The Agilist's Guidebook @ 22Jan2019

It has been precisely 120 days that I have introduced my book and my companions are announcing me as a book creator. My companions are feeling proud of me and they got benefit because of the Agilist’s Guidebook. They started giving the Agilist’s Guidebook as a gift to their teammates. My publisher expressed there are 170 copies are in the hand of the book reader, they own those books. My 33 readers had parted their opinions about the Agilist's Guidebook. A humble appeal to 140 well-wishers who has own the Agilist's Guidebook to share their opinions so that others too can look at benefit from the book. We share and care our colleagues by guiding through our wisdom. Happy reading, writing and disseminating knowledge.

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Today I have accomplished my 400th LinkedIn Post. It was achievable because of the companions like you who are continually encouraging me to accomplish this milestone and strengthening me to continue further and achieve a pinnacle where we are supporting each other by eliciting different thinking and bringing into the prominence. Building a unique knowledge base for all of us. Let us keep supporting each other and grow strong, the sky is the limit!!!!

My 400th LinkedIn Post and Retrospection

When I glance back after having the figure 400, I pause for a moment, and retrospect and carry on for another 400!!

I have commenced my LinkedIn Post from July 21st, 2015.
Before that, I used to maintain my own website where I had 70 blogs.

Most of the significant blogs I have brought into LinkedIn.
All my LinkedIn Post was an image of the practice I was undertaking during that stage.

The challenges I was dealing with, the book I was studying, the experiment I was working out, the result I was having, all goes into the LinkedIn Post.

I have preserved and captured those into the LinkedIn posts.
My Manager used advised me in 2014 that if I want to compose a Book some day, the initial steps would be composing blogs. 

So I picked up that suggestion seriously and initiated the capturing my conclusions and understanding into blogs.

First LinkedIn post was on Applying DESIGN THINKING to get the RIGHT candidate for the team published on July 21st 2015. 

That point we were in a recruitment drive in ABB, so I was figuring out how can we achieve the assignment differently and as a result this blog was produced!

I was keep reading and writing and capturing my investigation.
All my Agile Transformation experience I had captured in LinkedIn Post what I have experience in ABB till November.

I was at 75th LinkedIn blogs when I had joined Societe Generale on November 9th, 2015.

The extensive exposure I got in SG in Agile Transformation because of the work I was dealing with was memorable.

Till September 3th 2018, I was with SG and written 325th Linked Post till last day.

I could not compose further last 3 months of SG days as I was publishing my book.

I picked up my best 300 blogs, 20+ Publications and compose the book. The Agilist’s Guidebook. 

All the pragmatic challenges I was experiencing , manifested in the book.

On the way to blogging, I picked up plenty feedback positive and unhealthy.

I could able to develop merely few points.

I have included 75 blogs as I have established my journey with a new company.

I had an ambition to achieve 500 when I had established my journey from 2015.

It takes roughly 10-15 hrs to accomplish a blog. To reach 400, I had invested 4000+ hrs.

I was invariably eager to discover use cases from the team with whom I am regularly working.

Trouble projects, challenging initiatives encouraged me and help me to compose blog significantly.

I consistently choose to get into those sections where subjects are extremely complex and business is in turmoil.

I felt positive when team members thanks me if I was able to transform their way of understanding.

While writing I observe, it is an extremely useful remedy for all to compose and If that is the writing encouraged a human being to obtain a bigger purpose. It was magnificent achievement.

I am on the journey to commence to compose my next book. I have not yet concluded the name or theme but it has to land into the market by 2019.

For certain by that moment my blogs calculation will be 600.

It took me 3 yrs 6 months to reach 400 LinkedIn Post.

So far I have skimmed through 800+ books, all these books pushed me to compose blogs. 

People wonder why I am always behind the numbers, my managers later used to tell me quantity never drives quality! But to me quantity drives my motivation. If I discard 50% of the blogs, rest 50% could be game changer blogs! I may be wrong!

What I have developed for myself.

Purpose: Share the research I am working out with all so that they can reuse a few of my discoveries and work out the obstacles. Together we construct a body of knowledge(BoK).

Vision: Let us share all our challenges and results associated with organization transformation.

Mission: Continue creating all the discoveries on a periodic basis to focus on these challenges and distribute knowledge with all.

