Much of what we know about change is based on models designed in a different era. Things are different today, and there are more modern approaches we can take for how we approach change.
10. @jasonlittle | leanchange.org
“All CEOs, including me, are
operating in a world where it’s
almost impossible to predict things
in the short term, and you need to
be prepared to navigate.”
http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/conversation-with-the-ceo-pierre-nanterme-chairman-and-ceo-accenture/
Accenture CEO Pierre Nanterme
11. @jasonlittle | leanchange.org
THE HIGHEST PRIORITY IS TO
SATISFY THE CUSTOMER THROUGH
EARLY, AND CONTINUOUS DELIVERY
OF VALUABLE SOFTWARE
Agile Manifesto, 2001
12. @jasonlittle | leanchange.org
UNLESS YOUR CHANGE IS MOVING A
PRINTER, THE HIGHEST PRIORITY IS
FACILITATING MEANINGFUL CHANGE
WITH OUR “CUSTOMERS”
The Agile Change Manifesto
this doesn’t exist yet, but I guarantee someone will trademark it.
13. @jasonlittle | leanchange.org
WHO’S OUR
“CUSTOMER”?
EXECUTIVES
CHANGE SPONSORS
PEOPLE DIRECTLY
AFFECTED
PEOPLE IN-DIRECTLY
AFFECTED
NAGGING BOSS
WHO KEEPS ASKING
FOR GANTT CHARTS
14. @jasonlittle | leanchange.org
AND WHAT DO THEY CARE ABOUT?
EXECUTIVES
CHANGE SPONSORS
PEOPLE DIRECTLY
AFFECTED
PEOPLE IN-DIRECTLY
AFFECTED
NAGGING BOSS
WHO KEEPS ASKING
FOR GANTT CHARTS
POLITICS, KEEPING THEIR JOB, GETTING
THEIR BOSSES JOB WHEN SHE RETIRES
15. @jasonlittle | leanchange.org
AND WHAT DO THEY CARE ABOUT?
EXECUTIVES
CHANGE SPONSORS
PEOPLE DIRECTLY
AFFECTED
PEOPLE IN-DIRECTLY
AFFECTED
NAGGING BOSS
WHO KEEPS ASKING
FOR GANTT CHARTS
NOT LOOKING LIKE AN IDIOT IN THE
MANAGEMENT MEETINGS, KEEPING THE
ILLUSION THEY HAVE CONTROL OVER
THEIR TEAM
16. @jasonlittle | leanchange.org
AND WHAT DO THEY CARE ABOUT?
EXECUTIVES
CHANGE SPONSORS
PEOPLE DIRECTLY
AFFECTED
PEOPLE IN-DIRECTLY
AFFECTED
NAGGING BOSS
WHO KEEPS ASKING
FOR GANTT CHARTS
DOES THIS CHANGE MEAN I’LL LOSE MY
JOB? WHY DOESN’T THIS ANNOYING
CHANGE PERSON LEAVE ME ALONE!!
17. @jasonlittle | leanchange.org
AND WHAT DO THEY CARE ABOUT?
EXECUTIVES
CHANGE SPONSORS
PEOPLE DIRECTLY
AFFECTED
PEOPLE IN-DIRECTLY
AFFECTED
NAGGING BOSS
WHO KEEPS ASKING
FOR GANTT CHARTS
ARE WE ON TRACK SO I STILL GET MY
BONUS? THIS BETTER WORK, OR MY
CAREER IS OVER…
18. @jasonlittle | leanchange.org
AND WHAT DO THEY CARE ABOUT?
EXECUTIVES
CHANGE SPONSORS
PEOPLE DIRECTLY
AFFECTED
PEOPLE IN-DIRECTLY
AFFECTED
NAGGING BOSS
WHO KEEPS ASKING
FOR GANTT CHARTS
UG. ONE MORE ANNOYING THING TO DEAL
WITH.
33. @jasonlittle | leanchange.org
individuals and interactions over processes and tools
working software over comprehensive documentation
customer collaboration over contract negotiation
responding to change over following a plan
if you applied these values to how you approach change today,
what would be different?
