Principles of Agile Organizations

Organizations that embrace complexity will have a competitive advantage and a lasting opportunity to deliver on their shared purpose. Traditional organizations struggle to adapt to complexity. This talk, given at the Agile 2016 conference, describes eight principles that organizations must apply to succeed in complexity. The deck includes results of live surveys done with attendees of the session.

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1. agileforall.com Making Agile a Reality® • Trainer, Coach, and Facilitator • Led Adobe’s Agile Transformation • Patent Holder • Leadership Circle Certified Practitioner • Certified Leadership Agility 360 Coach • Certified Scrum Trainer • Innovation Games Qualified Instructor Principles of Agile Scaling @tptman PETER GREEN PETER SADDINGTON @agilescout • Trainer, Coach, and Facilitator • Successful Entrepreneur • Author: The Agile Pocket Guide • M.A. Counseling - Organizational Design • M.A. Education - Learning Theory • MDiv Masters Divinity - Religion • Certified Scrum Trainer
2. @tptman @agilescout To play along, follow the instructions in your worksheet!
3. @tptman @agilescout A B C D Your Current Scaling Goal
4. @tptman @agilescout Legit Teams Agilists are GREAT at creating these things
5. @tptman @agilescout Results Accountability Commitment Healthy Conflict Trust The Five Keys to a Successful Team Psychological Safety Dependability Clarity and Structure Meaning of Work Impact of Work Legit Teams:
6. @tptman @agilescout Results Accountability Commitment Healthy Conflict Trust Psychological Safety Dependability Clarity and Structure Meaning of Work Impact of Work The Five Keys to a Successful Team These things are MUCH harder at scale
7. @tptman @agilescout PRINCIPLES
8. @tptman @agilescout #1 Individually read through the principles in your handout. Pick the ONE principle that is most important to you
9. @tptman @agilescout #1 Customer Delight
10. @tptman @agilescout #2 Embracing Complexity
11. @tptman @agilescout #3 Adaptability and Engagement 1700%
12. @tptman @agilescout #4 Autonomous Teams
13. @tptman @agilescout #5 Human Systems
14. @tptman @agilescout #6 Radical Transparency
15. @tptman @agilescout #7 Simple Rules Working Software, Every Sprint
16. @tptman @agilescout #7 Simple Rules E-Commerce Group
17. @tptman @agilescout #8 Transformational Leadership
18. @tptman @agilescout Poll: Which Principle is most important to you? A Customer Delight B Embracing Complexity C Engagement and Adaptability D Autonomous Teams E Human Systems F Radical Transparency G Simple Rules H Transformational Leadership
19. @tptman @agilescout What is challenging about it? Why is it important?
20. @tptman @agilescout
21. @tptman @agilescout What About These Guys?
22. @tptman @agilescout What existing practices reinforce this Principle? What new ideas/ experiments could strengthen this Principle?
23. @tptman @agilescout The journey of a thousand miles begins with…