A presentation given at the Xuviate IT Leader Growth online summit. This presentation aims to give a practical perspective on digital change challenges. It navigates the jargon of agile to focus on the essence of digital change towards competitive advantage.

1. Busting the agile jargon
A common sense approach to digital change
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2. WHO AM I?
Philippe Guenet
Henko
Digital Change Leadership
pguenet@henko.co.uk
www.linkedin.com/in/philippeguenet
@HenkoPhil
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Digital agility | Operational excellence
§ Over 20 years’
experience in digital
delivery
§ Independent advisor /
coach / facilitator
§ London based

3. FEELING CONFUSED?
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LEAN
DEVOPS
SYSTEM
THINKING DESIGN
THINKING
LEAN START-UP
SAFe
LeSS
DAD
LEAN
ENTERPRISE
COMPLEXITY
AGILE
PRODUCT
OWNERSHIP
COGNITIVE
SCRUM
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4. CHANGING THE WORLD OF IT
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It all stems from
the growth of
digital IT
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5. WHAT IS DIGITAL?
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Digital = Business + Technology
(working together)
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6. SOUNDS OBVIOUS?
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Project centric Product mindset
Decentralised
leadership
Engineering
differentiation
Centralised
control
Commodity IT
In-houseOutsourced
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7. RISK OR OPPORTUNITY?
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Change paralysis at
large players
Opportunities for
digital agilists
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8. HOW TO BUILD THE ADVANTAGE?
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§ Scaling frameworks
§ Codification
§ Doctrine
§ Maintains constraints
§ Build your own
§ Contextual
§ Differentiated
§ Aligned to culture
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9. BALANCING THE FLOWS
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Balance industrialisation
& innovation across
business, operations and
technology
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10. UNDERSTANDING YOUR NEEDS
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Time
Cumulative
Adoption
Early
adopters
Majority Laggards
Innovation Industrialisation Commoditisation
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11. MANAGING COMPLEXITY
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Experimental iterations
Maintain optionality
Cone of Certainty
Traditional waterfall planning
False sense of control
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12. DEPLOYING & EXECUTING THE STRATEGY
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Innovation Industrialisation Commoditisation
Orientation
Continuous Experimentation
intent
feedback
StrategyExecution

13. FOCUS ON OUTCOMES
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Value
(Customers)
Value
Stream
FlowPull
Lean
Focus on Value
Toyota
Focus on People
Current
condition
target
condition
Vision
Perfection
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14. DEVELOP A LEARNING CULTURE
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15. LEADERSHIP
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§ Focus on outcomes
§ Take an end-to-end view
§ Enable system of work
§ Empower people
§ Thrive on uncertainty
Feels like upside-down?
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16. THANK YOU
Philippe Guenet
Henko
Digital Change Leadership
pguenet@henko.co.uk
www.linkedin.com/in/philippeguenet
@HenkoPhil