Octo The Agile Coach!! A well known Agile Coach!

Want to meet ? ;-) Come to Mediterranean Sea , I am abundantly available there....I can help Organizational Agile Transformation!

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“If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.” – J.K. Rowling

Excellent Comment, touched my heart!

Nice to receive such remarks from readers. Thanks for your encouragement. I am certain you will be able carry out some of the concepts and reform your career. Let us support each other and establish an effective knowledge base. Thank you so much for your time.

It took 4 years to create my Book ( The Agilist's Guidebook)

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Book Review comments from Canada

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My book reviews from Amazon France!! My friend Déprès Stéphane from France has procured the book and shared his remark after completing the book. I have picked up many details from Stéphane when I was working with him for 1 year.Stéphane is remarkably good at the organizational agile transformation. Very intelligent and an impressive sense of humor, always smiling. Thanks for your remarks and time spent to study my book.

How to move Elephant for Dance!

Switch, book written by Chip and Dan heath, tries to answer the question What makes the change so hard to accomplish?

The elephant: our emotional side
The rider: our rational side

The rider controls the elephant and seems to be the leader.
But the rider is small compares to the elephant that at any time can disagree and go another way.

If you want to change things, you have to appeal both the rider and the elephant.

The rider provides the planning and direction, and the elephant provides the energy.

Our emotions can overwhelm our rational thought, while relying solely on rational behavior can “overanalyze and over think things.”

What looks like a people problem is often a situation problem.The book considers change at every level- individual, organizational, and societal. All change efforts usually have something in common: “For anything to change, someone has to start acting differently.”

What looks like laziness is often exhaustion.

When a task feels too big, the elephant will resist.

The Elephant and Rider are usually on two different pages and trying to persuade the Elephant often exhaust your mind. The Elephant will usually win over the Rider.

The Rider part of our minds has many strengths.“The Rider is a thinker and a planner and can plot a course for a better future. But as we’ve seen, the Rider has a terrible weakness- the tendency to spin his wheels.

The Rider loves to contemplate and analyze, and, making matters worse, his analysis is almost always directed at problems rather than at bright spots.

Keep the Switch Going.

Few advice from the book for me to use.

1. I am not going overcome change issue by talking to the Rider. Instead I have to find the feeling elements. Need to find a feeling that will get the elephant moving.
2. I have to create empathy. I need to show the people problems with not changing
3. I need to find the bright spot that is invented here and clone it.
4. I need to create a destination post card. How to go from point A to point B. Give it to rider.Let rider use it.
5. I have to create a new habit. Habits are behavioral autopilot. Script the critical move.
6. I have to create a smooth path so that any unmotivated person can slide into it? Don't assume the new moves are obvious.
7. I have to shrink the change so that we can start today, if not today at least ensure it triggers tomorrow
8. Find a person from the team , who thinks it will work, create a free space for them where they can catalyze the change without facing direct opposition
9. How can I tweak the environment so that we are forced to change
10. Behavior is contagious , I need to find someone else who will be involve with me in this change process, so that he/she can reinforce each other.
11. Let me focus on building habits. Once we create habits, we get the new behavior
12. I have to keep motivate the Elephant by reminding how much they have already accomplished. Sense of progress is critical,because the Elephant in us is easily demoralized.
13. I have to teach the growth mindset( We will struggle, we will fail,we will be knocked down - but throughout, we will get better and we will succeed at the end)
14. What looks like Resistance, is often lack of clarity.
15. Do not speak to the rider when we should be speaking to the Elephant

This is as on 01-01-2019: 170 books own by the readers in 3.5 months....

After 105 days of " The Agilist‘s Guidebook" publication, The Agilist‘s guidebook owns by 170 readers!!! gratitude to all my readers, companions to embrace this manual. The evaluation on the book further shared by 27 readers! thanks for your time and encourage others to look into this book. I am indebted to all you enjoy this book…..

" If a man can write a better book or preach a better sermon the world will make a path to his door." —Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have worked with Ashwini for approximately 1 year for an Agile transformation project in a Product Infrastructure Development and management operations. She was a change agent and eager to embrace a new way of figuring out things. She was leading the transformation from the front and bring into many initiatives into transformation. Fortunate to get a comment from her. Thanks for your support.

