Driving Value Creation in a Changing World: Our CEO Joins The Agile Network as an Expert Contributor and More

This recognition is more than a milestone. It’s part of our ongoing commitment to helping leaders, teams, and organizations achieve real business agility—and not just in theory.

At Lean Agile Intelligence, we believe value creation—not compliance—is the heart of agility. It’s never been about frameworks, jargon, or chasing trends. It’s about delivering measurable, meaningful impact in a fast-moving world. That’s why we’re proud to share that our CEO, Michael McCalla, has been selected as an Expert Contributor at The Agile Network.

This recognition is more than a milestone. It’s a reflection of our ongoing commitment to helping leaders, teams, and organizations achieve real business agility—and mature in their agile journey with purpose.

Why This Matters (To You)

The Agile Network isn’t just another content platform. It’s a dynamic, interactive ecosystem built for leaders and practitioners who are serious about solving real problems, not just adopting processes for the sake of it.

In a world of complexity, digital disruption, and rising delivery pressures, business agility and agile maturity are no longer optional—they’re strategic necessities. Communities like The Agile Network equip you with more than ideas. They provide tools, frameworks, and hard-won insights from people who’ve actually done the work.

It’s a next-generation platform designed to support:

✅ Solving real problems
✅ Delivering meaningful outcomes
✅ Engaging employees
✅ Equipping organizations to thrive in today’s digital economy

In short, it’s a place to learn, grow, connect, and drive the kind of value creation that sustains business agility and supports continuous growth in agile maturity.

What Michael Brings to the Table

To restore confidence in Agile, transformation leaders need a strategic approach that delivers tangible outcomes and aligns closely with organizational goals. At Lean Agile Intelligence, we call it “making it real.”

Michael has spent decades guiding organizations toward transformation that sticks—building environments where agility is a means to real value creation, not a checkbox exercise. His focus is on implementing Agile as a critical enabler of business outcomes like faster time to market and organizational responsiveness.

An Agile Capability Measurement and Improvement Strategy is central to his work. This approach creates a structure for keeping Agile purposeful and effective over time by:

📊 Aligning Agile practices with strategic goals
📏 Using clear, quantitative and qualitative metrics to track impact
🔄 Embedding continuous feedback loops to surface performance trends and their root causes

These strategies help organizations not only assess where they are in their agile maturity journey, but also define where they need to go next.

The benefits?
✅ Renewed confidence in Agile through data-backed results
✅ Increased team engagement and leadership buy-in
✅ Sustained business agility through ongoing adaptation

In other words, Michael brings a framework for measurable value creation—the kind that sticks, scales, and evolves with your level of agile maturity.

“The problems we’re solving haven’t changed. The stakes have just gotten higher. AI anyone… 🙃” — Michael McCalla

That’s why this collaboration with The Agile Network is such a natural fit. The mission is aligned. The community is serious. And the work ahead is meaningful.

Upcoming Webinar: Is "Agile Dead"? Or Is That the Wrong Question?

We’ve got more to share—and it’s all focused on helping you lead with clarity, confidence, and real impact.

Join Bob Ternes on April 8th at 12PM EST for a bold conversation that reframes agility beyond frameworks—and focuses on value creation in today's complex business environment.

Webinar: Why the So-Called “Death of Agile” Is Irrelevant

You’ll walk away with:
✔ A tool to align change efforts with business goals
✔ Why pragmatism beats idealism in modern agile delivery
✔ How to avoid the Framework Trap—no matter your methodology

📅 Register now to secure your spot

Whether you're a consultant, internal change agent, or coach, this is a session you won’t want to miss.

New Feature Highlights: Enabling Faster, Smarter Assessments

We’re also continuing to invest in tools that help you assess and act faster—because faster feedback fuels stronger business agility and supports intentional growth in agile maturity.

We have more exciting AI-related news coming soon—and you won’t want to miss it.
Hint hint: it involves our partnership with Accelerated Innovation. Follow us to stay in the loop on news that could reshape AI use cases in the business world.

🧭 Explore the full release announcement to see how these updates can elevate your agility assessment experience—and support your agile maturity journey.

Join the Movement Toward Meaningful Business Agility

This collaboration with The Agile Network reflects what we’re all about at Lean Agile Intelligence: agility that delivers real value. The kind that engages employees, improves delivery, and helps organizations compete, adapt, and thrive—especially in a world shaped by AI, market volatility, and evolving customer expectations.

We invite our community to explore The Agile Network, register for the upcoming webinar, and check out our latest platform enhancements. Whether you're a change agent, coach, executive, or simply curious—this is your space.

Let’s keep pushing the boundaries of what business agility and agile maturity can do.

🔗 Explore Michael's Expert Profile on The Agile Network
🚀 Join the movement toward real value creation, agile maturity, and business agility—today!