Gaining Executive Buy-In

 Celeste Richardson, Micron Technology

At the EBA Summit this past September, Celeste shared her journey & challenges in gaining executive & team buy-in while pursuing an agile transformation.

The video recording of Celeste’s presentation and slides can be found here.

Background & Challenges 

• A large, global company
• 34,000+ employees
• Many partners
• Footprint in 18 countries & 3 manufacturing sites
• Core Values = People, Tenacity, Collaboration, Innovation, Customer Focus
• The transformation started in IT
• A lot of work in the funnel – push to “crank it out”
• Teams were overworked, tired & not happy
• Lack of understanding in DevOps connection

Actions Taken

• Built trust by continually asking the question “What keeps you up at night?”
• Celebrated innovation
• Laid a foundational for experimental culture
• Took time to hear the voice of the teams – utilizing the AgilityHealth® TeamHealth Radar
• Continually re-tested the vision
• Utilized focal points from within the Enterprise Business Agility Model

Next Steps

• Taking “transformation” to HR
• Starting with the AgilityHealth®  Agile Leader Health Radar
• Will continue to select incrementally select applicable pillars within the EBA Model

Want to Learn More?

• Learn more about AgilityHealth®