Leading Agile Transformations
Thinking tools for organizational design and change
Organizational change is insanely difficult. The failure of Agile transformations or any change effort lies not in the methodologies themselves but an incorrect understanding of system dynamics and organizational change. Organizations are not merely changing process, they are changing culture.
This interactive two-day course and workshop are designed to introduce the thinking tools and patterns to increase the likelihood of your transformation’s success. This course focuses on the principles and theories that underpin many of the agile practices as well as the principles of organizational change.
Part course and part workshop these two days will not tell you what to do, rather it will tell you how to think about transforming your organization and actionable experiments & next steps for your organization.
Part course and part workshop these two days will not tell you what to do, rather it will tell you how to think about transforming your organization and actionable experiments & next steps for your organization.
Who should attend
Leaders who are looking beyond the fads to introduce sustainable change
Department heads
CIO's/CTO's
Start-ups looking to “scaling-up”
Large organizations looking to simplify their organizational structure
Agile Coaches & Scrum masters
Anyone interested in demystifying agility and organization change
Subjects Covered:
Mindset (Principles, Ideas & Laws)
- understanding organizational system dynamics through systems thinking and systems modeling
- Finding organizational bottlenecks and increasing flow using Queuing Theory, Flow and Kanban
- Rethinking the role of management by exploring Lean thinking and understadning the role of management in seeing and removing waste.
- understanding how we got here by exploring the scaling dilemma and decades of scaling anti patterns
- Dehumanizing knowledge workers and the loss of drive of knowledge workers and we can reverse that trend
- Exploring the Taylor mindset Vs the Deming mindset
- Theory X vs Theory Y
- Agile Values vs agile methods
- Understand the contract game dynamic in large organizations
- From pyramids to circles. Understand past & current organizational design patterns.
- Roll your own framework through Empirical process control
- Tailor your method up rather than down
- Kotter's & Lewin's change models. Learn what they have in common
- How to use Behavior Stories to determine which behaviors to change
- Understand the difference between adoption and transformation
Frameworks introduced:
- Scrum
- Kanban
- Extreme Programming
"A shorter list would be what did I NOT like about the class. Ahmad is not only an expert with the content; he has a great engaging personality that fosters enthusiasm and motivation. His sense of humor made everyone comfortable."
"Ahmad is a very engaging and knowledgeable instructor. The presentation of content was very well structured, clear and provided with real world examples and hands-on practice. What I liked most was that Ahmad would review previous lessons, multiple times in engaging ways before advancing."
-Kevin Rarick
-Kevin Rarick
Ahmad was very engaging. Well prepared and able to share personal experiences, sme experiences/knowledge and related information from books, web, etc. throughout the course. Excellent command of the subject matter and use of the class time. Coninuousely introducing topics, experimenting, reviewing, and moving forward through the materials was very helpful. Ahmad's personal style and facilitation skills kept the learning interactive. This was the first training seminar I attended that I stayed focus throughout the entire sessions!
-Karon Saxton
-Karon Saxton