This book is born of experience of leading and being instrumental in several global or Australian agile or New Ways of Working (NWOW) transformations. When confronted by the requirement to change, it can be tempting to want to rush in and make wholesale change, potentially based on others’ New Ways of Working (NWOW) transformation models. Don’t change things, run experiments. Adopting an experimentation approach helps an enterprise Slow down to go Faster. People can only go as fast as they can learn. This eBook showcases a range of tools, techniques and approaches to continuously experiment, measure impacts, to Think Systemically to Optimise Locally, to continuously deliver value.
About the Author
Penelope Barr's life goal is encapsulated by 'lollipops and skipping' - the alignment of the right product and purposeful momentum-generating outcomes. Penelope is as a global executive and everyday experimenter in scaleups and enterprises, driven by continuous improvement. Over the past 25+ years, Penelope has worked at the forefront of most digital innovations and has been instrumental in multiple global and Australian at-scale new ways of working transformations in financial services, legal and not-for-profit. Penelope’s expertise has been recognised by several global awards for innovation, agile leadership, and product development. A connector of people, ideas, opportunity and things, she turns good ideas into great products to solve modern business problems and loves creating structure from ambiguity. Penelope is happiest when spending time with family and friends, especially her lovely husband, kind, clever and funny daughter and gorgeous dog.