are busily working with the AgileAus community to explore better ways of creating a Conference program that represents the depth and breadth of the Australian Agile community. Have experimented...

#fragile: Feminist Revisionist Agile

#fragile: Feminist Revisionist Agile

  Guest post by Sarah Kaur, Chief Operations Officer, Portable.In talks presented in Melbourne and Sydney this August, Portable COO Sarah Kaur presented a feminist revisionist interpretation of Agile. In Twitter discussion following the talks, the hashtag...

Working on a Workshop Wall at AgileAus18

Working on a Workshop Wall at AgileAus18

 Guest post by Ben Crothers, Design Strategist, Atlassian.The tenth anniversary of the AgileAus Conference was pretty special in a lot of ways. One of the new things we tried this year was to give attendees another mode of interacting with each other with a...

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AgileTODAY was a quarterly print magazine for 10 years and now is a blog that serves as the beating pulse of the Agile Australia community. Stay at the edge of the latest in Agile conversation, with analysis from leading Agile thinkers, case studies and up-to-date news.

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