This document discusses the concept of tribal unity and culture in organizations. It defines a tribe as a group connected to each other, a leader, and a shared idea. It describes five stages of tribal culture and advocates for creating shared experiences and identity within an organization to strengthen tribal bonds, such as through daily meetings and celebrations. It also recommends showing vulnerability, quantifying culture through employee feedback, and engaging management to sustain tribal unity.

1. @PrettyAgile #TribalUnity

2. @PrettyAgile
Em Campbell-Pretty
Agile Denver
27th October 2016
#TribalUnity
The Heart of Scaling Agile

3. @PrettyAgile #TribalUnity
“Birds flock, fish school, people tribe.”
- David Logan

4. @PrettyAgile #TribalUnity

5. @PrettyAgile #TribalUnity
Stage 1:
Life
sucks!
Stage 2:
My life
sucks!
Stage 3:
I’m
great!
Stage 4:
We’re
great!
Stage 5:
Life’s
great!
5 STAGES OF TRIBAL CULTURE
Source: Tribal Leadership by David Logan
“What makes some tribes more effective than others
is culture.” - David Logan

6. @PrettyAgile #TribalUnity

7. @PrettyAgile #TribalUnity
FAST FORWARD….

8. @PrettyAgile #TribalUnity

9. @PrettyAgile #TribalUnity
A tribe is a group of people connected
to one another, connected to a leader
and connected to an idea.
- Seth Godin

10. @PrettyAgile #TribalUnity
A tribe is a group of people
connected to one another, connected
to a leader and connected to an idea.
- Seth Godin

11. @PrettyAgile #TribalUnity
CREATE A SHARED IDENTITY…

12. @PrettyAgile #TribalUnity
AND SHARED EXPERIENCES

13. @PrettyAgile #TribalUnity
WITH A DAILY COCKTAIL HOUR
Example Run Sheet
9:00am Leadership Sync
9:15am Core Team Stand Ups
9:30am Tribe Sync
9:45am Support Team Stand Ups

14. @PrettyAgile #TribalUnity
AND CHAPTERS TO GLUE THE TRIBE TOGETHER

15. @PrettyAgile #TribalUnity
THEN CELEBRATE AS A TRIBE (NOT A TEAM)

16. @PrettyAgile #TribalUnity
A tribe is a group of people
connected to one another, connected
to a leader and connected to an idea.
- Seth Godin

17. @PrettyAgile #TribalUnity
CONNECT AT THE GEMBA …

18. @PrettyAgile #TribalUnity
USE WHAT YOU LEARN TO SERVE THE TRIBE

19. @PrettyAgile #TribalUnity
SHOW YOUR VULNERABILITY
“Vulnerability is the last thing I
want you to see in me, and the
first thing I look for in you.”
Brené Brown

20. @PrettyAgile #TribalUnity

21. @PrettyAgile #TribalUnity

22. @PrettyAgile #TribalUnity
A tribe is a group of people
connected to one another, connected
to a leader and connected to an idea.
- Seth Godin

23. @PrettyAgile #TribalUnity

24. @PrettyAgile #TribalUnity
World Leaders
in Agile Data
Warehousing

25. @PrettyAgile #TribalUnity
Employee NPS data makes the people side of the business far more
transparent and subject to learning and experimentation.
- Fred Reichheld, The Ultimate Question 2.0
SUSTAIN TRIBAL UNITY BY QUANTIFYING CULTURE
On a scale from 0 to 10, how likely are you to recommend
working in ______ to a friend or colleague? Why?

26. @PrettyAgile #TribalUnity
ENGAGING MANAGEMENT IN TRIBAL UNITY

27. @PrettyAgile #TribalUnity
I don’t assume what worked for me will work
for you, but I do want to inspire you as you
contemplate what and intentional culture of
joy could look like in your world.
- Richard Sheridan, Joy Inc.

28. @PrettyAgile #TribalUnity
Time for you to
create your tribe!

29. @PrettyAgile #TribalUnity

30. @PrettyAgile #TribalUnity
• Left sleeve – is for your Tribe name & logo
• Right sleeve – is for you team name & logo
TEAM & TRIBE IDENTITY

31. @PrettyAgile #TribalUnity
• Collect as many autographs as you can from
your new tribe on the back of your t-shirt
• Continue collecting autographs throughout the
evening; you are a tribe!
CONTINUOUS EXERCISE - AUTOGRAPHS

32. Em Campbell-Pretty
Partner, Context Matters
@PrettyAgile
www.prettyagile.com
au.linkedin.com/in/ejcampbellpretty/
em@contextmatters.com.au
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
http://amzn.to/2ewN1E9

33. @PrettyAgile #TribalUnity