1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Jim Highsmith is one of the 17 signatories who met in Snowbird, Utah and gave us the gift of the Agile Manifesto.&amp;nbsp; For two decades, Jim has inspired me with his example of pragmatic agility. His model of leadership-collaboration has stood the test of time as an alternative to the traditional command and control management model.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Jim is a prolific writer and the author of five books on Agile, all of which have had a tremendous impact on the agile movement. Today, Jim is an executive consultant with ThoughtWorks helping organizations with their agile and digital transformations.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I met Jim in the early 2000s, towards the beginning of my own agile journey.&amp;nbsp; Jim was an inspiration to me when I wrote my own first book, Managing Agile Projects way back in 2004.&amp;nbsp; We shared a belief in Complex Adaptive Systems as a foundation for agile methods.&amp;nbsp; Also in 2004, at Jim’s invitation, several of us including Alistair Cockburn and David Anderson collaborated on the Declaration of Interdependence for agile and adaptive projects.&amp;nbsp; Jim’s leadership propelled the founding of the worldwide Agile Project Leadership Network.&amp;nbsp; Those early days also saw a few of us applying agile methods to management and leadership for the very first time.&amp;nbsp; As my long-time friend and mentor, I find Jim to be the classic example of a pragmatic leader who brings out the very best in each person he meets. Agile Caravanserai http://agilecaravanserai.libsyn.com/website <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/16758065/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/88169519