Subject to Change

Subject to Change

Some thoughts on why most organisations are not learning enough

Francisco Trindade

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Francisco Trindade

@frankmt

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If you had all the authority you needed,?

If you had all the authority you needed,how would you goabout changing your organisation

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Everybody wants change

Everybody wants change

New Challenges

Competition...

New Markets

Everybody wants change

Everybody wants change

CO2 EmissionsInternet ConnectionsData StorageMobile Devices Connected to the InternetGenome Sequencing

Everybody wants change

“Change has changed”Gary Hamel

CO2 EmissionsInternet ConnectionsData StorageMobile Devices Connected to the InternetGenome Sequencing

Everybody wants change

Modern Management

Everybody wants change

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Everybody wants change

Modern Management

Changing Organisations1920

Everybody wants change

Modern Management

Changing Organisations1920

Top-Down

Everybody wants change

Change programs

Top-Down

Modern Management

Changing Organisations1920

Everybody wants change

Change programs

Everybody wants change

Change programs

“Let’s go Agile”...use Kanban”

...use Ruby”

Everybody wants change

Change programs

TrainingCoaching

MentoringInfluencing

...

Planning

Everybody wants change

Change programs

Change!

No, thanks...

Everybody wants change

Change programs

“People don’t resist change, they resist being changed”

Peter Senge

Change!

No, thanks...

Everybody wants change

Change programs

Uniformity

Everybody wants change

isUniformity

Change programs

Everybody wants change

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Uniformity

Change programs

Everybody wants change

God ComplexTim Harford h"p://#.ted.com/talks/tim_harford.html

Everybody wants change

God Complex

“In the face of an incredibly complicated problem, people are absolutely convinced they understand

the way the world works”

Tim Harford h"p://#.ted.com/talks/tim_harford.html

Everybody wants change

Everybody wants change ?

Everybody wants adaptability ?

Everybody wants innovation ?

Everybody wants learning ?

learn

When was the last time you

have ed anything learn

When was the last time you

havebecause

someone else told you so?

ed anything learn

Have you everwithout

trying something new?

ed anything learn

When was the last time you

have tried something new?

When was the last time you

has tried something new?

your company

It’s not about execution anymore

It’s not about execution anymorelearning

learningtrying

It’s not about execution anymore

learningtrying

innovation

It’s not about execution anymore

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Meanwhile in your local IT shop...

Does this look familiar?

Website A

Website BMiddleware C

DB

Middleware D

Customer

Customer

Does this look familiar?

Testing TeamDevelopment

Team

Operations Team

Customer

Is there an alternative?

Product Teams

Openness

Flexibility

Meritocracy

CollaborationGary Hamel - Reinventing the Technology of Human Accomplishment

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Product Teams

business-aligned teams

Product Teams

Independent business-aligned teams

Product Reviews

Wish List

Shopping Cart

Product Teams

Independent business-aligned teams

Decision autonomy

Scrum!

Lean!

Waterfall...?

Product Teams

Independent business-aligned teams

Visibility across teams

Decision autonomy

Scrum Zone

Yes, we kanban!

Nothing to see here

Product Teams

Independent business-aligned teams

Visibility across teams

Knowledge sharing

Decision autonomy

Product Teams

Independent business-aligned teams

Visibility across teams

Decision autonomy

Openness

Flexibility

Meritocracy

CollaborationKnowledge sharing

Product Teams

Control

ControlInnovation

“We have to kill the idea that the CEO holds the company’s strategy”

Vineet NayarCEO - HCL Tech

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