Demystifying the Role of Executives in Agile

Presentation from the Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™ 2023 conference in Australia.

Is your organisation using an Agile framework? Or are you considering using agile ways of working? Have you taken an agile training course? If you have answered yes to any of these questions and if you are still bamboozled as to what “agile” has to do with being an Executive, you need to join this session.

Scaled Agile thought leader Em Campbell-Pretty will share the top actions executives can take to supercharge their agile transformations. In her typical ”no holds barred” style, Em will share her learnings from 10-plus years of scaling agile in some of Australia’s largest organisations.

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1. Em Campbell-Pretty CEO & SAFe Fellow @PrettyAgile linkedin.com/in/ejcampbellpretty/ ecp@prettyagile.com www.p r e t t ya gi l e .c om Demystifying the Role of Executives in Agile
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3. @AgileCanuck @PrettyAgile #notrainwrecks Agile Fundamentals
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11. @AgileCanuck @PrettyAgile #notrainwrecks "Learning is not a spectator sport.” - Chickering & Ehrmann
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16. @AgileCanuck @PrettyAgile #notrainwrecks Make an informed choice q Is there a readily accessible knowledge base? q What is the implementation approach? q How are business and technical agility catered for? q Are there industry experts we can leverage? q How will people be trained and when? q How does work get prioritized? q How will governance work? q Are there publicly available case studies? q What sort of results can we expect? q How sustainable is this way of working?
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18. Control, we discovered, only works with a competent workforce that understands the organization’s purpose. Hence, as control is divested, both technical competence and organizational clarity need to be strengthened. - David L. Marquet Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psAXMqxwol8
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30. @AgileCanuck @PrettyAgile #notrainwrecks What is the Role of Executives in Agile? 1. Learn about Lean-Agile Leadership 2. Bring your team and your peers on the learning journey 3. Choose a framework 4. Build competence 5. Create clarity 6. Then “Give Control” 7. Support your teams 8. Invest in technical enablers 9. Be an active participant 10. Stay the course
31. @AgileCanuck @PrettyAgile #notrainwrecks Success with scaling agile begins and ends with leadership.
32. Em Campbell-Pretty CEO, SAFe Fellow & SPCT @PrettyAgile linkedin.com/in/ejcampbellpretty/ ecp@prettyagile.com visit us at booth 204