Slide deck from Agile on the Beach 2019 talk with Laurence Wood. A true story about a unique mining community and what it teaches us about creating a culture of productivity and hyper-productive teams. Together, Laurence and Ilan take a journey from the Yorkshire coal pits to today’s cross-functional, self-organised, highly motivated teams.

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COAL MINERS,
PRODUCTIVITY
AND SOCIO-TECHNICAL TEAMS

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BETTER PRODUCTIVITY
BETTER WELLBEING
NEED OF THE HOUR
CLEMENT ATTLEE
UK PM, 1945-1951 @AGILELOZENGE@KIRSCHI_

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Elsecar Colliery, 1949
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BACKGROUND
LONGWALL MINING THREE SHIFTS
Shift 1:
Preparation
Shift 3:
Shifting
Shift 2:
Filling

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SOCIO-TECHNICAL
SYSTEMS
ERIC TRIST
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SOCIO-TECHNICAL SYSTEMS
ELSECAR COLLIERY SOCIO-TECHNICAL SYSTEM
Shift 1:
Shift 2:
Shift 3:

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BACKGROUND
LONGWALL MINING THREE SHIFTS
Shift 1:
Preparation
Shift 2:
Filling
Shift 3:
Shifting
Preparing
Filling
Shifting
Task Assignment
Work Plan
Problem Solving
Cross-shift Comm.
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SOCIO-TECHNICAL SYSTEMS
ELSECAR COLLIERY SOCIO-TECHNICAL SYSTEM
Shift 1:
Shift 2:
Shift 3:
Work Plan
Pairing
Problem Solving
Inter-shift Comm.
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Cross-Shift Comm.
Assist Shift Flow

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SOCIO-TECHNICAL SYSTEMS
ELSECAR COLLIERY SOCIO-TECHNICAL SYSTEM
Shift 1:
Shift 2:
Shift 3:
Variety of task
Inc. responsibility
Inc. commitment
“Joint Optimizations”
Less to do
More to lead

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Why?!https://pixabay.com/en/animal-monkey-gibbon-mammal-1821737/
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SO,
HAVE SOCIO-TECHNICAL
SYSTEMS DISAPPEARED
OR SURVIVED?

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11-13 FEBRUARY 2001
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Agile Manifesto Principles
early continuous
#1
Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through
and
delivery of valuable software

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Agile Manifesto Principles
self-organizing teams
#11
The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from

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Agile Manifesto Principles
Business people and developers
throughout the project
#4
must work together daily

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Agile Manifesto Principles
face-to-face
conversation
#6
The most efficient and effective method of conveying
information to and within development team is

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Agile Manifesto Principles
Give them
trust them
#5
Build project around motivated individuals.
the environment and support they
need,
and to get the job done

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From theory to practice:
From practice back to theory:

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Q&A

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THANK YOU