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Agendashift: Outcome-oriented change and continuous transformation
“An impressive piece of culture technology – facilitates clear thinking and communication while encouraging real agreement at scale across the whole enterprise.”
Part framework and part engagement model, Agendashift represents a way to naturally engage every employee, at every level, in the process of change. Building from agreement on outcomes, Agendashift facilitates rapid, experiment-based evolution of process, practice, and organisation. Instead of transformation by imposition – usually contradictory and self-defeating – it helps you keep your business vision and transformation strategy aligned with and energised by a culture of meaningful participation.
“If you are a business leader looking for tools that facilitate real change in real organisations, this is your book.”
“For exquisite listening and thinking tools – used by your teams and informing your strategy up and down the organisation – look no further than this book.”
“It’s like an invitation to pair coach with Mike and see how he uses the tools to implement a culture of continuous improvement in organisations”
Mike Burrows is recognised for his pioneering work in Lean, Agile, and Kanban, his ground-breaking first book Kanban from the Inside (Blue Hole Press, 2014), and for championing participatory and outcome-oriented approaches to change, transformation, and strategy. Before embarking on his consulting career, he was global development manager and Executive Director at a top tier investment bank, and CTO for an energy risk management startup.
Part framework and part engagement model, Agendashift represents a way to naturally engage every employee, at every level, in the process of change. Building from agreement on outcomes, Agendashift facilitates rapid, experiment-based evolution of process, practice, and organisation. Instead of transformation by imposition – usually contradictory and self-defeating – it helps you keep your business vision and transformation strategy aligned with and energised by a culture of meaningful participation.
“If you are a business leader looking for tools that facilitate real change in real organisations, this is your book.”
“For exquisite listening and thinking tools – used by your teams and informing your strategy up and down the organisation – look no further than this book.”
“It’s like an invitation to pair coach with Mike and see how he uses the tools to implement a culture of continuous improvement in organisations”
Mike Burrows is recognised for his pioneering work in Lean, Agile, and Kanban, his ground-breaking first book Kanban from the Inside (Blue Hole Press, 2014), and for championing participatory and outcome-oriented approaches to change, transformation, and strategy. Before embarking on his consulting career, he was global development manager and Executive Director at a top tier investment bank, and CTO for an energy risk management startup.
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Published March 29, 2021
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April 17, 2021
A much improved 2nd version of Agendashift book. Some things put in better context (really liked explanation how e.g. IdOO pattern fit with GROW) or a number of enhancements like important introduction of Viable Systems Model - as always in very integrative and pluralistic approach. A great assess of any coach, leader or consultant that participates in organisational transformations.
September 21, 2018
Agendashift is a change management approach and the author shares his approach to continuous transformation (improvement) from Discovery to Operation, with a collection of useful and practical tools. The pragmatic approach sourced from different schools of thought, from PMBOOK to Clean Language coaching, makes it a good learning book and a good reference in your toolbox.
December 25, 2022
Overall pragmatic and humane approach to change management that is in the spirit of open space ability from Dan Mezick.
March 19, 2018
At a high level, Agendashift seems like basic consulting: sell the vision, analyze the gaps, implement the intervention, demonstrate the improvement (and repeat until you're not needed anymore). But what's unusual is that it's the client and not the consultant who identifies both the vision and the interventions. In that regard, it's like Dorthy discovering that the magic to get her home was within her the whole time (Glenda might have told her that before sending a young girl to assassinate her final rival).
What makes Agendashift really interesting for me was the way Mike illustrates the tools he uses to coach an organization through the process, and they are tools we already know well - GROW, Cynefin, Popcorn Flow, etc. In that regard, it's like an invitation to pair coach with Mike and see how he uses the tools to implement a culture of continuous improvement in organizations. That's a journey that's well worth the read, even if the particular tools he uses are all pretty familiar.
What makes Agendashift really interesting for me was the way Mike illustrates the tools he uses to coach an organization through the process, and they are tools we already know well - GROW, Cynefin, Popcorn Flow, etc. In that regard, it's like an invitation to pair coach with Mike and see how he uses the tools to implement a culture of continuous improvement in organizations. That's a journey that's well worth the read, even if the particular tools he uses are all pretty familiar.
July 7, 2019
O livro tem uma boa dose de ferramentas para reunioes e direcionar outcomes da empresa. Os capítulos 1, 2 e 4 são muito práticos e especiais. Nos dao boas ferramentas para assessment de empresas e desafios de inovação/design.
Pra mim o maior problema do livro, nao é seu conteúdo, mas o design editorial dele. Algumas vezes você tem que reler e voltar para entender a linha de raciocínio do autor. A hierarquia de informação e design do livro incomoda um pouco. Se voce tiver atenção entenderá melhor.
Pra mim o maior problema do livro, nao é seu conteúdo, mas o design editorial dele. Algumas vezes você tem que reler e voltar para entender a linha de raciocínio do autor. A hierarquia de informação e design do livro incomoda um pouco. Se voce tiver atenção entenderá melhor.
November 1, 2019
Love every book Mike has written.... The best part is how he connects a lot frameworks, techniques and sources in order to immerse us to his approach .... Just in this book I found like 10 more books that seems interesting to read... Agendashift it's a powerful alternative to change management that sticks
May 28, 2022
I'm not able to give this book a proper rating. On the one hand this is one of the largest buzzword collections I've ever read (right after Management 3.0), nothing really new, boring to read, everything already known. On the other hand this is exactly what Agendashift wants to be: an open, flexible framework with many options that just work.
April 12, 2021
This new edition of the book provides a great set of facilitation tools for strategic thinking with a focus on working back from outcomes and avoiding an overly solution based focus. The comprehensive set of tools, including many from other contributors is what warrants four stars.
There is always, however, the fear that the author is suggesting that a future state can be defined, a set of known obstacles can be identified and clear measurable steps taken to overcome them. This is probably my bias and as such I recognise that I may have read a little too much between the lines. However, those with a bias towards prescribed methods may read the same and find an unhelpful resonance within the conclusions they draw.
I think this is probably a minor concern of mine and influenced somewhat by my desire to read this book quickly. I will go away and use some of the tools and no doubt understand their application in the context of complexity before too long!
All that said, this is a great book for coaches and facilitators who want some solid tools including some of theory behind them. Well worth the space on your shelf.
There is always, however, the fear that the author is suggesting that a future state can be defined, a set of known obstacles can be identified and clear measurable steps taken to overcome them. This is probably my bias and as such I recognise that I may have read a little too much between the lines. However, those with a bias towards prescribed methods may read the same and find an unhelpful resonance within the conclusions they draw.
I think this is probably a minor concern of mine and influenced somewhat by my desire to read this book quickly. I will go away and use some of the tools and no doubt understand their application in the context of complexity before too long!
All that said, this is a great book for coaches and facilitators who want some solid tools including some of theory behind them. Well worth the space on your shelf.
July 4, 2021
I liked the content, which is totally in line with other “schools”, e.g. as lean fundamentals, but not at all the style how it was presented. Author uses many abbreviations of own models which made it hard to follow. I see it is a great summary book after attending author’s workshop, but I doubt I could do workshop myself only after familiarizing myself with content.
But yes, good advertisement, after reading I am curious to dig deeper what are workshops available and if we should consider any of those.
But yes, good advertisement, after reading I am curious to dig deeper what are workshops available and if we should consider any of those.
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