AHA AUTONOMY, LLC
ABOUT AHA AUTONOMY
Our mission is to empower organizations to thrive with Agile at Any Scale!
We champion self-management and prioritize sustainable success over chasing short-term gains.
Founder
Sue Ryu
Enterprise Scrum Coach, Business Agility Strategist, Organization Designer, User Experience Designer
Sue Ryu is passionate about helping organizations thrive with Agile at Any Scale.
Her contributions have provided Agile practitioners with actionable strategies for scaling that prioritize autonomy, adaptability, and customer focus. By blending the principles of subsumption architecture with practical tools like LEGO simulations, she has offered a fresh perspective on overcoming the challenges of scaling Agile practices in complex environments. Her work, alongside Mike Beedle’s foundational insights, continues to shape the future of Agile Scaling.
Sue has been vocal about the limitations of traditional scaling frameworks like Scrum@Scale, SAFe, and LeSS, advocating for alternatives that prioritize team-level autonomy and customer-centricity. Her work integrates robotics-inspired strategies to empower teams and align them with organizational missions.
She has presented her workshop, "Agile Scaling with LEGO: A Robotics Subsumption Architecture Simulation," at two prestigious conferences:
Global Scrum Gathering 2024 in New Orleans (NOLA)
Agile Tour 2024 in Vilnius, Lithuania.
This hands-on workshop introduces participants to applying subsumption architecture principles—originating from robotics—to Agile organization design. By using LEGO simulations, attendees learn to build adaptive and autonomous team structures that align with customer-centric scaling. The workshop has been highly praised for its innovative approach, practical applications, and interactive learning experience. Participants at both the Scrum Gathering in New Orleans and the Agile Tour in Vilnius found the session engaging and insightful, gaining new strategies for tackling real-world scaling challenges.
Additionally, she possesses extensive experience in the design and development of software products using C++, Object-Oriented Design, and more, for the telecom, financial industries, and internet startups. Having lent her expertise to renowned companies like Accenture, ADP, Bell Labs, Deutsche Bank, NYSE, and numerous others, her impact has been felt across diverse sectors since the completion of her master’s degree in computer science from NYU.
Influencers
Mike Beedle
Mentor & Influencer
Creator and Founder of Enterprise Scrum
Mike was and still is a mentor and influencer of Aha Autonomy, LLC. He pioneered and developed Enterprise Scrum based on many years of experiences in the trenches.
The following is from the WIKI page about him:
"Mike (Miguel) Beedle was an American theoretical physicist turned software engineer who was a co-author of the Agile Manifesto.
He was the co-author of the first book and earliest papers about Scrum.[2] Later he coined the term "Enterprise Scrum",[3] developed his ideas into a canvases-based approach, and promoted Enterprise Scrum as a framework for scaling the practices and benefits of Scrum across entire organizations."
To get more about him, visist the WIKI page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Beedle