Project Collaboration Overview & 7 Great Books : Siemens Talk

Posted on 12. Mar, 2013 by ger in Agile, Events, Guides, Leadership, New Ways to Work, blog

Last night in Dublin I spoke to a group leaders from Siemens at an event coordinated by WDHB.

The key points of my talk were:

  • Existing tools still don’t solve the problems of communication within large organizations
  • Businesses need a flexible system that can scale from gigantic to many small-informal projects
  • Culture is even more important than tools. Agile ways of working & leading with short iterations and empowered teams are crucial.

I recommended a number of books that explore the last point:

  • Radical Management: Stephen Denning
  • Succeeding with Agile: Mike Cohn
  • The Future of Management: Gary Hamel
  • Management 3.0: Jurgen Appelo
  • Getting Things Done: David Allen
  • The Way We’re Working isn’t Working: Tony Schwartz
  • What Were They Thinking?: Jeffrey Pfeffer

Other speakers at the event were Marie Wallace of IBM and Polly Sumner of Salesforce. Polly recommended a really interesting followup action at end of her talk. She suggested everyone in the room try to buy or get customer support for their own product.

By coincidence I read the following quote in the Siemens “Pictures of the Future” magazine this morning.

    “Modern information and communication media promote a short attention span and a superficial understanding of the world.” — David Gelernter.

By another coincidence I read this in the Chess Media newsletter this morning.

    “Communication barriers cost large companies an average of $26,000 per employee per year due to productivity losses.” — Jacob Morgan

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