People, not Platforms

http://richardnilsen.com/tag/political-art/

About me.

@dan0young

dan@ejecteject.co.uk

http://www.myinsulators.com/commokid/telephones/1920s_telephone_ads.htm

‘The Cloud-Native Enterprise is a

venture capitalist, creating

continuous innovation, powered

by Cloud Foundry’

- Colin Humphreys,

CloudCredo

How this talk should work:

1. A tour of the problem.

2. Understand the objective of

our quest.

3. A guide for explorers and

crusaders.

4. Where to find out more.

http://mentalfloss.com/article/65207/15-facts-about-monty-python-and-holy-grail

Enterprises have:

1. Customers to learn

from.

2. Money to get stuff

done.

So why does continuous

innovation elude them?

http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/sites/default/files/styles/article-gallery/public/m-3945.jpg

(Most) enterprises don’t seem to know:

1. That Marc Andreessen quote.

2. Who Melvin Conway is.

3. Cloud has happened.

4. That they are in a fight for their lives.

Why haven’t they been paying attention?

https://meekrosoft.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/conway.png

Enterprises are just legal fictions.

Enterprises don't ‘think’, ‘want’

or ‘do’ anything.

People do things.

http://tonywardedu.blogspot.co.uk/2010_11_01_archive.html

We know the characteristics the

Cloud-Native Enterprise should

have.

Let’s go get some!

http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/organization/agility_it_rhymes_with_stability

Pursue Purpose, not Profits

(Motivate people through

meaning, enable autonomous

decision making)

Yep! I’m sold.

http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/organization/agility_it_rhymes_with_stabilityImage: @dianaofportland

Measure Outcomes, not

Outputs

(Follow on from purpose.

Focus on the the difference

you make, not the things

you make)

Definitely!

http://www.papergreat.com/2012/01/jc-savage-of-belfast-tailor-and.html

Manage Products, not Projects

(Build small cross-functional

teams who own outcomes and live

with the consequences of their

decisions)

Totally! Makes sense.

http://lifehacker.com/5965280/follow-jeff-bezos-two-pizza-rule-to-avoid-the-dangers-of-groupthink

Easy, right?

Human behaviour in enterprises:

‘We don’t see things as they are, we see

things as we are’

- Anais Nin

‘People’s behaviours are a product of

their beliefs about how to get their

needs met’

- @flowchainsensei

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Try: gaming needs or beliefs.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/weirdnewsvideo/10246867/University-students-made-to-wear-anti-cheating-helmets.html

https://flowchainsensei.wordpress.com/2014/09/03/why-corporates-cant-change/

Commercial success becomes the enemy:

‘No financial man will ever understand

business because financial people think a

company makes money. A company makes

shoes, and no financial man understands that.

They think money is real. Shoes are real.

Money is an end result.’

- Peter Drucker (h/t @jobsworth)

------Try: making and influencing executive

friends.https://www.pinterest.com/Cap10Hook/mary-poppins/http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/09/19/shoes-are-real-money-is-an-end-result/

The ‘business case’:

‘In most enterprises 30-50% of

the total time to market is spent

on an activity which provides

almost zero value in terms of

mitigating the risk of our

investments’

- The Lean Enterprise

https://themarketingguy.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/client-appreciation-idea-paper-shredding-party/

The ‘business case’:

--

Try: doing new things

without needing to ask for

money.

Enterprise structure

is optimised for

efficiency.

Lots of handoffs

(aka queues).

------Try: forming an

autonomous team

anyway.

Tread carefully.

http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/archeologists-discover-mythical-tomb-osiris-god-dead-egypt-002525

Expect negative

reactions.

http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/archeologists-discover-mythical-tomb-osiris-god-dead-egypt-002525https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/d0/80/71/d080718eb77e288ace65beb09bda6dd9.jpg

Fear tactics don’t

work.

You will need help.

Further talks:

Linda Rising @ PIPELINE Conf:Myths And Patterns Of Organizational Changehttps://vimeo.com/123616200

Jez Humble Keynote @ Chef Conf: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1w2_AY82WY

Further reading.

Thanks for listening.

@dan0young

dan@ejecteject.co.uk

Questions?