People by their nature gravitate toward pleasurable things and away from painful things. Change in general is scary and change on the scale of an Agile transformation generates a lot of fear. There are many different types of fear, some good and some bad and they all tend to have varied effects on the success or failure of a transformation.
I’ve been deeply engaged in agile transformations for almost a decade and in this presentation I will share with you some of my experiences with healthy fear--prudence--and what can happen when that fear turns unhealthy. To understand fear, we will look at ways that fear is developed in a workplace, how diversity and nationality play a role in our reactions and ability to combat fear. How process and bureaucracy can, over time, cause a culture of fear.
You will come away with some things to look for in yourself and ways of seeing the fears that, when healthy, can have a positive impact, and those, when unhealthy, hold us back, make us hesitate and can cause issues that can derail entire transformations.
In this session, Mike Rother will discuss the research findings behind his books, Toyota Kata, the Toyota Kata Practice Guide, and Toyota Kata Culture.
Katas are simple practice routines that help you establish a baseline of fundamental skills, which you can then build on. Toyota Kata is about individuals, teams, and even entire organizations practicing scientific thinking skills, to enable them to achieve all sorts of challenging goals.
One of the most valuable skills you can have is the ability to adapt. Scientific thinking is exactly that. The practice routines of the Improvement Kata and Coaching Kata help make you better at improving, adapting, innovating, and achieving whatever you set out to do. Integrated into your normal daily routine, Toyota Kata turns scientific thinking into a practical skill anyone can learn.
