Learning from Mistakes
summary
Chronicle of repeated experiments: implements Scrum into Telco and automotive contexts, endures a year-long struggle before teams reach 50% improvement, exposes one project with radical transparency that becomes the most profitable, and shows a 45-person firm move from yearly-fixed budgets to a rolling budget and aligned purpose so OKRs finally cascade. Argues culture-first (values, trust), recommends small experiments — claiming 8 out of 10 experiments fail — and warns about dark scrum.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction and welcome
- 3:59Starting the agile journey
- 10:09Building real teams from groups
- 14:26Culture over process
- 16:13Value-driven agile transformation
- 21:55Customer partnership mindset
- 29:43Adaptive operations and budgets
- 38:23Authentic leadership lessons
- 41:54Summary and next steps
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