7 Habits of Highly Effective Organisations
Agile has had an unbelievable impact on the way we develop software. But has it really improved the organisations adopting it? Both Nokia and Yahoo were the envy of the Agile community in the early 2000s. Neither of them have really taken over their respective market segments.
There are however a few very effective organisations, some of which have adopted Agile and some of which have not. They are from a diverse set of industries – nursing, tomato processing, banking and gaming, among others. And even though they are very different companies, you can discover patterns. In this session, we will discover what is needed beyond adopting Agile to not just survive, but to thrive in the 21st century.
Outline/Structure of the Talk
- Why Agile is not enough
- What makes organisations effective (incl complexity/anti-fragility)
- 7 Habits
- Trust People
- Embrace Failure
- Be Brutally Honest
- Create Autonomy at all levels
- Think Big, Stay Small
- Simple all the things
- Relentless Customer Focus
- Conclusion (It is not about scaling Agile in IT, but scaling agile principles in the entire organisation)
Learning Outcome
This is not so much a learning talk, but more of a changing mindset talk. However there are some interesting take-aways
- Complex vs Complicated
- Robustness vs Anti-fragile
- 7 habits
Target Audience
Execs, Managers, Coaches. Anyone looking to influence their own company
Video
Links
The above link is just a temporary one. I have presented this talk at Agile Australia and AgileNZ where it was recorded. The video is not online just yet. I will update the proposal when InfoQ puts it online. My interview based on the talk should also be up on InfoQ later this year. Will also give this talk as an Amplify Talk next week as part of a series on the future of work.
Some of the recent talks I have created:
MVP: You keep using that word.. I don't think it means what you think it does. (http://www.slideshare.net/evanderkoogh/mvp-you-keep-using-that-word-i-dont-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-does) This talk was recorded at Yow West, but has not made it online just yet either.
A 2014 talk on Adapt or Die: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh4f43b0DZM&feature=youtu.be)
Technical Talk about Docker at Yow, the biggest Developer conference in Australia (https://yow.eventer.com/yow-2014-1222/docker-slayer-of-chefs-puppets-new-by-erwin-van-der-koogh-1755)
my TEDx talk on Leadership. I did gain quite a bit of experience since giving this talk: (https://youtu.be/fjGykkp6PL0)
I give a lot of presentations at conferences, meet-ups, brown bag sessions and clients.
To promote this session I wrote a blog post The First Habit of Highly Effective Organisations on the Agile Australia blog: http://agileaustraliablog.com/2015/06/09/the-first-habit-of-highly-effective-organisations/
Naresh Jain
Joel Tosi
Ravi Kumar
Anish Cheriyan
Venkatraman L
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