Past Year Reviews (PYR), Have you done yours?

I have worked out something that Tim Ferriss has distributed with us, instead of addressing a BIG New Year’s resolutions.
He shared “past year reviews” (PYR) more informed, valuable, and actionable than half-blindly looking forward with broad resolutions.
In a notepad I have constructed two columns: POSITIVE and NEGATIVE.
I glanced into two columns: POSITIVE and NEGATIVE. For each week, I have jotted down on the pad any people or activities or commitments that triggered peak positive or negative emotions for that month. Put them in their respective columns.
I searched into the 2018, looked at my notepad list and ask, “What 20% of each column produced the most reliable or powerful peaks?”
I have been applying this below wheel for the last several years. Try to harmonize as much as feasible from this wheel. I have also applied this below wheel while capturing my notes.

I glanced into my Aha moments and recorded 15 points which I would like to pursue which has empowered me to become a better individual.

May be I will find some more points by 31st December!!!

I have meet with Sunil 3 months back; He has picked up my book approx 2 months ago.Very knowledge person, devoted a decent amount of time in the IT industry. We had many conversations, debate on coaching. He shared his thoughts from his real life experience. He has raised up to coach with two decades plus of his practice, he promptly associates the challenges at ground level(as he has devoted a good amount of time as hands on developer) and advises the team to achieve agility. Nice to receive comments about my books from the wise individual like Sunil.

I can assure you, The Agilist's Guidebook can solve a few of the problems.

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A book review comments - 7th Dec 2018

One of my book reader, my associate, has read my book, and he was so inspired that he has obtained 16 copies for his colleagues. It was not available with the publishers, but some way we manage to get the 16 copies and issued to the book readers. Thank you so much for your trust and advocate. I admire your encouragement and constantly hope more reader buddy like you.

HUMAN-CENTERED BOOK!

I am sure all of us have heard about HCD.

Human-centered design (HCD) is an approach to creating solutions for problems and opportunities through a focus on the needs, contexts, behaviors, and emotions of the people that the solutions will serve.

HCB: The book which is focus about to creating solutions for problems and opportunities through a focus on the needs, contexts, behaviors, and emotions of the people that the solutions will serve.

That is all about Human Centered Book (HCB)!

What I have worked out in this book is building by utilizing and observe the thoughts, actions, and experiences of people within the organization and create empathy which is a deep understanding of how and why people behave as they do. From this, I have generated potential solutions and select those that have the most value and best-fit people’s lives.

In order to create effective solutions, I had to look at and interpret the challenges and opportunities that real people come across in their duty.

I have asked numerous questions

Who: who are the various “actors” or people involved, as well as any systems or other actor-like influencers that take in information and perform some kind of action based on it.

What: what do they do? What actions do they take or decisions too they make?

When: when do these actions/decisions happen? What triggers them?

Where: where do these things take place?

Why: what leads people to make the decisions or take the actions they do? How are they processing information? How are emotions affecting things? What goals or objectives do they have?

How: how do they go about taking their actions? what tools do they use?
Followed this model

All these applied and outcomes is this book, the book is all about People (The Agilist’s guidebook)

You may glance into the chapters..... 5 chapters are listed here

If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the time or the tools to write. ~ Stephen King

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. ~ Toni Morrison

I have read 100 books to write The Agilist's guidebook as I could not get my types of book.....

The Agilist's Mindset

Can we develop?

• The Agilist's Mindset is being gracious whether you are success or disappointment in your attempt
• The Agilist's Mindset is sharing with others what you have accomplished.
• The Agilist's Mindset is not giving up because it is exceptionally complicated.
• The Agilist's Mindset is making bold decisions with your mind and avoiding poor choices made from your heart.
• The Agilist's Mindset is taking pleasure in your endeavor.
• The Agilist's Mindset is understanding how to focus on your work products.
• The Agilist's Mindset is having confidence in yourself, your coach, and your advisers to show you down the appropriate trail.
• The Agilist's Mindset is appreciating the modest triumphs and realizing they will contribute to wider ones down the trail.
• The Agilist's Mindset is gaining self-confidence and minimize the self-doubt.
• The Agilist's Mindset is learn the big picture and ask big Why
• The Agilist's Mindset is taking trouble and changing it into a gain.
• The Agilist's Mindset is moving back for higher even if you’ve been dissatisfied or embarrassed
• The Agilist's Mindset is discovering that last ounce of strength to keep going until the last milestone when your mind prefers to give up.
• The Agilist's Mindset is carrying the meager pieces that create a huge distinction.
• The Agilist's Mindset is turning away the anarchy of course for a stipulated number of time to accurately perform your practice.
• The Agilist's Mindset is studying at your routines for the week with a modest volume of worry and a great volume of passion at the challenge set forth.
• The Agilist's Mindset is rushing to your potential whether you are initial stage or last stage.
• The Agilist's Mindset is the capability to continue at your course, and no matter which team members show up, not letting them influence you or spoil your vision and strategy.

