Storytelling will shift behaviour. Not one story. Do three. It takes three to change behaviour or perception.
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Are you a scrum master, engineer or a product owner?
Whatever your role, share your Agile successes with folks in HR, Finance, Marketing etc and get them excited about Agile Ways of Working!
So your company’s going Agile. You’re taking steps to transform yourself. See yesterday's blog on that.
What’s next?
Step 2 of 2. Transform your comms approach.
Would you know if a team is putting out below-par code? Could it be that there's a known problem, but they’re afraid to flag it? Shift the needle in your team and make it ok to talk about failures by sharing three fail-fast-learn-fast stories. And do it before your customers do.
So your company’s going Agile? Not sure what to do?
Step 1 of 2. Transform yourself first so you’re not an Agile alien.
Look out for Step 2 tomorrow.
Your company is going Agile*? Don’t know where to start with the comms?
Take a deep breath. Help is at hand. We’ve already worked out the framework plan for you. And it’s free! Simply go to The Agile Storytelling Company and select where you are on your journey* for your free comms plan.
To make it…
So I keep hearing that Agile transformations are failing. That there’s change fatigue in teams. They think they’re failing, and thinking can define our reality!
Is the end state clear to everyone? No? How about using creative comms to show them what good looks like. To showcase successes.
Try our free comms planning tool
And…
Well of course that’s ridiculous!
But are your comms delivering planned, structured and timely value to your teams?
Try this:
Align every update to your vision. Drill it! Drill it! Drill it! Balance the talk track to 2/3rds achievements/progress and 1/3rd next steps/gaps
Is your vision sitting in a PowerPoint deck with the leadership team?
Put it to work! Align your comms and updates to the vision to:
Kill rumours Give purpose to the day-to-day work Align people to your transformation.
So excited! Just delivered my first ever workshop! ‘Agile Comms for Agile Newbies.’
Five years of my learning condensed into 2 hours! This feedback says it all…
“This course will help you understand how to bring your stories to life in a way people will understand. It demystifies the ‘why’ of Agile which can be…
… yeah, when they all become status updates!
Use videos to show Agile newbies (and oldies) what good looks like. Because good stand-ups are powerful events.
Or...is it upskilling into new Agile team roles?
All depends on how you tell the transformation story. Get it right before rumours start!