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Experiment
Your Way Through Transformation
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Jason, what do you think?

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FFS….here we go again…
Well, from a process
perspective…

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Great another meddler…
UNCERTAINTYMETER

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oh, he’s not as
annoying as I thought
UNCERTAINTYMETER

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ah, ok, he’s giving us
some options…
UNCERTAINTYMETER

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That was nice…he
gave up his little agile
room.
UNCERTAINTYMETER

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ok, looks like he’s here
to help us out…
UNCERTAINTYMETER

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“Let go of certainty. The opposite isn't
uncertainty. It's openness, curiosity and a
willingness to embrace paradox”
Tony Schwartz,
Author: The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working

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Could everyone standup
please?

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OMG
NOOOOOO!
Eek, this might
be hard.
Cool!

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“we don’t need to embrace uncertainty,
we need to figure out how to reduce it.”
Me,
(unless someone more famous already said that)

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Passive

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Active

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Interactive

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Passive
Active
Interactive
Uncertainty reduction theory - Charles Berger | Richard Calabrese
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Reinforces existing beliefs
Challenges beliefs
3 Strategies, 7 axioms for reducing uncertainty

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Why does
this
matter?
Experiments
have become
fashionable.
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What is the purpose of your experiment?

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Produce a measurable outcome
more certainty
blind jump
Commitment

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getting to action
makes our
brains feel good.
but sometimes
we get there too
early.
Example

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fuzzy measurements
Time-bound
shorter feedback loop
Less certainty

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Explore why + what
Start with Google
OKRs
Example

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Start!
Experiments
Show progress
early
Man, this
change is
really hard
Uh-oh…
Reboot
Hey, it’s
working!
Uh-oh…
E E
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Intervention
WAV E O F C H A N G E

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Intervention! The ‘Experiment’ was using Lego Serious Play

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17 Change Canvases,
multiple experiments,
Lightning talks as
debriefs

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Experiment:
Peer-pressure
“accountability”

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How’s it going?

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Interventions are events that trigger
change. Experiments are used to transition
people through it.
Me, again!
(man, I’m on a roll…with props to William Bridges.)

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start with the big picture

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Co-create & make visible!

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Prioritize Options

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make things visible

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Establish Rituals
How often should you
review the big picture?
How long should you run
experiments?
What’s the natural pace of
change?
What’s the tolerance for
disruption?

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12-week year
Mastering the Rockefeller Habits
4 Disciplines of Execution
http://12weekyear.com/
https://gazelles.com/
http://the4disciplinesofexecution.com/
“BIG PICTURE” APPROACHES

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1) What’s the point of the experiment?
2) Passive? Active? Interactive?
3) Involve the people affected
4) Make it visible
5) Establish new rituals

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Thanks!