1. Subject to
Change
Some thoughts on why most organisations
are not learning enough
Francisco Trindade

2. Who?
Francisco Trindade
@frankmt
blog.franktrindade.com

3. ?

4. If you had all the
authority you needed,
?

5. If you had all the
authority you needed,
how would you go
about changing your
organisation
?to the better

6. Everybody wants change

7. Everybody wants change
New Challenges
Competition
...
New Markets

8. Everybody wants change

9. Everybody wants change
CO2 Emissions
Internet Connections
Data Storage
Mobile Devices Connected to
the Internet
Genome Sequencing

10. Everybody wants change
“Change has changed”
Gary Hamel
CO2 Emissions
Internet Connections
Data Storage
Mobile Devices Connected to
the Internet
Genome Sequencing

11. Everybody wants change
Modern Management

12. Everybody wants change
Modern Management
1920

13. Everybody wants change
Modern Management
Changing Organisations
1920

14. Everybody wants change
Modern Management
Changing Organisations
1920
Top-Down

15. Everybody wants change
Change
programs
Top-Down
Modern Management
Changing Organisations
1920

16. Everybody wants change
Change
programs

17. Everybody wants change
Change
programs
“Let’s go Agile”
...use Kanban”
...use Ruby”

18. Everybody wants change
Change
programs
Training
Coaching
Mentoring
Influencing
...
Planning

19. Everybody wants change
Change
programs
Change!
No, thanks...

20. Everybody wants change
Change
programs
“People don’t resist change, they
resist being changed”
Peter Senge
Change!
No, thanks...

21. Everybody wants change
Change
programs
Uniformity

22. Everybody wants change
is
Uniformity
Change
programs

23. Everybody wants change
is
Control
Uniformity
Change
programs

24. Everybody wants change
God ComplexTim Harford http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_harford.html

25. Everybody wants change
God Complex
“In the face of an incredibly complicated problem,
people are absolutely convinced they understand
the way the world works”
Tim Harford http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_harford.html

26. Everybody wants change

27. Everybody wants change ?

28. Everybody wants adaptability ?

29. Everybody wants innovation ?

30. Everybody wants learning ?

31. learn

32. When was the
last time you
have ed anythinglearn

33. When was the
last time you
have
because
someone else
told you so?
ed anythinglearn

34. Have you ever
without
trying something
new?
ed anythinglearn

35. When was the
last time you
have tried something
new?

36. When was the
last time you
has tried something
new?
your company

37. It’s not about execution anymore

38. It’s not about execution anymore
learning

39. learning
trying
It’s not about execution anymore

40. learning
trying
innovation
It’s not about execution anymore

41. Not this!
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42. But this...
$
$
x
x
x
$
$
$
x
x
$
$
$

43. Meanwhile in
your local IT
shop...

44. Does this look familiar?
Website A
Website B
Middleware C
DB
Middleware D
Customer
Customer

45. Does this look familiar?
Testing
Team
Development
Team
Operations
Team
Customer

46. Is there an
alternative?

47. Product Teams

48. Openness
Flexibility
Meritocracy
Collaboration
Gary Hamel - Reinventing the Technology of Human Accomplishment
http://tinyurl.com/3l4ggs3
www
Product Teams

49. business-aligned
teams
Product Teams

50. Independent
business-aligned
teams
Product Reviews
Wish List
Shopping Cart
Product Teams

51. Independent
business-aligned
teams
Decision autonomy
Scrum!
Lean!
Waterfall...?
Product Teams

52. Independent
business-aligned
teams
Visibility across
teams
Decision autonomy
Scrum Zone
Yes, we
kanban!
Nothing to
see here
Product Teams

53. Independent
business-aligned
teams
Visibility across
teams
Knowledge sharing
Decision autonomy
Product Teams

54. Independent
business-aligned
teams
Visibility across
teams
Decision autonomy
Openness
Flexibility
Meritocracy
Collaboration
Knowledge sharing
Product Teams

55. Control

56. ControlInnovation

57. “We have to kill the
idea that the CEO
holds the company’s
strategy” Vineet Nayar
CEO - HCL Tech

58. Thank you
blog.franktrindade.com @frankmt