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Overcoming Organizational Resistance

Overcoming Organizational Resistance

The added value of Agile & Lean Software Development, User Experience, and other practices is continuously overlooked by most corporations. As a result, released products & services fail to meet end users' requirements and lack competitive advantage in already saturated markets. From small to large corporations, how can such methodologies and practitioners survive dynamically changing organizations, silos, or business goals? Research shows that resistance comes from specific individuals from these organizations. From over 12 years working within several organizations, this deck focuses on the barriers, tools and steps at your disposal to gain a wider acceptance of these methodologies in your own organization.

Frederico Figueiredo

November 07, 2013
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  1. 1 Overcoming Organizational Resistance / @fredfigueiredo / #bdc13 / November 2013
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    Fred (@fredfigueiredo)
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    November 2013

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    Fred (@fredfigueiredo)
    #bdc13
    November 2013

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    Hi J

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  20. 20 Overcoming Organizational Resistance / @fredfigueiredo / #bdc13 / November 2013
    Context…
    12+ years
    6+ companies
    6 months – 3 years
    From 4 – 60k workers
    Disrupt, Inspire, Change!

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    Where does resistance come from?

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    Motivation for Change?

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    No choice – Brands in control

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    Many choices - Users in control

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    Users are demanding

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    Market / competition is aggressive!

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  27. 27 Overcoming Organizational Resistance / @fredfigueiredo / #bdc13 / November 2013
    The Zebra Metaphor

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    “You”, in your daily activities

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    You’re not alone, we “work” in groups

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  30. 30 Overcoming Organizational Resistance / @fredfigueiredo / #bdc13 / November 2013
    The market

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    Market “watchers”

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    So, we go on with daily activities…

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  33. 33 Overcoming Organizational Resistance / @fredfigueiredo / #bdc13 / November 2013
    But, the market is always on the hunt!

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    Suddenly, the market moves…

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  35. 35 Overcoming Organizational Resistance / @fredfigueiredo / #bdc13 / November 2013
    How to survive?

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    Run, change, adapt…

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  37. 37 Overcoming Organizational Resistance / @fredfigueiredo / #bdc13 / November 2013
    You innovate!

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    Change & innovation! - Key factor

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    Solutions are not reusable

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  40. 40 Overcoming Organizational Resistance / @fredfigueiredo / #bdc13 / November 2013
    Not efficient

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  41. 41 Overcoming Organizational Resistance / @fredfigueiredo / #bdc13 / November 2013
    Not user friendly

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    Not accessible

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  43. 43 Overcoming Organizational Resistance / @fredfigueiredo / #bdc13 / November 2013
    And not maintainable

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    must be part of organization

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  45. 45 Overcoming Organizational Resistance / @fredfigueiredo / #bdc13 / November 2013
    Reflection
    is not a technique or service
    is cultural mind-set

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    Reflection
    UX is not a technique or service
    UX is cultural mind-set

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    Reflection
    Agile is not a technique or service
    Agile is cultural mind-set

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  48. 48 Overcoming Organizational Resistance / @fredfigueiredo / #bdc13 / November 2013
    Core Challenge?

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  49. 49 Overcoming Organizational Resistance / @fredfigueiredo / #bdc13 / November 2013
    Reflection
    The most common problem in
    any kind of relationships is
    communication

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  50. 50 Overcoming Organizational Resistance / @fredfigueiredo / #bdc13 / November 2013
    Communication…
    Usability is “the effectiveness, efficiency, and
    satisfaction with which specified users achieve
    specified goals in particular environments.”
    (ISO 9241)

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  52. 52 Overcoming Organizational Resistance / @fredfigueiredo / #bdc13 / November 2013
    Alternative point-of-view…
    How easy is it for “a user” to perform a given
    “task” in a given “environment”?

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  53. 53 Overcoming Organizational Resistance / @fredfigueiredo / #bdc13 / November 2013
    It’s Easy!

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  54. 54 Overcoming Organizational Resistance / @fredfigueiredo / #bdc13 / November 2013
    How easy is…

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  59. 59 Overcoming Organizational Resistance / @fredfigueiredo / #bdc13 / November 2013
    Reflection
    Know your audience beforehand
    and adapt how you communicate

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  60. 60 Overcoming Organizational Resistance / @fredfigueiredo / #bdc13 / November 2013
    Additional Challenges

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  61. 61 Overcoming Organizational Resistance / @fredfigueiredo / #bdc13 / November 2013
    Small organizations

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    Large organizations

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    Business goals

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    Multiple sites

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    Different cultures

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    Roles / Backgrounds

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    R&D factories

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    Processes

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    Turnover

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    Knowing the users

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    Feels hard!

