Diana discovers solutions and possibilities where others find only barriers and obstacles.
As a roving Leadership Agility Advisor, Diana Larsen engages with challenges that emerge at the intersection of leadership, team improvement, and learning. She works alongside leaders to build their proficiency in shaping environments for productive, resilient teams and to accelerate organizational learning. In every interaction, Diana brings the wisdom she’s gained in over 30 years of working with leaders, teams, and organizations.
Create
Diana has written and co-authored a wide variety of publications, including:
- Agile Retrospectives, 2nd edition: A Practical Guide for Catalyzing Team Learning and Improvement
- Lead without Blame: Building Resilient Learning Teams
- The Art of Agile Development, 2nd edition
- The Agile Fluency Model: A Brief Guide to Success with Agile
- Liftoff: Start and Sustain Successful Agile Teams
- The Five Rules of Accelerated Learning
Diana also developed the Agile Fluency® Model in collaboration with James Shore.
Community
Diana is a past Chair and former board member (2007–2013) of the Agile Alliance Board of Directors, as well as co-founder of her local meetup group reboot, AgilePDX. She served on the board (2013-2016) of the Organization Design Forum, chaired their 2018 conference, and now serves on the advisory board. She is an associate of the Human Systems Dynamics Institute. Active on the organizing teams of various conferences, she is a founding and emeritus board member of Agile Open Northwest, a non-profit organization.
Diana partners as an Impact Advisor with Impactful Organizations, serves as an Expert with The Agile Network, and as a regular panelist with the Agile Coaching Network. She also enjoys exploring new ideas about the future of work, including Fluid Adaptive Scaling Technology.
Pragmatic Visionary
Diana delivers keynotes, talks, and pre- and post-conference workshops at conferences around the world. Topics include visionary ideas from her books, as well as pragmatic topics, such as Continuous Learning, Continuous Improvement, Resilient Teams, Leading for the 21st Century, and Thriving in Turbulent and Tumultuous Times. Find links to sample videos lower on this page.
Diana also facilitates Leadership Retrospective Circles, Open Spaces, and other large group events that generate productive insights and identify impactful actions.
A Personal Note…
Diana is also the caretaker of a rather demanding late 19th-century house. When not caring for the house and its inhabitants, she enjoys travel for both work and personal adventures, particularly those with historical and archaeological significance.
