importance of preparation in an agile world
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Importance of
preparationIn an agile world
BY PRABHAKAR KARVE
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Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I
will spend the first four sharpening the axe
Abraham Lincoln
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Prepare for the expected? (No)
Specific situation requires a specific solution
Prepare for the unexpected? (Yes)
Many possibilities require a generic solution
Murphy’s law
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong
Prepare for what?
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WoW helps
To be prepared
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Frontend: Visible patterns of behavior
How we - act
How we - interact
How we - feel
Backend: What drives it?
Decisions (Hereafter I/we will do this)
Opinions (Values/Beliefs/Assumptions)
Way of Working (WoW for short)
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How we act & interact
InteractionsActions
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Decisions actions/Interactions
InteractionsActions
Decisions
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Opinions shape the decisions
InteractionsActions
Decisions
Opinions (Assumptions+Beliefs+Values)
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Opinions lead to emotions
Emotions influence decisions
Emotions
InteractionsActions
Decisions
Opinions (Assumptions+Beliefs+Values)
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Our own ways of working
We can do something about it
Others’ ways of working
Impact on us
Can educate us
System’s way of working
We are prisoner of the system we don’t understand
Who’s Way of Working?
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All our life, at work or outside, we pass through
a series of situations; some expected some
unexpected
How do we deal with them?
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(Situation-1)
Competitive comparison
One of your sibling is more handsome/pretty,
got better grades, and earns more than you.
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Competitive comparison(Before WoW)
Hatred/
Depression
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Competitive comparison(Before WoW)
Hatred/
Depression
Do whatever it takes to get out
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Competitive comparison(Before WoW)
Hatred/
Depression
Avoid
parents/relatives
Do whatever it takes to get out
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Competitive comparison(Before WoW)
Hatred/
Depression
Avoid
parents/relativescause harm to
sibling
Do whatever it takes to get out
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Competitive comparison(Before WoW)
Hatred/
Depression
Avoid
parents/relativescause harm to
sibling
Do whatever it takes to get out
Bad luck/Past life Karma/ Look good to others
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Competitive comparison(After WoW)
Loved/Worthy
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Competitive comparison(After WoW)
Loved/Worthy
Focus on our strengths
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Competitive comparison(After WoW)
Loved/Worthy
Focus on our strengths
Good to know and care for real needs
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Competitive comparison(After WoW)
Loved/Worthy
Showcase
achievement
Focus on our strengths
Good to know and care for real needs
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Competitive comparison(After WoW)
Loved/Worthy
Be open with others
Showcase
achievement
Focus on our strengths
Good to know and care for real needs
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(Situation-2)
Are we prepared
For an offshore team working from India, a
point of contact abroad was very supportive;
But is shortly leaving the organization
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Are we prepared(Before WoW)
Continue being comfortable
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Are we prepared(Before WoW)
Did not cultivate
others
Continue being comfortable
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Are we prepared(Before WoW)
Did not cultivate
othersRisks not
anticipated
Continue being comfortable
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Are we prepared(Before WoW)
Afraid/Letdown
Did not cultivate
othersRisks not
anticipated
Continue being comfortable
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Are we prepared(Before WoW)
Afraid/Letdown
Did not cultivate
othersRisks not
anticipated
Continue being comfortable
Supportive person will always be there / Others responsible to care of us
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Are we prepared(After WoW)
What if? - Anticipate risks
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Are we prepared(After WoW)
Know impact
and be
prepared
What if? - Anticipate risks
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Are we prepared(After WoW)
Build alternate
channelsKnow impact
and be
prepared
What if? - Anticipate risks
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Are we prepared(After WoW)
Build alternate
channelsKnow impact
and be
prepared
What if? - Anticipate risks
We are responsible to take care of ourselves
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Are we prepared(After WoW)
Confident /
In control
Build alternate
channelsKnow impact
and be
prepared
What if? - Anticipate risks
We are responsible to take care of ourselves
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Typical patterns, reappear in different avatars
In personal as well as official parts of our lives
Way of Working is changed
Only after it has become a habit
Both situations
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Practice together
To build culture of
Continuous Improvement
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Information
Knowhow
Skills
Resources
Stamina
Be prepared with what?
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For every success, big or small
Ask “why success”, Capability/External factors?
And “what if external factors change”
For every failure, big or small
Ask “why”, take RCA beyond external factors
And “What needs to change”
Many opportunities to prepare
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Separate facts from fiction (Opinions)
Say “I know”, followed by “Because…”
Or say “I assume/believe”, with reality check
Be aware of current emotions
Experience them fully and then move on
We have a choice of systems to be part of
Decide mode - participation or interaction
Reveal hidden options
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WoW Community
WoW – Three layered structure
WoW Guidance
WoW Core
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