How does a 1940's French Literary Critic help us roll out agile "better"? 🧵1/ #agile #leadership #Philosophy 
Jean-Paul Sartre was a French Philosopher, literary critic, and fighter in the french resistance. He also spoke a lot on bad Agile roll-outs, although he didn't realize he was doing so at the time. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul… 2/
One of Sartre's points is about "bad faith" and it's opposition to living "authentically." Bad faith, to Sartre, was basically executing life in a hollow, pro-forma way. We use the term today to talk about when people are making arguments they don't truly believe. 3/
It can similarly be applied to agile roll-outs - what does a process roll-out look like when the Agile transformation team (or individual) doesn't actually BELIEVE in Agile? You've probably lived through one of these. So you know what they look like. 4/
These are "bad faith" agile roll-outs. The transformation itself may have been in a waterfall "all at once" fashion that we know doesn't work. The information may have been hoarded, even though agile is about transparency and people working together. 5/
To avoid this, Sartre would argue (if he were your agile coach) that you need to have "Authentic" agile. You need to change who you are as an organization for this to work - you need to not change your PROCESS but change your BELIEFS. 6/
What's the easiest way to change your beliefs as an organization? It's very hard to change individual's beliefs. It's easier to change individuals. Change your culture by HIRING and FIRING the RIGHT people. 7/
If your "agile" roll-out doesn't include changes to how you hire and fire, it won't work. 8/
And if you already hire and fire folks with an open and honest mindset - folks who already have agile values - then you DON'T NEED an agile roll-out. You're already there.
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