The document discusses modern practices for managing today's workforce, specifically focusing on agile practices. It summarizes the history of agile, from influences like Deming and Toyota in the 1920s-1980s to the official creation of the Agile Manifesto in 2001. It then discusses why agile is important now and common barriers to agile adoption. The presentation provides an overview of core agile principles and practices and suggests moving away from top-down control toward more distributed, autonomous teams and a focus on organizational agility and co-created change.