An enabling approach to an organisation transformation @ FastFlowConf London 2023

Organisations attempt to transform their structure in many different ways. Usually, they resort to external help to move the needle forward. More often than one would like, externals impose the new organisation structure on people. Well, you can picture what happens next in the story.

There are different approaches to organisation evolution (as opposed to transformation). Team Topologies give us a pattern language describing the expected behaviours. Namely, how to be an Enabling team. Join João in this talk, where he will share his field story about enabling a European Telco in its evolutionary journey. The organisation applied Team Topologies and Domain-Driven Design practices to reshape their boundaries and allow fast flow. Spoiler alert: no design was imposed on the organisation!

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1. An Enabling Approach to an Organisation Transformation FastFlowConf - 25th of May 2023 João Rosa
2. Thank you! João Rosa | @joaorosa@mastodon.social | 2
3. For today… João Rosa | @joaorosa@mastodon.social | 3 Share my experiences in the field, applying Team Topologies A bit of advertisement and product placement Space for Q&A João Rosa | @joaorosa@mastodon.social | 3 Photo by Michele Tardivo on Unsplash
4. João Rosa | @joaorosa@mastodon.social | 4 Photo by Nong on Unsplash
5. João Rosa | @joaorosa@mastodon.social | 5 A peak on the application of Team Topologies Photo by Roger Bradshaw on Unsplash https://www.agilealliance.org/resources/experience-rep orts/devops-transformation-at-abn-amro-bank/ https://customers.xebia.com/using-team-first-approach- before-radical-changes-are-made
6. João Rosa | @joaorosa@mastodon.social | 6 Photo by Daniel Jensen on Unsplash Some challenges along the way…
7. João Rosa | @joaorosa@mastodon.social | 7 Photo by Vardan Papikyan on Unsplash Is there a different approach?
8. João Rosa | @joaorosa@mastodon.social | 8 Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash
9. João Rosa | @joaorosa@mastodon.social | 9 Photo by Solen Feyissa on Unsplash Where are the boundaries?
10. João Rosa | @joaorosa@mastodon.social | 10 Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash We can’t have fast flow if we don’t have the proper boundaries!
11. João Rosa | @joaorosa@mastodon.social | 11 Photo by Jeremy Thomas on Unsplash To face an uncertain environment, we need to amplify the knowledge that already exists in the organisation
12. João Rosa | @joaorosa@mastodon.social | 12 Photo by Paul Skorupskas on Unsplash
13. João Rosa | @joaorosa@mastodon.social | 13 Photo by Mark König on Unsplash
14. João Rosa | @joaorosa@mastodon.social | 14 Photo by Mark König on Unsplash Start with a use case that is part of the strategy of the company
15. João Rosa | @joaorosa@mastodon.social | 15 Photo by Mark König on Unsplash Avoid child posters
16. João Rosa | @joaorosa@mastodon.social | 16 Photo by Vlad Bagacian on Unsplash Use the appropriated body of knowledge for your journey
17. João Rosa | @joaorosa@mastodon.social | 17 Photo by Djim Loic on Unsplash
18. João Rosa | @joaorosa@mastodon.social | 18 Enabling team Facilitating How is it possible? • Proactively seeks to understand • Stays ahead of the curve • Acts as a messenger • Occasionally, act as a proxy • Promotes learning Sense and reduce gaps in capabilities!
19. João Rosa | @joaorosa@mastodon.social | 19 Photo by Ali Kazal on Unsplash Use a set of principles to move forward
20. João Rosa | @joaorosa@mastodon.social | 20 Photo by Shane Aldendorff on Unsplash Consider the organisation as a whole
21. João Rosa | @joaorosa@mastodon.social | 21 Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash Remember to test the boundaries, aka, your own principles
22. João Rosa | @joaorosa@mastodon.social | 22 Photo by Kimson Doan on Unsplash Don’t design for people, design with people
23. João Rosa | @joaorosa@mastodon.social | 23 Photo by Debby Hudson on Unsplash Powerful toolset to navigate uncertainty
24. João Rosa | @joaorosa@mastodon.social | 24 Where this story will feature…. https://www.manning.com/books/ architecture-modernization https://teamtopologies.com/examples Soon at Team Topologies
25. João Rosa | @joaorosa@mastodon.social | 25 Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash
26. João Rosa | @joaorosa@mastodon.social | 26 Intentional Architecture workshop 19th and 20th of September in Milan, Italy 󰏢 https://www.avanscoperta.it/en/training/ intentional-architecture-workshop/ Register here:
27. João Rosa | @joaorosa@mastodon.social | 27 Book a call www.joaorosa.io www.impactfulness.nl @joaorosa@mastodon.social in/joaoasrosa @joaoasrosa