Building a Culture of Learning

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building A Culture of learning

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“software is eating the world” -Marc Andreesen

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software is continuous

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11.6 seconds

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sense

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what does a continuous world mean for our business?

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how can we take advantage of all this new information?

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how can we maximize the creativity, learning and productivity of our teams?

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in order to survive in a continuous world you must build a culture of learning

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at the core of a culture of learning is the team

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1. anatomy of the team

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how do you build a continuously learning team?

2. how do we task the team?

3. how should the team work?

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anatomy of the team

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learning team anatomy

1. small

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learning team anatomy

2. collocated

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learning team anatomy

3. dedicated

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learning team anatomy

4. self sufficient

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tasking the team

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incentivized for creating output

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features, on their own, are not a measure of success

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task teams to achieve business outcomes@jboogie

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give teams a problem to solve, not a solution to implement

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how do others do it?We define two types of KPIs. Strategic KPIs measure the success of the initiative’s strategy and last as long as the initiative. Tactical KPIs measure the performance of the initiative’s tactics and come and go as tactics evolve. All tactical KPIs must drive a strategic KPI.

http://tech.gilt.com/post/44792645000/scaling-agile-at-gilt

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Business model validation

Product validation

Small team

Culture / Infrastructure to support continuous learning

Stakeholders

Small-chunk, outcome-based, predictable funding

$$$

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how should the team work?

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take smaller risks

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take smaller risks

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clear definitions of success

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promote competencies over roles

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self organization

"The Six Sigma process killed innovation at 3M...they would say they need a five year business plan for a new idea. Come on, we don't know yet because we don't know how it works, we don't know how many customers will take it up, we haven't taken it out to the customer yet."

Geoff Nicholson Father of the Post It note

http://www.zdnet.com/six-sigma-killed-innovation-in-3m-7000012593/

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you must transform from a culture of delivery to a culture of learning

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