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Addressing Cultural Anti-Patterns
in Enterprise Transformations
Gautham Pallapa
Field CTO, Pivotal
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gpallapa/
Twitter: @gpallapa
Myth around Enterprise Transformations
People
Process
Technology
Yay!
Customer
Delight
Customer
DelightOptimize SDLC
Faster Time to
Market
More Time to
Innovate
More Apps/Features
Happy Culture
Modern Technology
Customer Delight Generates:
Competitive
Advantage
Relevancy
Growth
Transformation
Pivotal Approach to Transformation
Culture
Continually improve and deliver
customer success Pivotal
Cloud-native
software
Methods
Learn the necessary practices to
build modern software
Pivotal Labs and
Services
Tools
Build with products focused on
developer productivity Best-in-class products
Platform
Run every app, on every cloud, on
a unified platform Pivotal Platform
Transformation Drivers: Lean, Agile, DevOps
Build–Measure–Learn,
FeedbackLoops
LeanExperimentation
PairProgramming,
TDD,CloudNative
AgileSoftwareDev
Operational Efficiency, CI/CD,
Automation
Dev Ops
The Reality
What does
“good” look
like?
2019 Accelerate State
of DevOps Report
What does
“good” look
like?
2019 Accelerate State
of DevOps Report
Reasons for Adopting Agility
75%
Accelerate software
delivery
64%
Manage changing
priorities
55%
Increase productivity
49%
Better Business /
IT alignment
46%
Increased
software quality
Source: https://tinyurl.com/12thagilereport
But…
Only 4% of companies use agile practices to enable greater adaptability to
market conditions“
Source: https://tinyurl.com/12thagilereport
Vision of an Enterprise Transformation
Reality That Often Occurs
Why The Disparity?
How Many People Are Comfortable Making that Leap?
Waterfall Agile
Then why are we slowing down?
Cargo Culting
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult
Understand the Cultural Impediments
Culture =
A group of people
with a common set of
values and beliefs
Organization =
A group of people
with a common set of
values and beliefs
Cultural Anti-Patterns
01
02
03
08
07
06 04
05
02
03
08
07
06 04
05
Not Knowing Why
Not Knowing Why
Simon Sinek – Start with Why
What
How
Why
03
08
07
06 04
05
No Clear
Definition of
Done
Using Definition of Done – https://tinyurl.com/yak3ph7p
Let’s Get Chemical!
D
Dopamine(IncentiveforProgress)
Givesussurgeofpleasurewhenachieving
goals,desires,needs
O
Oxytocin(LoveChemical)
Createsintimacy, trust,andbuilds
healthyrelationships
S Serotonin(LeadershipChemical)
Feelingofprideandimportance
E
Endorphins(RunnersHigh)
Helpalleviatestressandanxiety,diminishes
perceptionofpain.Helpsusfeelgood
StressincreasesCortisol
AlsoincreasesAdrenaline(Fightor
Flight)
Paranoia,Fear, ErodesTrustand
Empathy
Makesteamenvironmentsunhappy
Journey Map
• Success Metrics
• What the
organization
achieves
Milestone 2
• Things projected to be
achieved
• Value projected vs gained
Checkpoint 1
• Success Metrics
• What the organization
achieves
Milestone 3
• Things projected to be
achieved
• Value projected vs gained
Checkpoint 2
Start
Success
• Success Metrics
• What the
organization
achieves
Milestone 1
• Success Metrics
• What the
organization
achieves
Milestone 4
08
07
06 04
05
No Sense of
Urgency
Pivotal Cascade: Connecting the Organization
The Pivotal
Alignment Canvas:
Helps ensure you are
Connected, Autonomous,
and Measured at
every level
Each bar is a vertical; same
rules cascade throughout
organization
08
07
06
05
Not Enough
Communication
01
02
03
04 Retros
Stand-ups
Planning Demos
POWER Start for Every Meeting
P Purpose of the Meeting?
Source: Lyssa Adkins and Kat Ferguson – https://tinyurl.com/y94so899
W What’s In It For Me? (WiiFM)
O Outcomes/deliverables
resulting from this meeting?
R Roles and Responsibilities
E Engage participants with
excitement and passion
Growth Boards - Leading the Change
Everyone has same
rules, different
levels of fidelity,
opacity, risk,
complexity
Lean governance
model throughout
Growth boards
make this work
(and not just one
board)
08
07
06
Lack of Prioritization
Lack of Prioritization
Evaluate your Backlog
Due to market shift,
changing priorities, etc.
Not Valuable Desired features,
Market differentiators,
Revolutionary
Valuable
Features that are
rarely used, do not
move the needle
Rarely Used
45%
36%
19%
Impact – Effort Analysis
08
07
No
Empowerment
Complexity Leadership
Team Agility Values
COMMITMENT
COURAGE
FOCUS
OPENNESS
RESPECT
Source: Scrum.org
08
Not Enough
Change Agents
Crossing the Chasm
Identify the Right Change Agents to Drive a Cultural Transformation – http://bit.ly/2cNuhg2
Crossing the Chasm
Critical Mass
Identify the Right Change Agents to Drive a Cultural Transformation – http://bit.ly/2cNuhg2
Identifying the Right Change Agents
1
Belief in Purpose
How strongly do they
believe in why we are
transforming?
2
Commitment
How committed are they
in the success of the
team?
3
Builders, not Heroes
Are they firefighters or focus on
long term solutions?
4
Ability to Fail
Can they fail fast, fail
often, and fail cheap? And
share their failure
publicly?
5
Intrapreneurship
How comfortable are they with
rapid experimentation and
pivoting fast?
6
Technical Attitude
How comfortable are they
with adapting newer
technologies, refactoring, 12
factor apps?
No Incentives to
Transform
Happy People Are Productive People
Primary Belief
Before embarking on a transformation
Not Stressed
Comfort Zone
Building up stress
Not Stressed
Comfort Zone
Slightly Stressed
Discomfort Zone
Too much Stress causes Panic
Not Stressed
Comfort Zone
Completely Stressed
Panic Zone
Slightly Stressed
Discomfort Zone
Growth is a Motivator But How to Maximize Growth?
Not Stressed
Comfort Zone
Completely Stressed
Panic Zone
Slightly Stressed
Discomfort Zone
The Goldilocks range
Maximum Growth
8 Cultural Anti-patterns
Not Enough
Communication
No Sense of
Urgency
No Clear
Definition of
Done
Not Knowing Why
No Incentives to
Transform
Not Enough
Change Agents
No
Empowerment
Lack of Prioritization
Your Organization
Addressing These Anti-patterns Improves
Generative
Performance - oriented
● High Cooperation
● Messengers Trained
● Shared Risks
● Collaboration Encouraged
● Failure ☞ Inquiry and Learning
● Novelty Utilized
Bureaucratic
Rule - oriented
● Modest Cooperation
● Messengers Neglected
● Opportunistic Responsibilities
● Collaboration Tolerated
● Failure ☞ Justice
● Novelty Caused Problems
Pathological
Power - oriented
● Low Cooperation
● Messengers Shot
● Responsibilities Avoided
● Collaboration Discouraged
● Failure ☞ Scapegoating
● Novelty Crushed
SYMPTOMS SYMPTOMS SYMPTOMS
Organizational Culture Shift
Source: https://tinyurl.com/westrum-cultures
Benefits
1
2
3
4
5
Break silos between Biz and IT
Safe Environments
Transparency and Trust
More innovation
Learning Culture
Customer Delight
Transforming How The World Builds Software
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Addressing Cultural Anti-patterns in Enterprise transformations