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Buddha on SELF Driven,SELF Organized,SELF Actualization and Servant Leadership

All these messages from Buddha can make us better Leader and whatever role we are playing we will be at excellent.

“No one saves us but ourselves.” – Buddha

We should only be influenced by ourselves and value our own opinion the most. We ourselves are the only ones who can change our state of mind.– Buddha

“Understanding is the heartwood of well-spoken words.” – Buddha

We must understand what point we are trying to make before we say something– Buddha

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha

If we don’t love ourselves, how do we expect another person to give us love? Learn to love yourself before anything else.– Buddha

Pure soul means no regrets or anxiety toward the future or past. Pure souls believe in humanity and try to grow everyday.– Buddha

Our daily thoughts become who we are. Make sure your thoughts describe the kind of person you want to be. Spending too much time thinking misguide thoughts will lead down a road of impure thoughts.– Buddha

Thoughts turn into actions and actions turns into character. The mind is the powerful aspect of the human body. Our thoughts are powerful and they can drive us to do incredible or horrible things. – Buddha

Self-Reliance is an important aspect of life. People must learn to do things independently. An independent person will understand the real world better than someone who has relied on other people their whole lives.– Buddha

" In a controversy or an argument, once you get angry, the only thing to do is try to win the argument at all costs. Once anger is thrust upon us, reason goes out the window and the truth will not be brought out in its entirety.– Buddha

“A jug fills drop by drop.” – Buddha

“Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.” – Buddha

People can live their whole lives with the regret of doing or not doing something.“Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.” – Buddha

“Give, even if you only have a little.” – Buddha

“Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer badness with goodness.” – Buddha

“Radiate boundless love towards the entire world — above, below, and across.” – Buddha

“A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.” – Buddha

“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” – Buddha

“Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.” – Buddha

“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”– Buddha

“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.” – Buddha

“Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant with the weak and wrong. Sometime in your life, you will have been all of these.” – Buddha

“To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one’s family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.”– Buddha

“Do not be jealous of others’ good qualities, but out of admiration adopt them yourself.”– Buddha

What action we can take to make us better and team members?

Lot of Dysfunction of a team will go away when we follow these messages. Coaching Self and helping others.

Psychology of Color

Colors have to communicate to our customers.

Colors are most efficient when users think that the brand’s color “fits” the brand.

93 percent of consumers make purchase judgments based on color and visual presentation.

The human mind is highly responsive to visual stimuli, and the color is one of the major defining factors in that response. On both a conscious and subconscious level, colors convey meaning.

Yellow: optimism, clarity, warmth
Orange: friendly, cheerful, confident
Red: excitement, bold, youthful
Purple: creative, wise, imaginative
Blue: trust, strength, dependable
Green: peaceful, growth, health
Gray: balance, neutral, calm

Some companies that are partial to the color red include Target, Coca-Cola, and Netflix. In contrast, iconic technology brands such as Dell, IBM, Intel, and GE leverage blue’s strong, trustworthy persona to represent their brands.

Why I prefer my book cover page to be higher Blue and Red?

Red describes bold and intense experiences in Western culture. It represents indulgent emotions and actions, such as fire, love, passion, hunger, anger, energy, violence, and danger.

Blue is one of the most beloved colors around the world. From the sky to the ocean, blue is prominent in the natural world.

Blue is tied to air and water, earning a reputation for calmness, coolness, and tranquility.

Blue to convey trust and stability which I want to give to my readers through my book.

Red traditionally symbolizes greatness and strength which I want to give to my readers through my book.