Digging into ancient writings (>1000yrs ago) to find the same values that are driving real Agile organisations and teams today.

1. Agile Teams
Prosperity Focused, Values Driven
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2. "The revolution has eaten its children
I see the river of dreams run dry."
- Johnny Clegg : In My African Dream
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3. Prosperity: the state of flourishing,
thriving, good fortune and / or successful
social status. Includes independent
factors of wealth, happiness and health.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosperity
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4. Values: Important and lasting beliefs or
ideals shared by the members of a
culture about what is good or bad and
desirable or undesirable.
- http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/values.html
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6. Agile at the micro-level
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7. "A pilot who sees from afar
will not make his boat a wreck."
- Amen-em-apt
(Egyptian philosopher, ~700BC)
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8. "Do the difficult whilst it is easy"
- Sun Tzu, The Art of War
(~ 512 BC)
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9. "Two are better than one; because they have
a good reward for their labour.
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow:
but woe to him that is alone when he falleth;
for he hath not another to help him up."
- Eclesiastes 4:9-10; KJV Translation
(Origins ~ 971-931 BC)
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10. More low-value productions (at low cost), rather
than few high-value productions (at high cost)
- Kautilyan
Artashastra 7.12.13
(Origins ~300BC - 150AD)
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11. "The measure of difference between the two in terms
of true pleasure is that the philosopher king lives seven
hundred and twenty-nine times more pleasantly than
the tyrant king"
- Plato: The Republic
(~ 380 BC)
"A generous person will prosper;
whoever refreshes others will be
refreshed"
- Proverbs 11:25; NIV Translation
(Origins ~ 971-931 BC)
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12. Focus is on prosperity delivered
Each deliverable must have at least one metric of the
prosperity it will deliver
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13. Agile at the macro-level
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14. Scott's Model
interpret
Societal Institutions innovate
invent, error
negotiate
diffuse,
impose
Organisational Fields
invent,
negotiate
diffuse,
impose
Organisations invent,
sanction negotiate
behaviour
diffuse,
impose
Actors
Limitations of cognitive / social rationality (groups/individuals)
Selective perception
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15. Any system (organisation) operates in
three interdependent spheres
Biomatrix Systems Thinking
(Járos, Cloete, Dostal, 1987+)
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Levels of decision-making →
GLASS CEILING
GLASS CEILING
Plato's (~380BC) level of thought ↑
Imagining Belief Thinking Intelligence
Opinion-based thoughts Knowledge-based thoughts
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18. "Agile is the continuous delivery of
prosperity to all stakeholders."
- Schalk Cronjé
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19. Where are the stakeholders?
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20. The boundary of a system is where the
connection with stakeholders take place
Biomatrix Systems Thinking
(Járos, Cloete, Dostal, 1987+)
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21. Core Capabilities
EXTERNAL
Absorbing technical
knowledge from the outside
PRESENT FUTURE
Shared-problem solving Experimenting and prototyping
Implementing new technical
processes and tools
INTERNAL
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22. Marshall Model
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thrive ----
A g ile teams
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isolation
Agile teams in
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under du
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23. Stakeholders in a world of inclusive globalisation Agile at the macro-level
organisational self
global commons
politics
direct stakeholders
democracy
earth (environment)
transnational crime
society
The Social Contract with Business
(Jopie Coetzee 2012)
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