Do not open the box - Agile and the Schrödinger's dilemma
As soon as...
- You define what 'Agile' is,
- You show people what 'Agile' is in your company,
- You list what you do to implement 'Agile'...
...everyone has an opinion.
And most of the time, that opinion would be... "that's not real Agile''.
Making the analogy with the Schrödinger's experiment, every time you open the box that contains your organisation, you reduce the possibilities of what Agile means and the degrees of freedom associated with this wide concept. As soon as you describe what concretely embodies Agile in your very own context, you prevent people to imagine the options available to extend or to improve the existing situation.
So, what should you do?
Stay in an undecided state of 'Agile' and keep a whole and rich 'Agile' concept, or make 'Agile' specific to your context and lose some of the flawlessness of the 'Agile' concept?
Based on a short story, I'll demonstrate that Agile is both dead and alive in your organisations.
Outline/Structure of the Lightning Talk
I'll use the analogy with the Schrodinger's Cat experiment to show that some Agile practices are as important as a strong Agile vision in organisations.
Learning Outcome
-> Defining 'Agile' makes you lose the flawlessness of 'Agile'
-> How to overcome this tradeoff?
Target Audience
Agile Practitioners
Prerequisites for Attendees
None
Links
- My linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/romainvailleux/
- Edition of Culture Of Change, a whitepaper on Medium: https://medium.com/culture-of-change
- Schrodinger's Cat experiment https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger%27s_cat
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Find Your Edge
Welcome! We are super excited to hear from you.
- The theme this year is Find Your Edge. We want you to talk about what is currently challenging you or the thing that gives you an advantage in your field. What is the theory, practice or concept that you are struggling with but that also excites you. It's not just about answers, it's about questions.
- Pitch us your ideas! Talks, hands-on sessions, workshops. This year we have also added 5 min lighting talks and 20 min TED style talks. There are lots of options, just make sure you let us know what kind of room layout would work best and any special requirements you have.
- Be as detailed as possible in your submission, as this will help you to refine your idea in your own mind, help the content curation team select your session, and enable people who are coming to LAST Sydney to decide that they want to come and participate in your session/s.
- Don't forget, you can edit your session and adjust the idea in the coming weeks, so don't think that you've only got one chance. You can also submit multiple ideas and proposals.
- The LAST Sydney committee is here to help. If you would like to have some coaching or shaping of your idea just let us know.
- LAST Sydney looks forward to finding your edge with you!
Out of town submitters
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Registration
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Who needs a nudge?
We would love to know who else you know who has a great idea but needs a nudge. LAST welcomes first time and experienced speakers. Let us know, and we'd be happy to reach out.
We look forward to hearing from you!
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