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As AI becomes more sophisticated, tasks that were once the domain of middle managers will be easily delegated and automated. The middle management role will continue to change, necessitating continuous learning, adaptability, and a renewed focus on human-centric leadership skills.

Tight-knit, static teams might become looser, with AI copilots taking over specialist jobs in projects and humans roaming more freely across products where they can make meaningful contributions.

The new organizational focus should be on teams filled with M-skilled (cross-functional) people who can connect the dots between multiple disciplines.

Labeling every non-pure Agile approach as “waterfall” is not helpful. Big Design Upfront only exists in the first quadrant, which we can indeed label as “Not Agile.”