Is Agile hindering creativity and innovation?

Agile defines how a team organizes and controls work. Creativity requires freedom (time, thinking) hence any kind of control works against creativity. read more

Agile can indeed be the tyranny of the urgent, but it doesn't necessarily kill innovation/creativity. With some guidelines, I believe it actually promotes innovation/creativity. Give yourselves time. read more

To some extent agile (I know mainly Scrum) foster innovation as they try to create a fear-free environment (one of the innovation/creativity blockers according to Amabile) and encourages teams to improve their approaches to specific tasks. read more

For instance, it emerged that a lack of natural creativity can be overcome by asking questions and spending time reviewing materials at the early stages of the creative process. “Creativity to a degree is a trainable skill,” the authors conclude. “It is a skill that is developed and can be improved. read more