5 minutes at your tables
34. Pull over Push
Touch over Technology
Organic over Scripted
Growth over Perfection
CREATING A CHANGE MANAGEMENT MANIFESTO ROOTED IN AGILE VALUES AND PRINCIPLES
44. SHU (BEGINNER)
VISUALIZE WORK, DO STANDUPS, WORK
IN WEEKLY SPRINTS, DO RETROSPECTIVES
Follow the process, don’t question it until you know you should
45. @jasonlittle | leanchange.org
REQUIREMENTS BUILD TEST DEPLOY
6 month project
TRADITIONAL
FUNCTIONAL
TEAM
FUNCTIONAL
TEAM
FUNCTIONAL
TEAM
FUNCTIONAL
TEAM
HANDOFF HANDOFF HANDOFF
CUSTOMER
FEEDBACK
REQUIREMENTS
BUILD
TEST
DEPLOY
REQUIREMENTS
BUILD
TEST
DEPLOY
REQUIREMENTS
BUILD
TEST
DEPLOY
REQUIREMENTS
BUILD
TEST
DEPLOY
2 weeks 4 weeks 6 weeks 8 weeks
AGILE
CROSS-FUNCTIONALTEAM
CUSTOMER
FEEDBACK
CUSTOMER
FEEDBACK
CUSTOMER
FEEDBACK
CUSTOMER
FEEDBACK
47. HA (ADVANCED)
CULTURE HACKING, LIMIT NUMBER OF IN-PROGRESS
CHANGES, USE EXPERIMENTS INSTEAD OF
EXECUTING CHANGE ACTIVITIES, “BREAK THE RULES”
Realize you can change the rules to suit your context
54. @jasonlittle | leanchange.org
IS THIS MAKING ANY SENSE?
Homework:
Write down a number from 1 to 5
1 = you felt a bit lost during this session
5 = you should have delivered this session
55. @jasonlittle | leanchange.org
IF YOU ANSWERED 1
SORRY! BUT THERE IS HOPE!
▸ go to meetup.com and join a local Agile meet up.
#AgileTo
▸ find local companies that are adopting Agile and go talk to
them (but not enterprise companies, they are horrible at
Agile. Sorry, they are. Really.)
▸ Read The Art of Agile Development by James Shore
56. @jasonlittle | leanchange.org
IF YOU ANSWERED 2
GOOD, EXPERIMENTING IS THE BEST WAY TO LEARN!
▸ go sit with whoever it is you’re “trying to change”, and not with your department
▸ make a personal kanban board showing all the things you’re working on, make
it public
▸ start daily standup meetings for 15 minutes every day on every change initiative
you’re working with
▸ stop making powerpoint
▸ really, stop making powerpoint
▸ have bi-weekly retrospectives with your team, and the people you’re ‘trying to
change’ about how the overall change is progressing. Use that data to change
your change plan
57. @jasonlittle | leanchange.org
IF YOU ANSWERED 3
PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY!
▸ write down an experiment you want to try
▸ write your email address on the paper, and the date you would like to be
contacted
▸ give it to someone you don’t know (or email your experiment to me at
jason@leanintuit.com )
▸ phrase it like this: Objective - I want to <do this> because I think this
<outcome will emerge>. My key results would be <your own self-
measurements>
▸ Example: I want to know if our change management practice is effective so
I’m going to talk to 10 people directly impacted by the change and bring their
feedback back to our change team by Aug 1.
58. @jasonlittle | leanchange.org
IF YOU ANSWERED 4
WAKE UP!
▸ not as is, “wake up, you don’t get it”, it’s “wake up” meaning
you were probably bored throughout this whole thing!
▸ Seriously though, start following people like Jen Frahm,
Heather Stagl, Jurgen Appelo, Esther Derby, Don Gray,
Niels Pflaeging, Paul Gibbons, Craig Larman, Luc Galoppin,
Diana Larsen. They are people who live in the Agile,
Change/OD, and management spaces who are building
bridges between these communities. (and there are
probably lots more)
59. @jasonlittle | leanchange.org
IF YOU ANSWERED 5
YEEEER UP!
▸ Alright smarty pants, correct me!
▸ Seriously though, go to Agile events and connect with
Agile Coaches who desire more help with OD and
Change.