A G I L E Thinking Demystified with Frank Forte Transformative Principal 365

For 30 years, Frank Forte has led projects and programs around the world for clients such as the U.S. Navy, Air Force, and Army, NASA, CA, CSC, GTE, and Mylan Pharmaceutical. He has worked across many different industries, including Oil & Gas, Software, Healthcare, and Construction. Frank is the author of the book A.G.I.L.E. Thinking Demystified.

What is AGILE thinking?Adaptability, Growth Improvement Leadership Experience

The AGILE method is empiricism.

We don’t know what we have to do to please our stakeholders

We as humans don’t like to fail. Our education system rewards getting the right answer and doesn’t support failure.

Why do you need to teach adults that?

Effort and process.

What did you learn in this experiment?

Agile mentality have anything to offer me as a School principal?

It was about the process that I needed to follow.

We don’t have processes when it comes to idiosyncratic people. Is it complicated or complex? We do inspection and we have quality control

Humans as creators of engineering

What is the next experiment that I can use to help you grow?

When change approaches are successful and when they are failures.

CARES Act dealing with loans and withdrawals. Couldn’t have done it if not for the agile training they had gone through.

What about those made it so they could change so quickly. John Cotter - the Heart of Change

Sense of urgency has to the first thing

They will either vote with their feet or demand change.

Failures - trying once and then being surprised and giving up.

We are working in a complex ever-changing environment.

Build the change model

Retrospectives - How formal should these things be?

Don’t overwhelm the system.

What questions could I have asked to make it better?

Get comfortable with feedback, and accelerate that feedback.

We’ve got to carve out time to change.

Get effective first, then become efficient.

Growth vs. fixed mindset - fixed mindset is focused on being efficient.

Asking them what they have changed in their approach.

Change starts with awareness.

It’s time to make the donuts

Fight Flight and Freeze

If you do want to change, be prepared to get some push back.

How to be a transformative principal? Figure out what is on your backlog that needs to change. Make it so small that nobody will notice except you. Ask your class how they’re doing.

Listen and show empathy

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