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7 Things That Agile Executives Do Differently

Dipesh PalaAgile Capability Leader - Asia Pacific

Agile India 2016

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Agile Cake

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Cannot change the

Organisational Culture

Lack of Agile Experts or

Experience within the organisation

Lack of Management

Support for Agile

Concerns around

implementing non-IT programs

using Agile

Cannot Change Pre-existing

rigid Waterfall Framework

No Barriers

Concerns around Scaling or

Distributed Agile

Which one is the number 1 Barrier?

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Cannot change the

Organisational Culture

Lack of Agile Experts or

Experience within the organisation

Lack of Management

Support for Agile

Concerns around

implementing non-IT programs

using Agile

Cannot Change Pre-existing

rigid Waterfall Framework

No Barriers

Concerns around Scaling or

Distributed Agile

Which one is the number 1 Barrier?

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•  Inability to change Organisation's Culture •  Not enough personnel with Agile skills and experience •  Resistance to change •  Trying to fit Agile into traditional framework

source:  www.versionone.com/pdf/state-­‐of-­‐agile-­‐development-­‐survey-­‐ninth.pdf  

Barriers for Agile Adoption

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What Makes Changes Challenging

*  IBM  Global  Making  Change  Work  Study  explored  differences  in  how  change  was  implemented  by  over  1,500  pracJJoners  world-­‐wide      

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*  IBM  Global  Making  Change  Work  Study  explored  differences  in  how  change  was  implemented  by  over  1,500  pracJJoners  world-­‐wide      

What Makes Change Successful

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Can’t Create or

Change Culture

It just happens…

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Progress

Setbacks

Daily Checklist for Agile Leaders

Toxins

Nourishers Catalysts

Inhibitors

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•  Stop Starting, Start Finishing •  Slow Down to Go Faster •  One Team, One Dream •  Foster Fully Capable Teams •  Fail Early & Fail Small •  Deliver Business Value, not just Projects •  Servant Leadership

7 Things Agile Leaders and Executives will do differently

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1. Stop Starting, Start Finishing

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2. Slow Down to Go Faster

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3.One Team, One Dream

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Doing The Right Work

Doing The Work Right

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Doing The Right Work

Objectives & Goals

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Using Agile practices to “cascade” strategy

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4. Foster Fully Capable Teams

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AS IS

Capability that has both depth and breadth across the domain providing greater scalability and flexibility

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IDEAL

More Accountability

Less Coordination

More Transparency

Reduced Cycle Time

Capability that has both depth and breadth across the domain providing greater scalability and flexibility

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1 Disorganised 2 Inflexible 3 Stubborn 4 Inconsistent 5 Emotionless 6 Shy 7 Irresponsible 8 Boring 9 Unrealistic 10 Negative 11 Intimidating 12 Arrogant 13 Indecisive 14 Impatient

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1 Disorganised ---> Creative 2 Inflexible ---> Organized 3 Stubborn ---> Dedicated 4 Inconsistent ---> Flexible 5 Emotionless ---> Calm 6 Shy ---> Reflective 7 Irresponsible ---> Adventurous 8 Boring ---> Responsible 9 Unrealistic ---> Ambitious 10 Negative ---> Realistic 11 Intimidating ---> Assertive 12 Arrogant ---> Self-Confident 13 Indecisive ---> Patient 14 Impatient ---> Passionate

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1 Disorganised ---> Creative 2 Inflexible ---> Organized 3 Stubborn ---> Dedicated 4 Inconsistent - ---> Flexible 5 Emotionless ---> Calm 6 Shy ---> Reflective 7 Irresponsible ---> Adventurous 8 Boring ---> Responsible 9 Unrealistic ---> Ambitious 10 Negative ---> Realistic 11 Intimidating ---> Assertive 12 Arrogant ---> Self-Confident 13 Indecisive ---> Patient 14 Impatient ---> Passionate

Weakness Hidden Strength

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Competencies Values

Huge overlap required when it comes to Values

Little or no overlap required with Skills and Strengths

Every Weakness has a Hidden Strength

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5.Fail Early & Fail Small

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6. Deliver Business Value rather than just Projects

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7. Servant Leadership

Shift from managing for results to designing environments that create results

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Agile Cake

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Progress

Setbacks

Daily Checklist for Agile Leaders

Toxins

Nourishers Catalysts

Inhibitors

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Dipesh PalaAgile Leader

IBM GBS Asia Pacific

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