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When I started my new job at the Agile Business Consortium, I thought I’d be drawing on my work and learning in membership and belonging. I didn’t consider that I might find links with my training as a yoga teacher! At first glance, the worlds of yoga and business agility might seem light-years apart but, as I’ve deepened my understanding of both, I’ve often found myself pondering how many similarities between their teachings. Now, I am not an expert in Business Agility (or yoga!) by any stretch of the imagination, so I’m keen to hear from agilists who have more than my six months of learning, but here’s where I see the crossover between my yoga mat and the meeting room.

Whenever organisations try to improve something, you can hear them needing more “focus”. More focus on the customer, more focus on cost, more focus on sustainability, etc. What we focus on becomes sharper. What we ignore fades into the background. Using focus in this way allows organisations (and people) to concentrate on one (or just a few) issues and dedicate some extra energy specifically to those issues.