Agile organization

Agile organization

Instead of a controlling ideology, the agile approach is about enabling self-organization.

http://www.allaboutagile.com/how-to-create-the-fastest-teams/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2015/01/26/why-do-managers-hate-agile/#54a318556018

At Spotify, each team manages a piece of the product that is completely theirs.

That way, they’re able to continuously deploy, change, and upgrade without breaking anything else. http://labs.openviewpartners.com/spotify-great-agile-example-scrum-done-right/

A self-organizing team decides themselves 1. what problem they want to solve – and why.

2. how they want to work together when solving the problem.

https://vimeo.com/85490944

Break an organization into small, self-organizing teams of less than 8 people.

https://blogs.versionone.com/agile_management/2016/03/29/scaling-agile-without-killing-agility/ https://vimeo.com/85490944

Ericsson has divided 2,300 enterprise software engineers, co-ordinated from Ireland, into more than 100 small autonomous / self-organizing teams, developing products in 3-week “sprints�.

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/aa284852-0096-11e6-99cb-83242733f755.html?siteedition=intl#axzz45xZkitBP

To keep all employees focused on the external environment, DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. abandoned the organization chart. http://www.strategy-business.com/article/00188?pg=all

People who work for agile companies, move out of company boundaries and engage with people from other companies, freelancers, students, independent workers etc. using social media, hackathons, events, competitions, and other platforms.

Adapted from http://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/agility-lessons-from-utilities

LSG Webinars

Sources http://agilityhackathon.com/ https://www.atizo.com/ https://www.e-teaching.org/ https://www.jovoto.com/ http://learningandskillsgroup.ning.com/forum/categories/lsg-webinars/listForCategory http://www.meetup.com/

Social networks are anti-fragile. They help expand opportunities.

An example is NestlĂŠ. Experiencing a social media crisis, the company learned to use social platforms to change the way communication is done. https://medium.com/i-m-h-o/agility-and-fragility-2ca9e1c1df43#.g6rw1wvma

To be agile, we need to try out things, for example new methods / tools / platforms / ideas.

That helps us to continuously learn and adapt. https://neilkillick.wordpress.com/2016/03/13/8-signs-of-an-agile-organisation/

Further inspiration http://www.frankcalberg.com/