Agile Board of Directors is an important part of your Agile transformation. Board must be consistent with the organization. If agile stops at the board level, it creates a gap within the organization and governance inconsistency. Agile boards of directors create a purpose-driven organization, the sense of belonging which skyrockets organizations success.

1. Move Agile to the next level
Agile Board of Directors
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Zuzi Sochova
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2. Agile Board of Directors
Board must be consistent with the organization.
If agile stops at the board level, it creates a gap within
the organization and governance inconsistency.
Boards create a purpose driven organizations, the
sense of belonging which skyrocket organizations
success.
Agile boards collaborate on the key strategic
initiatives.

3. 3 principles
#1 Team over individuals and hierarchy
#2 Flexibility over fixed plans and budgets
#3 Strategy over operational

4. Team Mindset
Collaboration, Cross-functionality
Inclusive, Voluntary Basis, One Goal
Respect, Openness, Transparency
#1

5. It's not about me, but us.
Creat ‘We’ Culture#1

6. Flexibility
Collaborative, creative, and adaptive network
over fixed structures
Purpose driven continuous planning process
over annual top-down goals and plans
Beyond budgeting management empowerment
over control management model
#2
Agile organization values...

7. Beyond Budgeting
Mr. Wallander, when he had taken over the position as CEO of the Svenska
Handelsbanken bank had come to the conclusion that it is impossible to forecast
what will happen in a complex commercial market. So, he said, it is much better
not to forecast.
He was convinced, that it is much better to manage a business according to what
really happens, instead of always looking on a fictitious budget, which was set up
many months before. If you have a budget, you tend not to see what happens in
reality and not to be as flexible as if you don’t have such a detailed plan.
He considered the budgeting process as an unproductive negotiation process. They
negotiate a budget figure that they know they would be able to over perform. The
outcome won’t be their best guess. It’s something artificial, which has in most cases
nothing to do with market and business reality. Therefore he said, a budget is
totally unnecessary; he even called it “an unnecessary evil”.
http://www.juergendaum.com/news/02_24_2003.htm
#2

8. https://www.ebcg.com/news/the-12-beyond-budgeting-principles/

9. Strategic Focus
80% Strategy and significant business issues,
20% reporting
#3

10. Collaborate on Strategy
Collaborate across the organization (Board,
CEO, Management, people from the organization,
and community)
Anyone can join when they have something to
add to the purpose of the workshop. Transparent,
inclusive, open.
Creativity and innovations through fast
experiments.
#3

11. Collaborate on Strategy
Collaborate across the organization (Board,
CEO, Management, people from the organization,
and community)
Anyone can join when they have something to
add to the purpose of the workshop. Transparent,
inclusive, open.
Empower people to come up with creativity and
innovations.
#3

12. Engage#3
Deliver value and feedback through fast experiments.
Run openspaces to
encourage people to
come up with creative
ideas.
Leverage Innovation
Games to increase
innovative thinking.

13. Make sure...
Meet frequently at least
every 2 months
Focus on communications
between meetings
Good facilitation of the
meetings

14. References
Agile Boards
https://bothsidesofthetable.com/the-agile-board-ba7060003875
https://bothsidesofthetable.com/how-to-communicate-with-your-investors-between-board-meetings-4835e4b86614
https://www.slideshare.net/TimoLappi/agile-boards-of-directors
https://bothsidesofthetable.com/running-more-effective-board-meetings-at-startups-e96cb5180de2
http://rynmelberg.com/2015/12/agile-methodology-governance-board-directors/
Beyond Budgeting
https://bbrt.org/what-is-beyond-budgeting/
https://bbrt.org/the-beyond-budgeting-principles/
http://www.amanet.org/training/articles/why-its-time-to-say-goodbye-to-traditional-budgeting.aspx
https://www.ebcg.com/news/the-12-beyond-budgeting-principles/
http://www.juergendaum.com/news/02_24_2003.htm
http://www.juergendaum.de/articles/beyond_budgeting.en.pdf
http://www.juergendaum.com/bb.htm
Agile Organization
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_logan_on_tribal_leadership
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhTGpgNz0N8
https://vimeo.com/121517508
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzJL8zX3EVk

15. Zuzi Šochová
zuzi@sochova.com
@zuzuzka
AGILE & SCRUM COACH
ANDTRAINER, CST
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