DiscoverThe Agile Attorney Podcast090. Stop Writing Policies and Start Creating Working Agreements with Tim Lennon
090. Stop Writing Policies and Start Creating Working Agreements with Tim Lennon

090. Stop Writing Policies and Start Creating Working Agreements with Tim Lennon

Update: 2025-10-07
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Most organizations default to command-and-control when creating policies - one person decides what needs to happen, writes it down, and expects everyone else to follow along. The problem is that this approach creates policies that exist on paper but fail in practice, because the people doing the actual work never bought into them in the first place.

In today’s episode, I'm joined by Agile Educator and Organizational Coach Tim Lennon to discuss why the traditional approach to making policies explicit often backfires, especially in American workplaces. Through Tim's evolution from teaching the Kanban method to developing what he calls "Adaptive Kanban," we uncover why negotiating working agreements with your team creates far better results than top-down mandates.

Get full show notes, transcript, and more information here: agileattorney.com/90

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090. Stop Writing Policies and Start Creating Working Agreements with Tim Lennon

090. Stop Writing Policies and Start Creating Working Agreements with Tim Lennon