Simon Rohrer, Co-author of "Better Value Sooner Safer Happier" and Senior Director at Saxo Bank, joins Eduardo da Silva, an Independent Consultant, to delve into transformative organizational practices. They discuss the shift from output-driven to outcome-focused thinking, emphasizing stakeholder satisfaction and continuous improvement. The conversation highlights the importance of technical excellence, decentralized decision-making, and balancing smaller incremental changes with larger innovations for effective transformation.
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Transformation Journey and Realizations
The authors began with a team imposing agile transformation, facing resistance and realizing agile practices alone don't work well universally.
They shifted focus to outcomes: better value, sooner delivery, safer practices, and happier stakeholders.
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Focus on Outcomes and Balance
Optimizing for outcomes like value, quality, flow, safety, and happiness drives organizational success rather than just outputs or processes.
Value must be defined contextually, and balancing these factors supports continuous improvement.
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Learn from Patterns and Context
Use patterns and anti-patterns as situational guides instead of rigid best practices.
Experiment with small changes, sense the impact, and respond based on context-specific learning.
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Simon Rohrer - Co-Author of "Better Value Sooner Safer Happier" & Senior Director at Saxo Bank Eduardo da Sliva - Independent Consultant on Organization, Architecture, and Leadership Modernization
DESCRIPTION Eduardo da Silva and Simon Rohrer discuss the core ideas of "Better Value Sooner Safer Happier" diving into the principles of organizational transformation.
Simon shares insights on the shift from output-driven to outcome-focused thinking, emphasizing value over productivity, and the need for continuous improvement in delivery speed, stakeholder satisfaction, and safety. The conversation explores key concepts like technical excellence, integrating safety into development, and balancing incremental changes with occasional larger steps.
Simon Rohrer discusses organizational patterns and the importance of decentralizing decision-making, recommending a flexible, context-driven approach to transformation. The session
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