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Try this: ✅Put out a message asking your people if they’d like to share their personal stories about Agile Ways of Working. For example: ▶️“How I changed my Ways of Working.” ▶️“It’s not just tech teams, Agile Ways of Working is helping the Finance team too!” ▶️“What I love about our team's daily stand-ups.” Because…

👉Timely communications that keep the group informed on: ▶️ The plan and logistics for the day ▶️ Pivoting according to the conditions 👉Informal, but regular coaching to help people improve by:  ▶️ Giving feedback ▶️ Sharing tips and techniques  ▶️ Giving guidance on how to handle the changing terrain  👉Creating strong group camaraderie by: ▶️ Celebrating people’s progress ▶️ And their falls! …

▶️Both need clarity on the direction of travel so the whole group moves in sync towards the same goal… without getting lost!  ▶️Both need to be adaptable to uncertainty and pivot in response to the situation or terrain they’re faced with… as things can and will change! ▶️Both are most fun when team achievements and…

Have you planned in features for communications and success stories? No? Here are 3 storytelling ideas to get you started 👇 ▶️A delivery success story on using new ways of working. ▶️A video interview with a senior leader ‘talking change’ ▶️A written Q&A interview with a product owner about their role in making the change…

In our experience, you need to change your mindset to work successfully in a change environment. Have you noticed this? Here are our recommendations. Do you have any to add? 👇 #theagilestorytellingcompany #transformation #agiletransformation #transformationstoryteller #storytelling

I keep hearing about leaders not being seen to lead change. It’s not about the leading. It’s about being seen. Here are 3 easy steps to change this 👇 ▶️Tell your people the transformation vision. Tell them again. And again. Don’t stop. ▶️Diarise regular updates with them. And don’t cancel! ▶️Too busy? Record a short…

🌟2023 highlights: ✅Running my first workshop at @IOIC Festival… a live group Kanban for communications planning! It left me buzzing off the experience and feedback for weeks! ✅Hearing the legendary Jim Highsmith, Co-author of the Agile Manifesto and original Agile Storyteller talk about exponential change, Agility and going back to basics. This has inspired my…

Here’s what you need to do: ➡️Define your ‘why’ in a few words and include it in all your communications. It takes 7 times for key messages to embed. ➡️Sync up your communications plan with the delivery roadmap to give people structure and a sense of the milestones and achievements. ➡️Allocate the right budget to…

❌The transformation lead who missed their own team updates! ❌The transformation lead who said: “I don’t give a f*** about communications”! ❌The transformation lead who no one in their own team knew! ➡️Here’s what I say to transformation leads - If you don’t give a f*** about comms, your people won’t give a f*** about…

✅Company culture comes first So here’s what we recommend: ➡️️Leadership visibly and regularly champion change. Without this, change and new ways of working will be impossible to achieve. ➡️Share the roadmap. Without the direction of travel, people will feel lost and become disengaged. ➡️Be transparent in your updates and promote a culture of feedback. Without…

We all know what it feels like to be lost at work. It’s unsettling. And breeds gossip. ✅Be transparent. Make your roadmap and key milestones visible. ✅Share them regularly so everyone knows where the company is headed. Get this right and it will: ➡️Alleviate anxiety and resistance ➡️Dispel myths and build trust ➡️Get your people…