The Lean Startup Way (of Working)

IT Industry Development Session

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The Lean Startup Way (of Working)

IT Industry Development Session

Messy, but fun

A bit about me

#3 Amazon (Portuguese)

That any good?

Yeah! Don't you speak

Portuguese?

The surprising truth about what drives us

“Motivation”

Traditional performance evaluations & rewards schemes work well for simple tasks, but not creative thinking MotivationX

Sanitary conditions are key, above that no real impact Money

The surprising truth about what drives us: Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose (http://goo.gl/RriW34) Motivation

“The Business Case for Lean Startup”

Technology Lifecycle

Search x Execution

• Business Plan

• Product Development

• Waterfall Process

• Predictability

• Efficiency

• Stability

• Avoid Risk

• Traditional Accounting

• Functional Organisation

Execution

• Business Model

• Customer Development

• Iterative-Incremental

• Creativity

• Adaptability

• Speed

• Deal w/ Risk & Uncertainty

• Innovation Accounting

• Autonomous andCross-functional Teams

Search

The Lean Startup Way (of Working)

What is it really like to work on a startup?

What are key traits & skills to work on a startup?

• Adaptability / Flexibility • Creativity & Ingenuity • Humility x Distortion Field • Positive /Optimistic • Resilient & Balanced • Consciousness (Ego) • Openness & Transparency • Initiative

• Learning Skills • People Skills • Collaboration / Teamwork • Decision-making • Problem Solving • Subject / Domain Expertise • End-to-end systems vision • Fierce Communication

Townsville Startup Weekend: 21st-23rd November 2014 Website: http://goo.gl/uptrwp + FB: http://fb.me/TSVSW

Questions?

Sara Hughes, Download, 2005, acrylic on linen, Wallace Trust Collection

Richard Sazima http://meetup.com/Townsville-

Startups-Meetup http://au.theleanstartup.org

http://linkedin.com/in/rsazima