Traditional business models are failing to keep up with the needs of the modern economy. While business has never been predictable, technological and cultural change is occurring at faster rates than ever before. In this climate, modern enterprises live or die on their ability to adapt – which is where Business Agility comes in. Business Agility provides a context for organisations to embrace change; changing how to think, changing how to work and changing how to interact.
Whether you’ve heard of Holocracy or Teal Organisations; it seems that lean and agile business models are gaining interest across different business sectors. This presentation will provide engaging and enlightening stories of Agile beyond IT; from lean startups to large enterprises. These will be reinforced with practical approaches for the design and leadership of teams, divisions and businesses across 4 key domains;
1. The Structure of an Agile Organisation - Efficient, transparent and collaborative techniques to manage cross-functional, self-organising and potentially self-managing teams.
2. You, the Agile Manager - What makes a good agile manager and how do their responsibilities change?
3. Integrated Customer Engagement - Collaboration and communication techniques to build trust and deliver Customer needs efficiently, with minimal waste, and to everyone’s satisfaction.
4. Work, the Agile Way - Managing all types of business functions, from software, HR, finance to legal, by using Just-In-Time planning and incremental or continuous delivery processes.
10. @DipeshPala
@eleybourn
Squad structure
Squad Name
Squad Mission
Leader
(Name of squad leader)
Classification
(Stable / Temporary / Mobilizing)
Context
(What would the squad be responsible for)
Name of squad leader Stable / Temporary / Mobilizing What would the squad be responsible for
Size
(Size, geography)
Relationships
(Key upstream & downstream relationships)
Skills
(Specific details to support the Squad)
Size, geography Key upstream & downstream relationships Specific details to support the Squad
Squad Outcomes Business Units
Outcome Measure Baseline Target Dependenc
ies
Which business units make up this squad
Outcome #1 Measure Baseline Target Links Which business units make up this squad
Outcome #2 Measure Baseline Target Links
Cadence
(How frequent and when?)
Outcome #3 Measure Baseline Target Links Stand-up: Daily @ 10:00
Retrospective: TBC
Smash: Ad-hoc
11. @DipeshPala
@eleybourn
“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true
wisdom.
Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true
power.”
Laozi, ~6th Century BCE
You, the agile leader
A very large Oak was uprooted by the wind and thrown across a stream. It fell among some Reeds, which it thus addressed: "I wonder how you, who are so light and weak, are not entirely crushed by these strong winds." They replied, "You fight and contend with the wind, and consequently you are destroyed; while we on the contrary bend before the least breath of air, and therefore remain unbroken, and escape.“
600BC
Pen Game + Write down three questions on a piece of paper. During the presentation, tick off the topics I address.
One upon a time there was a company
It wasn’t a bad company, but it wasn’t good either – it just was
Led by the GHPB
But it had a purpose – to make profit for shareholders
And so it grew
One upon a time there was a company
It wasn’t a bad company, but it wasn’t good either – it just was
Led by the GHPB
But it had a purpose – to make profit for shareholders
And so it grew
One upon a time there was a company
It wasn’t a bad company, but it wasn’t good either – it just was
Led by the GHPB
But it had a purpose – to make profit for shareholders
And so it grew
R: Hired people, and it kinda worked
A: Grew – setup divisions, HR, Finance – problem – call and go away
O: Setup project teams
G: The great restructure – blaming – agile org – enabling leadership – empowered teams, regular restructures
T: Network, Accountability, self management, wholeness, evolutionary purpose
IBM is using Spotify
Marketing – journey cells
Tribes are normal
Tribes are normal
Servant leaders
Stand-up
Agile Business Management focuses on engaging staff at the level of ‘self-actualisation’, by emphasising creativity, problem solving and personal empowerment.
Sales and Marketing - Work style: Ad hoc. Suitable for Continuous Delivery.
HR - Ad hoc, suitable for Continuous DeliveryFinance and Accounting - Work style: Long-term planned work, suitable for planned Incremental Delivery.