In my keynote at Big Apple Scrum Day 2016, I shared the Seven Ps of Profound Change.
Copying what leading companies do may seem like a good idea. But you can’t stand out in the market by doing what others do. Learn from what others do, but don't follow slavishly.
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–Pfeffer and Sutton
“…people copy the most visible, obvious, and
frequently least important practices.”
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–Sutton and Rao
The belief that “we can accomplish the same
result widely by simply doing the same thing all
over the place.”
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Don’t bet the farm.
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Understand the
Look for
What is
What
What
Design
What might you
How will you
problem.
patterns.
preserving the pattern.
possibilities exist?
principles apply?
probes.
perceive about how your probe is working?
permeate the innovation to other areas?
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You will evolve
some thing that
• makes things better
• fits your teams &
• your unique context.
(For now.)