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Self organization in practice - A story about coaching and facilitating self

organization

Lean Tribe Gathering #18

2013-12-10

Mattias ÅhlanderEricsson

Michael GötheTeamCoach AB

Self Organization - in practice

Self Organization - in practice

Topics to be covered1. The challenges2. 7 principles for self

organization3. Examples of coaching4. Scaling to organization

Challenges with self organization

How do I NOT command and

control?

Line Manager

..and now I can finally do what

ever I want.

My role is gone!?!

Project Manager

It doesn´t scale.

Executive

Seams to be some conflict.

Help!

Scrum MasterTeam

Great! Lets continue as

before…

Principles for self organizing

• #1 Clear intentions– Overall goal & purpose– A pull forward

• #2 Energized people– Nothing will self organize

without energy

• #3 Boundaries– What is the frame within

which we can self organize

• #4 Equivalence– Peer culture– No power over

• #5 Transparency– Avoiding sub-optimization

• #6 Feedback loops– Necessary for a learning

developing system

• #7 Shared values– The glue that jell people

together.

Strategic Agile/Lean Initiative

The Building Blocks

Soft skills for Scrum Masters•How to boost your team into high-performance

Successfully Leading Agile/Lean Organizations•How to get the best ROI for your Agile/Lean initiative

Tiger Network•Tiger Teams for impact•How to grow and learn together

•Becoming the Strategic Advantage for Ericsson

Agile coaches•How to have a REAL impact on your organization ✔

TIGERS – Agile coaches @ Ericsson Kista

What agile coaches @ Ericsson do

Business Controllers

L&A finance

XP @TN

SSCC

Code DojoMarket place

13 MTAS teams

ScM program

AGILE HR

LEADERSHIP DAY

Spreading the word

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#1 Clear intentions

- Overall goal & purpose

- A pull forward#2 Energized people

- Nothing will self organize without energy

#7 Shared values

- The glue that jell people together

“We play with 100 balls”

“The fans (management) got to close to the field, so we told them to back off from the field”

“Our new Feature is on the stretcher”

“Many goals made! (user stories taken)”

Football Retrospective1. List football terms2. Make a live ticker3. Match analysis4. Setup next game5. Close with a team picture

#2 Energized people

- Nothing will self organize without energy

#4 Equivalence- Peer culture

- No power over#6 Feedback loops

- Necessary for a learning developing system

Football Retrospective idea comes from Marc Loeffler, Spoonique

#1 Clear intentions

- A pull forward#2 Energized people

- Nothing will self organize without energy

#6 Feedback loops

- Necessary for a learning developing system

Tiger values

Passion Be passionate about what you do. Do things you are passionate about.

Courage Do what you think is right. Fight for your convictions. Transparency Show what you do.

Kaizen Never stop learning. Always improve in everything we do.

Who decides?Backlog!Manager!Budget?

#3 Boundaries- What is the frame within which

we can self organize

#4 Equivalence-Peer culture

- No power over#7 Shared values

- The glue that jell people together

Tigers way of working

Tiger standup: Monday/Thursday 12:40 to 12:55 – Everyone is welcome!

#2 Energized people

- Nothing will self organize without energy

#5 Transparency

- Avoiding sub-optimization

#6 Feedback loops

- Necessary for a learning developing system

#4 Equivalence-Peer culture

- No power over#7 Shared values

- The glue that jell people together

Common Vision: Unleash the potential of our colleagues; finding the passion and driving forces in individuals and enabling teams and organizations to consistently perform on a high level.

Suggestions for Open Space

How to make self organization work on team, network and organizational level?

How to coach around the 7 principles for Self-Organization to happen?#1 Clear intentions

– Overall goal & purpose– A pull forward

#2 Energized people– Nothing will self organize without energy

#3 Boundaries– What is the frame within which we can self

organize

#4 Equivalence– Peer culture– No power over

#5 Transparency– Avoiding sub-optimization

#6 Feedback loops– Necessary for a learning developing system

#7 Shared values– The glue that jell people together.

Thank you!Program Leaders

• Michael Göthe• www.teamcoach.se• michael@teamcoach.se• @teamcoach

Agile Coach, Line Manager & Tiger network member

• Johan Tandberg• www.flowfinder.se• Johan.Tandberg@flowfinder.se• @MrFlowFinder

• Mattias Åhlander• mattias.ahlander@ericsson.com• @MatteAhlander