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7 Things That Agile Leaders and Executives Do Differently

Dipesh PalaAgile Capability Leader - Asia Pacific

Agile Australia 2016

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Cannot change the

Organisational Culture

Lack of Agile Experts

or Experience within the organisation

Lack of Management

Support for Agile

Concerns around

implementing non-IT programs

using Agile

Cannot Change Pre-existing

rigid Waterfall Framework

No Barriers

Concerns around Scaling or

Distributed Agile

Which one is the number 1 Barrier?

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Source:  VersionOne.com  -­‐  state-­‐of-­‐agile-­‐report-­‐agile-­‐2016-­‐survey-­‐results  

Barriers for Agile Adoption

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What Makes Changes Challenging

*  IBM  Global  Making  Change  Work  Study  explored  differences  in  how  change  was  implemented  by  over  1,500  practitioners  world-­‐wide      

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*  IBM  Global  Making  Change  Work  Study  explored  differences  in  how  change  was  implemented  by  over  1,500  practitioners  world-­‐wide      

What Makes Change Successful

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Can’t  Create    or    

Change  Culture    

It  just  happens…  

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•  Stop  Starting,  Start  Finishing  •  Slow  Down  to  Go  Faster  •  One  Team,  One  Dream  •  Foster  Fully  Capable  Teams  •  Fail  Early  &  Fail  Small  •  Deliver    Business  Value,  not  just  Projects  •  Servant  Leadership  

7 Things Agile Leaders and Executives will do differently

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Slow  down  to  go  faster!  

1. Stop Starting, Start Finishing

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2. Slow Down to Go Faster

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If  you  can’t  fly,  Run.  If  you  can’t  run,  Walk.  If  you  can’t  walk,  Crawl.  But,  by  all  means    keep  moving.  

 -­‐  Dr.  Martin  Luther  King,  Jr.  

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3.One Team, One Dream

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Doing The Right Work

Doing The Work Right

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Doing The Right Work

Objectives & Goals

Mission & Vision

Strategy Pattern

Portfolio Funnel of Work

Strategic Initiatives

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Using Agile practices to “cascade” strategy

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4. Foster Fully Capable Teams

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AS  IS  

Capability  that  has  both  depth  and  breadth  across  the  domain    providing  greater  scalability  and  flexibility  

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IDEAL  

More  Accountability  

Less  Coordination  

More  Transparency  

Reduced  Cycle  Time  

Capability  that  has  both  depth  and  breadth  across  the  domain    providing  greater  scalability  and  flexibility  

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5.Fail Early & Fail Small

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Teams    thrive  and  innovate    when  they  are  provided    environments  where    

they  feel  safe    to  trial  things  

Promoting    anonymity    

actually  underscores    the  risk  of    speaking  up  

Source:  HBR  Jan-­‐Feb  2016  Issue  –  Can  your  employees  really  speak  freely?  

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6. Deliver Business Value rather than just Projects

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PDD  Points  Driven  Development  

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7. Servant Leadership

Shift  from  managing  for  results  to    designing  environments  that  create  results  

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The  power  of    our  greatness    

lies  in  matching  our    words  and  language    

to  our  destination    

The  words  you  use    impact  the  attitude    

of  others  

Inspired  by:  Tanya  Lacy  –  How  to  change  your  world  with  your  words  

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Progress  

Setbacks  

 

Daily  Checklist    for  Agile  Leaders  

 

Toxins  

Nourishers  Catalysts  

Inhibitors  

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Dipesh PalaAgile Leader

IBM GBS Asia Pacific

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