Our session "An integral view on Agile" at XP Days Benelux 2017, Belgium.

1. An Integral View
on Agile

2. SESSION TIMING (75 mins max)
Check-in 1 min
Introduction: case 5 mins
Individual exercise (1): questions to explore 10 mins
Introduction: integral theory 10 mins
Individual exercise (2): map the questions 5 mins
Self-organise into 4 groups 1 min
Group exercise: share and reflect 10 mins
Shift and share 20 mins
Wrap-up 5 mins

3. Check in
1 minute

4. A Case Study
10 minutes
F

5. A Case Study - Individual Exercise
Please read the provided sheet!
● How would you approach this?
● What questions would you ask?
● What areas would you focus on?
Write your answer on Post Its!
Include the story reference number!
10 minutes
F

6. An Introduction
to Integral
Theory
10 minutes
J

8. Thing

9. Part of a
larger thing

10. Individual
Collective

11. Inside Outside

12. Individual
Collective
Interior Exterior
Subjective
-> Truthfulness
I
We
It
Its
Intersubjective
-> Justness
Objective
-> Truth
Interobjective
-> Functional fit
Leadership & Engagement
Culture & Shared Vision
Behavior & Metrics
Organizational Architecture &
Systems
F & J

13. Individual
Collective
Interior Exterior
Am I being authentic?
Am I taking responsibility?
What’s the underlying mental
model?
I
We
It
Its
How do we relate?
Do we feel safe in this group?
What does the culture feel like?
How can it be measured?
How does it perform?
What behavior can I observe?
How do things interact?
What’s the context?
Is there flow?
Leadership & Engagement
Culture & Shared Vision
Behavior & Metrics
Organizational Architecture &
Systems

14. Map Your
Questions
5 minutes
F

15. Map Your Questions - Individual Exercise
Map your questions to the four quadrants!
5 minutes

16. Individual
Collective
Interior Exterior
I
We
It
Its

17. Explore the
Quadrants
30 minutes
J

18. Join a Quadrant
Join the quadrant where you put most of your
questions!
1 minute
J

19. Share and Reflect
Answer the questions:
● What are other questions we can ask?
● What are other tools that we use?
● What are the limitations of this quadrant?
● When is looking through this quadrant
inadequate or inappropriate?
● Can you identify any questions or
connections related to other quadrants?
15 minutes
J

20. Explore the Quadrants
Agree on at least one person to stay at your
station and present your results!
The rest of the group visits the other stations one
after another!
3 x 5
minutes
F

21. An Opportunity
to Connect
5 minutes
J

22. An Opportunity to Connect
Find a person from the quadrant you had the
biggest blind spot in!
Offer to keep in touch and exchange
perspectives in the future!
5 minutes

23. RESOURCES
List of integral agile resources for the different quadrants:
http://agilecoachinginstitute.com/integral-agile/integral-agile-resources/
Integral agile team health:
https://www.slideshare.net/AgileNYC/agile-day-2015-integral-agile-team-health
Addressing your organization’s developmental debt―an integral Agile approach:
http://agileknowhow.com/2016/11/10/addressing-organizations-developmental-debt
%E2%80%95an-integral-agile-approach/

24. Thank you!
Frederik Vannieuwenhuyse
@vfrederik
frederik.vannieuwenhuyse@gmail.com
Johannes Schartau
@IntegralAgile
johannes.schartau@holisticon.de