This document provides information about John Coleman and his work helping organizations become more agile through executive leadership training and coaching. He trains and coaches executives, managers, and teams in agile strategies. Some of the topics he covers in full and short workshops include Scrum, Kanban, systems thinking, large scale agility, and implementing beyond budgeting. He also discusses frameworks for developing autonomy and alignment in organizations. Upcoming events involving John Coleman are mentioned at the end.

1. Executive leadership for agility
John Coleman PST (incl. Scrum with Kanban), LeSS Friendly Scrum Trainer,
#MarshallGoldsmithLead60
@JohnColemanIRL
www.ace.works
john@ace.works
jcoleman@valueglide.com

2. Agility for software & non-software
• Agility strategist, agility chef - Europe, Middle East, USA
• Large clients in banking, big oil, telco, supply chain
• Only helping clients who want real agility
• Trainer & coach - execs, management, teams
• Nexus+ case studies at www.scrumcasestudies.com (2015-2016)
• Leadership development focus 2016-2018
• 2 case studies for growing agility sustainable started (2018)

3. Rome wasn’t built in a day Leaders agile in two days?

4. “the change starts with me”

5. Product
Management
R&Dstart end
(release)
content freeze
(release contract agreed)
The Milestone point
is arbitrary
more,
more,
more!
less,
less,
less!
1 2
The Contract
www.craiglarman.com
www.odd-e.com
Copyright © 2010
C.Larman & B. Vodde
All rights reserved.
When will it be done?
Many execs expect a certain
answer

6. Why?
• Customer end to end cycle time
• Delivery of customer value
• Adaptiveness
Credit to Craig Larman

7. Leaders want that too and want other things
• Cutting costs can lead to long term costs
• Project mentality can give rise to unstable teams
• Organisation muscle memory drag
• “Busyness” effect on flow
Credit to Craig Larman, John Seddon

8. Inconsistent optimizing
goals
At odds with each other

9. Still great in a
different way

10. You’ve finally got an audience - it’s 20 minutes
• Do leaders care?
• Do leaders have time for more?
• Which topic does an exec leader not need to know?

11. So what’s on the menu?

12. Optimizing Organizational Flow Stop wishing, start finishing

13. Optimizing Organizational Flow measures / charts that prompt questions

14. Optimizing Organizational Flow measures / charts that prompt questions

15. Optimizing Organizational Flow measures / charts that prompt questions

16. Optimizing Organizational Flow measures / charts that prompt questions

17. Understanding complexity embracing uncertainty

18. Eradication of failure demand Vanguard method
vanguard-method.com

19. Eradication of failure demand Vanguard method
vanguard-method.com

20. Eradication of failure demand harbott.com

21. Adaptive decision making
• Intent-based-leadership (David
Marquet)

22. Adaptive decision making
• Extreme Ownership (Jocko
Willink, Leif Babin)

23. Adaptive decision making Team of Teams (General McChrystal)

24. Leaders as coaches alignment through uncertainty

25. Leaders as coaches alignment through uncertainty
frequency of drawdown
of funds d
smallness of
batch sizes
Leaders doing
questions only to
of mini-proje

26. Even the best framework (in one'
Leaders as coaches alignment through uncertainty

27. Leaders as coaches alignment through uncertainty

28. Leaders as coaches alignment through uncertainty

29. Leaders as coaches professional coaching skills

30. Leaders as coaches professional coaching skills

31. Leaders as coaches professional coaching skills

32. Systems Thinking Dealing with secondary concerns in secondary ways

33. Systems thinking 2017

34. Systems thinking 2017

35. Changing the way we finance work Implementing Beyond Budgeting

36. Changing the way we finance work Implementing Beyond Budgeting

37. Larman’s Laws of
Organizational Behaviour
Still very much alive in 2018?

38. Organization re-structure Large Scale Scrum

39. Organization re-structure Large Scale Scrum Huge

40. Career paths for Scrum Teams # of materially different skills
Scrum Product Developer 40-year career path
Level 1 1-3 skills Can coach on one skill
Level 2 3-5 skills Can coach on two skills
Level 3 5-9 skills Can coach on three skills
Level 4 10+ skills Can coach on four skills

41. Adaptive contract & procurement www.agilecontracts.org

42. Full day version regularly tested formats so far
• Vanguard Method (Failure Demand, IT Last)
• Scrum, Kanban + Toyota Kata
• Autonomy & alignment via Intent-based-leadership, Extreme
Ownership & Team of Teams
• Professional Coaching Skills
• Systems Thinking, Large Scale Scrum, other scaling patterns
• Implementing Beyond Budgeting

43. Short workshop tested formats so far
• Scrum
• Kanban + Toyota Kata
• Autonomy & alignment via Intent-based-leadership,
Extreme Ownership & Team of Teams
• Professional Coaching Skills
• Systems Thinking - Beer Game / Funnel experiment

44. What part of “I don’t give a jot if John is a better
coach than me don’t you get - who can John bring
to dinner? who can I bring to dinner?” Which
dinner would your exec prefer? #SocialProof”
Marshall Goldsmith #1 Exec coach in the world
#Thinkers50
#PayItForward
#100 Coaches
#Lead60

45. You’ve finally got an audience - it’s 20 minutes
• Do leaders care?
• Do leaders have time for more?
• Which topic does an exec leader not need to know?

46. So what!
• Self-made promises are more powerful.
• Famous teachers that attract big name CEOs partners to
dinner
• Leaders want to network with other leaders
• Positive peer pressure between leaders drives unlearning
• Unlearning programme through a networking programme

47. Thank you!
• New book Pivot - John & 20 other agilists - summer 2018
• LeSS.works Large Scale Scrum London 29th June
• Official scrum.org Professional Scrum with Kanban with
Daniel Vacanti 5-6 July London UK
• Executive Networking for Agility - Autumn 2018
• Scrum Health Assessment at https://www.ace.works/scrum-
health-assessment
@johncolemanirl, john@ace.works, jcoleman@valueglide.com