Abstract: Companies and organizations are complex, adaptive systems. In this talk you will learn what this actually means and how you can use this to practically deal with your way through your (agile) transition.
You will learn why there are no best and no good practices, that you can just copy and everything is fine – and what the nature of an agile transition really is.
You will learn about an example of a successful agile transition and what factors made it successful.
And you will learn to use a tool I have developed, to find and analyze approaches to see whether they might be promising for you to try out. We use (and evolve) this tool at my company, Ericsson (24,000 people in R&D), since 1 ½ years and have found it very helpful.
The talk will introduce and make use of Systems Thinking and Complex Adaptive Systems theory. Many people struggle with applying these concepts practically in their daily working life. You will learn how to bring these great and promising theories “down on earth” and make them practically usable.
So, if you are on an agile transformation, no matter whether you are just getting started or whether you have progressed already: this talk will give you new insights and a very solid foundation - based on state-of-the-art leadership- and problem solving approaches – to make your journey more successful.
Learning Outcomes: - The essence and practical implications of Complex Adaptive Systems theory.
- What it practically means, that an agile transformation is an emergent result.
- The role of good practices in an agile transformation (and evolution).
- A tool that helps to identify and distinguish potentially successful approaches/good practices from potentially unsuccessful ones.
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