This talk discusses how a FTSE 100 publishing house confronted the urgent need to transform to meet the challenges and opportunities created by a changing world. Despite the fact that there was plenty of time, money and will to succeed, almost straight away, their situation was revealed to be much harder than they first thought... Telling the true story of the publishers’ attempt to navigate the choppy waters of changing ways of working combined with high levels of uncertainty, the talk covers George Harrison, Keswick Pencil Museum, the philosopher Karl Popper and Middlemarch by George Eliot. Along the way, three key lessons that were learned the hard way are shared, to help you avoid making the same mistakes. Speaker : David Cox - Transformation Manager at Equal Experts

1. secrets of
an agile
transformation
David Cox, September 2019

5. 1.
don’t aim to
fail fast!

6. “Science is
the great
antidote to
the poison of
enthusiasm
and
superstition”

9. 2.
agree a common
understanding of
agile.

13. 3.
use empathy

20. Move quickly, but
don’t rush

21. Don’t over-commit

22. Tailor the
approach

23. Tailor the
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