This video for this talk from Business of Software Conference Europe 2018 will be published here soon: http://businessofsoftware.org/2016/07/all-talks-from-business-of-software-conferences-in-one-place-saas-software-talks/
What is it that Dollar Shave Club has that Gillette has lost? Serial Entrepreneur Bruce McCarthy will lead an interactive discussion on how successful product-focused organizations think and act differently every day in the networked age.
Product culture is fundamentally different than execution culture. Product Culture is not a process or a tool. It is a shared mindset about why we are in business and how we go about things. Rather than focus on design thinking, agile methodologies, DevOps, or Lean, product-focused organizations focus on continuously developing, testing, and delivering products of value to customers using whatever tools work best for them.
Competitors and employees alike are leaving companies without it behind. Bruce will tell some horror stories and also some hopeful ones that show change is possible. He’ll ask you for your stories, too. Let’s stop talking about process and tools and start talking about culture.
14. "The word culture meant 'place tilled' in Middle English.”
- Latin colere, 'to inhabit, care for, till, worship’
- and cultus, ‘a cult, especially a religious one.'
Edward S. Casey, philosopher
What is Culture?
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Many Software
Companies Focus
on the Wrong
Things
Features rather than people
Management rather than leadership
Functions rather than teams
Efficiency rather than learning
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4 Principles of Product Culture
Lead
with a vision of human awesomeness
Build
small diverse teams
Trust
people to manage their work
Learn
and improve continuously
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Lead
with a vision of human awesomeness
Build
small diverse teams
Trust
people to manage their work
Learn
and improve continuously
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Lead
with a vision of human awesomeness
Build
small diverse teams
Trust
people to manage their work
Learn
and improve continuously
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Advice on Teams
• Be clear and consistent about the mission
• Hire for diverse skills and points of view
• Keep teams together; bring the work to them
• Split teams before they get too big
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Lead
with a vision of human awesomeness
Build
small diverse teams
Trust
people to manage their work
Learn
and improve continuously
35. “Since I do not know how to do that, this meeting is
now adjourned, and you will return at ten o’clock
tomorrow morning and explain your intentions.”
Peter W. Schutz, CEO, Porsche AG 1981-1987
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37. “Control leads to compliance;
autonomy leads to engagement.”
Daniel H. Pink, author Drive
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To Grow a Product Culture
• Quit focusing on features or revenue (focus on making people awesome)
• Quit managing (start leading)
• Quit hiring resources (build teams)
• Quit focusing on success (focus on learning about the path to success)
55. “The competitive advantage of an organization lies not so
much in the solutions themselves — but in the ability of the
organization to understand conditions and create fitting, smart
solutions.”
Mike Rother, author, Toyota Kata