Welcome to the Agile Change Playbook - over 30 agile change practices to help you feel confident and more effective in the world of agile change. If you've come this far it's probably because you have landed in the wild world of agile projects and initiatives, or an organisation that is 'going agile'. Your existing toolkit is a good one, but it doesn't quite fit the new world. That was our experience about seven years ago when we both started dipping our collective toes in the world of agile. Over the years we have experimented, played, failed, adapted in various fashions with our change practice. We've pulled that experience together in this playbook. Oh, on that, why is it a playbook and not a handbook? It's intentional. Not all of the agile change tools in this will work for you, you're going to have to play with them and work out which ones suit, and which ones you might use on another initiative. We have created this especially for change and project practitioners who need to adapt their practice to agile ways of working, our Agile Change Playbook is jam packed with agile change practices, templates, and tools for you to use!

"Change resistance is a natural reaction, when you don’t involve the people affected by the change in the design of the change. This book will help you implement successful change and bypass change resistance by co-creating change. The book will do that through examples of how innovative practices can dramatically improve the success of change programs. These practices combine ideas from the Agile, Lean Startup, change management, organizational development and psychology communities. This book will change how you think about change."--

If you read nothing else on change management, read these definitive articles from Harvard Business Review. Most companies' change initiatives fail. Yours don't have to. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change Management 2-Volume Collection provides enduring ideas and practical advice to help you spearhead change in your organization. Bringing together HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change Management and HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change Management, Vol. 2, this collection includes twenty articles selected by HBR's editors and features the indispensable article "Leading Change" by John Kotter. From timeless classics to the latest game-changing ideas from thought leaders W. Chan Kim, Renee Mauborgne, Tim Brown, Roger Martin, and more, HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change Management 2-Volume Collection will inspire you to: Lead through the eight critical stages of change Establish a sense of urgency Overcome addiction to the status quo Transform your company's culture Minimize the pain of change Get reorgs right Reshape your organization for climate sustainability Scale agile practices throughout your company Lead change when business is good—but also when times are tough HBR's 10 Must Reads paperback series is the definitive collection of books for new and experienced leaders alike. Leaders looking for the inspiration that big ideas provide, both to accelerate their own growth and that of their companies, should look no further. HBR's 10 Must Reads series focuses on the core topics that every ambitious manager needs to know: leadership, strategy, change, managing people, and managing yourself. Harvard Business Review has sorted through hundreds of articles and selected only the most essential reading on each topic. Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of an ever‐changing business environment.

Agile change management is the adaptive and iterative planning and execution of change management practices that encourages flexibility and speed. In agile change environments, changes happen swiftly and repetitively. In these environments, the goals of change management work are largely unchanged. However, there are unique principles and tools that influence how change management is applied to help people be ready, willing, and able to work in new ways. In this book, we have identified the principles and practices for managing change in an agile, fast, iterative, environment. If organizations want to make effective change, they need to recognize and deal with the principles of how change happens within agile organizations and have the tools to make the work happen. The book is divided into two parts - one that teaches background, ideas and approaches, and one that is rooted in the day to day tactics for the change leader who is managing change in iterative fast-paced change environments.

This book shows an innovative way for managers to gain a better understanding of emotions in teams and organizational units and thus positively influence agile development in the context of digital transformation of companies. Digitalization does not just lead to technical changes. It dramatically changes the way employees work with each other as well as how executives play their roles. In an agile working environment, middle management in particular loses power, influence, and relevance, and customer relationships are subject to greater affectivity. The result is an increased emotionalization of the actors, which should be recognized and understood prior to designing the emotional landscape of the organization and to developing and implementing successful business models. The author introduces various conventional and AI-based instruments based on current research for handling emotions, supported by practical concepts.

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The concept of agile working has been adopted by many organizations that recognize the need to respond quickly and easily to new opportunities and be fit for purpose in a world of complex and continuous change. Combining cutting edge techniques, Agile Change Management offers pioneering tools to ensure your change initiative is embedded, adopted and delivers benefits throughout the organization. Including examples and best practice advice, it enables you to create your own roadmap consisting of all the processes, activities and information needed to manage any type of change initiative. By focusing on completing iterative tasks, the roadmap allows you to respond to different needs as they arise, therefore cutting time spent on planning for unnecessary resources. Also including important advice for creating the right environment for change, Agile Change Management is a comprehensive resource for anyone who wants to build the capabilities of an effective change manager. Online supporting resources include PDFs of appendices from the book on change roles, change management documents, change capabilities, a change activity index and communication activities.