Dmitry Velykoivanenko: unFIXing your organization's future (UA) Ukraine Online PMDay 2023 Winter Website - www.pmday.org/online Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/startuplviv FB - https://www.facebook.com/pmdayconference

1. unFIXing your organization's
future
By Dmitry Velykoivanenko

2. About me
13 years in Project, Product, Program
Management, and PMO
unFIXer @ unFIX
Path
fi
nder @ Organizational Path
fi
nders
Certi
fi
ed organizational coach
Studying Gestalt and Psychology of
Sexuality

3. Disclaimer: All models are
wrong but some are helpful

4. Purpose
Show how people and organizations focus on changes
and where unFIX can help.

5. Agenda
The path of organizational changes:
The Past, the Future
The path of evolution
What is unFIX and how can it help?

6. The path of organizational
changes

7. My approach to organizations
Organizations are comprised
of people and their relations
Therefore organizations are
closer to organisms than
mechanisms in the way they
work

8. Timeline
Now
Future
Desire
Drive
Past Present

9. The way to the Future
We can stay in the past and continue doing what we do
best - Past Focus
We can set a
fi
xed goal in the future and do everything in
our power to get there - Future Focus
We can set a direction for our evolution by introducing
constraints and investing in the journey - Present Focus

10. Timeline
Now
Future
Desire
Drive
Past Present

11. The Past Focus
The past in known
and stable
We know what we did
before and might be
able to do in the future
Induces less anxiety
from uncertainty
Doesn't look at what is
before us and answer
challenges
Is trying to freeze the
organization in a certain
state -
fi
ghts the changes
Does not support learning,
discovery, and change

12. The Past Focus is not about
change but about
fi
ghting it

13. Future Focus
20

15. What’s shared between these
frameworks/models?

16. What’s shared between these
frameworks/models?
They suggest the FUTURE

17. What’s shared between these
frameworks/models?
More LeSS
Prescriptiveness

18. Future Focus
The gap is a difference between the
present and desired future (potential)
Gap analysis allows us to understand this
difference and act on it.

19. What happens with Gap analysis
A prescriptive framework is set as the Desired Future
We don't re
fl
ect on the changes happening and their
outcomes
We don't ask ourselves: are we still doing the right thing?

20. The Future Perspective
Focuses on what we'd
like to achieve
The Future is
beautiful and
inspiring
It opens up the door
to changes
The future is unknown
to everyone
It creates a lot of
anxiety as the Future
never comes by
de
fi
nition
“All will be
fi
ne soon” -
disregard to present

21. “There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one
wants, and the other is getting it.”
–Oscar Wilde

22. Desire
Desire is about something we want,
but that may not be something we
would ever like to achieve
It is never about obtaining the thing
you want
Once we have something that
completes us, we lose desire

23. Drive
Thus we have Drive to sustain our Desire
Drive's goal is not reaching your goal but investing in the
pursuit of the goal with meaning
As soon as you’ve achieved something, you want
something better and greater

24. So what now? Should I not
want anything? How do I
change, then?

25. The path of evolution or
dealing with the Present

26. Paradoxical Theory of Change
Change occurs when one becomes what he is, not when
he tries to become what he is not.
https:/
/www.gestalt.org/arnie.htm

27. “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be
changed until it is faced.”
–James Baldwin

28. The path of evolution
Inspect - what is our present? Now

29. The Present
https:/
/www.communicationtheory.org/the-johari-window-model/

30. An exercise!

31. The path of evolution
Inspect - what is our present?
Set Direction - where do we want to be?

32. The Direction of Change

33. The path of evolution
Inspect - what is our present?
Set Direction - where do we want to be?
Adapt - what will we do to continue moving in the desired
direction?

34. The path of evolution (alt. edition!)
Set Direction - where do we want to be?
Inspect - what is our present?
Adapt - what will we do to continue moving in the desired
direction?

