Food for Agile Thought’s issue #166—shared with 19,896 peers—focuses on agile transformation challenges: from the agile industrial complex and imposed agile to figuring what problem you are trying to solve to the conditions under which agile teams can flourish.
We also learn what differentiates the Googles and Netflixes of this world from the weak product organizations, what a senior product manager should be capable of handling, and how to avoid common product development pitfalls.
Lastly, we ask: is Holacracy the cure to the malaise that stems from the widespread application of the industrial paradigm or is it just a cult?
Have a great week!
🏆 The Essential Read
(via Quartz): Is holacracy the future of work or a management cult?
Aimee Groth dives deep into an interesting discussion among agilists: is Holacracy the answer to overcoming the industrial paradigm?
Agile Transformation Challenges & Scrum
: Imposition and Dark Agile
Agile transformation challenges: Ron Jeffries reflects on some of the forces acting that make it difficult for any person or any organization to become agile.
(via Medium): What All Great Teams Practice
Mackenzie Fogelson claims that successful cultural transformations require both: new ways of doing and new ways of being.
(via Lean Enterprise Inst): What's your problem
John Shook on the essence of Art Smalley’s new book ‘Four Types of Problems,’ from troubleshooting to a gap from a standard.
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Product & Lean
: Empowered Product Teams
Marty Cagan analyzes what differentiates teams in strong product organizations—Google, Netflix, Amazon—from the rest of the pack.
(via RealtimeBoard): Hiten Shah on how to avoid common pitfalls of product development
RealtimeBoard asked Hiten Shah for his insights on building and scaling successful products and how to avoid common mistakes.
: What's a Senior Product Manager's job?
Blair Reeves shares his view on the most critical things senior product managers do.
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Read more: Food for Agile Thought #165: Agile Collaboration, Why Agile Goes Awry, Actionable Metrics, UX & Scrum.