My brain is broken. In a good way.
I went to an Agile New England meeting tonight. The topic was Agile Culture and Adoption Survival Guide. The Mushroom Farm is the fourth place I’ve worked that’s doing Agile software development, and so far it’s not looking good (For example, you can’t have a team with one guy on it…..). For a company that doesn’t communicate well, and never holds meetings, I’m not sure how they’re going to adopt a culture that depends on lots of communication and daily meetings.
It was a fantastic program. I think the speaker broke my brain. Really, there were several big ideas that I foresee spawning a buncha blog posts while I digest them.
Quote "The only thing that leaders do is create and manage culture." Edger Sahein.
Picture of four different quadrants of company cultures:
Quote about the picture "This is a model. All models are wrong. Some are useful.”
Idea - "There’s a big difference between doing Agile and being Agile." This is a big idea. That I can see myself applying to non-Agile things.
Idea - That when you try to make a change in a culture, organizational antibodies attack and try to kill your change. The way to succeed is to disguise yourself so that the cultural antibodies don’t see you as a threat, or think that you’re one of their own.
I need to run off and download the presentation. So much to think about here….
It was a fantastic program. I think the speaker broke my brain. Really, there were several big ideas that I foresee spawning a buncha blog posts while I digest them.
Quote "The only thing that leaders do is create and manage culture." Edger Sahein.
Picture of four different quadrants of company cultures:
Quote about the picture "This is a model. All models are wrong. Some are useful.”
Idea - "There’s a big difference between doing Agile and being Agile." This is a big idea. That I can see myself applying to non-Agile things.
Idea - That when you try to make a change in a culture, organizational antibodies attack and try to kill your change. The way to succeed is to disguise yourself so that the cultural antibodies don’t see you as a threat, or think that you’re one of their own.
I need to run off and download the presentation. So much to think about here….