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February 11, 2014. “Leaders Guide to Radical Management” for DevOps with Steve Denning Shift #2: From controlling individuals to enabling self-organizing groups. The DevOps Community: Two Parts. DevOps Site. developerWorks site High-quality content Articles, tutorials, white papers
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February 11, 2014 “Leaders Guide to Radical Management” for DevOps with Steve DenningShift #2: From controlling individuals to enabling self-organizing groups
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Shift #2: From controlling individuals to enabling self-organizing groupsFebruary 11, 2014 • Self-organizing teams, networks and ecosystems • Managing beyond the boundaries of the firm • Fighting the addiction to hierarchy • The importance of diversity • Managers are leaders and leaders are managers • Background reading • LGRM: Chapter 5. Principle #2. Self-Organizing Teams • How the Elastic Enterprise Defeats the Sclerosis of Scale • Agility is Not Enough: Beyond the Manifesto • Why is Diversity Vital for Innovation • Why Hierarchies Must Sign Their Own Death Warrant to Survive
Steve Denning and The Leaders Guide to Radical Management Recognized as HBR Top 200 Business Thought Leader Best-selling author Forbes contributor
Characteristics of High-Performing Teams Focused on completing the task Dealing with complex problem Responsibility: Team has the ball Working together Goal is inspiring Possibility of Self-Organizing
Why don’t managers do it all the time? “We all know command and control is the only way” “I don’t know what self-organizing teams are” “Self-organizing teams are out of control.” “They aren’t good for routine work because they are not efficient.” “As a manager, I sleep better knowing there are controls in place.” “They aren’t good for high risk work or highly regulated work like finance or health.” “I just like being in charge and giving orders.” “They don’t work for big projects. It doesn’t scale.” “It only works in software. Those people are different.”
Shift #2 From controlling individuals to enabling self-organizing groups Practice #1Articulate a Compelling Purpose in Terms of Delighting Clients
Shift #2 From controlling individuals to enabling self-organizing groups Practice #2 Consistently Communicate a Passionate Belief in the Worth of the Purpose
Shift #2 From controlling individuals to enabling self-organizing groups Principle #3Transfer Power to the Team for Accomplishing the Team Purpose
Shift #2 From controlling individuals to enabling self-organizing groups Practice #4Make the Transfer of Power Conditional on the Team’s Accepting Responsibility to Delivery
Shift #2 From controlling individuals to enabling self-organizing groups Practice #5Recognize the Contributions of the People Doing the Work
Shift #2 From controlling individuals to enabling self-organizing groups Practice #6Make Sure that Remuneration is Perceived as Fair “A set of arrangements needs to be in place where monetary rewards support self-organizing teams and do not undermine them”
Practice #7 Consistently Use Tools and Techniques that Create and Sustain Self-Organizing Teams
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