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Top Global Lean/ Agile Thought Leaders and Influencers 2025

NimbleWork

Whether you’re new to Agile or a seasoned expert, these influencers offer invaluable insights, actionable strategies, and inspiration to elevate your practice. His work integrates anthropology, neuroscience, and adaptive systems theory, influencing global governments and industries.

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What Is an Impact Effort Matrix? (Template Included)

ProjectManager.com

Implementing a new lean training program and executing energy-saving initiatives fall under quick wins. Launching a new sustainable packaging redesign and doing an ERP system overhaul are major wins. Factors that can influence the decision include time, resources , financial costs or complexity. is considering various projects.

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Top 25 Project Management Influencers of 2025

NimbleWork

These top 25 influencers for 2025 aren’t just keeping up with the trends—they’re setting them, reshaping how teams collaborate, innovate, and deliver in today’s fast-paced world. What distinguishes these influencers in the landscape of project management thought leadership?

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Elevating Katas™ as Systemic Levers for Organizational Agility

Scrum.org

Cultural Shift: Over time, Elevating Katas influence not just processes, but also the culture, encouraging transparency, continuous learning, and a broader understanding of product and customer outcomes. Enabling People and Role Evolution The Star Model emphasizes that people and their roles must be in sync with overall organizational design.

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The Agile Manifesto from a Lean Perspective

Scrum.org

To what extent, for example, is the Manifesto a reflex of “lean thinking”? There’s a clear synergy between lean and agile practice, and attempts to tease them apart can often seem contrived and artificial. Interestingly, in the published history of the Agile Manifesto, the word “lean” does not appear even once.

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5 Kaizen Principles That Underpin the Methodology

ProjectManager.com

But is there a unifying theory of improvement, and if so, can it be sustained? It’s been around in Japan since after World War II, though influenced by quality management ideas from the United States. The idea of always making small improvements is not dissimilar to lean manufacturing, especially with the emphasis of eliminating waste.

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What is analysis paralysis (and how to overcome it)

Planio

The desire to please high-powered stakeholders often influences how we make decisions. This constant pivoting causes uncertainty, anxiety, and stress and, if sustained for a long period, can eventually lead to burnout. This means leaning into the possibility of workarounds, rework, and risk if it means making fast progress.