Entering 2013 the decision to leave my former employer after seven years to join goAgile as a freelance Agile consultant was still very new. Now twelve months later I can say with confidence it was one of the best work-related decision I have ever made. So was joining my old employer eight years ago by the way, but in 2012 it was time to move on.

During 2013 I primarily worked with a single client. The company has 500+ employees and their IT development organization make up just about half of that. The company had a long history of waterfall thinking and was struggling to deliver real customer value and be profitable in the process. They quickly transformed to the new ways of working and everyone from the boardof their war stories about their struggles and achievements implementing Agile in their organizations. I think it’s fair to say that Agile is gaining momentum, but experienced Agile coaches will unfortunately not be out of jobs anytime soon.

Finally, we decided to formalize our collaboration by making goAgile a public company in 2013. By Danish law, public companies must have a CEO and to my surprise, my colleagues unanimously pointed at me as the best candidate. I humbly accepted to take the first turn and to strive to be a thought leader, protect our culture of equality and never to give anyone a direct order.

Also from a sporting perspective was 2013 a memorable year. After my Ironman debut in 2012, I promised my family not to do another one