BUILDING THE ORGANIZATION OF THE FUTURE
WITH SPEED, AGILITY, AND ADAPTABILITY
NG PAN WEI, PH.D
12 JULY 2019
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OVER
GRADUATE
ALUMNI5,900
OFFERING OVER
130
ENTERPRISE IT, INNOVATION
& LEADERSHIP PROGRAMMES
TRAINING OVER
130,000
DIGITAL LEADERS
& PROFESSIONALS
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Unleashing Business Agility
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Finance
财务
HR
人力
IT
技术
Unleashing Business Agility
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Finance
财务
HR
人力
IT
技术
Some Annual Budgeting Problems
• Very time consuming
• Assumptions quickly outdated
• Stimulates unethical behaviors
• Creates illusions of control
• Decisions made too early with too much uncertainty
• Often weak link to strategy
• Can prevent value adding activities
• Cannot see beyond the fiscal year end
• Complicates performance evaluation
•4 -
Strategy
Budgeting
(Finance)
Performance
Target
Sep à Oct Nov à Dec Jan à Feb
Separate and Improve
Financial
• Reporting
• Target Setting
• Forecasting
• Resource Allocation
What happened
What we want to happen
What we think will happen
What will it take to happen
How can behaviors be better
How to motivate better behavior
Taking action on very bad behavior
Performance Management
• Feedback
• Rewards
• Legal
Same number, same process
Conflicting purposes
Different processes
Different numbers
Separate Improve
Using the timing and approach that makes
most sense.
Timely, accurate, right level of detail
Inspiring & challenging, VUCA robust
Unbiased, limited detail, updated quickly
Dynamic, based on measures and trends
Honest and actionable feedback
More team based, to inspire the team
Exception handling; don’t punish everyone
Traditional Budgeting and Forecasts
Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1
Traditional
Annual Planning
(and Budgeting)
“Budget”
the illusion of control
Continuous Planning over Annual Planning
Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Traditional
Annual Planning
(and Budgeting)
Continuous/Rolling
Planning and Forecasting
“Everyone”
Department
Finance Forecast
This requires changes both in
processes and technology (reporting,
measurement, decision making,
collaboration, feedback)
Monitoring Forecasting
Different Practices Different Rhythm
# Practices Annually Quarterly Monthly Weekly
1 Use multiple sources of customer data to assess unmet
needs
2 Business leaders dedicate time to learn about digital
technologies
3 Share test-and-learn findings across the organization
4 Assess business model for digital productivity
opportunities
5 Reallocate digital talent among business units or
functions
6 Use scenarios to time and size potential shifts in industry
economics
7 Evaluate portfolio opportunities to add/divest businesses
in light of digital
8 Evaluate profit pools based on competitive landscape
shifts
9 Reallocate capital expenditure across business units
10 Use rigorous process to defund underperforming
initiatives
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Beyond Budgeting Principles
Leadership principles
1. Purpose - Engage and inspire people around bold and noble
causes; not around short-term financial targets
2. Values - Govern through shared values and sound judgement; not
through detailed rules and regulations
3. Transparency - Make information open for self-regulation,
innovation, learning and control; don’t restrict it
4. Organisation – Cultivate a strong sense of belonging and organise
around accountable teams; avoid hierarchical control and
bureaucracy
5. Autonomy - Trust people with freedom to act; don’t punish
everyone if someone should abuse it
6. Customers - Connect everyone’s work with customer needs; avoid
conflicts of interest
Management processes
7. Rhythm - Organise management processes dynamically around
business rhythms and events; not around the calendar year only
8. Targets - Set directional, ambitious and relative goals; avoid fixed
and cascaded targets
9. Plans and forecasts - Make planning and forecasting lean and
unbiased processes; not rigid and political exercises
10. Resource allocation - Foster a cost conscious mind-set and make
resources available as needed; not through detailed annual budget
allocations
11. Performance evaluation - Evaluate performance holistically and
with peer feedback for learning and development; not based on
measurement only and not for rewards only
12. Rewards - Reward shared success against competition; not
against fixed performance contracts
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财务
People
人力
IT
技术
Some People Challenges
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1. Low Engagement
2. Poor Motivation
3. Functional Silos – KPI Driven
4. Office Politics
5. Too Much Administration
6. Too Many Corporate Initiatives
7. Pay Too Low
Extended Maslow
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Individual
Interactions
360 Degrees KPI
13 -
…..and more
Short Cycle Long Cycle
Making the 800 over ”Ambition to Actions (KPI)” transparent
across the company and connect them
360 Degrees Performance Evaluation
• From narrow measurement to a holistic assessment
14
B e h a v i o u r
D
e
l
i
v
e
r
y
Living the values
• Day-to day-observations
• 360°/ 180°/ 90° surveys
• People survey
50/50Pressure testing KPI results:
• Deliver towards the strategic objectives?
