A storm is defined as a disturbance of the atmosphere or the state of an environment, and life brings them in many forms and sizes. Some bring significant disruptions to normal conditions, while others destroy the existing structures and force a rebuilding. As humans we will experience various storms throughout our lives, with the aim of surviving them all. We are so used to the occurrence of storms that preparing for them has become second nature. We have the technology available to us to help predict them, their size and intensity, so we know what to expect and plan accordingly. Best practices exist to manage the storms. However with climate change, it feels like there are more ‘freak’ one in a 100 year occurrences happening, which take everyone by surprise. The best practices lead to chaos. What’s the future going to hold and what can we learn today to in order to build our resilience for future storms? Do we reflect the shifting environment into our existing practices? How do we apply these learnings from our life to an Agile transformation of an organisation? On the horizon, a cyclone is growing in intensity and heading towards your organisation: to disrupt the existing paradigms. Everyone is scared and uncertain of what will survive, or will need to be rebuilt after the agile transformation has hit. What do we need to do to prepare for the transformation? How are we going to work together to build our resilience in the chaos of the cyclone? How do organisations embrace the storm?

1. Renae Craven
UNLOCKING YOUR ORGANISATION’S AGILITY BY
HARNESSING THE TURBULENCE OF AGILE
TRANSFORMATIONS
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2. TROPICAL CYCLONE
Warm Ocean Water
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4. CYCLONE YASI - 2011
REBUILT
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5. Transformations in organisations
require the same level of resilience as
residents of cyclone prone areas
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6. Distance From Cyclone Centre (km)
Wind
Speed
(kt)
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7. Time
Level
of
Stress
Leadership
Distance from
Change
This looks
great!
I’m getting
a little
nervous
Why are
we doing
this again?
Leadership
aren’t
listening!?
Did we not
learn
anything?!
That wasn’t
so bad
This way
works. It
was easy!
I’m
confused
again
Ok,
someone is
finally
listening
It’s
challenging
but fun!
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8. “The world is made of Circles
And we think in straight Lines”
- Peter Senge
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9. FORMATION
Level
of
Stress
Time
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10. INTENSIFICATION
Level
of
Stress
Time
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11. THE EYE
Time
COMPLACENCY
Level
of
Stress
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12. INTENSIFICATION
BYE BYE LEADER
Level
of
Stress
Time
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13. DISSIPATION
Level
of
Stress
Time
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14. PREPARATION
Sandbagging
Window Boarding
Moving Loose Items
Food, Water, Petrol
Community Emergency
Plan
Communication Plan
Infographics
Advocates of change
Change space
Prepare Leadership
Coach the leaders
Build a community (social
CYCLONE
CHECKLIST
TRANSFORMATION
CHECKLIST
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16. RESILIENCE
✓ PRACTICES
✓ LANGUAGE
✓ OPEN SPACE REVIEWS
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17. ✓ Harness the stress and turbulence
✓ No more transformations - build
resilience to change instead
✓ Keep next steps small – fail fast
✓ Don’t ignore leadership gap - listen
and communicate
✓ Build a change community
KEY POINTS
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18. Renae Craven
UNLOCKING YOUR ORGANISATION’S AGILITY BY
HARNESSING THE TURBULENCE OF AGILE
TRANSFORMATIONS
@naecrave #embracethestorm