Leading Exponential Change: Go Beyond Agile and Scrum to Run Even Better Business Transformations

De: Erich R Bühler

Narrado por: Millian Quinteros

Leading Exponential Change (Second Edition) unveils the secrets of enterprise Agility.

The way companies manage change has undergone dramatic shifts, and organizations have tried to adapt to relentless market innovations by using artificial intelligence, Big Data, the Scrum Framework, increasingly connected people, and new mind-sets such as Agile or Lean. But all these approaches have only established disruptive change as a new, relentless reality.

In Leading Exponential Change, world-renowned consultant Erich R. Bühler shares the secrets that differentiate truly remarkable companies from those that fail to adapt to today’s constantly changing market conditions.

During his years on the front lines, the author recognized that no two companies were the same - and that what worked in one enterprise might not work in another. He studied a wide range of organizations to determine the specific behaviors and mind-sets needed to embrace change.

One thing became clear: Human beings are not physiologically prepared for constant alterations in processes, roles, and ways of working. Realizing that a new approach was needed, Bühler developed a set of revolutionary principles and techniques to create responsive people and organizations that challenged traditional thinking (and many Agile concepts).

Drawing on his experience as an international change consultant, the author takes you deep into why companies struggle to adapt even when they have the right people. He also analyzes the reasons some consultants face endless obstacles and resistance to change while others succeed.

This ground-breaking book offers new foundations to help company leaders, managers, Agile consultants, HR representatives, mentors, and scrum masters become skilled at helping others to influence change.

Here listeners find five types of Agility - including mental Agility and how to increase it! Bühler also explains two game-changing frameworks for increasing adaptability to change: The ELSA framework, ideal for environments where people welcome change, and DeLTA, which helps manage change in companies with hostile work environments.

Drawing from years of experience and employing an easy-to-follow approach, Bühler also addresses the differences between Agile and enterprise/business Agility, explores what happens to the brain during change, explains methods for improving innovation, and teaches important concepts about organizational psychology and the neuroscience of change.

Between the first and second editions, Bühler traveled around the world interviewing change consultants from different countries and cultures to verify which of his techniques had a positive impact and which ones needed to be improved.

Bolstered by this new data, the second edition of Leading Exponential Change is packed with new paradigms, practices, ready-to-use tools, and real-life stories from the author and other industry-revered consultants specializing in innovation, human resources, and coaching.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2018 Erich R. Bühler (P)2019 Erich R. Bühler

Good but repetitive

Overall the book was good. However, many times it would repeat the same thing and so I would sometimes zone out of listening to it and then have to repeat sections.

introduction into the state of mind of tue agility

First of all, to sum it up, as an experienced Coach for Agility, my verdict is this is a great book and well worth listening the 8 hours time. Erich Bühler presents an impressive, profound and comprehensive overview of the world of agility. Although most of what he is explaining wasn’t new to me, the book triggered a significant insight for me. While sharply distinguishing between illusionary change and real agility, Erich makes the point that any true transformation into agility essentially needs an exponential dynamic. This idea is building upon the Lean Startup model and is putting it in a broader context. One of many proofs of his healthy agile mindset is that he emphasises the importance of organisational simplification. Erich relates his arguments to findings from neuro science and this gives it a scientific flavor that will speak to left-brained people.
While the book is good Introduction into the world of agility for consultants coming from legacy methodologies such as Prince2, PMP or SAFe, Erich weaves strings together in a way that creates a potential learning for any reader, however seasoned she or he is. He arranges pieces of a great puzzle in an inspiring way.
The book is highly structured and very concise. It provides a reliable compass thru the state of mind of agility.
For people seeking advice, the book provides also detailed instruction for implementation. Also many readers can benefit from the trap patterns of illusionary agile adoptions described in the book. In summary, the book belongs in the shelf of any agilist and leader of a journey into true agility.

Innovative ideas to make sustained change happens

In these times where the digital transformation is changing how to do business in a volatile, uncertainty, complex and ambiguous world, Erich provides insights on how micro-habits and simple changes have the potential to impact on the organizational culture significantly to achieve the business goals.

The author shows why Agile is much more than Scrum and Kanban, and how different methodologies should be used based on the company situation.

This well-written book has given me guidelines and frameworks to implement now and set my team up for success in a moment of constant changes. The real cases exposed here are not only examples of how the change happens, but also they are inspiring.

Leading Exponential Change is a must-read book for leaders who need to deal with transformation changes, as well as for individual contributors who want to be part of change initiatives in their organizations.

Important book for every change agent

This audio book is very interesting to hear. It has many tools that you can apply immediately, and it also has many real-world examples which makes it entertaining to hear. I particularly enjoyed the chapter about Enterprise Social Systems.

Enterprise Agile masterpiece!

I really enjoyed Erich's book.
It is easy to understand and includes a lot of examples and viewpoints from different angles, industries and methodologies.

He starts saying that although we are facing exponential change in almost every field, most of the companies are still being managed in a traditional way. He adds that exponential change, at first is slow but then it grows at really high speed and that the best companies are not those that arrive first but the ones that learn faster.

Erich shows in clear terms the differences between "complexity" and "complicated". The first refers to uncertainty which we cannot control. The second refers to a high level of difficulty which is solved with technical capacity.

Additionally, the book shows that the linear thinking concept that gave companies time to adapt does not exist anymore. We currently live in a world of exponential change led by complexity and uncertainty and companies must be horizontal, flexible and decentralized enough to make decisions instantly.

A statement from the book that concerned me was that only 33% of the American workforce was engaged at work. Fortunately, Erich tell us that new companies are treating their employees as their greatest asset and leaders are realizing that change is a mandatory requirement for facing new challenges.

Finally, I would like to say that this book is a must read for anyone who wants to understand the present and future of work, companies and management.

Agustin Varela - Agile Facilitator (@aguvar)