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    Success or failure?

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    What is the common factor?
    We are!

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  74. 74 Overcoming Organizational Resistance / @fredfigueiredo / #bdc13 / November 2013
    Reflection
    All resistance comes from
    specific individuals
    Mike Cohn (2009)

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    Where does resistance come from?

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    What to do?

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    Fight the organization

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    Infiltrate (disguised)

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    Observe

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    Know the individuals
    (Luecke 2003)

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    Conservers

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    Know the individuals
    (Luecke 2003)

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    Originators

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    Know the individuals
    (Luecke 2003)

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    Pragmatists

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    Choose your “weapons”

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    Define strategy

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    Adapt to the environment

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  89. 89 Overcoming Organizational Resistance / @fredfigueiredo / #bdc13 / November 2013
    Spread the word

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  90. 90 Overcoming Organizational Resistance / @fredfigueiredo / #bdc13 / November 2013
    Share information

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    But share it with impact

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    Build a team

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    Create an identity

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    Get peer recognition

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    Network

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    Train / educate others

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    Make a change

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  98. 98 Overcoming Organizational Resistance / @fredfigueiredo / #bdc13 / November 2013
    Tools

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  99. 99 Overcoming Organizational Resistance / @fredfigueiredo / #bdc13 / November 2013
    No Buzzwords!

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    Change???

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    The saboteur!

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    Tool – Give me 5m in the name of science

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    Tool – Stakeholders buy-in

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    Tool – Make use of time!
    Windows Look & Feel Napkin Look & Feel
    http://napkinlaf.sourceforge.net

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    Tool – Presentations (with results / value)

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    Presentations – Example
    •  This is a really bad example of a PowerPoint slide. In this case, long
    textual paragraphs are used as a form of describing the contents of a
    specific slide. Please do not do this.
    •  Text in slides should be clear, short, and concise. Authors of
    presentations should not write long sentences or slides with too much
    information because these will quickly lead to the lost of interest from the
    audience.
    •  Usually, authors write long textual sentences so that they can read during
    a presentation. Nevertheless, reading a presentation out loud is tedious
    (both for the speaker and the audience). The audience would simply
    prefer to be at work reading the slides, instead of waking up at 7am to
    attend a talk that is dictated by the speaker.
    •  Images with good metaphors are a good way of describing information. All
    it takes is one slide with an image or an image and a short sentence (1-3
    words are preferable, whenever possible).
    •  Of course, it takes a significant more amount of time to do a presentation
    using images as metaphors, than just writing a set of bulleted items.

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    Presentations – Target audience

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    Presentations - Unexpected

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    Presentations - Do it from the heart!

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    In the end…

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    Do what?
    Do whatever works for you.
    No more. No less.
    But do it!

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    Bring people together (2003)

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  113. 113 Overcoming Organizational Resistance / @fredfigueiredo / #bdc13 / November 2013
    Bring more people together (2007)

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    Give others the recognition

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    Celebrate success & failure

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    Infiltrate relevant groups

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    Take down barriers (like walls)

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    Get managers to feel again

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    Try Extreme Team Building

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    Try Extreme Team Building (2)

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    Try Extreme Team Building (3)

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    Try Extreme Team Building (4)

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    Don’t just talk about it, do it

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    Don’t just talk about it, do it

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    Smile!

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    Smile more!

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  127. 127 Overcoming Organizational Resistance / @fredfigueiredo / #bdc13 / November 2013
    Be crazy!

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    Don’t fear failure, embrace it!

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    Have fun!

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    But always as a team!

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    Reflection
    There are leaders and those who lead
    Leaders hold a position of power
    Those who lead, inspire us
    Simon Sinek, TEDxPugetSound, 2009

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    One last reflection…

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    Resistance is real
    Change is a choice
    What will you change tomorrow?

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  134. 134 Overcoming Organizational Resistance / @fredfigueiredo / #bdc13 / November 2013
    Thank You!
    @fredfigueiredo
    [email protected]
    Passionate contributor at…

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