mark cohen - culture eats your strategy for breakfast
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My name is Mark CohenI am here to share some of our learnings about using culture to drive tech innovation
You can find me at:
@markc
linkedin.com/in/markcohen
Hello!
We have a distributed tech team, with presence in:
◉ Sydney◉ Melbourne◉ Brisbane◉ Canberra◉ Perth
Tech Locations
Head office
“An engaged employee is 44% more productive than a satisfied worker, but an employee who feels inspired at work is
nearly 125% more productive than a satisfied one”
Why Employees At Apple And Google Are More Productive
Time, Talent, Energy
Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
Focus Streams Within Digital Tech:
Core Growth and Revenue Protection
20%
Audience / Revenue Growth
60%
Tech Enablers10%
Strategic Drivers10%
Lean Canvas / Business Canvas
https://leanstack.com/is-one-page-business-model
In our digital product world we have no PMO
➔ Product Owners have OKRs / KPIs aligned to strategy
➔ They work within individual teams on prioritising, and maintain their own 90 day roadmaps.
➔ They then hold responsibility for delivery.
Evolution of team orientation
“The Tech Team”
Discipline Oriented
Product / Component Oriented
Strategic Objective Oriented
12 Month Reviews
◉ Tech Lead, Product Lead, Business Sponsor
◉ Once a quarter we review past items against success metrics
◉ 60 Second SMT Presentations
Cargo Cults“A cargo cult is a millenarian movement … which encompasses a range of practices and occurs in the wake of contact with more technologically advanced societies.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult
Beware of Cargo Cults
Modern EquivalentIn our world, this manifests as expecting the same success after emulating the basic rituals of a more sophisticated culture, without understanding the “why”
https://xkcd.com/1503/
Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face
~ Mike Tyson“
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