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The Thinking Leader

Scaling Agile Transformations Across Businesses with John May

Oct 2, 2023
54:00

In this episode of The Thinking Leader, Bryce Hoffman and Marcus Dimbleby talk with John May, Solutions Architect at Atlassian. 

 

They discuss decision making as a practice, the importance of strategic thinking at all levels of an organization, and how to effectively scale agile transformations. John shares his experience with agile transformations over the past two decades and how the focus has evolved from teams to connecting strategy and execution across the enterprise. The group explores how to build a "decision architecture" and make strategic choices in a collaborative process. They also discuss tools for prioritizing work, being ruthless about unnecessary tasks, and creating space for strategic thinking.

 

In this episode:

  • How agile has evolved 
  • Challenges that emerge at scale
  • How to share strategic intent
  • Whether you should focus on goals or strategy first 
  • Why you should make time for thinking

 

 

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Bestselling business author Bryce Hoffman and agility expert Marcus Dimbleby talk about decision making, strategy, resilience and leadership with some of the world’s best CEOs, cognitive scientists, writers, and thinkers in this weekly podcast. Each episode offers new ideas and insights you can use to become a better leader and a better thinker – because bad leaders react, good leaders plan, and great leaders think!

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