These slides (from Agile Toronto 2015) describe how we may dare to create environments where Agile may flourish so we have Organizational Agility. My message is really simple: If you want Breakthrough Results Cultivate Culture to Create Places People Love to Work and Start with Yourself.

1. @MichaelSahota
Reinventing Organizations for Agility

2. Michael Sahota
~20 years IT
14 years Agile
STRATEGIC
PLAY®
!
!

3. Get The Results You Want

4. Cultivate Culture

5. Create Places People
Love to Work

6. Start with Yourself

7. @MichaelSahota
The Story on Agile…

8. Three
years
ago …

9. Sources:
Mul,ple
Workshops
with
100’s
of
par,cipants;
2015
Version
One
Survey
Agile Success is Limited by Culture

10. Agile Mindset
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tza/3214197147
Doing
Agile
Being
Agile
Agile Practices

11. Most Value Comes from Mindset/Culture, not Practices
~20%

12. Benefit ~3X

13. Benefit
•Ability

14. to

15. manage

16. changing

17. priorities

18.
•Improved

19. Visibility

20.
•Increased

21. Productivity

22.
•Improved

23. Quality

24.
•Reduced

25. Risk
•Customer

26. Delight

27.
•Joy

28. at

29. work

30.
•Engagement

31.
•Innovation,

32. Creativity

33.
•Continuous

34. Learning

38. Agile Transformation
“In my 25 years, I don't have any
stories of a large-scale Agile
Transformation” - Alistair Cockburn

39. @MichaelSahota
Moving Beyond Agile

40. Agile = Incomplete

41. Pascal Van Cauwenberghe
My#main#focus#is#
to#stop#companies#
from#doing#Agile.#
Namiya.be

42. Agile Initiative
Some Other Initiative

44. Why: A Quality Product
Why: Collaboration
DO THIS: Ask Why?
Workshop: http://agilitrix.com/2014/06/agile-is-not-the-goal-workshop/

45. Let Go of Agile

46. @MichaelSahota
Looking at Culture

47. Where is Your Focus?

48. Full Benefits of Agile
usually require
Reinvention via Culture.

50. @MichaelSahota
Laloux Culture Model

51. To fully
Engage People
…
you need to
change
Your
Organizational
System

57. Consciousness
Trust
FEAR
Engagement
Outcomes

59. Learn More
http://agilitrix.com/category/blog/reinventingorganizations/
http://reinventingorganizationswiki.com/

60. @MichaelSahota
Getting Started…

61. Create Places People
Love to Work

62. Use 12 Scientifically Proven Questions
to Measure Engagement

63. Create A Culture Bubble

64. Observation: Consciousness of the
Leader is the Limit for Agile
“The only thing of real importance that
leaders do is to create and manage
culture.” - Edgar Schein

65. Leaders go First

66. Start with Yourself

67. Well
Intentioned
=

68. Michael’s Behaviour in 2011

69. “Inviting people to personal
transformation is key to the
transformation of the whole
organisation.”
- Olaf Lewitz

70. Listen
with
Compassion
Thich
Nhat
Hanh

71. Freedom to Choose

72. awareness options
Olaf Lewitz

73. @MichaelSahota
Summary

74. Get The Results You Want

75. Cultivate Culture

76. Create Places People
Love to Work

77. Start with Yourself

78. Want Help on Your Journey?
Email: michael.sahota@agilitrix.com
Phone: 416.999.3297