Agile Strategy (Roger Martin in conversation with Sohrab Salimi)

[@KaiVanYang]

Great conversation. Led me to Grants’ books

[@scrumacademy]

That's fantastic to hear! Grant's books are indeed a treasure trove of insights. Happy reading, and may you find even more inspiration and knowledge in those pages. Enjoy the journey!

[@keimo2007]

I love your videos with RLM. Time to invite him back?

[@patrickmuri1344]

What a fantastic and insightful conversation with eye opening sayings. Thank you very much! My favourite: "It is the survival of the most adaptable". And also about "What we love to become", forces you make a deep dive in the thoughtprocess.

[@patrickmuri1344]

06:25 Stakeholder perspective rather than Shareholder perspective for a hollistic view 08:00 Strategy vs Strategic Planning, "has become bureaucratic as an exercise to define a bunch of initiatives" 09:00 Strategy is about choice... "Make a set of choices that are set integrative together to position you on the playing field of your choice" 13:45 Are we working on Strategy? What have the choices about strategy produced for you? 16:00 Invest enough time in strategy to ensure the daily actions are contributing to the strategy 17:15 No disconnect between the strategy and the daily work 19:00 What would we love to become? 20:32 The key about strategy is, it's a holistic set of choices, not a scrap plan with a list of choices. 20:45 Strategy Feedback, iterative 21:45 Can we make a long term strategy in agile? >> You can always make long term decisions and thoughts because you don't know about it 23:50 How modifiable is this strategy? Have I left myself iterate in the box I put myself in? 25:55 You will have to have a strategy that serves you long enough to the payback on the irreversable assets you put in place 30:20 Agile is to increase technocracy in software development. Agile movement is a revolt against technocracy 36:30 What you end up doing might be wrong... and then watch and adjust, and adjust, ... Just keep adjusting 38:20 "You expect the changes" in agile vs in Waterfall, because you planned it so well, you don't expect the changes 40:00 I put in the feedback loop to learn if my choice was good 41:00 See the logical structure in Data. Have logic behind your choices... vs big corporations that want deep analysis in data 45:20 If they can't explain the logic in the data, then nothing is happening 47:00 Steve Jobs about Innovation: "You have to believe to make it seeable" 50:50 If you want to innovate, the ability to see things in a different context (Apple Mac books in color rather than grey...) 53:30 Rather to look at data, look at patterns 54:30 Strategy and OKRs: Assuming it will happen, just because you set OKRs. You have to have logic why this is happening. 1:00:00 The objectives have to be connected with the big goal you want to achieve 1:01:20 The struggle of Transformation: 1) Have a clear Strategy; 2) Be patient; 3) Be resilient; 4) Have growth 1:09:00 Are we making progress? Are we ever done? We are not there yet, ... "I want to be done" BUT: What happens when you are done? things are gonna change 1:09:50 "It is the survival of the most adaptable" not the fittest!!!!

[@sohrabsalimi]

Happy you enjoyed the conversation Patrick. I enjoy talking to Roger every time I get the chance to do so. If you have questions I can take into the next conversation, let me know.

[@ThilinaRajapakse]

Thanks. Great interview 💯🌟

[@Noggf27]

Excellent conversation Sohrab! Very insightful

[@scrumacademy]

Thank you. We are happy you like it.

[@markpegues757]

I appreciate this video, especially the part about the different types of analysis (logic & data).

[@sohrabsalimi]

Thanks for the kinds feedback Mark.

[@breaktherules6035]

Excellent insights! THANK YOU so much for sharing!

[@sohrabsalimi]

My pleasure.

[@andreypedro8224]

Thank you!!! I got great ideas in this video.

[@sohrabsalimi]

Happy you enjoyed the video.

[@kenigiri]

I got hard copies of both Playing to Win and A New Way to think earlier this year. Currently reading Playing to Win. Been exploring how strategy applies to emerging entreprenurs (very early stage small businesses - boostrappers).

[@jasong6784]

Would be great to include Dave Snowden and Roger in the next conversation about this topic

[@abdelhakyac7285]

complete shame on humanity this video has only 2k view, its mindblowing

[@sohrabsalimi]

Thank you!!! Feel free to share so that we get more views ;-)

[@rafeeqwarfield9690]

🔥 🔥

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[@123axel123]

It is a bit slow and repetitive. Salimi repeats everything that Martin is saying. Still, always interesting to Martin Agile is a revolt against the technocracy. - good point!

[@sohrabsalimi]

Thanks for the feedback. Point taken.