• How ambitious KPI targets?
• Changed assumptions, with positive or
negative effect?
• Which risks were taken?
• Delivered results sustainable?
Ambition to Action
•Development
plan
•Rewards
Handelsbanken Winchester
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The Branch is the bank. Branch empowered. Decentralized. No central annual budgeting
Consistent Performance
For 40 years
Handelsbanken
Handuyishe 韩都衣舍
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Established 2008 as online stall
Highest turnover for 2014 singles day - 45 million
USD
Amoeba operating model
• Cross functional teams
• Product manager, Web Designer, Inventory
Three stages of growth
• Group ordering
• Pre-Ordering
• In-house Design
Unleashing Business Agility
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Finance
财务
HR
人力
IT
技术
What is the view of Traditional IT
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慢 贵 难
Slow – Expensive - Difficult
What is your choice?
• When building a new big application?
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Understand Requirements
Establish capability to iterate quickly
Or
Traditional to Agile
Traditional
Development
Iterative
Development
Iterative
Delivery
Continuous
Delivery
Inception
Requirements Development Delivery
Inception
Inception
Traditional to Agile
Traditional Agile1 Release
Every 100 days
1 Release
Every 10 days
1 Release
Everyday
10 Releases
Everyday
100 Releases
Everyday
Branching
Testing
Architecture
Release
Approach
Infrastructure
Database
Feature
Branches
Develop on Trunk,
Release on Branch
Pull Request to Release Branch
Separate
QA Department
Fast Comprehensive Automated
Test in Deployment Pipeline
Developers and Testers maintain automated tests
Monolithic Architecture
Deploy Everything Together
Service Orientation Microservices
Release Trains
Dark Launching, Blue-Green Deployment
Canary Release
Developer Push Changes
Applications
Managed
By Operations
Automated
Deployment Scripts
Infrastructure as Code Cloud Architecture
With Standardized PAAS and SaaS
Manual
Database
Upgrade
Delta
Database Scripts
Apps and Databases Have
Forward and Backward Compatibility
Traditional to Agile Architecture and Processes
Microservice Architecture
Monolithic Process
Monolithic Architecture
Monolithic Process
Development Integration
Test
Production
Monolithic Testing
Microservice Architecture
Microservice Process
Monolithic Testing
Microservice Testing
Unleashing Business Agility
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Finance
财务
HR
人力
IT
技术
Unleashing Business Agility
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Finance
财务
HR
人力
IT
技术
Separate and improve processes
Apply the right rhythm/beat
Continually align the organization
Connect teams to the customer & empower them
You cannot be agile without being fast
De-scale your complexities

Building The Organisation Of The Future with Speed, Agility, and Adaptability

  • 1.
    BUILDING THE ORGANIZATIONOF THE FUTURE WITH SPEED, AGILITY, AND ADAPTABILITY NG PAN WEI, PH.D 12 JULY 2019 © Copyright National University of Singapore. All Rights Reserved 1 OVER GRADUATE ALUMNI5,900 OFFERING OVER 130 ENTERPRISE IT, INNOVATION & LEADERSHIP PROGRAMMES TRAINING OVER 130,000 DIGITAL LEADERS & PROFESSIONALS LinkedIn
  • 2.
