People, Principles and Pragmatism
summary
Argues that agile’s spread masks failure: searches return 4,872 books, 486,963 Certified Scrum Masters and 2,565,526 LinkedIn matches yet only 7% of CIOs never see agile fail. Emphasizes concrete fixes: treat the unit of delivery is the team, grow diversity and interaction using social-physics insights, and use pragmatic small steps not dogma. Shows Timpson’s upside down management — empower shops to spend up to £500, “charge whatever you like,” hire ex-prisoners — which raises motivation and commercial performance.
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- 0:00Intro
- 0:21Hello, I'm Emily
- 12:12Flow of ideas and social learning builds a team's collective intelligence
- 13:46Diversity makes better teams
- 17:09Balance the need for team cohesion with the need for new and dissenting opinions
- 22:29"The secret is to trust the people who serve the customers to do it the way they want" Sir John Timpson
- 30:15Create a safe to experiment environment
- 34:53Evolution or revolution
