Nigel Thurlow

Nigel Thurlow is the creator of the award-winning Scrum the Toyota Way training course, and the co-creator of The Flow System. He is the co-author of The Flow Guide, The Flow System Guide, The Flow System: Key Principles and Attributes, and the co-author of The Flow System: The Evolution of Agile and Lean Thinking in an Age of Complexity.

He previously served as the first ever Chief of Agile at a global Toyota company, leading Lean and Agile practices at Toyota Connected. He also led many digital and organizational transformation initiatives while at Toyota and is a recognized expert in the Toyota Production System, the Toyota Way, and various Agile approaches.

He is also an Author and an International Keynote Speaker and as a Professional Scrum Trainer, the first one ever in Toyota and the first to have been certified by both the creators of Scrum, he has trained over 8500 people worldwide as of 2022.

Nigel led the successful transformation at 3M Healthcare Information Systems and has taught and coached in notable companies such as GE, Bose, 3M, Microsoft, and MIT.

Nigel has also co-authored and published several peer reviewed white papers and journal publications on team science, and he acts as an advisor on several boards at the University of North Texas.

He has been featured in Forbes, and many publications and talks he has given can be found online.

HIs website is nigelthurlow.com