putting people first - building and sustaining awesome distributed teams at scale
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PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST Building and sustaining awesome
distributed teams at scale
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BASIC PRACTICES - TECHNOLOGY
Capability Tracking CI and CD
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TRAVEL &
CULTURE
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THEN WHAT ELSE ? How do we grow and improve on this, at scale
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AVOID THE DARK SIDE OF AGILE ! rituals without value
! technical excellence
without business focus
! isolated teams without ecosystem
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RITUALS WITHOUT VALUE
On the Dark Side
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STANDUP
Energise Improve
Focus Team Status
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STANDUP
Co-located
“What value did I bring?” “What help do I need?” “What’s blocking me?”
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Energise Improve
Focus Team Status
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STANDUP
Co-located “What value did I bring?” “What help do I need?” “What’s blocking me?”
Distributed Break the ice
Build trust
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Self
actualisation
Esteem
Love/belonging
Safety
Physiological
Motivation Empowerment
Engagement Happiness☺︎
“There’s fast Internet here!”
“I work for a great company.”
“I like my remote team. We have fun! We trust
each other.”
Share language Share Food
HAPPY, MOTIVATED PEOPLE & TEAMS
Travel
with Maslow’s Hierarchy of (Distributed Team) needs…
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SHARE FOOD ! Eat together ! Celebrate together ! Grow relationships
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Distributed Bake-Less Snacks Ingredients ! 1 packet Arnotts “Marie” biscuits
! 2-3 tablespoons cocoa
! 2 cups desiccated coconut
! 1 tin condensed milk
! hundreds and thousands
! 2 bowls, 1 spoon
! distributed team
Method ! crush biscuits into small pieces in bowl ! mix in cocoa and coconut ! stir in the condensed milk to create a thick mixture ! using hands, roll into small balls and dip into hundreds
and thousands ! refrigerate for 15 minutes ! share and eat together!
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SHARE LANGUAGE ! Team building
opportunity
! Ice breaker
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SHARE LANGUAGE ! Team building
opportunity
! Ice breaker
! Share both ways!
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Highly connected team
(“We!”)
Poorly connected team (“Us” vs “Them”)
Communication and shared context starts to fall away
Comms “bottomed out” - time to travel!
TRAVEL IS CRITICAL
! Kick off projects
! Grow relationships
! Drive productivity
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TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE WITHOUT BUSINESS FOCUS On the Dark Side
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<geek>technique</geek>
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<business> <geek>technique</geek>
</business>
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BUSINESS FOCUS
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BUSINESS FOCUS Financial Year Business Analysis and Plan from technical team.
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ISOLATED TEAMS WITHOUT ECOSYSTEM
On the Dark Side
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FEATURE TEAMS - THE DARK SIDE
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FEATURE TEAMS - THE OTHER SIDE
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ECOSYSTEM: TEAM LEVEL
! Stretch leaders
! Share practices
! Drive peer pressure
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FIXING YOUR DARK SIDE ! rituals with values
! technical excellence with business focus
! ecosystem of teams
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PULL BASED LEARNING
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Push Make all we can just in case
Pull Make what we need when we need it
Parts
Parts
Parts
Parts
Parts
Parts
Parts
Parts
Parts
Parts
Parts
Parts
Parts
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ANTI PATTERN “Scale the Training” or, De-scale the organization!
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No delivery team was inflicted with boredom in the making of this picture.
Humane Delivery Team
Association We care for your devs
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PULL BASED LEARNING – DE-SCALE
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Self
actualisation
Esteem
Love/belonging
Safety
Physiological
Motivation Empowerment
Engagement Happiness☺︎
“There’s fast Internet here!”
“I work for a great company.”
“I like my remote team. We have fun! We trust
each other.”
Share language Share Food
“We build great stuff together, and we own it. We always try to grow
as a team.”
Pull based learning
HAPPY, MOTIVATED PEOPLE & TEAMS
Travel
with Maslow’s Hierarchy of (Distributed Team) needs…
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SOLVING THE GURU PROBLEM
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SOLVING THE GURU PROBLEM
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SOLVING THE GURU PROBLEM
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! Share responsibility early
! Share leadership early
! Fail and learn early
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! Share ownership
! Better software
! Drive innovation
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Self
actualisation
Esteem
Love/belonging
Safety
Physiological
Motivation Empowerment
Engagement Happiness☺︎
“There’s fast Internet here!”
“I work for a great company.”
“I like my remote team. We have fun! We trust
each other.”
Share language Share Food
Pull based learning DevOps & Ops Leadership
HAPPY, MOTIVATED PEOPLE & TEAMS
Travel
with Maslow’s Hierarchy of (Distributed Team) needs…
“We build great stuff together, and we own it. We always try to grow
as a team.”
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HACKDAYS ! Build culture of
innovation
! Open new relationships
! Have fun together"
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INNOVATION BEYOND HACKDAY ! Drive inceptions
! Product hacks
! Drive ownership
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INNOVATE SHIP IT! ! Teams love to ship
! Let them!
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INNOVATION -> HAPPINESS:)
Give your team the freedom to innovate for you. They will love you for it.
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Self
actualisation
Esteem
Love/belonging
Safety
Physiological
Motivation Empowerment
Engagement Happiness☺︎
“There’s fast Internet here!”
“I work for a great company.”
“I like my remote team. We have fun! We trust
each other.”
Share language Share Food
HackDays!
Pull based learning DevOps & Ops Leadership
Ship it!
HAPPY, MOTIVATED PEOPLE & TEAMS
Travel
with Maslow’s Hierarchy of (Distributed Team) needs…
“We build great stuff together, and we own it. We always try to grow
as a team.”
“If we have a great idea, we are free to build it and test it in market. We are
autonomous. We can be the best team ever!”
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MANAGE COMPLEX (WITH SIMPLE PRACTICES)
Business Context
Productivity
Technical Excellence
Personal Success
need for achievement
need for affiliation
need for power
Trust
Business Success
Global Optimization
Architect/tech Forum
FridayDrink Showoff
biz dashboard
distributed cakes
eco-system
continuous delivery always-on
video
tech radar pitch
delivery centre tours
security guideline
staffing baseline
biz model canvas workshop
culture book
2nd tier leadership
speeches and articles
daily code diff
90-day plan showcase
pull based learning
lean measurement
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MANAGE COMPLEX (WITH SIMPLE PRACTICES)
Business Context
Productivity
Technical Excellence
Personal Success
need for achievement
need for affiliation
need for power
Trust
Business Success
Global Optimization
Architect/tech Forum
FridayDrink Showoff
biz dashboard
distributed cakes
eco-system
continuous delivery always-on
video
tech radar pitch
delivery centre tours
security guideline
staffing baseline
biz model canvas workshop
culture book
2nd tier leadership
speeches and articles
daily code diff
90-day plan showcase
pull based learning
lean measurement
Productivity
Technical Excellence
Personal Success
Business Success
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GREAT PEOPLE – AWESOME TEAMS