Leading Grassroots Organizational Change
summary
Individuals can lead bottom-up organizational change without authority by proving value: build a prototype at a hackathon or after hours, demo it, and recruit early adopters who survive the trough of disillusionment. Expect technical shifts (SVN to Git, continuous delivery/deployment) to require conversations about why today is different and to be cautious about pace when scaling from one team to 15 teams. Avoid becoming a single-owner for 6,500 employees; delegate and document.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:44What is grassroots leadership
- 3:02Why would you want to do this
- 4:04Sometimes it doesnt work
- 5:02Changing corporate culture
- 5:46Change guidelines
- 9:08Seeding ideas
- 9:22Talk to others
- 12:00Demo
- 12:47Early Adopters
- 15:12Giving Talks
- 16:04Expanding Support
- 18:01Tools Teams
- 19:08Blog Posts
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