35. The path of evolution
The path lies in learning something new about us, the
world, or what we could do.
Isn’t this why you are here? ;)

36. How do we learn?

37. Assimilation and acomodation
Assimilation is when a child responds to a new event in
a way that is consistent with an existing mental model.
Accommodation is when a child either modi
fi
es an
existing mental model or forms an entirely new mental
model to deal with a new object or event.
https:/
/www.simplypsychology.org/what-is-accommodation-and-assimilation.html

38. ShuHaRi
Shuhari is a Japanese martial art concept which
describes the stages of learning to mastery.
https:/
/martinfowler.com/bliki/ShuHaRi.html

39. Shu
In this beginning stage the student follows the teachings
of one master precisely. He concentrates on how to do
the task, without worrying too much about the
underlying theory. If there are multiple variations on
how to do the task, he concentrates on just the one way
his master teaches him.
https:/
/martinfowler.com/bliki/ShuHaRi.html

40. Ha
At this point the student begins to branch out. With the
basic practices working he now starts to learn the
underlying principles and theory behind the technique.
He also starts learning from other masters and
integrates that learning into his practice.
https:/
/martinfowler.com/bliki/ShuHaRi.html

41. Ri
Now the student isn’t learning from other people, but
from his own practice. He creates his own approaches
and adapts what he’s learned to his own particular
circumstances.
https:/
/martinfowler.com/bliki/ShuHaRi.html

42. Evolution, ShuHaRi, Piaget
We can have different focuses when we deal with
changes
Evolution is our most natural way to deal with changes
Johari window and ShuHaRi are great tools to help
uncover yourself and the organizations

43. Aaand what has unFIX to do
with all this?

44. What is unFIX
A collection of patterns (a language), NOT a framework
A box of Legos, NOT a cookbook
Universal, NOT IT speci
fi
c

45. “
almost none of the ideas … are mine … The picture
is new; the ideas are not.
I offer different words … help … distinguish the
new from the old.”
–Jurgen Appelo, https:/
/un
fi
x.work/blog/the-un
fi
x-model
• Dynamic Reteaming
• Team Topologies
• Virtual and Hybrid Working
And many more…

46. Models and Frameworks
More LeSS

47. Libary of patterns
Dependency Breakers
Base Types
Investment Horizons
Crew Types
Forum Types
Teaming Options
Human Drives
Delegation Levels
My Votes
Lifecycle Stages
Innovation Vortex
Decision Methods
+ more coming!

48. Pattern: Crews

49. Pattern: Crews
https:/
/un
fi
x.com/crews
A crew is a small team on a mission with a de
fi
ned goal.
Also called a team, squad, pod, or cell.

50. Pattern: Crews
https:/
/un
fi
x.com/crews

51. Basic crew types

52. Pattern: Crews
https:/
/un
fi
x.com/crews
https:/
/teamtopologies.com/key-concepts

53. Pattern: Crews
https:/
/un
fi
x.com/crews

54. Pattern: Crews
https:/
/un
fi
x.com/crews

55. Pattern: Crews
https:/
/un
fi
x.com/crews

56. Pattern: Crews
https:/
/un
fi
x.com/crews

57. Experience management

58. Pattern: Crews
https:/
/un
fi
x.com/crews

59. Pattern: Crews
https:/
/un
fi
x.com/crews

60. Governance

61. Pattern: Crews
https:/
/un
fi
x.com/crews

62. Pattern: Crews
https:/
/un
fi
x.com/crews

63. Pattern: Crews
https:/
/un
fi
x.com/crews

64. Curious about unFIX?
Go to - https:/
/un
fi
x.com/ to read more
Join our Circle - https:/
/un
fi
x.circle.so/
An LinkedIn - https:/
/www.linkedin.com/company/
un
fi
x/

65. Why unFIX?
unFIX is a Ha model
Supports the Theory of Paradoxical Change (re
fl
ecting
and naming the things)
You can use one pattern or all of them
It provides variety to show what other ways there are
for a pattern

66. Key points
There are different focuses when we talk about change:
Past, Present, and Future with their upsides and downsides
Evolution is about understanding who you (and your
organization) are and building from there
ShuHaRi can help us understand what and how to learn
unFIX can be your practical guide in the journey of
Organizational Changes and bringing joy to organizations

67. Questions & Answers?
https:/
/www.linkedin.com/in/dmitryvel/
https:/
/www.facebook.com/Deten0
https:/
/www.orgpath
fi
nders.com/

68. “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world.
Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
–Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī

69. Thank you and see you soon!