Kicking off 2019 with Mike Cottmeyer

Shiny new episode of LeadingAgile Soundnotes... my interview with Mike Cottmeyer on what he's focused on for 2019 and what to expect in the Agile space.

https://www.leadingagile.com/podcast/kicking-off-2019-with-mike-cottmeyer/

Comparative Agility with Jorgen Hesselberg

“Agile is not something you become, Agile is something you become more of.”

(The podcast can be found on The Reluctant Agilist blog that is hosted on  ProjectManagement.com.)

For organizations that are engaged in Agile Transformation, it is often very challenging to get a sense of where you are with respect to successfully adopting a new way of working. Comparative Agility is a tool that has been designed to help Agile coaches and organizations get a deeper understanding of their progress towards Agile transformation. 

In this interview, Jorgen Hesselberg, co-founder of Comparative Agility, and I discuss how the tool has evolved since it was created in 2008 and how it is now being used by coaches and organizations to not only understand how their transformation is going, but how they are doing compared to others within their vertical, as well. We also talk about the work that Comparative Agility has been doing with the Scrum Alliance and how the tool has been extended to include things like Security and DevOps, in addition to discussing Jorgen’s book “Unlocking Agility.”

Links

If you’d like to check out Comparative Agility, you can find it here: https://www.comparativeagility.com

If you’d like to read “Unlocking Agility”, you can find it here: https://amzn.to/2setHly

Contacting Jorgen

Email: jorgen@comparativeagility.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jhesselberg

Why Digital Transformation is More Important than Agile Transformation w/ Devin Hedge

In this interview Devin Hedge and I dig into some of the research he has been doing around the impact of Digital Transformation, how it impacts consumers and the role that things like Agile and Design Thinking play in helping companies move from an analog way of managing their work to a completely digital way of managing their work.

SHOW NOTES

• 00:08 Interview Begins
• 00:47 Introduction to the topic of Digital Transformation
• 01:58 Defining Digital Transformation
• 04:19 Is there conflict between digital transformation and the goal of having greater empathy for other humans
• 05:38 Using the Apple Store as a way to dig into the digital vs. deep empathy connection
• 08:03 Our addiction to the dopamine hit we get from our devices and our need to increase the hit
• 09:48 Are we letting our desire for the “hit” drive decisions which lead to inefficient business practices? 
• 10:39 How the articles in management magazines drive the pursuit of increasing the frequency and depth of the hit
• 12:55 Hopper in the tunnels = Stickiness
• 14:02 How are Design Thinking and Agile actually helping?
• 18:45 Can developing a level of comfort with constant change also become an addictive hit?
• 20:17 The constant influx of information can be valuable in some respects and have a deeply negative impact in others.
• 24:45 Agile can provide a set of tools to hope us cope with change
• 27:43 What are the challenges of creating a culture where change is the only constant?
• 30:54 Devin wanders into Dangerous Territory!
• 35:56 The tools and techniques we use are not destinations. They are ways to deliver more value faster. 
• 37:25 Why we need a User Centric approach
• 40:10 Summarizing the conversation 
• 41:42 How to get in touch with Devin
• 42:16 Podcast Ends

CONTACTING DEVIN

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/devinhedge/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/devinhedge
• Web: http://devinhedge.com

Parikshit Basrur and the Agile Transformation Playbook

Parikshit Basrur works in Sydney, Australia as a Management Consultant who focuses on leadership, strategy and execution. He comes from a strong traditional project management background but for the past few years he has been working in a senior leadership role within an organization that has been undergoing a transformation to Agile. This work, and Parikshit’s unique way of looking at managing work has led him to develop an Agile Transformation Playbook. In this interview, we discuss his approach to working with and transitioning to agile, the importance of focusing on culture, his take on the agile vs. traditional debate and his upcoming sessions at the Hindsight Forum where he will be giving a presentation on how to establish agile practices in a well-established business.

Show Notes

00:12 Interview begins
00:33 Background on Parikshit
01:52 Parikshit’s transition from waterfall to Agile
05:00 The difference between being Agile and doing Agile
07:15 Finding the right tools and delivering work
08:12 Speaking with Stakeholders Executives about Enterprise Transformation
12:03 Responding to the “WE HAVE TO SHIP NOW!” attitude and understanding WHY Agile?
17:15 Helping stakeholders appreciate how hard transformation can be
19:10 The McDonald’s Drive Thru version of Agile
22:30 Agile needs to be like air
23:35 Change your culture first… help them stay away from the candy on the table
27:40 Creating the desire for change
29:50 How the Agile Transformation Playbook differs from other transformation approaches
32:35 Where to find the Agile Transformation Playbook, seeing Parikshit’s upcoming presentations
33:15 Where to reach Parikshit
33:39 Interview Ends

To learn more about the Agile Transformation Playbook

Slideshare: http://bit.ly/2s0TKvy
Medium: http://bit.ly/2rlv3YD
YouTube: https://youtu.be/js96mF3X_fw

Parikshit’s upcoming sessions at the Hindsight Forum

HindSight Forum http://www.hindsightforum.com/events/
Melbourne - June 21, 2017
Sydney - June 22, 2017

Contacting Parikshit

LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/2rg8z06
Twitter: https://twitter.com/parikshitbasrur