Upon retrospective Agility and a Board v1.4 @Agile Alliance, Christchurch | Feb 2020 | sandra@theproductspace.com
Sandra Davey Alan Kirkland Chair of the Board Chief Executive Officer
COMPANY BOARD / PROBLEMS INGREDIENTS WHO’S WE HAD FOR CHANGE Vestibulum congue CHOICE AGILITY MORE TO THINGS I STUFF HELPED DO LEARNED FOR YOU
Directors play an oversight role Strategy & performance ● Legal & financial ● CEO ●
We have problems
Flat-lining revenue, members declining 1 mag, 1 website 1 view of members ● ● 0 product, 0 UX Monthly publishing mindset ● ● Dev & core platforms outsourced No investment: shitloads $$ ● ●
Busy work Projects, activities and features ● What, how and when ● No Why ● No outcomes or goals ●
Inevitable kraken of doom New tech, new players ● Faster, better funded ● Disruption ● VUCA ● www.drjasonfox.com
Our old ways aren’t working www.magpiewhisperer.com
Ingredients for change at Board and LT Being + diversity + flat power structures
Other ingredients for change @Board Diversity at Board level ● Gender, capability, age and cognitive behaviour ● Product, tech, agile ● Growing focus: product + innovation + insourcing our core IP ● New Things ● Radical lean incubator ○ Attitude shift with risk and experimentation ○ Appetite for investment ● Spare cash reserves ●
NWOW Reflect & learn: Retro’s Organise & eliminate waste: Self-selection & No Objection Decision Making Invest, plan, focus: OKRs
Doing is Great OKRs liberated us from outputs, reclaiming outcomes and the Why Rain Forest Reports
It’s way better :) Better discussions = better decisions Transparency Max. work not done = more open about = more time on stuff the real challenges that matters Focus on outcomes Speed = faster learning cycles = more responsive to user needs
More to learn and do Yujia Tang / Unsplash
Being is Better Recruit Directors for mindset + diversity WA Tourism
Upon reflection Agility helps us, as a Board, with problems we have David Clode / Unsplash
Leaders and Boards … It’s YOU Believe it, practise it, role model it Gilles Rolland-Monnet /Unsplash
Something for you Directors with a predisposition For those that haven’t woken up Research them Find where they hang. Go and ● ● Approach them present ● Invite us to coffee Invite them to come see ● ● Give us ideas Show what’s different: explain ● ● Ask us what we are doing benefits for customers AND staff ● Give the cynical evidence ●
Something for you d e e Directors with a predisposition For those that haven’t woken up u n o s y d e r Research them Find where they hang. Go and a ● k ● o i l B e Approach them present ● l p o Invite us to coffee Invite them to come see ● ● e p Give us ideas Show what’s different: explain ● ● Ask us what we are doing benefits for customers AND staff ● Give the cynical evidence ●
Thank you
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