The secret sauce to enterprise

agile transformation

Parikshit Basrur

https://www.linkedin.com/in/parikshitbasrur/

@parikshitbasrur

Re

Frame

agile

CHAPTER 1

THE PROBLEM

The McDonald’s drive-thru

problem

I call it,

Select from the Menu

Scrum

SAFe

DevOps

[Fill in The Blanks]

We have to be Agile!

Pay

Certifications

Contract / Employ

Capability

Vendors

Outsource / Offshore

We are Agile…what

now?

Looks familiar?

agile transformation

REFLECTION

Are my

business

problems

the same

as

everyone

else?

No they’re

unique So

then, why

is my

solution

just like

everyone

else?

Am I in a

position

to create

a new

way of

doing

things?

How do I

empower

myself

today?

Why don’t I

find

innovative

solutions

for my own

problems?

CHAPTER 2

FRAME OF MIND

RE Frame

agile

There is no such thing as an

agile transformation

There is no such thing as an

digital transformation

It is only ever about an

organisational transformation

agile, digital, etc. are enablers

People

Organic

Soft Stuff

Internal

You

Process and Tools

Inorganic

Hard Stuff

External

Customer

IS ISN’T

If you are doing it for the right

reasons, don’t do it

RIGHT

SO WHAT IS AGILE?

CK Prahalad, G. Hamel; The core competence of the

corporation. Harvard Business Review (1990), pp. 79–91

May/June https://hbr.org/1990/05/the-core-competence-of-the-

corporation

“Core competence is thecollective learning in theorganisation, especially thecapacity to coordinatediverse production skills andintegrate streams of

technologies”

“Organizing around corecompetencies requires aradical change incorporate organisation”

Definition

agile is nothing but the

the CORE COMPETENCE of

an organisation

SO HOW DO YOU BUILD

CORE COMPETENCE?

CHAPTER 3

Knowing the Why?

(Physiological Needs – Food, Water, Breathing)

Building a Team

(Safety – Employment, Health, Morality)

Team abandonment(Love and Belonging - Family)

Challenging Work

(Esteem – Achievement)

Core Competence

(Self-actualisation)

Knowing the Why?

(Physiological Needs – Food, Water, Breathing)

• I have a deep sense of purpose

• I see that my work changes the lives of others

• I go to work for my team because I love them

• Know thyself, then you know others

• Positive tension is a great thing

• You will make mistakes, it is okay

Building a Team

(Safety – Employment, Health, Morality)

Yeah, that’s me

Knowing the Why?

(Physiological Needs – Food, Water, Breathing)

• The team is everything. Never forget that.

• Are you the leader they need you to be?

• Are you creating a space to be empowered

Team abandonment(Love and Belonging - Family)

"You've got the best crew in the world standing right in front of you, give

them a reason to stay."

• Great teams are not the easiest to work with

• They need leadership, not management

• Challenge the status quo, every single day

Challenging Work

(Esteem – Achievement)

Knowing the Why?

(Physiological Needs – Food, Water, Breathing)

• Go the distance. Don’t give up. It is worth it.

• Organisational redesign as a journey, not process

• You need to rise above the clouds to see the sun

Core Competence

(Self-actualisation)

So, let’s recap

Right Reasons

Right Leadership

Right Team

Right Attitude

= the secret sauce

Right Reasons

+ Right Leadership

+ Right Team

+ Right Attitude

Thank you

Parikshit Basrur

https://www.linkedin.com/in/parikshitbasrur/

@parikshitbasrur