The Benevolent Disruptor
Provocative, disruptive (but helpful) conversations for leaders or sponsors of agile change programs. Niall McShane has been working with sponsors of Agile change programs for decades; he tells stories from the field weaving in industry theory and insights to help leaders get a handle on the role they play as disruptors and agents of change.
The Benevolent Disruptor
An Executive's Guide to Thriving When Agile Arrives
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Niall McShane
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Season 1
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Episode 4
In this podcast Niall McShane provides 8 tools/techniques to guide executives through their participation in an Agile transformation program.
Niall talks you through the following eight topics:
- Strategic versus tactical Agile change; your role in each
- Why you need to embrace lower mastery to get in flow
- The "happy-clappy" phase of change and how to not get distracted by it
- How to avoid being labelled as not having an Agile mindset
- Why pragmatism rules (eventually)
- A psychometric test to consider "Learning Agility"
- The power of vulnerability
- You are perfect just the way you are (but could do with a little improvement).