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Karim Harbott

Agile Centre

Karim is a business agility and innovation coach, non-executive director, author, and international keynote speaker. He has over 15 years of experience helping organisations with agile transformations working  on some of the most complex anywhere in the world. He is a founding partner of Agile Centre, a global Agile consulting and training firm, and the Business Agility Academy, the leading international business agility certification body.

He is the creator of the Business Agility Canvas, a widely-used strategic tool for driving agile transformations, and is the author of the best-selling book The Six Enablers of Business Agility; How to Thrive in an Uncertain World.

His work involves advising organisations on agility at scale, business agility, leadership coaching and culture change. He has held a number of senior roles in the Agile space including building and leading the development of the ’Scaled Agile’ practice at global strategy consultancy McKinsey & Co. Karim also serves as a non-executive director with the Scrum Alliance and UK Coaching.

Karim is one of only a handful of people globally to hold both the Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Trainer®, Certified Enterprise Coach® and Certified Agile Leadership Educator status. He is also an ICF Professional Certified Coach®, and Certified Leadership Agility® 360 Coach. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Southampton, a master's degree in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from HEC Paris, and fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS).

Links:
- Karim's Blog
- Karim's YouTube Channel
- Karim's LinkedIn
- Karim's Twitter

England, UK

Courses offered

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Certified ScrumMaster
Certified ScrumMaster®
Certified ScrumMaster
Certified Scrum Product Owner®
Certified ScrumMaster
Certified LeSS Practitioner: Principles to Practices
Certified ScrumMaster
Certified Scrum Professional® - ScrumMaster
Certified ScrumMaster
Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner®
Certified ScrumMaster
Certified Agile Scaling Practitioner™
Certified ScrumMaster
Certified Agile Leader® 1
Certified ScrumMaster
Agile OKRs
Certified ScrumMaster
Scrum Essentials
Certified ScrumMaster
AI for Scrum Masters
Certified ScrumMaster
AI for Product Owners
Certified ScrumMaster
Agile Essentials
Certified ScrumMaster
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About

Title: Owner/Founder/Principal
Company: Agile Centre

Karim is a business agility and innovation coach, non-executive director, author, and international keynote speaker. He has over 15 years of experience helping organisations with agile transformations working  on some of the most complex anywhere in the world. He is a founding partner of Agile Centre, a global Agile consulting and training firm, and the Business Agility Academy, the leading international business agility certification body.

He is the creator of the Business Agility Canvas, a widely-used strategic tool for driving agile transformations, and is the author of the best-selling book The Six Enablers of Business Agility; How to Thrive in an Uncertain World.

His work involves advising organisations on agility at scale, business agility, leadership coaching and culture change. He has held a number of senior roles in the Agile space including building and leading the development of the ’Scaled Agile’ practice at global strategy consultancy McKinsey & Co. Karim also serves as a non-executive director with the Scrum Alliance and UK Coaching.

Karim is one of only a handful of people globally to hold both the Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Trainer®, Certified Enterprise Coach® and Certified Agile Leadership Educator status. He is also an ICF Professional Certified Coach®, and Certified Leadership Agility® 360 Coach. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Southampton, a master's degree in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from HEC Paris, and fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS).

Links:
- Karim's Blog
- Karim's YouTube Channel
- Karim's LinkedIn
- Karim's Twitter

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My certifications

Certified Scrum Product Owner® badge
Certified Scrum Product Owner®
Certified Scrum Trainer® badge
Certified Scrum Trainer®
Certified Agile Leadership I badge
Certified Agile Leadership I
Certified Team Coach™ badge
Certified Team Coach™
Certified Scrum Professional® - ScrumMaster badge
Certified Scrum Professional® - ScrumMaster
Certified Scrum Professional® - Product Owner badge
Certified Scrum Professional® - Product Owner
Advanced Certified ScrumMaster® badge
Advanced Certified ScrumMaster®
Certified ScrumMaster® badge
Certified ScrumMaster®
Certified Agile Leader® 1 badge
Certified Agile Leader® 1
Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner® badge
Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner®
Certified Enterprise Coach - Emeritus badge
Certified Enterprise Coach - Emeritus
Certified Agile Scaling Practitioner™ badge
Certified Agile Scaling Practitioner™

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