Is your Agile Inclusive?
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Agile is about keeping pace with change. Inclusion ensures we bring everyone along with us. Agile initially brought a bunch of individuals cross-functional specialists together to work as a team. This cross-functional team was able to deliver complex products more quickly. The concept of diverse teammates looking at a problem and sharing their perspective from their skill background proved to be the ideal way of creating solutions that meet the needs of domestic customers. As companies execute on their digital strategy, products are now global. Having cross-functional teams are no longer sufficient. Agile teams need to be cross-functional AND diverse to meet the needs of global customers. Dave will discuss the importance and competitive need to make your teams diverse. They will also share their experiences of integrating diverse members into the team.
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- 6. The power of diverse experience 67% percent of job seekers said that a diverse workforce is an important factor to them when considering companies and job offers 57% of employees want their company to do more to increase diversity. - Glassdoor via Teamable 2017 - Teamable 2017 Diverse companies are 70%more likely to report that the firm captured a new market -Harvard Business Review via Teamable 2017
- 10. Problem solving & grit Companies that scored over the median for employing people with disabilities on average generated 38% more in revenue from innovative products and services Companies with the greatest gender diversity (8 out of every 20 managers were female) generated about 34% of their revenues from innovative products and services in the most recent 3 year period -Boston Consulting Group 2016 -Boston Consulting Group 2016
- 11. The right person, for the right role
- 13. Deep customer empathy A Harvard study demonstrated that organizations leveraging diversity are better able to adapt to changes in the external environment, are more innovative in anticipating and responding to these changes Companies hiring people with disabilities found that 92 % of the American public viewed these companies more favourably -Government of Canada 2013 study -U.S. survey of consumer perceptions via Government of Canada 2013 study
- 15. Thank you!
Editor's Notes
- How familiar are you with the Agile methodology? My perspective on the power of agile 1. solving for complexity in an ever changing work 2. Cross functional teams collaborating is the best way to deliver for complexity and unknown (holistic solution-ing) 3. Frequent inspect and adapt
- Teams get multiple perspectives. Cross functional thinking allows you to think of ideas holistically across different functions. No longer sufficient. We need diverse backgrounds, diverse experiences, diverse talents to make good teams - super teams
- My definition of Diversity in not equality, it’s about building high performance For Diversity to happen we need an Inclusive environment The power I bring to a team with my experience of having Cerebral Palsy According to research from Glassdoor, 67% percent of job seekers said that a diverse workforce is an important factor to them when considering companies and job offers. 57% of employees want their company to do more to increase diversity. Harvard Business Review reports that diverse companies are 70% more likely to report that the firm captured a new market.
- My definition of Diversity in not equality, it’s about building high performance For Diversity to happen we need an Inclusive environment The power I bring to a team with my experience of having Cerebral Palsy According to research from Glassdoor, 67% percent of job seekers said that a diverse workforce is an important factor to them when considering companies and job offers. 57% of employees want their company to do more to increase diversity. Harvard Business Review reports that diverse companies are 70% more likely to report that the firm captured a new market.
- Thoughts on Purposely Hire and pushing back to get good candidates You need to have a diverse mindset What are some of the most diverse groups you have been on? What were they like?
- Leaders need to make an inclusive environment We need to keep what makes people different, if not its not diversity we just have different nationalities We don’t want a melting pot we want what makes us different that is where the power is Not being able to participate in offsite example
- Awesome problem solver - I’m used to coming up with creative solutions to navigate life - like getting up in the morning, traveling to work, and navigating the city Boston Consulting Group did a study and determined that companies that scored over the median for employing people with disabilities on average generated 38% more from innovative products and services This same study went on to shows that companies with the greatest gender diversity (8 out of every 20 managers were female) generated about 34% of their revenues from innovative products and services in the most recent 3 year period. Companies with innovation revenues of 25% for companies that have the least gender diversity (only 1 in 20 managers were female)
- Diversity Group Example Having people that can do the work is most important Group silos The right person for the role is the goal
- Have deep customer empathy - am able to really connect with customers as I can really empathize with customers to truly understand frustration and struggle - I have had to be able to read people whom I have to give complete trust in my personal care and well being…picked up a 6th sense to see what others don't Government of Canada 2013 study In the early 90s, a Harvard study demonstrated that organizations leveraging diversity are better able to adapt to changes in the external environment Are more innovative in anticipating and responding to these changes Adaptive cultures dramatically outperformed non-adaptive ones across many indicators, with 90 percent posting increased market valuation compared to 74 percent. 2005 U.S. survey of consumer perceptions Footnote 16 towards companies hiring people with disabilities found that 92 percent of the American public viewed these companies more favourably.
- Have deep customer empathy - am able to really connect with customers as I can really empathize with customers to truly understand frustration and struggle - I have had to be able to read people whom I have to give complete trust in my personal care and well being…picked up a 6th sense to see what others don't Government of Canada 2013 study In the early 90s, a Harvard study demonstrated that organizations leveraging diversity are better able to adapt to changes in the external environment Are more innovative in anticipating and responding to these changes Adaptive cultures dramatically outperformed non-adaptive ones across many indicators, with 90 percent posting increased market valuation compared to 74 percent. 2005 U.S. survey of consumer perceptions Footnote 16 towards companies hiring people with disabilities found that 92 percent of the American public viewed these companies more favourably.
- The inclusive environment I need to be successful: Helper for the washroom - dry pants should be a right, not a privilege Door openers, special devices, lowered whiteboards…and Cassie - the rock star that helps my ideas become awesome stories and presentations so I can have a voice to others