Trying to change company culture is a fool's errand

Talk by @SamiHonkonen at Lean Agile Scotland 2014 based on this blog post.

Transcript

1. Trying to change company culture is a fool’s errand @SamiHonkonen samihonkonen.com
2. What’s your company culture like?
3. is amorphous ! and vague So how do you change it?
4. Culture is like cake To make better cake you change the recipe
5. System conditions are the recipe for company culture
6. • lighting • decorations • feeding rhythm • mixture of fish • freshness of water System conditions in an aquarium
7. • internal policies • processes • compensation • incentives • organizational structure • tools • …. System conditions in organizations
8. System condition: cubicles Culture: individual performance
9. System condition: limited WIP Culture: focus on finishing
10. System condition: incentives on team performance Culture: teams compete, no collaboration between teams
11. System conditions: learning from failures applauded + slack embedded Culture: innovative
12. Trying to change company culture is a fool’s errand DIRECTLY
13. To change company culture you must change system conditions
14. Syste Culture eats strategy for breakfast -Drucker System eats culture for lunch -me
15. 1. Envision an ideal culture ! 2. What are the system conditions you assume would enable the ideal? ! 3. Experiment How to change company culture
16. What are the system conditions that generate your company culture?
17. Thank you! @SamiHonkonen samihonkonen.com