How to create productive agile teams in uninhabitable organisations

Emil Öberg
Emil ÖbergConsultant at Monator Technologies
How to create productive agile teams in
uninhabitable organisations
...or ”How to bend the
unbendable organization”
How to create productive agile teams in uninhabitable organisations
Emil Öberg
@emiloberg
emiloberg.se
Intranet Professional
Amateur Psychologist
13 000 coworkers
Since 1477
Employee Portal
3 year project
Culture is an obstacle?
Civil war
How to create productive agile teams in uninhabitable organisations
Skunk Works
separate, independent unit
within a larger organization
Safe from internal politics
Safe from internal politics
Cross-functional team
Safe from internal politics
Cross-functional team
Everyone, full time
Create super-
ordinate goals
Createful Tension
Needs analysis as
communication tool
Users allow
to be abused
How to create productive agile teams in uninhabitable organisations
Users allow
to be abused
現場
Genba
Build trust
How to create productive agile teams in uninhabitable organisations
How to create productive agile teams in uninhabitable organisations
How to create productive agile teams in uninhabitable organisations
How to create productive agile teams in uninhabitable organisations
Emil Öberg
@emiloberg
emiloberg.se
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Picture of the IT house is from Google Maps.
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Fuck it, ship i, lovingly stolen from http://blog.opbeat.com/2012/08/09/fuck-it-ship-it/
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