Business Agility Academy
Professionalizing Business Agility CoachingDemonstrate your capabilities as a business agility coach and achieve the most rigorous credentials in the industry
What is business agility?
Manifesto
In the 12th century, the first medical school in the world was founded in Montpellier, France. It took another 600 years till 1765, to the foundation of the first medical school in the USA. The creation of these schools was the start of medicine becoming a true profession. Prior to that anyone could claim to be a doctor.
Many other professions went through the same process. It took the establishment of law, engineering, and business schools to create these professions which means setting a certain quality standard for that job. Agile Coaching and specifically Business Agility Coaching is far from being a profession – but we believe it must be one.
This is why we are creating Business Agility Academy. This is why we believe there needs to be more rigor, more achievement based assessments, and more inclusiveness in terms of education preferences.
Credentials
Associate Level
hours of education- 1,500+ hours of hands-on experience
- Team case study
- 1 client reference
Professional Level
hours of education- 4,500+ hours of hands-on experience
- Team of Teams case study
- 2 client references
Expert Level
hours of education- 7,500+ hours of hands-on experience
- Organization case study
- 3 client references Pass panel interview
Karim Harbott
Sohrab Salimi
About us
In order to help individuals (leaders on various levels) drive real organizational change towards true business agility we aim to create a program where the best educators in the space of business agility can connect with the most vivid learners. This program is a space where a community of global leaders can learn from us, other educators, and each other.
The most rigorous
business agility credential
The achievement-based
business agility credential
Too many agile coaches are focused on implementing agile rather than delivering business results.
In order to achieve a Business Agility Academy credential one needs to demonstrate the ability to think holistically i.e. beyond agile frameworks and really deliver results within teams and organizations.
The only inclusive
business agility credential
With most organizations one needs to commit to a specific framework to move forward on their individual agile journey. At Business Agility Academy, we deliberately decided to not only be framework agnostic, but to also welcome people that have started their journey with various organizations. Any type of education – including self-study – count towards a BAA credential.
“Prior to being a CEO, I saw myself first and foremost as an Agile Coach. With now several years of executive experience under my belt, I know that it takes more to create true business agility than just agile coaching. BAA is the only organization credentialing that skill. I am truly happy to be awarded the Expert Business Agility Coach credential.”
Melissa Boggs
Enterprise Agile Coach, Former co-CEO Scrum Alliance
Application process
- Join our waiting list
- Once it’s your turn, we will share your personal application folder with you
- Submit your application for review using the provided templates
- If needed, clarify our questions so that we can together move you forward
- In case you are applying for E-BAC we will conduct a personal interview
Setting a gold standard for coaches
Core Competencies
we look for
- Raising Awareness for Business Agility
- Cultivating Agile Leadership
- Developing Enterprise-Wide Agility
- Consulting, Coaching, and Leading Organisational Change
- Advising on Business Models, Innovation, & Strategy
- Demonstrating Professional Presence
Richard Cheng
VP of Training & Chief Product Owner, NextUp Solutions