    Unleashing Business Agility ©Copyright National University of Singapore. All Rights Reserved 2 Finance 财务 HR 人力 IT 技术
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    Unleashing Business Agility ©Copyright National University of Singapore. All Rights Reserved 3 Finance 财务 HR 人力 IT 技术
  • 4.
    Some Annual BudgetingProblems • Very time consuming • Assumptions quickly outdated • Stimulates unethical behaviors • Creates illusions of control • Decisions made too early with too much uncertainty • Often weak link to strategy • Can prevent value adding activities • Cannot see beyond the fiscal year end • Complicates performance evaluation •4 - Strategy Budgeting (Finance) Performance Target Sep à Oct Nov à Dec Jan à Feb
  • 5.
    Separate and Improve Financial •Reporting • Target Setting • Forecasting • Resource Allocation What happened What we want to happen What we think will happen What will it take to happen How can behaviors be better How to motivate better behavior Taking action on very bad behavior Performance Management • Feedback • Rewards • Legal Same number, same process Conflicting purposes Different processes Different numbers Separate Improve Using the timing and approach that makes most sense. Timely, accurate, right level of detail Inspiring & challenging, VUCA robust Unbiased, limited detail, updated quickly Dynamic, based on measures and trends Honest and actionable feedback More team based, to inspire the team Exception handling; don’t punish everyone
  • 6.
    Traditional Budgeting andForecasts Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Traditional Annual Planning (and Budgeting) “Budget” the illusion of control
  • 7.
    Continuous Planning overAnnual Planning Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Traditional Annual Planning (and Budgeting) Continuous/Rolling Planning and Forecasting “Everyone” Department Finance Forecast This requires changes both in processes and technology (reporting, measurement, decision making, collaboration, feedback) Monitoring Forecasting
  • 8.
    Different Practices DifferentRhythm # Practices Annually Quarterly Monthly Weekly 1 Use multiple sources of customer data to assess unmet needs 2 Business leaders dedicate time to learn about digital technologies 3 Share test-and-learn findings across the organization 4 Assess business model for digital productivity opportunities 5 Reallocate digital talent among business units or functions 6 Use scenarios to time and size potential shifts in industry economics 7 Evaluate portfolio opportunities to add/divest businesses in light of digital 8 Evaluate profit pools based on competitive landscape shifts 9 Reallocate capital expenditure across business units 10 Use rigorous process to defund underperforming initiatives © Copyright National University of Singapore. All Rights Reserved 8 https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/digital-mckinsey/our-insights/the-drumbeat-of-digital-how-winning-teams-play
  • 9.
    Beyond Budgeting Principles Leadershipprinciples 1. Purpose - Engage and inspire people around bold and noble causes; not around short-term financial targets 2. Values - Govern through shared values and sound judgement; not through detailed rules and regulations 3. Transparency - Make information open for self-regulation, innovation, learning and control; don’t restrict it 4. Organisation – Cultivate a strong sense of belonging and organise around accountable teams; avoid hierarchical control and bureaucracy 5. Autonomy - Trust people with freedom to act; don’t punish everyone if someone should abuse it 6. Customers - Connect everyone’s work with customer needs; avoid conflicts of interest Management processes 7. Rhythm - Organise management processes dynamically around business rhythms and events; not around the calendar year only 8. Targets - Set directional, ambitious and relative goals; avoid fixed and cascaded targets 9. Plans and forecasts - Make planning and forecasting lean and unbiased processes; not rigid and political exercises 10. Resource allocation - Foster a cost conscious mind-set and make resources available as needed; not through detailed annual budget allocations 11. Performance evaluation - Evaluate performance holistically and with peer feedback for learning and development; not based on measurement only and not for rewards only 12. Rewards - Reward shared success against competition; not against fixed performance contracts
  • 10.
