Agile Leadership Community - Meetup presentation Over the years Agile Software Development has become “the way” to deliver value to the clients. While many are reaping the benefits being agile some are struggling to make the transition. This session is designed to help the coaches, change agents and all the participants in the agile journey to explore the “being” part of the agile journey from an ontological perspective.

1. “Being Agile”
Ontological perspectives on
Coaching for performance
17th Jan, 2017
Agile Leadership Community Meetup
at Gamesys, London
Raghavendra (Raghav) Mithare
rmithare@processwhirl.com,
+44 782 164 5866, @mithareraghav

2. Please note.
Few images used in this presentation are copyright of
respective owners. Other images are taken by me and
you are free to use them. If you need additional
content/original images feel free to contact me.
You can use this presentation without any restriction.
Thank you
Raghavendra (Raghav) Mithare
rmithare@processwhirl.com
+44 782 164 5866

3. About me

4. A zen story …
Image courtesy Hartwig Kopp-Delaney https://www.flickr.com/photos/h-k-d/3007097777/

5. for this session my request
• participate and play
• be open to consider new concepts
• take it easy – there is no “right”/”wrong”
• ask questions

6. Agenda
• Understanding the topic
• Being Agile
• Relevance in Agile Software Development
• Doing – Having-Being
• Power of Language
• Empowering context
• Powerful/active listening
• Past-Present-Future

7. What is “being Agile”?
How do you measure “performance”
of your agile team?
“Being Agile” Ontological perspectives on Coaching for performance

8. Coaching as per ICF
….partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and
creative process that inspires them to maximize their
personal and professional potential, which is particularly
important in today's uncertain and complex
environment
“Being Agile” Ontological perspectives on Coaching for performance

9. What is ontology ?
• branch of philosophy focusing on study and nature of
‘being’
• Greek words,“Onto” for existence and “logia” for
study, science
“Being Agile” Ontological perspectives on Coaching for performance

10. being
mental
state
emotional
state
bodily
state
thoughts
and
thought
process
“Being Agile” Ontological perspectives on Coaching for performance

11. “Being Agile”
Relevance in Agile Software
Development

12. Agile manifesto starts with
We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it.
Through this work we have come to value:
Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
Working software over comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
Responding to change over following a plan
That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.

13. The most efficient and effective method of
conveying information to and within a development
team is face-to-face conversation.

14. How it is relevant?
Methods
PeopleTools

15. Let’s pause !

16. Doing – Having - Being

17. beinghavingdoing
ACTIONS RESULTS EXPERIENCE

18. beinghavingdoing
ACTIONS RESULTS EXPERIENCE

19. Power of Language

20. Game #1
Create and observe
• when ___ , I become ___

21. Empowering context

22. This example is removed due to copyright restrictions

23. Agenda
• Understanding the topic
• Being Agile
• Relevance in Agile Software Development
• Doing – Having-Being
• Power of Language
• Empowering context
• Powerful/active listening
• Past/Present/Future

24. Powerful/active listening

25. Game #2
Powerful/active listening

26. Reflect

27. Past – Present - Future

28. futurepresentpast
Sprint N-1 Sprint N Sprint N+1

29. futurepresent
future
past

30. Empowering
contextpresent
Future

32. futurepresent
future
past

33. What we think,
we become.
Buddha

34. Agenda
• Understanding the topic
• Being Agile
• Relevance in Agile Software Development
• Doing – Having-Being
• Power of Language
• Empowering context
• Powerful/active listening
• Past-Present-Future

35. Please share what you have accomplished today?

36. Further interest
Image from
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5065783-the-three-laws-of-performance

37. Inspiration

38. Special thanks to
Anna
Frank

39. Thank you for
your time and
attention.
@mithareraghav
rmithare@processwhirl.com
+44 782 164 5866