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Ibm 14318
Ibm 14318
Right. So, today, we're going to learn all about Agile and
I'm going to take you through this whole lot. So, what is
well.
But you will leave here with more questions than you have
So, we'll talk about what is Agile and then we'll take you
So, we're going to start with a game. And in this one game
We've got one there. Every row, one person. One person.
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Pull out a toothbrush, whatever it is. You've got a
right. So, has every row got something? Right. So, what
I want you all to do, no, you can't do the finger. It's
going to be difficult.
But you have to touch the object, everyone in your row, and
say your first name. And what I'm going to do is I'm going
to time you. When you're done, you put up your hand, okay,
as a row.
say your name. Okay. Your time starts now. Okay. Keep
All right, all right. So, we have the best one was around
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All right, all right. Okay. Okay. Okay. That was
So you were doing some running there and there was some
leaning there. So, you could see some people taking real
Let's relax.
Oh, no, no. I'm going to ask you the question again.
Hey! How much was that? It was one second, two seconds.
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from seven, eight, nine, 14 seconds down to less than a
second?
write, and we're going to ask you to see if you can guess
and take a shot at what you did. So, what did you all do?
>> Think.
>> Practice.
>> [INAUDIBLE].
What else?
>> Prepared.
give you time. You noticed that? I'm sure in your head
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you knew what you wanted to do, but there was no time
because your boss said go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
>> Collaborate.
>> Measured.
changes you made are getting better or worse. The only way
all are going to learn how to measure the process that you
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>> [INAUDIBLE].
it borrowing brilliance.
[ LAUGHTER ]
Yeah, of course, and you have to learn and watch not just
people within IBM, but people outside IBM. How are the
others doing it? How are the other people that are doing
the similar sort of work that you all are doing, how do
>> [INAUDIBLE].
>> Sorry?
>> Discussed.
>> [INAUDIBLE].
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process. You said okay, we're going to do something and
let's get together, right. So, I want to ask you, who was
And Agile sort of uses that wisdom of the team, the wisdom
Okay. Was it only one person? No. That's it. Anyone can
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as the first. So, remember that. It's all forms of
leadership.
Now, what did you all do that actually made you go better
and better and better? What did you do in the cycle of it?
>> [INAUDIBLE].
>> Sorry?
>> [INAUDIBLE].
We're always running about and doing things very busy, very
busy. Email, very busy, email. So, you have to take time
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to think, and you have to take time to learn. And to look
at your process.
this, to actually look at. And it's fun. It's not like,
things that you will do, and I'll give you some clues of
So, what about the ideas? Where did that idea come from?
At the end, you were holding the pen. You all touched it
and you said your name together. You didn't say it one
Where did that idea come from? Where did all those...was
innovation department.
Ideas bounce and when you listen to somebody and you watch
somebody, you pick up on that idea and you think, oh, okay.
Why not do this. And you've said this, somebody else says
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identified. Basically, principles. They're all the
Now, underneath that, what did you all do? What were the
You didn't say if Mary said why don't we get up...shut up!
[ LAUGHTER ]
Trust. You had to trust each other. You didn't think, oh,
You trust each other that you're working towards the same
outcome. You trust each other that you will work towards,
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One is courage. I call it the mother of all values because
that? BTMT 193, BTMT 196. All your processes, all your
So, you need courage. And the last one is openness. You
You must have honesty and openness. So, if you look at the
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Exactly. It's the same human values. They're nothing
Will it change the way you work? No. But we all know
set of practices.
But most other things, they'll just tell you these are your
wall. Be innovative.
Yeah, okay, hello. Doesn't work. But when you get the
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innovative, right? So, that's all Agile is, a set of
culture.
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