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BUILDING HIGH-PERFORMANCE TEAMS: WHY AGILE WORKS & HOW TO MAKE ADOPTING AGILE EASIER Jenni Jepsen Business of Software, 24 June 2015 @jenniindk
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BUILDING HIGH-PERFORMANCE TEAMS: WHY AGILE WORKS & HOW TO MAKE ADOPTING AGILE EASIER
Jenni JepsenBusiness of Software, 24 June 2015@jenniindk
How to build high-performance teams:Create an environment that allows frequent, fast communication.
Why Agile works:The principles and processes enable optimal thinking.
How to make adopting Agile easier:Meet people where they are, break down the change, and support & encourage.
Energy Engagement
Exploration
Our focus on communication and collaboration in Agile ways of working
is the reason Agile delivers so much value.
And, the neuroscience proves it…
• Decision-making• Emotion control• Higher-level thought• Mental flexibility• Goal-oriented behavior
Prefrontal Cortex (PFC)
THINKING REGION OF THE BRAIN
Limbic System
• Long-term memory• Old habits• Reward, pleasure• Fear• Prejudice
FEELING REGION OF THE BRAIN
STRESS PERFORMANCE CURVE
PFC
Per
form
ance
DistractedDisorganizedForgetfulBored
High stress
High-performanceFocusedOrganizedResponsible
Levels of catecholamine release (NE and DA)Increase with arousal state
STRESS PERFORMANCE CURVE
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PFC
Per
form
ance
DistractedDisorganizedForgetfulBored
High stress
High-performanceFocusedOrganizedResponsible
Levels of catecholamine release (NE and DA)Increase with arousal state
Support & encourage
Push
TOWARD & AWAY CONTINUUM
Away Toward
Threat Reward
Source: Amy Arnsten, Ph.D., professor of Neurobiology, Yale University Medical School
SCARF MODEL
Source: David Rock, 2008
STATUS
CERTAINTY
AUTONOMY
RELATEDNESS
FAIRNESS
WHY AGILE WORKS
The methodology supports optimal thinking.
Dedicated, self-organizing
teams
Overview
Just-in-time planning & Chunking down
Relationships + Influence & Autonomy
Certainty & Fairness
Easier to manage change
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Agile? I don’t think so…
Our brain & change
Burning platforms create a sense of urgency, but it’s
fight, flight or freeze.
You can create a ”sense of urgency,”
in a POSITIVE way, by involving and engaging people in the need
for and VALUE created by the change to Agile ways of working.
What’s the vision? WIIFM?
What’s our progress?
Change perspectives
Build relationships
