Agile in the Ether #9 / 22nd March

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1. 5 min yes and game “Let’s have a remote conference”

   Agile for execs – how many of you work with leaders who see agile as purely a ‘tech thing’ & how do you shift their mindsets

   • Useful link on agile governance https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/agile-delivery/governance-principles-for-agile-service-delivery

   • good but presentation on this from Dan North: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CmCgwd54oc

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marshmallow game https://tinkerlab.com/spaghetti-tower-marshmallow-challenge/

   • Not read it yet, but I’ve seen interesting quotes from “Adapt” by Tim Harford

   • This is fun: https://strategy-madlibs.herokuapp.com/

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https://barryoreilly.com/value-engineering-for-outcome-based-bets/

   • here’a a bunch of interesting work to make it explicit that the larger strategic moves are ‘bets’, – there’ some nice from Black Swan here – http://blackswanfarming.com/real-options-embracing-uncertainty/

   • Impact mapping https://www.impactmapping.org/

   How do you celebrate your achievements at work when they’re predominantly non-tangible / team support related?

   • The unit of delivery is the team https://www.flickr.com/photos/benterrett/14049848046

     
https://www.slideshare.net/TanyaReilly/being-glue <– Not quite about celebrating successes but seems tangentially relevant about recognising the hidden work…

   • week notes https://weeknot.es
 
Self-reflection blogs essentially
some teams do it as a team rather than individuals

   • Here’s a good post that I sometimes refer people to on this: https://medium.com/frankly-green-webb/why-bother-to-share-a-weekly-update-e532cf6c0b25

   • Good advice on week notes from Matt Jukes: https://www.infoq.com/news/2017/10/blogging-empowers-agile-teams

   • I’ve found Matt Webb’s piece about week notes really well written and persuasive – https://medium.com/job-garden/a-pre-history-of-weeknotes-plus-why-i-write-them-and-perhaps-why-you-should-too-week-16-31a4a5cbf7b0


   Coping without a community

   • Agile in the Ether slack?

   Responding to change versus responding to uncertainty, is there a difference?

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A blog post that I often refer to about the stress of uncertainty https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2016/mar/uncertainty-can-cause-more-stress-inevitable-pain
   • https://blog.mural.co/2017/01/31/how-to-look-before-you-leap-a-guide-to-mapping-assumptions-for-product-development-teams


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2. Here’s what you said in our “yes and” game…..

   Let’s have a remote conference agile conference, yes and…

   • Consider how to deliver cakes to people
   • make it accessible to people with hearing difficulties
   • Think about how to maximise diversity of participants
   • Build an inclusive agenda
   • Make sure everyone’s voice can be heard
   • Consider how to keep everyone focussed
   • Have a good way of providing feedback
   • Good handover between participants
   • Interactive elements as well as chat
   • Have tracks for people with different interest and experience
   • Let people catch up later if they miss things
   • Make sure it’s comfortable and relaxed

   I will see what I can do!

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3. Here’s the notes I made on that book I haven’t read yet:

   “Adapt: Why success always starts with failure” by Tim Harford.
   * Linear plans always fail.
   * We need to accept variation will happen. 3 big dimensions of variation:
   ** Local (things we know about one context don’t translate to others)
   ** Time (opportunities open up and close)
   ** Human (inconsistent, unreliable, liars)
   * We don’t want to just survive, but to benefit when one of these things changes.
   * If an idea turns out to be wrong, make it so it’s not a big deal.
   * Seek feedback, learn from mistakes.

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