
Push It Down
Previously given at
Lean Agile Scotland, October 2016
Running one team in an uncertain domain is hard.
Running a team of teams is an order of magnitude harder as there are significant system effects that produce counterintuitive results.
Understanding why this is and how we unwind our instinctive yet unhelpful responses is the first step to better results.
Forgive the digital zoom, but this is @MartinBurnsSCO at #lascot16 pic.twitter.com/bM50IWhjs6
— Tim Ottinger (@tottinge) October 6, 2016
High alignment *enables* high autonomy.
…To get alignment, you need to ask the Spice Girls question 😉 @MartinBurnsSCO #lascot16
— Ellen Grove (@eegrove) October 6, 2016
Alignment enables autonomy. @MartinBurnsSCO #lascot16
— Tim Ottinger (@tottinge) October 6, 2016
Simplicity & clarity needed to create alignment, which enables autonomy. @MartinBurnsSCO #lascot16
— Tim Ottinger (@tottinge) October 6, 2016
Great consumable summary of #artofaction, where the military figured out agile at scale 200years ago by @MartinBurnsSCO #lascot16
— Laz Allen (@lazallen) October 6, 2016
No battle plan survives combat. All you need is the spice girls question #tellmewhatyouwantwhatyoureallyreallywant #Lascot16 @MartinBurnsSCO
— Calum McGee (@Cal_2904) October 6, 2016
https://twitter.com/RashidaDesigner/status/784044025322012672
@lazallen @MartinBurnsSCO the great tragedy 100 yrs ago suggests it was easily unlearned in the intervening century. Would love to know more
— Trent Hone (@Honer_CUT) October 6, 2016
@Honer_CUT @lazallen more that the British military hadn't learned it. Germans held long against far larger/better armed/supplies adversary.
— Martin Burns (@MartinBurnsSCO) October 6, 2016
@Cal_2904 @MartinBurnsSCO How do you deal with the spice girls answer? #zigazigah
— Kevin Duffield (@InfinitySum) October 6, 2016
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