@MichaelSahota
Reinventing Organizations for Agility
Michael Sahota
~20 years IT
14 years Agile
STRATEGIC
PLAY®
!
!
Get The Results You Want
Cultivate Culture
Create Places People
Love to Work
Start with Yourself
@MichaelSahota
The Story on Agile…
Three
years
ago …
Sources:	
  Mul,ple	
  Workshops	
  with	
  100’s	
  of	
  par,cipants;	
  2015	
  Version	
  One	
  Survey	
  
Agile Success is Limited by Culture
Agile Mindset
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tza/3214197147
Doing
Agile
Being
Agile
Agile Practices
Most Value Comes from Mindset/Culture, not Practices
~20%
 Benefit ~3X
 Benefit
•Ability
 to
 manage
 changing
 priorities
 
•Improved
 Visibility
 
•Increased
 Productivity
 
•Improved
 Quality
 
•Reduced
 Risk
•Customer
 Delight
 
•Joy
 at
 work
 
•Engagement
 
•Innovation,
 Creativity
 
•Continuous
 Learning
Agile Transformation
“In my 25 years, I don't have any
stories of a large-scale Agile
Transformation” - Alistair Cockburn
@MichaelSahota
Moving Beyond Agile
Agile = Incomplete
Pascal Van Cauwenberghe
My#main#focus#is#
to#stop#companies#
from#doing#Agile.#
Namiya.be
Agile Initiative
Some Other Initiative
Why: A Quality Product
Why: Collaboration
DO THIS: Ask Why?
Workshop: http://agilitrix.com/2014/06/agile-is-not-the-goal-workshop/
Let Go of Agile
@MichaelSahota
Looking at Culture
Where is Your Focus?
Full Benefits of Agile
usually require
Reinvention via Culture.
@MichaelSahota
Laloux Culture Model
To fully
Engage People
…
you need to
change
Your
Organizational
System

Reinventing Organizations for Agility