Democracy Unleashed: Bringing Agility to Citizen Engagement

Abstract

Empowered individuals. Creative, participatory decision making. Connectedness and care for each other. These words apply equally to an Agile organization as to a healthy community. What might happen if we applied Agile values and methods to transform communities? The author shares his experiences from 2009-2011 to nurture citizen engagement in his home town and elsewhere, from a team kick start session for an elected council to citizen budget games to prioritize the budget. He covers tools and methods, trials and triumphs, how Agile applied to community differs from organization. This is bleeding edge stuff, an area of opportunity for Agile consultants to do work that transforms the world.