I was sent these videos earlier on the way Spotify operates.
It looks a lot closer to Agile utopia than many companies.
Well worth a watch:
If this doesn't make you want to be more Agile at work then I despair!
Maybe we'll never get to this level but we can keep trying.
The bad news? Most workplaces I've experienced have been a huge distance from this experience.
The good news? I wasn't sent these video links by one of my cutting edge start-up contacts, but by a Head-of Delivery in a major European Insurance company. The desire is there and it's moving up through the hierarchy.
The slow realisation that the way in which they create, buy and deploy tech is paramount is dawning.
Let's focus on doing it the right way and learn from the hard lessons of other industries.
Mining and textiles were thrown away in the UK in the pursuit of being cheap (at the cost of quality - and jobs).
The British Automotive Industry fell apart in the 1970s with failure to modernise and appalling quality playing their part.
Can we stop ourselves going the same way?
We can certainly contribute by focusing on continuous improvement, quality and delivering business benefit time after time.
Ultimately whether we survive or fail in the long term depends on whether we're seen as a good investment by the bean counters; so keep delivering!
It looks a lot closer to Agile utopia than many companies.
Well worth a watch:
If this doesn't make you want to be more Agile at work then I despair!
Maybe we'll never get to this level but we can keep trying.
The bad news? Most workplaces I've experienced have been a huge distance from this experience.
The good news? I wasn't sent these video links by one of my cutting edge start-up contacts, but by a Head-of Delivery in a major European Insurance company. The desire is there and it's moving up through the hierarchy.
The slow realisation that the way in which they create, buy and deploy tech is paramount is dawning.
Let's focus on doing it the right way and learn from the hard lessons of other industries.
Mining and textiles were thrown away in the UK in the pursuit of being cheap (at the cost of quality - and jobs).
The British Automotive Industry fell apart in the 1970s with failure to modernise and appalling quality playing their part.
Can we stop ourselves going the same way?
We can certainly contribute by focusing on continuous improvement, quality and delivering business benefit time after time.
Ultimately whether we survive or fail in the long term depends on whether we're seen as a good investment by the bean counters; so keep delivering!
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