Diagnosing and changing organizational culture
/by Konrad PogorzalaOne of the main aspects of any agile transformation program is cultural change. During times of working from home it’s even more important than ever.
Based on the 1st ORGANIC agility principle, “Increase Cultural Awareness and Coherence”, the main challenge is how to understand your organizational culture and how to create coherence based on shared principles without losing diversity.
In this webinar I shared my experiences of using the Competing Values Framework, developed by Robert Quinn and Kim Cameron at the University of Michigan. This framework gives us a model with the purpose to help change agents identify effective ways of diagnosing and changing culture in order to enhance organizational performance.
I am pleased that the topic of the webinar got so much attention. We had people listening from all over the world, and so many questions that unfortunately we ran out of time. We hope that we can continue some discussions with the participants in the future. It was fun and great that the audience was engaged in the topic with comments throughout the session.
For those who missed the live session, don't panic! Here you can find the recording, and it is also available on YouTube. Have a look at it and feel welcome to share it around with friends and colleagues. If there is anything we can help you with regarding this topic, feel free to contact us.
If you are interested in the Organizational Scan for your organization, feel free to look into our OrgScan Starter Kit. This is a good starting point to understanding the culture of your organization. More details about the OrgScan can be found here. Don’t hesitate to get in touch!
To learn more about ORGANIC agility, you can have a look at our webpage. We’re continuing to run the Certified ORGANIC Leadership® Foundations (provides CAL1) sessions remotely, so get in touch if you think this would be something for you and your organization.
If you are interested in reading more about ORGANIC agility, you can buy the ORGANIC agility book from Amazon.
We have more webinars coming up, and the previous ones listed on our website, so please have a look at them here. More webinars!
Author
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Konrad Pogorzala is based in Berlin, Germany. For more than 10 years, he has been continuously improving his Agile skills and helping diverse organizations adopt Agile values and principles. He has a proven track record creating self-organizing teams that are empowered to make decisions that are leading the project closer toward the goal. He works with Scrum teams, stakeholders, and management to improve performance and outcomes. He learns quickly and comes up with his own ideas, which often add value. He tries to connect topics abstractly and identifies potential conflicts early on, so that they may be avoided. Konrad was born in Poland, where he grew up and finished high school. He studied in Berlin, Germany and has lived in that lovely city for more than fifteen years.
