LEADING AGILE CHANGE
LEADING AGILE CHANGE (FOR EXECS)
#AustinAgile
@ChristopherAver
TUNE YOUR SYSTEM TO THRIVE UNDER CONDITIONS OF CHANGE, COMPLEXITY & UNCERTAINTY
#LeadershipGift
CHANGE COMPLEXITY UNCERTAINTY
DYNAMICS BEFORE MECHANICS (SCALABLE BEHAVIORS, NOT SCALABLE PROCESSES)
LEADING taking ownership of a space and mobilizing effective action
AGILE organizing for learning and change
change without changing
A. Rate your exposure to Change from 1 (lo) to 3 (hi) 1
2
3
B. Rate your exposure to Complexity from 1 (lo) to 3 (hi) 1
2
3
C. Rate your exposure to Uncertainty from 1 (lo) to 3 (hi) 1
2
3
Multiply exposure for A x B x C = _____ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Low
Med
High
C Y N E F I N
LINEAR ü Analysis ü Getting It Right ü Efficiency
aka, Plan Driven or Waterfall
ITERATIVE ü Empiricism ü Learning ü Effectiveness
aka, Value Driven or Adaptive
Change as a Noun
Change as a Verb
accountability ≠ responsibility
① List your priorities, projects, initiatives, and accountabilities ② Sort into three categories ③ Empty the middle category Hell Yes
Yes
No
S U S T A I N A B L E
P A C E
how you respond to a problem RESPONSIBILITY OBLIGATION SHAME JUSTIFY PROBLEM
LAY BLAME DENIAL
QUIT No growth occurs here
The Responsibility Process™
RESPONSIBILITY OBLIGATION SHAME JUSTIFY LAY BLAME DENIAL
QUIT
3
s to responsibility
Your Leadership Gift offers a natural empirical mindset – your onboard guidance system
(if you use it)
GROW
COPE
LEARN
DEFEND
CHANGE
RESIST
AGILE
STIFF
VALUE
WASTE
MOTIVATED
RESIGNED
“Without responsibility and trust the process doesn’t matter.” -Sergey Demetriev
“Agile practices efficiently expose problems. The Leadership Gift gives people tools to address problems.”
What’s Different? 1. Minimally sufficient structure and process Informal, Disciplined Self-organizing
2. Scalable behavior (over scalable process) Contribution to the whole Personal and shared responsibility Autonomy, Mastery, Purpose
3. Culture (over structure) Servant leadership Sanity
Where to start?
q Kanban (Visual, WIP) q Sustainable Pace q Real Options q Theory Of Constraints
q Lean (Pull, Flow, Stream) q Feedback Loops q Cynefin q Servant Leadership
Replace Right and Wrong with Empiricism
Replace Endless Analysis with Experiments
Ask Yourself What percent of my effort is adding value? How do I know?
Coming to Austin, September 10, 2012
Leading and Coaching People to Take Responsibility and Demonstrate Ownership
Want to get in for half-price right now? Only 6 coupon codes available: AustinAgile50 Register here now -> ChristopherAvery.com > Store > Leading and Coaching People to Take Responsibility and Demonstrate Ownership
u o y k n a h T ChristopherAvery.com/presentation-archive
ChristopherAvery.com > Resources > Presentation Archive
d a o l Do w n e s id l s y m
r e v A r e h p o t s i r h ft i C @ G p i h s r e #Lead
#AustinAgile
@ChristopherAver
TUNE YOUR SYSTEM TO THRIVE UNDER CONDITIONS OF CHANGE, COMPLEXITY & UNCERTAINTY
#LeadershipGift
CHANGE COMPLEXITY UNCERTAINTY
DYNAMICS BEFORE MECHANICS (SCALABLE BEHAVIORS, NOT SCALABLE PROCESSES)
LEADING taking ownership of a space and mobilizing effective action
AGILE organizing for learning and change
change without changing
A. Rate your exposure to Change from 1 (lo) to 3 (hi) 1
2
3
B. Rate your exposure to Complexity from 1 (lo) to 3 (hi) 1
2
3
C. Rate your exposure to Uncertainty from 1 (lo) to 3 (hi) 1
2
3
Multiply exposure for A x B x C = _____ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Low
Med
High
C Y N E F I N
LINEAR ü Analysis ü Getting It Right ü Efficiency
aka, Plan Driven or Waterfall
ITERATIVE ü Empiricism ü Learning ü Effectiveness
aka, Value Driven or Adaptive
Change as a Noun
Change as a Verb
accountability ≠ responsibility
① List your priorities, projects, initiatives, and accountabilities ② Sort into three categories ③ Empty the middle category Hell Yes
Yes
No
S U S T A I N A B L E
P A C E
how you respond to a problem RESPONSIBILITY OBLIGATION SHAME JUSTIFY PROBLEM
LAY BLAME DENIAL
QUIT No growth occurs here
The Responsibility Process™
RESPONSIBILITY OBLIGATION SHAME JUSTIFY LAY BLAME DENIAL
QUIT
3
s to responsibility
Your Leadership Gift offers a natural empirical mindset – your onboard guidance system
(if you use it)
GROW
COPE
LEARN
DEFEND
CHANGE
RESIST
AGILE
STIFF
VALUE
WASTE
MOTIVATED
RESIGNED
“Without responsibility and trust the process doesn’t matter.” -Sergey Demetriev
“Agile practices efficiently expose problems. The Leadership Gift gives people tools to address problems.”
What’s Different? 1. Minimally sufficient structure and process Informal, Disciplined Self-organizing
2. Scalable behavior (over scalable process) Contribution to the whole Personal and shared responsibility Autonomy, Mastery, Purpose
3. Culture (over structure) Servant leadership Sanity
Where to start?
q Kanban (Visual, WIP) q Sustainable Pace q Real Options q Theory Of Constraints
q Lean (Pull, Flow, Stream) q Feedback Loops q Cynefin q Servant Leadership
Replace Right and Wrong with Empiricism
Replace Endless Analysis with Experiments
Ask Yourself What percent of my effort is adding value? How do I know?
Coming to Austin, September 10, 2012
Leading and Coaching People to Take Responsibility and Demonstrate Ownership
Want to get in for half-price right now? Only 6 coupon codes available: AustinAgile50 Register here now -> ChristopherAvery.com > Store > Leading and Coaching People to Take Responsibility and Demonstrate Ownership
u o y k n a h T ChristopherAvery.com/presentation-archive
ChristopherAvery.com > Resources > Presentation Archive
d a o l Do w n e s id l s y m
r e v A r e h p o t s i r h ft i C @ G p i h s r e #Lead
