mindfulness - cultivating agile minds
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Mindfulness: Cultivating Agile Minds
Vishu Hegde, Partner, PM Power Consulting
Agile India, 7th Mar 2017
Self Intro
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IISc ADA
About PM Power Consulting
10 years 15
coaches/consultants 40+ Customers in
India and outside
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Training Coaching Consulting
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ProjectManagement
ProgramManagement
What is Mindfulness? Awareness On-demand attention
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What is Mindfulness?
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Mindfulness …… means paying attentionin a particular way,on purpose,in the present moment,non-judgementally
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
How does Mindfulness help in Agility?
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What Makes Agile Successful?
Hard aspects
Soft aspects
10% Visible part
90% Invisible part
Practices
CeremoniesTools Metrics
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Self-organizingShared visionMotivation
Team engagementCustomer engagement
CommunicationCollaboration
……….Leading
indicators
Laggingindicators
IQEQ
Mindfulness for Agility
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Estimation
Planning
Tracking Risk
Time Mgmt Quality Mgmt
‘Management’ aspects Hard “What” IQ Training
Delegation Empowerment
CommunicationMotivation
InfluencingCoaching
‘Leadership’ aspects Soft “How” EQ Coaching
Perceive Process
A W A R E N E S S
Perform‘Mindful’ aspects Subtle “Aware” MQ Self-inquiry
R E S U L T S
Mindfulness@Work
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Mindfulness Practices
+Emotional
Intelligence+
Neuroscience
…. And Many MoreSearch Inside YourselfLeadership Institutehttps://siyli.org/
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Where does Software Happen? Software happens in people’s Minds
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Mind Switch Game
Agile Manifesto: Better ways of developing software
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Key imperative for software development quality, productivity, innovation:
Touch-time / engagement of Mind
Mindfulness and Neuroscience
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Reduced brain wave frequency (EEG);Deep relaxation
Reduced Gray Matter in Amygdala Reduced fight/flight instinct Reduced fear, anxiety
Increased Gray Matter in Neocortex Higher awareness, learning
Neurotransmitters:Dopemine (anti-depressant)Oxytocine (love & pleasantness)Serotonin (self-esteem & confidence)Opiates (pain killer)…
Ref: Stanford & Berkeley university researches
A Mindfulness Exercise
Agile Values & Mindfulness
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Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan
AwarenessEmpathy Focus
Motivation
EmpathyAwarenessEmpathy
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Agile Principles & Mindfulness1. Early and continuous delivery2. Changing requirements3. Working software4. Working closely5. Motivated individuals6. Face to face conversations7. Measures of progress8. Sustainable pace9. Technical excellence10. Simplicity11. Self organizing teams12. Retrospectives
Mindfulness@Work Case Studies
13,000 employees trained on Mindfulness practices
28% reduction in stress levels
20% improvement in sleep quality
1 hour per week productivity improvement
Feedback from 90 senior Leaders after 7 weeks of Mindfulness practices: 80% of leaders
reported improved decision making
89% reported improved listening
1500 Mindfulness practitioners reported on a 10 point scale: 2 points
decrease in stress levels
3 points increase in general happiness & well-being
2 points increase in new ideas, mental clarity & creativity
Mindful IT Company – Happiest Minds Technologies
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Enterprise wideMindfulness Transformation
A Mindfulness Program
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Asia Pacific Leadership team of a large US multinational software company
Another Mindfulness Program
Global Leadership team of a German Semiconductor company
Mindful Leadership Program
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In partnership with Search Inside YourselfLeadership Institute (incubated from Google).30+ Senior Leaders from IT companies.
Feedback From Participants After 1 Month of Mindfulness Practice
Feedback from participants on improvements (% of participants reporting significant improvement) after 1 month of practice
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Practice MindfulnessCultivate Agile Minds
Aware CalmSensing Responding
Self Managed IndividualsSelf Organizing Teams
Collaboration Facilitative Leadership
Self-regulating Motivation
My Blogs on Mindfulness http://pm-powerconsulting.com/blogs/mindfulness-and-agilit
y-2/
http://pm-powerconsulting.com/blogs/magic-of-mindfulness/
http://pm-powerconsulting.com/blogs/mindfulness-a-tool-to-enhance-personal-effectiveness/
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