    Unleashing Business Agility ©Copyright National University of Singapore. All Rights Reserved 10 Finance 财务 People 人力 IT 技术
  • 11.
    Some People Challenges ©Copyright National University of Singapore. All Rights Reserved 11 1. Low Engagement 2. Poor Motivation 3. Functional Silos – KPI Driven 4. Office Politics 5. Too Much Administration 6. Too Many Corporate Initiatives 7. Pay Too Low
  • 12.
    Extended Maslow © CopyrightNational University of Singapore. All Rights Reserved 12 Individual Interactions
  • 13.
    360 Degrees KPI 13- …..and more Short Cycle Long Cycle Making the 800 over ”Ambition to Actions (KPI)” transparent across the company and connect them
  • 14.
    360 Degrees PerformanceEvaluation • From narrow measurement to a holistic assessment 14 B e h a v i o u r D e l i v e r y Living the values • Day-to day-observations • 360°/ 180°/ 90° surveys • People survey 50/50Pressure testing KPI results: • Deliver towards the strategic objectives? • How ambitious KPI targets? • Changed assumptions, with positive or negative effect? • Which risks were taken? • Delivered results sustainable? Ambition to Action •Development plan •Rewards
  • 15.
    Handelsbanken Winchester © CopyrightNational University of Singapore. All Rights Reserved 15 The Branch is the bank. Branch empowered. Decentralized. No central annual budgeting
  • 16.
    Consistent Performance For 40years Handelsbanken
  • 17.
    Handuyishe 韩都衣舍 © CopyrightNational University of Singapore. All Rights Reserved 17 Established 2008 as online stall Highest turnover for 2014 singles day - 45 million USD Amoeba operating model • Cross functional teams • Product manager, Web Designer, Inventory Three stages of growth • Group ordering • Pre-Ordering • In-house Design
  • 18.
    Unleashing Business Agility ©Copyright National University of Singapore. All Rights Reserved 18 Finance 财务 HR 人力 IT 技术
  • 19.
    What is theview of Traditional IT © Copyright National University of Singapore. All Rights Reserved 19 慢 贵 难 Slow – Expensive - Difficult
  • 20.
    What is yourchoice? • When building a new big application? © Copyright National University of Singapore. All Rights Reserved 20 Understand Requirements Establish capability to iterate quickly Or
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    Traditional to Agile TraditionalAgile1 Release Every 100 days 1 Release Every 10 days 1 Release Everyday 10 Releases Everyday 100 Releases Everyday Branching Testing Architecture Release Approach Infrastructure Database Feature Branches Develop on Trunk, Release on Branch Pull Request to Release Branch Separate QA Department Fast Comprehensive Automated Test in Deployment Pipeline Developers and Testers maintain automated tests Monolithic Architecture Deploy Everything Together Service Orientation Microservices Release Trains Dark Launching, Blue-Green Deployment Canary Release Developer Push Changes Applications Managed By Operations Automated Deployment Scripts Infrastructure as Code Cloud Architecture With Standardized PAAS and SaaS Manual Database Upgrade Delta Database Scripts Apps and Databases Have Forward and Backward Compatibility
  • 23.
    Traditional to AgileArchitecture and Processes Microservice Architecture Monolithic Process Monolithic Architecture Monolithic Process Development Integration Test Production Monolithic Testing Microservice Architecture Microservice Process Monolithic Testing Microservice Testing
  • 24.
    Unleashing Business Agility ©Copyright National University of Singapore. All Rights Reserved 24 Finance 财务 HR 人力 IT 技术
  • 25.
    Unleashing Business Agility ©Copyright National University of Singapore. All Rights Reserved 25 Finance 财务 HR 人力 IT 技术 Separate and improve processes Apply the right rhythm/beat Continually align the organization Connect teams to the customer & empower them You cannot be agile without being fast De-scale your complexities