Quotes From "Digital Agility: The Rocky Road From Doing Agile To Being Agile" By Pearl Zhu

Agile does not mean laissez-faire, flexibility and freedom are based...
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Agile does not mean laissez-faire, flexibility and freedom are based on the well-defined principles. Pearl Zhu
Change is not for its own sake, it’s the means...
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Change is not for its own sake, it’s the means to the end, not the end. Pearl Zhu
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Agile is more a “direction, ” than an “end.” Transforming to Agile culture means the business knows the direction they want to go on. Pearl Zhu
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Agile and DevOps are for harnessing integration, interaction, and innovation. Pearl Zhu
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One of the reasons to see improved productivity in Agile is because of the simplicity principle. Pearl Zhu
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Agility within and of itself is a strategy. Pearl Zhu
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The beauty of agile comes in with its incremental nature and use of empiricism to focus on three “I”s - Interaction, Iteration, and Improvement. Pearl Zhu
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The well-defined principles last when time moves on. However, a progressive organization or society will love to break the old or hidden rules in order to move forward. Pearl Zhu
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You can only fail better only if you learn from failures. And then failing is something that prompts you to move ahead. Pearl Zhu
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Orchestrating a diversified team can indeed enhance the higher level of harmony. Pearl Zhu