Agile in the Ether #7 / 25th January

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1. Notes and links from the group:

   8 min workshop – developing thinking skills with Edward de Bono’s Think Links

   • The game: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/13076/think-links (Jamie)
   • Eduard de Bono Lateral thinking https://www.edwddebono.com/lateral-thinking (Emily)

   Wardley maturity mapping sure seems like a neat idea, but can anyone walk me through an example of a practical difference it has made?

   • Wardly maps https://medium.com/wardleymaps (Emily)
   • Understanding Tech Strategy with Wardley Maps https://twitter.com/willhamill/status/992131952458289152 (Steve L)
   • Amateur Wardly Maps User Group https://awmug.org/ (Chris)
   • Using Wardley mapping to justify decision in a non profit https://awmug.org/2017/05/03/an-example-of-wardley-mapping-in-non-profits/(Chris)
   • Map camp https://www.map-camp.com/ (Emily)
   • Examples from (Chris):
     https://awmug.org/2018/03/18/why-i-think-you-would-have-bought-whatsapp-if-you-were-facebook-mapped/
     https://awmug.org/2017/09/20/how-the-battle-for-cloud-was-lost-mapped/
     https://awmug.org/2017/05/03/an-example-of-wardley-mapping-in-non-profits/

   How do you encourage teams or communities used to command and control to start feeling empowered?

   • Atlassian has a fantastic playbook full of stuff with good guidance on exercises – https://www.atlassian.com/team-playbook (Chris)
   • I’ve just read Salvation by Marcus Hammarberg when he works in a hospital in Indonesia which is a very C&C culture. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Salvation-hospital-Indonesia-reshape-company-ebook/dp/B07DDDFPLS/ref=sr_1_1? (Jamie)
   • Different types of authority https://emilywebber.co.uk/mapping-influencers-authority-lens/ (Emily)
   • Delegation poker https://management30.com/practice/delegation-poker/ (Steve L)
   • Project Aristotle https://rework.withgoogle.com/print/guides/5721312655835136/ (Steve L)
   • Toyota (always <3) https://hbr.org/2009/09/nummi-what-toyota-learned (Emily)
   • Turn this ship around (book) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Turn-Ship-Around-Building-Breaking/dp/0241250943 (Emily) plus one from Steve L and Jamie

   OKR company vs individual products – implementation and challenges

   • Donald G Reinertsen – Principles of Lean Product Development https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Principles_of_Product_Development_Fl.html?id=1HlPPgAACAAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y (Chris)
   • Reinertsen’s book – not all is relevant, much e13 is worth a look, and first chapter is free – http://lpd2.com/the-principles-of-flow/ (Chris)
   • Pyramid of Strategic alignment https://wavelength.asana.com/pyramid-clarity-strategic-alignment (Laura)
   • How to measure anything (book) https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Measure-Anything-Intangibles-Business/dp/1118539273 (Emily)
   • It might worth looking at the lean value tree from – I’ve had ppl from thought works outline it to me, and it was useful – https://www.slideshare.net/steve236/lean-value-tree-overview-82783795 (Chris)
   • 4dx book worth reading on lead and lag measures and focusing better on what matters https://www.amazon.co.uk/Disciplines-Execution-Achieving-Wildly-Important-ebook/dp/B007IKZLJA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1548422697&sr=8-1&keywords=4dx+book (pawel)

   Added bonus!

   Advanced passenger train: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-wLTSwkwDQ (Stephen W)

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