Establishing agile organizational structures

Basic concepts of agility

• Agility means working in complex environments.
• PDCA cycle as the basis for agile working.
• Value streams.
• Cross-functional teams.
• Work without interruption / build up flow.
• From push to pull system.
• Agile principles and values.

Agile organizational concepts

• Why there are no blueprints.
• The connection of the organization to the: customers.
• (Scaled) Scrum.
• Sociocracy.
• The Spotify model.
• Examples of successful agile companies.
• Approaches to rethinking your own company:
  • Value stream mapping.
  • Value creation and support teams.

Agile leadership

• Autonomy vs. alignment.
• Servant Leadership.
• The five pillars of self-organization.
• Creating a framework for the psychological safety of employees.
• Communication requirements in agile companies.
• Employee participation through consensus-based decision-making.

Agile change

• Dealing with resistance.
• Robert Dilts' five logical levels and their significance for change.
• Lean change management - transformation in loops.
• Objectives & key results for managing the transformation.
• Successful change patterns and their application.
• Liberating Structures: Tools for Change.