Hey everyone!
When I was speaking to people about the need for the Personal Agility course, I quickly learned that people would like something to put on their LinkedIn pages, something like the certification associated with Scrum Master training. I'm going to call this something a 'badge.'
Badges were good for the people who learned Scrum and good for Scrum as a whole. They made it easier for people to get their training paid for by their companies, which helped spread the word on Scrum. Eventually, the badge became well known, and having it was helpful when looking for a job, both for the job hunter and the people doing the hiring.
So badges were a good thing, and it's clear why people want them.
Except… the Scrum badge was called “Certified.” Can you really be certified as a master of Scrum after a two-day class? That's a controversial question. Let's look at it this way: the badge makes a promise, and people who have the badge should be able to keep the promise.
What promise can the badge make in the case of Personal Agility? Certification would be an odd choice. Certification is about proving that you know something. Personal Agility is about asking questions of yourself and other people.
I could however ask you whether you are really applying Personal Agility in your life. If I could confirm that you are applying Personal Agility, then I could call you a practitioner of Personal Agility. That's it! A “recognized practitioner.” How would this work?
If you are practicing Personal Agility, then I would expect from you three things:
A practitioner of Personal Agility knows what really matters and lives their life accordingly.
A practitioner of Personal Agility can explain the 6 questions of Personal Agility and how they help you live your life in accordance with what really matters.
A practitioner of Personal Agility uses their Priorities map to organize their life (or project or whatever) in accordance with what really matters to them.
So how would you become recognized? A short coaching call, where you confirm these three points. If you do/can do these three things, then you can be recognized!
Of course, I can only confirm that you are practicing Personal Agility at a particular point in time, so the recognition would only be valid for a certain time. After that time, you would need to renew the recognition.
Once you are recognized, I would send you a certificate confirming your recognition and give you a graphical badge that you can post of your LinkedIn page.
How does this resonate with you? Would you like to be called a “Recognized Practitioner of Personal Agility?” What other alternatives are there? Thanks in advance for your thoughts and comments!
Cheers!
Peter
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