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American Express
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Kodak
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Agile Theatre: Is ‘Doing Agile’ Different From ‘Being Agile’?
Many organisations claim to be “Agile” yet day-to-day reality often looks like long status meetings, rigid hierarchies, and box-ticking rituals. This gap between intention and execution is what experts call Agile Theatre: the performance of Agile practices without internalising Agile principles.
This article explores the critical distinction between doing Agile and being Agile. While the former focuses on surface-level rituals and frameworks, the latter demands a deeper cultural and psychological shift, one that embraces uncertainty, empowers self-organising teams, and prioritises outcomes over outputs.
By examining behavioural barriers, leadership mindsets, and consulting applications, the piece argues that true agility is less about perfect execution of frameworks and more about adaptability, learning, and continuous improvement.
Read Aradhya Madan’s article, to understand why mindset not methodology is the real differentiator.
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Toyota
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The Cost of Tomorrow
Time feels abstract until finance assigns it a price. Through a single metric, the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC), markets decide which ideas are worth waiting for and which futures are written off before they begin.
WACC is more than a technical calculation; it is the rate at which patience is taxed. It shapes valuations, determines which infrastructure gets built, which startups survive funding winters, and which innovations are shelved as “too slow.” A marginal shift in this number can create or erase billions in value, quietly steering global capital flows.
From low-interest-rate booms to private equity’s leveraged bets, the cost of capital reveals how economies reward speed over endurance and growth over resilience.
Explore this deeper reflection on finance, time, and ambition in Angad’s article.