Agile and Open Innovation: Building the Bridge Between Tech and Business

How do you help a team move from “just doing agile” to actually improving how they work together, and why they work?In this episode of Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership, I’m joined by Mary Provinciatto, author of Sprint a Sprint and Engagement Lead at Red Hat Open Innovation Labs.Mary shares her journey from software developer to coach and explains what pushed her to focus on a bridge that many teams still struggle to build: technology and business.We talk about:why forcing practices rarely works, even when you know the theoryhow to create safety so people can ask questions, surface mistakes, and learnteam building that actually changes the way people collaborate (including a story about fixing a standup problem without “fixing the standup”)what an Engagement Lead does, and how Open Innovation Labs residencies drive outcomes in 4 to 12 weekshow the Labs “drink their own champagne” through transparency, weekly reports, showcases, and continuous improvementwhat Mary learned from writing a book using MVP thinking, time-boxing, and early feedbackMary also shares a practical invitation: use, remix, and contribute to the Open Practice Library, a growing set of field-tested practices shared by practitioners.Find all the references in the companion post.