Food for Agile Thought #215: Agility Flywheel, Transformation Failures, Fostering Collaboration, Customer-Centricity
Stefan Wolpers
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Food for Agile Thought’s issue #215 delves into the requirements for the business agility flywheel to work; we reason about transformation failures, and we understand that Liberating Structures allow us to avoid groupthink when working on strategy.
We also learn what failure made LEGO getting serious about agility; we follow an interview on the importance of collaboration in product teams to escape the feature factory, and we get a better understanding of what customer-centricity means for product managers.
Lastly, we enjoy a new infographic comprised of tips & tricks for agile teams.
Did you miss last week’s Food for Agile Thought’s issue #214?
🏆 The Essential Read
Barry O’Reilly: Spin The Business Agility Flywheel To Transform Your Company
Barry O’Reilly analyzes why more than 90 percent of agile transformations fail to generate the capability to adapt to changing market conditions.
Source: Spin The Business Agility Flywheel To Transform Your Company
Author: Barry O’Reilly
Agile & Scrum
Greg Satell (via InnovationExcellence): Why Corporate Transformations Fail So Consistently (And How To Fix It)
Greg Satell dissects why so many executives fail to communicate the need for change and to create a sense of urgency.
Source: InnovationExcellence: Why Corporate Transformations Fail So Consistently (And How To Fix It)
Author: Greg Satell
Viktor Cessan: 10 Tips For Agile Teams
Viktor Cessan shares an infographic with ten tips for agile teams.
Source: 10 Tips For Agile Teams
Author: Viktor Cessan
Christiaan Verwijs (via The Liberators): How To Avoid Groupthink When Creating Strategy Together
Christiaan Verwijs shares how to encourage different viewpoints with Strategy Knotworking and Liberating Structures.
Source: The Liberators: How To Avoid Groupthink When Creating Strategy Together
Author: Christiaan Verwijs
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Product & Lean
📺 Henrik Kniberg (via Mind The Product): Minimise the Gap Between Maker and User
Henrik Kniberg discusses how creating great products requires us to reduce the gap between makers and users.
Source: Mind The Product: 📺 Minimise the Gap Between Maker and User
Author: Henrik Kniberg
(via productboard): John Cutler on fostering collaboration within product teams
In this interview, John Cutler explains why collaboration is essential to product success and how to achieve it.
Source: productboard: John Cutler on fostering collaboration within product teams
Author: John Cutler
Marty Cagan: Customer-Centricity
Marty Cagan continues his coaching series with an article on how to develop the critical trait of customer-centricity.
Source: Customer-Centricity
Author: Marty Cagan
📯 The Liberating Structures Strategy Meetup
During this Liberating Structures strategy for Scrum meetup we addressed dealing with uncertainty — a particularly useful skill in highly competitive markets. Learn more about how to train and grow the resilience of your team when dealing with the unexpected.
Read more: Liberating Structures for Scrum (5): Strategy.
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