Larry Coopers' Agility Narrative on getting strategic about agility and innovation

The Agility Narratives

Larry's shares his agility narrative, tells us a story of many aha! moments where he learned the power and impact of innovation in terms of:

• technology
• work process
• focus on the why? and targeting impacts
• people
• having real conversations.

Enjoy! Larry

Thank you Janet for being the co-host on this event and for your highly insightful questions.
0:00
Welcome to The Agility Narratives Podcast
2:18
The first time Larry moved away from how projects were done And the Ice service in CANADA
3:55
Speed of delivery through early version of service orientated architecture
5:29
Learned that innovation delivered great results, this time changing how people work together
7:32
More Aha! moments - the importance of why and impact
9:02
Training on Agility and Value management, working with PMI and Prince2 on Agile - Too early
10:41
Cognitive diversity and putting people at the centre of transformation
11:23
The system is the villain and the people are the protagonist
11:49
Change is about engaging with people and creating the environment for it to happen
12:34
The Theme of Larry's Agility Narrative
13:54
Optimizing contribution - Intuitively knowing how best to contribute and the invite
15:06
Constrained innovation and Covid-19. If you are not willing to look at the fundamentals, then you are not serious about change
18:24
What is at stake for government and commerce if they don't take change seriously
19:28
How do you address your villain i.e. "the system"? A fundamental change in how leaders think.
20:46
Learning to be comfortable with uncertainty and ambiguity as they have weaned on predictive planning
21:10
Thinking/behaviour patterns, and real conversations
23:32
Call to action - Start small, invite people and see how it works
25:27
We just need to understand how to have a conversation
27:41
Acknowledging the conversation we have had and going full circle.
28:02
Thank you and opportunity to take the threads of this conversation forward.

Chapters

1. Welcome to The Agility Narratives Podcast (00:00:00)

2. The first time Larry moved away from how projects were done And the Ice service in CANADA (00:02:18)

3. Speed of delivery through early version of service orientated architecture (00:03:55)

4. Learned that innovation delivered great results, this time changing how people work together (00:05:29)

5. More Aha! moments - the importance of why and impact (00:07:32)

6. Training on Agility and Value management, working with PMI and Prince2 on Agile - Too early (00:09:02)

7. Cognitive diversity and putting people at the centre of transformation (00:10:41)

8. The system is the villain and the people are the protagonist (00:11:23)

9. Change is about engaging with people and creating the environment for it to happen (00:11:49)

10. The Theme of Larry's Agility Narrative (00:12:34)

11. Optimizing contribution - Intuitively knowing how best to contribute and the invite (00:13:54)

12. Constrained innovation and Covid-19. If you are not willing to look at the fundamentals, then you are not serious about change (00:15:06)

13. What is at stake for government and commerce if they don't take change seriously (00:18:24)

14. How do you address your villain i.e. "the system"? A fundamental change in how leaders think. (00:19:28)

15. Learning to be comfortable with uncertainty and ambiguity as they have weaned on predictive planning (00:20:46)

16. Thinking/behaviour patterns, and real conversations (00:21:10)

17. Call to action - Start small, invite people and see how it works (00:23:32)

18. We just need to understand how to have a conversation (00:25:27)

19. Acknowledging the conversation we have had and going full circle. (00:27:41)

20. Thank you and opportunity to take the threads of this conversation forward. (00:28:02)