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This is the recording of the session on 'Breaking Free from Fixed Teams- Towards More Fluid Ways of Working' on October 16, 2025 with Ellen Grove, Chris Smith, Mike Bowler and Olivier Gourment.

Are you curious about alternatives to traditional, small static agile teams? Join us for an engaging discussion that challenges conventional thinking about how we organize and collaborate at work. Rather than prescribing specific methodologies, our experts will share the underlying principles and real-world experiences behind more dynamic, adaptive approaches to teamwork. Discover what happens when we let go of rigid team boundaries and embrace fluidity in how we work together.
Our panelists will share insights and stories from diverse approaches that all challenge the status quo:
Reteaming: How intentionally reshaping teams can unlock innovation and growth
FAST Agile and FluidAgile: Moving beyond fixed squads to create more robust and responsive organizations
Ensemble Programming: Real stories of whole-team collaboration at the keyboard
Open Space Technology: Techniques that unleash collective intelligence and self-organization

Part I — Introductions to Fluid Practices

00:34 – Ellen: The Many Forms of Agility
01:54 – Chris: Challenging Stable Teams
03:12 – Mike: Collaboration Through Ensembling
03:45 – Olivier: Early Agile Success and FAST Agile Origins

Part II — Aha Moments & Shifting Mindsets

06:28 – Ellen’s Aha Moment: Open Space Technology
09:06 – Mike’s Aha Moment: From Skepticism to Discovery
10:31 – Chris’s Aha Moment: Dynamic Reteaming
12:32 – Olivier: Contextual Agility and the Birth of FAST Agile

Part III — Foundations for Fluidity

16:55 – Prerequisites for Fluid Practices
24:01 – Challenges in Ensembling
25:57 – Ellen: Fluid Decision-Making and Control
27:36 – Are Organizations Asking for This?

Part IV — Understanding Complexity & Organizational Dynamics

30:41 – Fluid Agile and Complexity Models
35:05 – Ellen: Recognizing Complex Work
37:56 – Leadership vs. Management, Simplifying Complexity Models
44:10 – Transparency, Trust, and Learning & Innovation
46:32 – Leadership Reactions and Safety, Revisiting Prerequisites
51:53 – Challenges and Lessons Learned
58:09 – Specialists and Knowledge Sharing, Team Topologies and Fluid Teams

Part V — Getting Started & Evolving Practice

1:04:37 – How to Get Started: Practical Advice
1:09:28 – Designing Safe Experiments
1:12:20 – Experimentation and Complexity
1:13:21 – Final Takeaways: Fluid Agility in Practice
1:17:35 – Dynamic Reteaming vs. ChaosLinks shared:

Ellen Grove:   / ellengrove  

Mike Bowler: https://www.mikebowler.ca/
How Mike does ensemble/mobbing: https://agiletechnicalexcellence.com/...
Course on retrospectives: https://gargoylesoftware.com/retrospe.... Use discount code “FLUID2025”. Code will be valid for the rest of October.

Chris Smith:   / chrissmithagile  
Heidi Helfand’s book: https://www.amazon.ca/Dynamic-Reteami...
Our journey with reteaming: https://leadingagileteams.com/categor...

Olivier Gourment: https://agile-u.com, FAST Agile fastagile.io
FAST & FluidAgile training Nov 18-21 https://www.tickettailor.com/events/a... . Use discount code "FLUID2025" for 20% off (limited number, for the rest of October)
Agile Tour Montréal Nov 27 https://www.agiletourmontreal.com/ - Olivier will speak on FluidAgile at 10:15 in 513de
Agile Open Montréal May 6, 2026 - https://www.eventbrite.ca/o/agile-ope... - Super early bird rate until Nov. 14.