Organisational Transformation is an infinite game

In this post we look at Organisational Transformation through the lens of Simon Sinek’s The Infinite Game. To quote Wikipedia:

“Sinek claims that leaders who embrace an infinite mindset, aligned with infinite play, will build stronger, more innovative, inspiring, resilient organizations, though these benefits may accrue over larger timescales than benefits associated with a finite mindset”

Organisational Transformation is an ongoing and infinite process. There is a language of, and approach to ‘Organisational Transformation’ that has us believe that ‘transformed’ has an end state with specific goals that limits – rather than unleashes – the growth potential of organisations who invest heavily in Organisational Transformation.

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Coaching a Perth Government Agency through their Agile Transformation

At Two Percent Shift we coach organisations through transformations to make shifts towards what is collectively trying to happen.

This week we had the pleasure of facilitating a division within a Perth based government agency that is undertaking a large scale agile transformation to improve the delivery of value to the customer in the shortest sustainable lead time and empower their people to help make it a great place to work.

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The value of having a Single Pipeline of work

The Problem

Organisations often have extremely high demand that they try to service simultaneously.

This picture might give you a sense of the problem organisations typically deal with. When the freeway is full of traffic we don’t get much flow, things slow down to near gridlock. Think about your journey to work, when the freeway is full how long does it take to get to your destination?

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Remote working: how we do it at Two Percent Shift

At Two Percent Shift we operate as a remote scrum team. During the day we individually focus on serving our clients. To facilitate the business of Two Percent Shift we’ve developed a set of practices and behaviours that support us in working at our best outside usual business hours and when we’re not face to face. If you are experienced or new to remote teamwork, there may be something here for you – or maybe there is something you would like to offer us in the comments.

  1. Support asynchronous communications by default
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