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IS	THERE	AN	INDIAN	APPROACH	TO	AGILE	TRANSFORMATION?	
(a	work	in	progress…)
Is there an Indian Approach to Agile Transformation?
Is there an Indian Approach to Agile Transformation?
Symantec	ConfidenGal	
“Change	leads	to	disappointment	if	it	is	not	sustained.		Transforma6on	
	is	sustained	change	and	it	is	achieved	through	prac6ce”	–	BKS	Iyengar
Jeff	Lopez-Stuit	
•  Nine	years	as	an	Agile	
pracGGoner	
•  CerGfied	Enterprise	
Coach/Scrum	Alliance	
•  Senior	Enterprise	Agile	
Consultant,	SoluGonsIQ	
•  Resident	of	Tukwila,	
Washington,	USA	
•  Coaching	full	Gme	on	
the	road	since	2011
Jeff	Lopez-Stuit	
“I	want	help	people	improve	
their	ability	to	improve	–	to	
teach	people	how	to	leave	
behind	away	the	inadequate	
structures	of	the	past,	and	
create	space	to	build	an	
amazing	future	every	day.	“
General	Motors	Headquarters	
Detroit,	Michigan,	USA	
January	7,	2014	
Temperature:	-28	C
General	Motors	Headquarters	
Detroit,	Michigan	
January	7,	2014	
Temperature:	-28	C	
Marathahalli,	Bangalore,	India	
March	31,	2014	
Temperature:	38	F
General	Motors	Headquarters	
Detroit,	Michigan	
January	7,	2014	
Temperature:	-28	C	
Marathahalli,	Bangalore,	India	
March	31,	2014	
Temperature:	37	C			
Berlin,	Germany	
November	19,	2015	
	Proper	Seacle	
weather.
General	Motors	Headquarters	
Detroit,	Michigan	
January	7,	2014	
Temperature:	-28	C	
Temperature:	37	C			
BalGmore,	Maryland	
January	22,	2016	
	
3	feet	of	snow	in	28	hours	
High	winds	
Worst	blizzard	in	recorded	history
General	Motors	Headquarters	
Detroit,	Michigan	
January	7,	2014	
Temperature:	-28	C	
Temperature:	37	C			
BalGmore,	Maryland	
January	22,	2016	
	
3	feet	of	snow	in	28	hours	
High	winds	
Worst	blizzard	in	recorded	history	
Koramangala,	Bangalore,	India	
This	morning	
	
Temperature:		21	C	J
Symantec	ConfidenGal	
“Change	leads	to	disappointment	if	it	is	not	sustained.		Transforma6on	
	is	sustained	change	and	it	is	achieved	through	prac6ce”	–	BKS	Iyengar
Is there an Indian Approach to Agile Transformation?
Is there an Indian Approach to Agile Transformation?
Is there an Indian Approach to Agile Transformation?
A	generaGon	has	passed	since	those	ideas	were	born…
…and	this	is	sGll	the	image	we	use	to	see	what	agile	looks	like.
Is there an Indian Approach to Agile Transformation?
Is there an Indian Approach to Agile Transformation?
Is there an Indian Approach to Agile Transformation?
Is there an Indian Approach to Agile Transformation?
More	soAware	developers	in	India	than	the	US	by	2017
More	soAware	developers	in	India	than	the	US	by	2017	
You	can	develop	your	own	voice.	
		Agile	can	create	the	space	to	do	this
Is there an Indian Approach to Agile Transformation?
Indian	civilizaGon	has	developed	over	
thousands	of	years,	through	mulGple	ruling	
and	economic	systems.	
	
…you	can	embrace	the	flavor	of	agile	
without	having	to	adopt	the	models	of	
“culture”,	“scaling”,	and	other	things	
experienced	as	obstacles	by	organizaGons	
in	the	West.
Culture
Culture
Culture
Corporate	Culture
Allow	PracGce	to	Unfold	Theory	
Emerge	and	evolve	through	embodied	knowing
Everything	Lives.	
Nothing	Scales.
Arunachala,	Tiruvannamalai,	Tamil	Nadu,	India
Is there an Indian Approach to Agile Transformation?
Is there an Indian Approach to Agile Transformation?
Is there an Indian Approach to Agile Transformation?
Is there an Indian Approach to Agile Transformation?
Is there an Indian Approach to Agile Transformation?
Is there an Indian Approach to Agile Transformation?
Is there an Indian Approach to Agile Transformation?
Is there an Indian Approach to Agile Transformation?
An	Indian	Approach	to	Agile	
TransformaGon?	
•  FantasGcal	growth	in	the	number	of	
people	making	sokware	
•  Strong	willingness	to	learn	
•  Deep	knowledge,	strength,	and	
perseverance	as	a	civilizaGon	
•  Innate	giks	of	self-organizaGon	and	
comfort	with	chaos	and	ambiguity
Is there an Indian Approach to Agile Transformation?
Devduc	Pacanaik
“Greek	myth:	life	is	a	problem	that	needs	to	be	solved	
Abrahamic	myth:	there	is	one	soluGon	for	all	
Hindu	myth:	problem	is	soluGon	is	problem”
What	enabled	results	in	India	
1.  Global	product	ideas	that	are	born	here.	
2.  Vision	and	mission	commiced	to	the	
pracGce	of	agile	as	a	means	of	
sustaining	business	survival	and	growth.	
3.  Strong	willingness	to	learn	and	pracGce	
fundamentals.	
4.  Good	coaching.	J	
5.  Repeat	the	above	iteraGvely.
TM	Krishna	
	-	from	“A	Southern	Music”	
“…unless	we	comprehend	our	
music	as	a	conGnuous	river	
that	travels	in	Gme,	adapGng	
and	changing	to	different	
environments,	we	will	not	be	
one	of	the	travellers	on	that	
river.		We	may	create	a	dam	
and	divert	the	water,	but	this	
will	change	the	natural	flow.		
It	is	up	to	each	one	of	us	to	
decide	how	we	want	to	
experience	music,	and	by	
experiencing	it,	contribute	to	
its	journeys.”
Don’t	divert		the	flow	with	obstacles	that	you	didn’t	create
Travel	the	river	that’s	started	in	India,	and	contribute	to	the	flow

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