Scrum Bangalore 14th MeetUp 05 September 2015 - It's Not An Agile Story - Karthik Kamal Balasubramaniam - at Prowareness

1. It’s not an Agile Story

2. ‘Apollo-Dionysus’
Dilemma
Ying - Yang
Order-Chaos
Black - Red
Sun - Moon
Day - Night

3. The items on the Right Vs The items on the Left!
Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
!
Working software over comprehensive documentation
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Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
!
Responding to change over following a plan

4. ‘Agile is Dead’

5. ‘Agile is Dead’
‘Balance’ - Slayer of this nemesis

6. Although we have not embraced this balance successfully yet,
we as an Agile community ‘acknowledge’ the need for one.
That’s progress!
With that HOPE I begin

8. HER
All representations in this presentation are mostly
alluded to one gender to emphasise on the qualities
related to ‘feelings’ which is conventionally referred
as ‘feminine’. However I as an individual do not
subscribe to that norm entirely!
!
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All the paintings in this presentation are done by
Shilo Shiv Suleman one of the fiercest artist I have
ever known.

9. DISCLAIMER
!
The idea of the presentation is not to let people
judge, but use this as a means to better understand
the self via the surrounding
!
I could be totally WRONG with my current
understanding of certain behaviours and I will
leave that decision to the participant’s discretion

10. Human fallacy is acknowledged but not dealt with
in many organisations. We barely even scratch the
surface!
!
(possible) reasons,
No Tangible immediate results
!
Fear of confrontation
!
Way too complex
!
Social Conditioning
!
Individual Process

11. An humble attempt to ‘DEMYSTIFY’ this complex web
of behaviour through fictional characters based on
OK-OK corral (Based on Transactional Analysis)

12. Distressed Damsel
I am Not Ok - You are Ok
Perennial Cynic
I am Not Ok - You are Not Ok
Pragmatic Adult
I am Ok - You are Ok
Insolent Genius
I am Ok - You are Not Ok

13. Insolent Genius
I am Ok - You are Not Ok
!
OverConfident
Know-It All
Do not listen
Dominant
STRATEGIES
Build Trust/Mutual Respect
Be Assertive
Help them see Value in their peers
TOOLS
2 Chair Technique
Professional /Psychological Contracts
1-0-1’s and Interventions
Sandwich Strokes
Trust Exercise
Ego Gram
Theme - Get-Rid-Of
Payoff- Furious, Burned up

14. Distressed Damsel
I am Not Ok - You are Ok
!
Submissive
Subservient
Silent
Not-Confident
STRATEGIES
Give positive strokes
Be supportive
Be compassionate yet be strong
Give responsibility and ‘allow’ mistakes
TOOLS
2 Chair Technique
Professional /Psychological Contracts
1-0-1’s and Interventions
Positive Strokes
Ego Gram
Theme - Get-Away-From
Payoff- Embarrassed

15. Perennial Cynic
I am Not Ok - You are Not Ok
!
Cynical
Regressive
Passive Aggressive
Futile
STRATEGIES
Be logical
Solution Focused
Talk about options
Help them pick an available option
TOOLS
2 Chair Technique
Admin/ Professional /Psychological Contracts
Value Vs Practice Mapping exercise
Ego Gram
Theme - Go-Nowhere-With
Payoff - Humiliated

16. Pragmatic Adult
I am Ok - You are Ok
!
Positive
Open to ideas
Assertive
Forward looking
Solution Oriented
Non-Judgemental
Active Listener
Acts on ‘here and now’
Healthy Space to be in!
Theme - Get-On-With
Payoff- Joyful, Jubilant

17. Every Individual exhibit traits of all these
characters. However there is one dominant
element !
ALL CHARACTERS ARE REQUIRED TO SUSTAIN
BALANCE
However ‘Pragmatic Adult’ is the desired life position

19. Path to ‘Self-Realisation’
TOOLS
Journal
Supervision
All the other tools mentioned earlier

20. BE fearless
Embrace the feminine with a tad bit of logic.
You will Go places!