Parikshit Basrur works in Sydney, Australia as a Management Consultant who focuses on leadership, strategy and execution. He comes from a strong traditional project management background but for the past few years he has been working in a senior leadership role within an organization that has been undergoing a transformation to Agile. This work, and Parikshit’s unique way of looking at managing work has led him to develop an Agile Transformation Playbook. In this interview, we discuss his approach to working with and transitioning to agile, the importance of focusing on culture, his take on the agile vs. traditional debate and his upcoming sessions at the Hindsight Forum where he will be giving a presentation on how to establish agile practices in a well-established business.

Show Notes

00:12 Interview begins

00:33 Background on Parikshit

01:52 Parikshit’s transition from waterfall to Agile

05:00 The difference between being Agile and doing Agile

07:15 Finding the right tools and delivering work

08:12 Speaking with Stakeholders Executives about Enterprise Transformation

12:03 Responding to the “WE HAVE TO SHIP NOW!” attitude and understanding WHY Agile?

17:15 Helping stakeholders appreciate how hard transformation can be

19:10 The McDonald’s Drive Thru version of Agile

22:30 Agile needs to be like air

23:35 Change your culture first… help them stay away from the candy on the table

27:40 Creating the desire for change

29:50 How the Agile Transformation Playbook differs from other transformation approaches

32:35 Where to find the Agile Transformation Playbook, seeing Parikshit’s upcoming presentations

33:15 Where to reach Parikshit

33:39 Interview Ends

To learn more about the Agile Transformation Playbook

Slideshare: http://bit.ly/2s0TKvy

Medium: http://bit.ly/2rlv3YD

YouTube: https://youtu.be/js96mF3X_fw

Parikshit’s upcoming sessions at the Hindsight Forum

HindSight Forum http://www.hindsightforum.com/events/

Melbourne - June 21, 2017

Sydney - June 22, 2017

Contacting Parikshit

LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/2rg8z06

Twitter: https://twitter.com/parikshitbasrur