The world changes quickly. Can you act fast enough?
If we are ready to release this new product in six weeks, why will it have to take three months to get approvals from finance to acquire servers?
The journey towards organizational agility is not limited to product development teams. The rest of the departments and teams in an organization need to move just as fast so that the company can act and react quickly. An organization is only as agile as its least agile function.
What if…
- What if your teams can release things at will and continuously achieve the outcomes you set out to achieve?
- What if your teams are unencumbered by dependencies (especially with other teams) and can quickly move and deliver what customers want?
- What if everyone can collaborate and work effectively, no matter where they are in the world?
In this complex, constantly changing, and evolving world, do you and your organization have the luxury of time to respond and adapt to change?
Over the years, I have been a contributing team member (as a manager, engineer, or even technical program manager) and an internal coach while working at various companies. I’ve used my skills to help teams and organizations head towards this friction-free goal, where things flow out to our customers as fast as possible WHILE achieving the business outcomes that ensure our success. I have gained tons of practical experience using and honing my Agile abilities in these real-life situations. From start-ups to enterprise organizations, working with Product and Engineering to Finance, HR, and sales teams, I have learned new skills in solving varied problems, enabling me to help teams and organizations rapidly respond to their customer needs and generate impactful business outcomes.
About JF
I am JF Unson, and I am a computer engineer by education and have worked in Silicon Valley since graduating from college. My career in the valley started as an exciting journey, but after almost a decade, I could feel the burnout creeping in. Interestingly, during this time, I came across new ways of working and decided to experiment with them with my teams to see if I could stop or minimize the burnout. The success of these experiments with new ways of working helped me remain in the tech industry – sans burnout.
At first, I thought that these new ways of working (or Agile, as most people know it) were limited to product and engineering. However, once I saw how fast these two areas could go, I felt the harsh pull of being slowed down by other areas of the organization. I started asking myself, can we… (continued)